Presentation

The International Forum brings together researchers from around the world to share work on multi-owned properties, including condominium, strata property, common interest developments, housing cooperatives, and homeowner associations.

Organized by the City Futures Research Centre (UNSW) and the UNESCO Housing Chair (URV), this edition of the Forum includes two days of meetings at University Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain) and a field trip.

This is the 7th edition of IFMOP after the sucessful editions in South Africa, Australia and Canada. This is the first time that the Forum is taking place in Europe.

Program

Please find the full program with abstracts for further details here.

Day 1: Wednesday, 15^th May 2024

Centre Tarraconese el Seminari: c/Sant Pau, 4, Tarragona (Muralles Room)

TIME		NAME OF AUTHORS AND AFFILIATION	PAPER TITLE
0900-0915			Registration
0915-0945		Prof. Dr. Josep Pallarés, Rector of University Rovira i Virgili Rubén Viñuales, Mayor of the City of Tarragona Pablo Abascal, President of the Spanish General Council of condominium managers Alfredo Sanz, President of the Spanish General Council of Technical Architects Vicente J. García-Hinojal, Dean of the Catalan section of the College of Spanish Land Registrars Dr. Héctor Simón, Director of the UNESCO Housing Chair URV Prof. Dr. Hazel Easthope, UNSW City Futures Research Centre Chair: Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre-Aznar	Conference welcome
PART 1. New Technologies and the future of condominiums Chair: Prof. Dr. Hazel Easthope
0945-1030		Prof. Dr. Amnon Lehavi Reichmann University	Keynote Presentation Governing the Smart Condominium: Prospects and Challenges
1030-1110		Dr. Dorit Garfunkel Tel-Aviv University Dr. Christina Argelich-Comelles University Autónoma de Madrid	Snapshot: Technological challenges and new directions Navigating the Digital Transformation of Condominium Governance Blockchain Technology and Civil Mediation in Conflicts in Condominiums
1110-1140	Coffee break
PART 2. New legal directions for multi-owned property Chair: Dr. Laura Crommelin
1140-1220		Prof. Dr. Susan Bright University of Oxford Prof. Dr. Sarah Blandy Sheffield University & Dr. Fabiana Bettini University College London	Understanding the role of law in shaping the life of high-rise residential buildings
1220-1300		Prof. Dr. Evan McKenzie University of Illinois Chicago.	The emerging legal paradigm for condo regulation and its implications for the future of home ownership
1300-1400	Lunch


PART 3. Condominium in transition Chair: Prof. Dr. Hazel Easthope
1400-1440	Prof. Dr. Douglas Harris University of British Columbia	Condominium to the Country: The Sprawl of Ownership within Private Local Government
1440-1520	Prof. Dr. Vincent Sagaert University of Leuven	Multi-owned properties: From protection/security to efficiency/flexibility
1520-1620	Michael Teys University of New South Wales Rachelle Alterman Technion David Rouse The Housing Agency	Snapshot: Condominium law and regulation Evolution of the Strata Anti-Commons Condominium Law versus Neighbourhood Regeneration – Analysis of conflicts among owner majorities and minorities Dispute Resolution in Ireland
1620-1700	Break & move to roundtable
1700-1830	María Cinta Tallada-López Land Registrar Juan López-Asiain Director of Technical Bureau of the Spanish General Council of Technical Architects Fabián Huguet-Tous Secretary of the Spanish General Council of condominium managers Dawn Bauman Executive Director, Foundation for Community Association Research, USA Chair: Dr. Núria Lambea-Llop, UNESCO Housing Chair, University Rovira i Virgili	Round Table 1. Professionals. Legal & technical issues and decision making in multi-unit buildings (Translation Spanish-English will be provided)
1900-2000	Welcome reception (Casa Canals: c/d’En Granada, 11, Tarragona)

Day 2: Thursday, 16^th May 2024

Centre Tarraconese el Seminari. (Muralles Room)

