Valletta 2018’s program‘Living Cities, Liveable Spaces: Placemaking & Identity’ is calling for papers. The central objective of this conference is to bring together researchers, academics, policy makers, urban planners and cultural practitioners to share knowledge about the complex relationship between city branding, bottom-up community processes and large-scale events etc.. Dr. Dimmer and Prof. Okano participated last year’s conference as guest speakers from Japan. The conference will take place between the 22nd and 24th November. Deadline for abstracts is 21st April. Please see the link for more information.