Based at the Institute for Urban and Cultural Area Research (IFSK) at Leuphana University in Lüneburg, Germany, the PDC PLACE GERMANY is launched during the pre-conference period. IFSK is part of the Cultural Studies Faculty and entails the departments of building culture, cultural geography, and tourism studies. The idea is to coordinate the local seminar Participatory Design in Cities(summer term 2022) for students to share their PD experiences and projects related to PD in urban planning. Using the infrastructure and facilities of the Leuphana University the seminar takes place at the campus and is meant for students from different disciplines. Guest lectures by project partners and joint discussions invite participants to reflect on the role of urban actors and to engage with relationships between theoretical concepts of PD and urban practice. The aim is to foster interdisciplinary exchange by supporting students as qualified researchers while bringing local aspects and a wider conversation to the PDC conference.