A highlight of the 13th PASCAL International Conference to be held at the University of Glasgow on 3-5 June 2016 will be City Showcase presentations for sixteen cities located in Asia, Europe, and Oceania.

Most of these cities have participated in the PASCAL Networks program which was inaugurated in 2014 to build on PASCAL experience with Learning Cities in the PIE program which ran from 2010 to 2014.However, there are also a number of very welcome additions to PIE and Networks participants that bring fresh ideas on Learning City development, in some cases in difficult contexts. These add to the evolving pool of good ideas on approaches to Learning City development in a range of contexts around the world.

The key idea illustrated by the Showcase presentations is the centrality of innovation linked to learning in building sustainable Learning Cities, often involving non-traditional forms of partnership, in responding to the unique situation of each city, including the heritage and culture of the situation, economic context, social composition, and stage of development. There are multiple paths to building inclusive, cohesive and sustainable Learning Cities as these Showcase presentations demonstrate. Much is to be gained from sharing ideas and experience.

A complete reference to the City Showcase Presentations edited by Peter Kearns & Denise Reghenzani-Kearns is featured below and attached for download...