YOUNG PLANNING PROFESSIONALS WORKSHOP
For over two decades, ISOCARP has been organising YPP Workshops, which provide young planning professionals with an opportunity to work in a multi-cultural setting, share their experiences on real-life planning problems, and exchange ideas and learn from each other as well as from senior colleagues. They aim to provide young planners with the principles and practices of effective contemporary urbanism and practical knowledge. The workshops are intended to stimulate the professional interests and the development of planning skills of younger planners. They also have made a huge impact on participants’ professional lives and contributed towards making life-long friendships beyond borders, languages, cultures and professional backgrounds. It is now not only a unique opportunity for Young Planning Professionals and post-graduate students from around the world to meet and exchange technical and scientific knowledge, but also a basis for making life-long friends.
Selected Coordinators
Dr Li Fan
is a senior researcher at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. She studied Urban Planning at Tongji University and received Ph.D. from the Technical University of Berlin with summa cum laude. Dr. Fan has worked both as a practitioner and a researcher in China and in Germany. She served as a heritage consultant for conservation and regeneration projects funded by national and international institutions, including UNDP and ADB. She is a German Chancellor Fellow, a DAAD fellow and the board member of International Association of World Heritage Professionals.
Manana Tevzadze
is a freelance cultural heritage consultant and former Chair of the Georgian National Committee of the Blue Shield (2012-2022). With a master’s degree in World Heritage Studies from Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus Senftenberg, she brings almost 20 years of experience in Georgia’s cultural heritage sector. Manana is a dedicated advocate for cultural heritage disaster risk preparedness, with a strong record of leading internationally funded projects and conducting trainings on heritage preservation during crises. Additionally, Manana has produced, translated and edited professional publications from English to Georgian and contributed to the field by serving on the board of Blue Shield International from 2017 to 2020. As Chair of Blue Shield Georgia, she has spearheaded numerous donor-funded projects, resulting in the development of disaster risk management and conservation plans for heritage sites and museums in Georgia.
As a freelance heritage consultant, researcher and trainer she has been engaged in projects funded by the EU, Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage, GIZ, the World Bank, UNESCO and ICCROM. In the academic field, Manana has a track record of teaching Heritage Conservation and Management, Heritage Tourism and Heritage Management courses at Tbilisi State Academy of Arts and Ilia State University as a visiting lecturer.
She is a board member of ICOM and ICOMOS Georgia, and serves as Secretary of ICOMOS Georgia since 2019.
David Calas
I am an architect, urbanist, curator and founder of the multidisciplinary office “Studio Calas”. My work operates between the blurring boundaries of urban design, rural esprit and architecture. The completed projects of varying scales have both theoretical and practical origins, allowing a continuous shift in perspectives.
Currently appointed as Professor (W2) for Architecture and Urban Design at the German International University (GIU) Berlin and academic body member at the Norman-Foster-Institute (NFI) on Sustainable Cities in Madrid. Guest professor at the Free University of Bolzano, Master in Eco-Social Design (2021-2024) and lecturer at TU Wien/Faculty of Architecture (2010-2019). PhD at TU Wien/Northeastern University Boston.
Director of YPP Programme
Rolf Schuett
Architect and Urban Planner born in Bolivia. His expertise includes architectural design (air transport, oil industry, commercial, culture, residential), urban conservation, community development, resilience planning for informal settlements, urban revitalisation, GIS and digitalization.
