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Colleagues. This major international conference brings together sociologists, health professionals, architects, urban designers, human geographers and more. It looks at the built environment from a health and wellbeing perspective - in both education and practice. Keynote now announced. Please pass this on to interested colleagues. Thanks. Conference: Health: The Design, Planning and Politics of How and Where We Live Place: University of the West of England, Bristol, UK Dates: 25-26 January 2018 http://architecturemps.com/bristol-2018/ Keynote 1: Christopher Shaw. Chair, Architects for Health; Keynote 2: Faculty of Public Health (TBC) For people unable to travel to Bristol, pre-recorded film and skype presentations are available. You will still be able to submit a written paper for publication in the journal series and associated books. Abstract Submission (Round 1): 01 June 2017 Nb. This allows delegates needing an early decision Abstract Submission (Round 2): 30 October 2017 http://architecturemps.com/bristol-2018/ Organisers: The event is part of a series being organised by an international consortium of universities and publishers including: The University of Derby, La Universidad de Sevilla, University of Cyprus, Swinburne University Australia, London South Bank University Liverpool and John Moores University, UCL Press and Libri Publishing. It is coordinated by the UK non-profit research organisation AMPS as part of its engagement with the UN Habitat University Initiative. This particular event is organised by the University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. - Themes: This event is part of a global series of conferences and publications that critique multiple health and built environment issues, with a particular interest in housing design and planning. Publications: There will be a conference proceedings publication with its own ISSN. Delegates will also be considered for inclusion in books series with Routledge Taylor&Francis, UCL Press, Vernon Press and Libri Publishing respectively. There will be a specific conference publication and a Special Issue of the journal Architecture_MPS is also available. Keynotes: Speakers this series of events organised by AMPS and its university partners include: John Ashton, President of the Faculty of Public health, Herman Hertzberger, Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medalist, 2012; Assemble, Turner Prize Winners, 2015; Stephen Hodder, CBE, President, RIBA, 2013-15 and other organisations such as the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, and the Royal Town Planning Institute. The city of Bristol One of the UK's most popular tourist destinations, identified in 2009 as one of the world's top ten cities, and named as the best city in Britain in which to live in 2014, Bristol also won the EU's European Green Capital Award in 2015. It is ranked as Britain's most-sustainable city. It is also at the centre of the UK’s art, music and cultural scenes.