24–26 April 2013, hosted by Glasgow City Council and the Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Strategic Development and Planning Authority and held at the Burrell Collection.
Theme – The Metropolitan Dimension – The state of the Union.
The Conference opened with a full presentation of planning in Scotland, from the National, metropolitan (five Scottish city regions) and local levels (Glasgow City Council). These were followed by a moderated Open Forum.
The Keynote Address was given by Professor Klaus Kunzmann on the Metropolitan Dimension in Europe. It was followed by presentations from the exemplars of the Metropolitan Dimension in Germany, Ile-de-France, Berlin-Brandenburg, Amsterdam and Moscow.