History of INPUT

INPUT is managed by an informal group of Italian academic researchers working in many fields related to the exploitation of informatics in planning. Since the first conference, held in 1999, INPUT has represented an opportunity to reflect on the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) as key planning support tools.

The first conference (Venice, 1999), titled "Models and management of processes of spatial transformations," was organized by the IUAV University of Venice in conjunction with the Sixth Conference "Computers in Urban Planning and Urban Management" (CUPUM) and focused on the relations between three main topics as follows: new technologies, tools for analysis and forecast, planning and management of processes of spatial change. The conference laid the foundations for the setting up of a network of models designers, users, and clients.

The second conference (Isole Tremiti, 2001), titled "Democracy and technologies," was organized by the Polytechnic University of Bari and proposed a discussion on three topics as follows: democracy and technologies, worlds and models; knowledge and intelligent agents.