TIME		NAME OF AUTHORS AND AFFILIATION	PAPER TITLE
0910-0920		Dr. Laura Crommelin	Welcome Day 2
Part 4: Comparative legal perspectives Chair: Dr. Laura Crommelin
0920-1000		Dr. Edward Ti Singapore Management University Dr. Fabiana Bettini University College London	Snapshot: Comparative legal perspectives A case of distant cousins: English commonhold and Australian strata Fire Safety in High-Rise Residential Buildings: Comparative Property Law Perspectives
Part 5: Condominium in Spain Chair: Dr. Héctor Simón
1000-1040		Prof. Dr. Maria Teresa Alonso-Pérez University of Zaragoza	The recognition of legal personality to communities of owners: Problems that arise in Spanish Law
1040-1120		Dr. Gemma Caballé-Fabra UNESCO Housing Chair, University Rovira i Virgili Dr. Silvana Canales-Gutiérrez UNESCO Housing Chair, University Rovira i Virgili	Snapshot: special issues in condominium law Challenges of condominium hotels in Spain Administration fees in condominium international private law
1120-1150	Coffee break
Part 6: Condominium in Ethiopia Chair: Prof. Dr. Hazel Easthope
1150-1230		Hone Mandefro Balaye Concordia University Bantayehu Alayew University of Gondar	Snapshot: Condominium in Ethiopia Governance through Condominium Housing: State, Housing and Everyday Life in Addis Ababa Perceptions and key challenges in the development of condominium housing in Central Gondar, Gondar City, Ethiopia
Part 7: Accessibility in multi-owned properties Chair: Prof. Dr. Hazel Easthope
1230-1310		Dr. Marc Roark University of Tulsa Dr. Héctor Simón-Moreno UNESCO Housing Chair, University Rovira i Virgili	Snapshot: Accessibility in multi-owned properties Resilience and Disability in Home Ownership Associations in the U.S. No one left behind: housing as an essential precondition for independent living
1310-1410 Lunch
Part 8: Housing cooperatives and collaborative housing Chair: Dr. Laura Crommelin
1410-1450		Dr. Mª Paula Rodríguez-Liévano Prof. Dr. Sergio Nasarre-Aznar UNESCO Housing Chair, University Rovira i Virgili	Housing cooperatives in cession of use: an alternative housing tenure in MUB to condominiums?
1450-1530		Dr. Phillipa Hughes University of Liverpool	Multi-owned properties within collaborative housing; understanding institutional forms
Part 9: Redeveloping multi-owned properties Chair: Prof Dr. Sergio Nasarre-Aznar
1530-1610		Prof. Dr. Bruce Judd Prof. Dr. Hazel Easthope City Futures Research Centre, University of New South Wales Prof. Dr. Kenichi Tauone, Kyushu University Dr. Tuulia Puustinen Aalto University Prof. Dr. Hazel Easthope University of New South Wales & A/Prof. Dr. Sandra LöschkeUniversity of Sydney	Snapshot: redeveloping multi-owned properties Renewing Muromi Danchi: A resident-led approach for multi-owned housing in Japan Unlocking Success in multi-owned housing renewal: the significance of liveability, milieu, and heritage preservation
1610-1700	Break & move to roundtable
1700-1830		José Luis Polo-Francisco Real estate conveyancer Gemma Feliu-Lucas Director of Social Projects, SOGEVISO Francisco Pérez-Caballero Councillor at Spanish Confederation of Housing cooperatives Rogelio Loera-González Head of Planning, Housing Promotion Directorate, City of Guadalajara, Mexico Chair: Dr. Gemma Caballé-Fabra, UNESCO Housing Chair, University Rovira i Virgili	Round Table 2. Upgrades of multi-unit buildings (Translation Spanish-English will be provided)
1930-2130 Forum Dinner. Restaurant Mas Rosselló.

Day 3: Friday, 17^th May 2024

Please see the separate fieldtrip full program for further details here.

0830 Meeting Point: Avda. Catalunya, 35, Tarragona (Campus Catalunya URV)

0900 Visit to a residential condominium. Cambrils.

1030 Visit to Social Center “El Roser”. Reus.

1200 Visit to a modernist graveyard. Reus.

1300 Lunch (Picnic bag). Venue: Centre cívic del Barri del Carme (Pl. Patacada, 10, Reus)

1500 Guided visit tour through modernist Reus. Led by architect Xavier Climent.

1700 Return bus to Tarragona

Registration

The early bird in-person conference registration is AUD $700 (approx. 425 Euro).

For postgraduate/doctoral students, it is AUD $500 (approx. 300 Euro).

Registration includes evening drinks, a conference dinner, all lunches, morning teas and the field trip.

To register, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/2024-international-research-forum-on-multi-owned-properties-tickets-775283763607

We welcome attendance from interested participants who do not wish to present but would like to join in the discussions.

Please note that in 2024 we will not be providing the option of online attendance, so we do hope that you will be able to join us in person.

Hotels

Some hotels at walking distance of the Conference venue are the following:

Hotel H10 Imperial Tarraco – https://www.h10hotels.com/es/hoteles-tarragona/h10-imperial-tarraco

Hotel SB Ciutat de Tarragona – https://www.hotelciutatdetarragona.com/es/

Hotel AC Tarragona – https://www.marriott.com/es/hotels/reuta-ac-hotel-tarragona/overview/

Hotel Astari – https://www.hotelastari.com/es/

Hotel Lauria – https://www.hotel-lauria.com/

Hotel Plaça de la Font – http://hotelpdelafont.com/

Contact

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate in contacting us at: ifmop2024@urv.cat

Call por papers – Already closed!

We are delighted to announce that the 7th International Research Forum on Multi-Owned Properties will run from 15-17 May at the Centre Tarraconense el Seminari in Tarragona, Spain.

Organised by Prof Hazel Easthope and Dr Laura Crommelin at UNSW City Futures Research Centre, and hosted by Prof Sergio Nasarre-Aznar at the UNESCO Housing Chair Universitat Rovira i Virgili, the forum will bring together international researchers to share their knowledge and research on multi-owned properties (strata title, unit title, condominium, common interest development, homeowner association and other similarly structured properties).

We would like to invite interested presenters to submit a paper proposal on any research topic related to multi-owned properties. We welcome proposals from academics and practitioners, with priority given to papers drawing on the findings of systematic research.

Discipline and field of research areas may include but are not limited to:

architecture
built environment
construction studies
design
economics
environmental science
law/policy
management
planning
property and real estate studies
social science
sociology
tourism studies

The format of the forum is designed to encourage collective engagement and relationship-building. The forum does not involve parallel sessions; selected papers will be presented in-person to the entire group, with 40-minute slots allocated to allow for a presentation followed by substantive group discussion. For this reason, only a limited number of participants will be selected to present alongside our keynote speaker Professor Amnon Lehavi from Reichman University.

If you would like to present, please submit an abstract (in English language) of no longer than 250 words by 4^th February 2024 to Hazel Easthope at hazel.easthope@unsw.edu.au. We encourage presentations from postgraduate students and early career researchers as well as more established researchers.

Organizing committee

Directors

Hazel Easthope, UNSW

Laura Crommelin, UNSW

Sergio Nasarre-Aznar, URV

Co-ordinators

Dr. Gemma, Caballé-Fabra, URV

Dr. Mª Paula Rodríguez-Liévano, URV

Marina Pueyo-Villanueva, URV

With the support of

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