General Rapporteur

The General Rapporteur of ISOCARP's 2009 World Planning Congress is Dr Chris Gossop (United Kingdom).  He is a chartered town planner with a very broad range of experience that has embraced work in both local and central government, as well as in a pressure group, the Town and Country Planning Association.  He currently works as a planning inspector for the Planning Inspectorate (England and Wales), in which role he has determined many hundreds of planning appeals, as well as presiding over numerous inquiries and hearings.  In tandem with this work, he has sought to maintain and develop his interest in international planning.  For example, in 1995, he co-ordinated  preparations for the UK's involvement in the United Nations conference on human settlements, Habitat II. 
 
He joined ISOCARP in 2000 and has participated in all its congresses since that date.  For most of that time he was a member of the UK's national delegation.  He was its bureau member until September 2008 and his election as Vice President (Publications), a role which he is pursuing in parallel with his work as General Rapporteur.  He has written numerous papers and articles for planning journals, and spoken at many events both in the United Kingdom and internationally.  His interests are broad, ranging from spatial planning at all its levels, to environmental management, to city design and transport planning. He is a member of the Royal Town Planning Institute's international Committee.  He lives in the new city of Milton Keynes, about 100 km to the north-west of London.

Workshop Rapporteurs

WS 1: Bruno Dercon, Indonesia

WS 2: Iliana Mignaqui, Argentina

WS 3: Jeremy Dawkins, Australia

WS 4: Martin Dubbeling, Netherlands

WS 5: Natasa Pichler-Milanovic, Slovenia

Workshop Chairpersons

WS 1: Irene Keino, Kenya

WS 2: Simon Moussalli, Lebanon

WS 3: Antonia Cornaro, Switzerland

WS 4: Helena Freino, Poland

WS 5: Joy Sen, India