PDC 2022 is committed to embracing plurality and improving inclusivity, diversity and equitable participation within our community. We are also motivated to decrease the conference’s carbon footprint attributed to air travel, decentralising conference ownership and fostering local and international connectedness.

To that end we are proposing that while PDC will run a conference event in Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom between 30th August - 1st September 2022 (COVID-19 permitting), it will interface with a number of international “PDC Places” - smaller in-person events and activities ran in different locations around the world - with each Place shaped and organised by local PD researchers and practitioners. Asynchronous and synchronous online activities will occur before the week of the conference (15th August- 29th August) and after the conference (2nd September-16th September) to connect PDC participants across Places. Please refer to Table 1 for more details.