The Summit provides opportunities for incubating and networking for new ideas, innovation, and sustainable socio-economic reform.
About SoPlace Summit
The World Sense of Place Summit also known as SoPlace Summit is a new platform brought to you to mobilise the global sense-of-place fraternity for mainstream impact which will provide plenary sessions for perspective debate; the sharing of best practices and innovative solutions; presentation for ground-breaking ideas; the management, making and marketing of places in attracti
ng and retaining talent, citizens, investors, and tourists. Working with communities and governments, and across sectors and geo-political borders, the Summit will demonstrate that it is possible to bring about positive changes and innovation for a sustainable future of our place – village, district, town, city, state, region, country, and our world. The Urban Century demands and expectations placed on our future sense of place are unprecedented. SoPlace Summit is a premier platform for place-based leaders, government leaders, and industry experts to engage meaningful and primacy of the sense of place – address the challenges of liveable and sustainable places, share trend-setting solutions, and forge new collaborated initiatives. Attendance and participation is by invitation. For more information, please visit soplace.co. The second edition of SoPlace Summit will be held at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre, Malaysia from 10 – 16 April 2015. For more information on delegate membership application, sponsorship and exhibition opportunities - please e-mail to [email protected]
What is SoPlace? SoPlace is commonly pronounced as ‘soul place’ – a slang to describe the mainstreaming sense of place through glocal convergence and multi-faceted congregation. We generate our placeness and our soul through meaningful experience and discovery of a particular place and space – a growing sense of belonging, sense of time, and sense of purpose. A strong sense of place catalyzes sustainable stewardship of our civilization, culture, heritage, landscape, and environment. Sense of place has been defined and used in many different ways by many different people. To some, it is a characteristic that some geographic places have and some do not, while to others it is a feeling or perception held by people (not by the place itself). It is often used in relation to those characteristics that make a place special or unique, as well as to those that foster a sense of authentic human attachment and belonging. The term is used in urban and rural studies in relation to place management, place-making and place-branding of communities to their environment or homeland.
