The leaders of the five strands of the PASCAL Glasgow Conference monitored the developments at the Conference in their strand. Dr Judith Jenson, the leader of the Inclusion strand has written the attached overview of the Inclusion strand. This strand attracted considerable attention at the conference and confirmed that much remains to be done in combating exclusion and achieving a situation where learning cities are inclusive of all residents in the city.

We are happy to inform that the Timisoara Declaration - “Better Learning for a Better World through People Centred Smart Learning Ecosystems” signed on 19th of May in Timisoara by ASLERD, EADTU, EATEL, EDEN, IAFeS is featured below and is also available for download.

Josef W. Konvitz’s recently published Cities and Crisis comes just in time for the lead up to Habitat III. A historian, former diplomat and authority on economic governance and urban development, Konvitz is also a UN Global Compact – Cities Programme Global Advisor. He was responsible for the coordination between the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and UN Habitat in the preparation of the Istanbul 1996 Habitat II conference.

From an action-packed three days of presentations, inquiry and discussions, the 150+ particpants still managed a bit of fun as well!

We would like to specially thanks all those who submitted photos, in particular: Leone Wheeler, Marcellus Mbah, Yvonne Lane and Mike Osborne.