Registration
Registration will be open from Monday 11 November 2024 until Friday 17 January 2025 (for the early bird rate) and Friday 14 February 2025 (for late registrations).
To register please visit our Eventsforce booking page:
Conference fees
Early Bird (until 17 Jan 2025) | Standard (until 14 February 2025) | |
|---|---|---|
| PLPR members | £350 | £400 |
Non-PLPR members | £400 | £450 |
PhD Students | £200 | £250 |
Participants from least developed countries* | £200 | £250 |
Conference Dinner (Optional) | £70 | |
*According to country of residence and UN list of least developed countries
Conference Dinner
The PLPR2025 conference dinner will be held at Cardiff Castle on the evening of Thursday, 6 March 2025. Please note that capacity for the dinner is limited, and early registrants will have priority in securing a place.
Excursions
As part of the PLPR2025 conference, participants have the opportunity to an excursion scheduled for the afternoon of Wednesday 5 March 2025.
Please note that spaces for each excursion are limited, and early registrants will have priority in securing their preferred option.
1. City Centre Development
Now a prominent regional retail city, the past 20 years of Cardiff’s urban development has focused on the development (and redevelopment) of its city centre retail offer. This tour will explore how Cardiff set out to establish itself as a major retail destination through a range of focused development projects, including city centre pedestrianisation, expansion of its retail and entertainment footprint, and improvements to its public realm.
The tour will explore not only the projects that have fuelled the city’s retail growth but also the positive and negative impacts of these initiatives on the different parts of the city and how it is now trying to confront changes in the national retail landscape through new urban developments.
2. Cardiff Bay Regeneration
Explore the rich history and vibrant transformation of Cardiff Bay on this walking tour, celebrating its evolution over the past 30 years. Once the world’s largest coal port, the Bay’s industrial heritage will be explored, juxtaposed by its decline and 1990s renewal by a development corporation, alongside contemporary development initiatives.
Key stops include the Millenium Centre, historic Pier House, The Senedd (Welsh Parliament), Norwegian Church, Mermaid Quay, Mount Stuart Graving Docks, Bute Street, Mount Stuart Square, the Coal Exchange, and Canal Park, each offering insights into Cardiff Bay’s industrial legacy and cultural transformation.
3. City of Arcades
Delve into the history of the city’s shopping arcades. Cardiff is a city steeped in 19th century tradition and grandeur. The embodiment of that is found in the city's unique shopping arcades, which are as culturally, architecturally, and historically relevant today as they were when first built.
Cardiff contains more shopping galleries than any other city in the whole of the United Kingdom, surviving today as a nod to the industrial success of the past. On this tour we will explore the iconic shopping galleries of the city centre, and Cardiff Market, as well as some of the long-lost arcades of the past.
4. Guided Cycle Tour of Cardiff
Explore Cardiff by bike! Setting off from a city centre independent café and stopping to hear about many of the city’s key landmarks, we’ll ride on cycle paths to Cardiff’s grand Edwardian civic centre, past the third Marquess of Bute’s statue overlooking the castle he rebuilt in gothic style and through Bute Park with its famous arboretum.
We’ll follow the river past the Principality Stadium and through the city’s wetlands to the old Tiger Bay – the site of the docks which made the city rich. We’ll pass the Senedd (the Welsh Parliament) and make a pit-stop at the Norwegian Church, built by visiting sailors. We’ll head back to the city centre, with its beautiful Victorian arcades, home of the world’s oldest record shop. En route, we’ll pass through the old city jail, now home of the indoor market.