The conference theme combined regional development with the main topics of the Cost Action

“Investigating Cultural Sustainability”. This combination was lead by four thematic lines:

1) Memory, identity and places.

2) The role of culture in place-framing and making.

3) Urban and regional planning: cultures and practices.

4) Territorialisation: challenges for policies.

The detail about conference you can find at: 

http://www.culturalsustainability.eu/events/RomeConferenceProgram_27022013.pdf