THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL UTZON SYMPOSIUM 2008 Poetics of Construction 4 September 2008 To mark Jørn Utzon’s 90th year the newly opened Utzon Center, in collaboration with Aalborg University, will be holding the Second International Utzon Symposium on the theme Poetics of Construction, to be held at the newly constructed Utzon Center and Alvar Aalto’s Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum in Aalborg. This symposium will present and discuss current developments within contemporary architecture, as a continuation of the inspiration and principles previously developed in the work of Jørn Utzon. The Second International Utzon Symposium will bring together internationally renowned architects, Rafael Moneo, Gerard Reinmuth (terroir), Matti Sanaksenaho, Enrique Sobejano, Lene Tranberg, Richard Weston and Alejandro Zaera-Polo (Foreign Office Architects). The symposium will take place on the 4 September 2008 and will be held at Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum (Museum of Art, Northern Jutland) and the Utzon Center, Aalborg. The programme and further information will be available at the following homepage www.utzoncenter.org/symposium2008 The fee for attending the Symposium is DKK 1200,- or Euro 165,-. (For registration later than 15 August, registration fee will be DKK 1400,- or Euro 190,-). A limited number of students can apply for participation at a reduced cost of DKK 600,- or Euro 85,- by contacting Christina Øllegaard Elmer at tel. +45 20 51 57 43 or e-mail: elmer@utzoncenter.org.              Places for the symposium are limited, so please register promptly. It is possible to register for the symposium, at http://aalborg-convention.dk/registration/UtzonSymposium2008 Programme Thursday 4 September 2008  Nordjyllandskunstmuseum (designed by Alvar Aalto) 08:30             Registration 09:00             Welcome Adrian Carter Director, Utzon Center, Denmark 09:05             Opening Richard Weston Professor, Cardiff University, UK 09:30             Presentation Lene Tranberg Lundgaard & Tranberg, Denmark 10:30             Presentation Matti Sanaksenaho Sanaksenaho Architects, Finland 11:30 Lunch 12:30             Presentation Gerard Reinmuth terroir, Australia 13:30             Presentation Enrique Sobejano Nieto Sobejano Architects, Spain 14:30             Coffee Break 15:00             Presentation Rafael Moneo             Spain 16:00             Presentation Alejandro Zaera-Polo Foreign Office Architects, UK 17:00             Closing 18:00             Reception at the Utzon Center