Georgia Tech College of Design will host the 20th annual International Academic Association on Planning, Law, and Property Rights (PLPR) conference from February 16 - February 20, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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More infomation can be found here.

Abstract submission is OPEN!  

Deadline: 30 September 2025

You can submit into any of these amazing sessions:

 1: Planning by Contract: Governing Urban Sustainability

 2) Spatial Plans at Local Level as a Planning Tool: A Comparative Approach

 3) Property in an Age of Extremism

 4) Legal Dimensions of Land Value Capture: Comparative Research, Methods, and Trends

 5) Land Ownership Data: Public Good or Private Asset?

 6) Knowledge and Information in Contemporary Planning

 7) The Governance of Urban Property: Ownership, Legitimacy, and Conflict

 8) Flexible Planning in Densifying Cities: Opportunities and Challenges

 0) General paper (not assigned to any special session)

There is also a PhD workshop attached to the conference: https://design.gatech.edu/PLPRAtlanta/Ph.D.