The annual IFLA World Congress is a professional congress to be held in Zurich that is expected to be attended by more than 600 professionals and over 100 students from the fields of Landscape Architecture, Landscape Planning, associated professions and research from throughout the world to debate and discuss current topics and exchange experiences.
There will also be a full supporting programme, including excursions, etc., both before and after the Congress.

Aim of the Congress
Each day of the Congress is devoted to a different spatial focal area. While the first day is all about urban landscapes, the second day of the Congress deals with the peri-urban phenomenon in urban agglomerations and the third day concerns specific issues relating to rural land and its changes. The IFLA World Congress in Zurich aims to compare the differing views on these focal areas, enable a dialogue between the top-level experts from throughout the world and formulate the needs of the diverse stakeholders. At the forefront will be the debate on the general concept of landscape, that will encompass all facets of the environment and the interaction between man, nature and the landscape. The Programme Committee is hoping in particular for an inspiring exchange between landscape architects currently working in research, planning or design.

Target audience
All practising landscape architects, students and people working in landscape architecture, landscape development, land use planning, urban planning, architecture, construction, forestry and agricultural engineering, land art, Ministries and Offices for the Environment and Urban Development, Departments for Parks, Gardens and Open Spaces, the media and interested members of the public.

The International Federation of Landscape Architects is a democratic, non-profit, non-political, non-governmental organization. It aims to advance the practice of landscape architecture.

It represents landscape architects in 70 countries around the world. It is composed of landscape architecture associations, one for each country, who are represented by one delegate for each assoiciation.

IFLA was founded in 1948 in Cambridge, U.K., representing 15 countries from Europe and North America. Later, in 1978, IFLA's Headquarters were established in Versailles.

The Federation aims to provide a united voice and advocates high standards in tertiary education and practice. IFLA provides a forum for debate and networking, as well as for the promotion of the profession and the services which the profession provides.

The profession of landscape architecture will play an increasing role in in the future of our planet through the aesthetic, social and ecological skills of landscape architects.

IFLA is above all an instrument of international cooperation. This is achieved by the promotion of participation, collaboration and dialogue.

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The Swiss Federation of Landscape Architects BSLA FSAP

Founded in 1925 in Zurich as the Federation of Swiss Garden Designers, the BSLA today has around 450 members. The federation understands its role as being the voice for Swiss landscape architects working in private practice or public administrations in the planning and design sector. They also represent those working in teaching and research positions as well as students working towards a future in the profession.

The BSLA supports the development of landscape architecture in every area of the profession. They publish the professional journal “anthos” and represent Swiss landscape architects in The International Federation of Landscape Architects IFLA.

On behalf of the profession and the federation, the BSLA fulfills an important community function in pursuing its goal of ensuring the sustainability of the designed environment in Switzerland.

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Grün Stadt Zürich, the city of Zurich's Office of Parks and Open Spaces is responsible for the planning, construction and maintenance of green and open spaces on behalf of the residents of the city of Zurich: forests, public parks, lakeshores and riversides, cemeteries and sports grounds, avenues, natural habitats, allotment gardens and farms.

Furthermore, the city of Zurich is one of the main supporting organisations of the Foundation Wildnispark Zurich which runs the deer park in Langenberg and the Sihlwald forest, Switzerland's first wilderness park labelled as Nature Discovery Park.

Every day, around 430 employees are committed to preserving and improving the high quality of life in town.