“The focus of the DLA Conference 2012 is GeoDesign, 3D-Modeling and Visualization. It will be held in Bernburg at the Kurhaus Conference Center which was built in 1902. Since 1990, the Kurhaus has also housed the Bernburg Research Center INDIGO Innovations Park. The DLA 2012 will include presentations, exhibitions of vendors, poster sessions and workshops. Excursions and social events will take place at the Bernburg Cloister, the nearby Castle Hohenerxleben, the Bauhaus Dessau and the Woerlitz Gardens.”

Thursday, 31 May 2012: 3D-Landscape Modeling
9:00 Welcome and Keynote: Prof. Dr. Jörg Schaller, Technical University Munich, Germany: Applying 3D Landscape Modeling in GeoDesign
11:00 Parallel lectures sessions on: 3D-Landscape Modeling
14:00 Parallel lectures sessions on: 3D-City Modeling
Poster Presentation
Parallel 1,5 hour Workshop: Open Street Map by Philip Paar, Laubwerk a.o.
20:00 Reception Buffet at Bernburg Cloister

Friday, 1 June 2012: Landscape Visualization
9:00 Keynote Prof. Dr. Christina von Haaren, Leibnitz University of Hannover, Germany: The potential of GeoDesign for linking Landscape Planning, Landscape Visualization and Landscape Management
11:00 Parallel lectures Sessions on: Virtual Environmental Design | Applying Mobile Devices in Planning and Design
14:00 Parallel lectures sessions on: Planting Design and Modeling
Parallel 1,5 hour Workshop: New Devices for GIS by Prof. Joachim Kieferle, Univ. Rhein-Main, Germany, Prof. Dr. Uli Kühnle. Burg Giebichenstein, Halle, Germany, a.o.
Parallel 1/2 –Day Workshop: BIM, CityGML and Related Standardization by Prof. Dr. Thomas Kolbe, TU Berlin, Lutz Ross, virtualcitySYSTEMS, Berlin, a.o.
20:00 Conference Dinner DLA Awards, at Castle Hohenerxleben

Saturday, 2 June 2012: GeoDesign
9:00 Short presentation 3-minute impulses
9:30 Keynote Prof. Dr. Carl Steinitz, Harvard University, United States: Public Participation in Landscape Planning: a Prognosis for the Future? Dr. Stephen Ervin, Harvard University, United States: The Future of GeoDesign
11:00 Parallel lectures Sessions on: GeoDesign Applications
14:00 Parallel lectures sessions on: GeoDesign Interfaces | Teaching GeoDesign and Digital Planning Methods Parallel 1/2 –Day Workshop: GeoDesign by Dr. Stephen Ervin, Harvard University, United States, Matthias Pietsch, Anhalt University, Bernburg, Eric Wittner, ESRI GeoDesign Group, Redlands, USA, Pascal Müller, ESRI Procedural Group, Zürich, Switzerland, a.o.
17:00 Closing Panel
20:00 Evening Lecture and concert at Bauhaus Aula, Dessau

Sunday, 3 June 2012: Excursion
1/2 –Day Excursion Wörlitz Garden and Bauhaus Dessau | Full Day Excursion Harz Mountains (Historical Gardens)

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