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​The 8th APRU Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Conference 2025

​With the theme "Living with Water", the 8th APRU Sustainable Cities & Landscapes Conference 2025 will bring together interdisciplinary array of international researchers, thought leaders, and students to confront the urgent challenges across the Pacific Rim. In alignment with SCL Hub's mission and priorities, the conference seeks to address and explore innovative practices, policies and solutions to enhance urban sustainability. The 2025 Conference is hosted by Simon Fraser University.  

 Call for Proposals 

We invite submissions as either a Paper Presentation (individual) or Panel Session (maximum of 4 panelists) by March 14, 2025, under the theme "Living with Water across the Pacific Rim". Each Presentation or Session will consist of 30-minute presentation followed by 15-minute Q&A (total of 45-minutes each).Working Groups are the core of the SCL Conferences and represent an important opportunity for delegates to participate in collaborative research in partnerships. 10 Working Groups are confirmed to be at the SCL Conference 2025, and every participant will need to identify which Group they wish to join upon registration.

Submit proposal by scanning the QR code or visiting the following website.

 Registration 

The conference is now open for registration and we are inviting you to join the event. Registration fee: 

*In order to be eligible for the student fee, registrants will be required to upload either a copy of 1) Proof of Enrollment, or 2) Letter of Support signed by a supervisor at their home institution.

**Student participants will be responsible for all other costs related to the conference and/or travel (including accommodation, flights, insurance, etc.)

​Register by scanning the QR code or visiting the following website.

For inquiries, please contact the SCL Conference 2025 organizer at scl_2025@sfu.ca

 About Conference 

The Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU) Sustainable Cites & Landscapes (SCL) Conference focuses on sustainable cities and landscapes, bringing together experts to explore innovative solutions, and an audience filled with researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals. Since 2018, the annual conference has consistently provided a platform to further APRU's  mission of uniting landscape and urban professionals in addressing the challenges posed by the world's growing metropolitan population and its consequences. Each year, the conference gathers experts to explore practical, research-driven solutions for these pressing global issues.

This year's Conference theme, "Living with Water across the Pacific Rim", aims to focus on water as it underpins socio-economic growth, energy and food production, ecosystem health, and human survival, while also serving as the critical nexus for climate change adaptation. In response to current challenges, we require effective design, tools, frameworks, and collaborative approaches to re-imagine how we live with (or without) water.

​As a network of leading universities linking the Americas, Asia and Australasia, APRU (the Association of Pacific Rim Universities) brings together leaders, researchers, and policy-makers to exchange ideas and collaborate effectively on solving problems facing the 21st century. The APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Hub (SCL) hosted by the University of Oregon aims to unite policy-makers, researchers, and practitioners from across disciplines to find answers to vital social, urban, and ecological questions of our time. Since its establishment, an international steering committee has been formed by scholars from member universities in the Pacific Rim, including the University of Washington, Tsinghua University, the University of Hong Kong, and the University of New South Wales etc. Shanghai Jiao Tong University joined the SCL in July 2021 and established the Urban Landscape Biodiversity Working Group (ULB).