Welcome to a webinar about Urban Living Labs 2.0. What does "success" mean in the context of urban experimentation and Urban Living Labs (and how do you get there in practice?) Can Urban Living Lab approcahes be tools for capacity building on wicked issues? It is time to make the investment in Urban Living Labs more sustainable and the learning more integrated. Register here! Urban Living Labs have over the recent decade become a common type of co-creative experimentation, offering…
Find out more »Technology and Green Spaces is a one-day symposium showcasing the use of the latest technology in green spaces. Participants will have the opportunity to join fascinating sessions covering topics surrounding technology, food, environment and access plus a presentation by key-note speaker Mike Hardman, University of Salford. The event is part of the JPI Urban Europe funded project FEW-meter within the Sustainable Urban Global Initiative (SUGI) / Food-Water-Energy Nexus. Register and learn more here.
Find out more »After 12 years, ICERI has become an annual meeting point for lecturers, researchers, professors, educational scientists and technologists. Every year, ICERI brings together over 700 delegates from 80 different countries. It will provide the ideal opportunity to present your projects and experiences to an international audience. Also, it will offer participants an overview of the current situation of education and new learning technologies. ICERI2019 Proceedings will be reviewed for their inclusion in the ISI CPCI (Web of Science). Previous editions…
Find out more »Making climate services a reality in Europe is a two-day conference that will bring together 100+ climate researchers, policy-makers and industry experts as well as city and regional actors to showcase how climate data can serve both cities, regions and business. The conference will focus on climate services for energy, mobility, future cities, health, agriculture, water, tourism and disaster risk reduction. The conference begins on 13 November at 12:00 (CEST) with lunch at the marketplace, closely followed by the opening…
Find out more »Welcome to an interactive talk about doing business as (un)usual for livable public space. We study different cases and discuss the value of using urban public spaces to integrate a wide range of issues, such as livability, climate, energy, mobility, inclusiveness, placemaking and human centered approaches. What does it mean to work successfully with synergies in public space dilemmas, and how is it achieved in practice? Register here! There are several dilemmas (competing goals, interests, strategies, etc.) involved in the…
Find out more »This year’s World Summit of Local and Regional Governments is strongly focussed on the implementation of UN’s Agenda 2030 and the Climate Agreement. JPI Urban Europe will discuss with participants how experimental methods in R&I projects, such as Urban Living Labs, can contribute to achieving global goals and targets. In the session („Urban Living Labs: Experimenting for Sustainable Urban Development“), a key note presentation will point out the key aspects of ULL and experimenting in urban areas. Furthermore, Sigrun Kabisch (Chair of…
Find out more »Unfolding dilemmas in urban public space development and maintenance: Consequences for policy and research and innovation Riga, Latvia 20 Nov // 16.00 Guided tour in host city on the topic of public space 20 Nov // 19.00 Joint Dinner 21 Nov // 09.00 - 17.00 AGORA Workshop: Dilemmas of Public Space Urban public spaces fulfil important societal functions and shape many of the characteristics of cities and urban areas. However, there are several dilemmas (competing goals, interests, strategies, etc.) involved…
Find out more »Welcome to a talk where we experiment with the thought of having livable cities rule the world. We dig into the purpose of partnering transnationally for urban transformation its connections to local liveability and prosperity. Can we “hijack” global political and institutional blockages with local livability action? Stay tuned for more speaker announcements! Register here
Find out more »Soil and the SDGs conference is organised on behalf of the European Commission, and it is an opportunity for policy makers, public institutions, researchers, industry and civil society to come together to exchange knowledge and practices on the implementation in the EU of soil and land-related SDGs, and particularly the Land Degradation Neutrality target. During this one-day conference with a rich agenda, we will first address the challenges related to soil and land degradation in the EU and then we will explore…
Find out more »Welcome to an interactive talk about strategic synthesis in urban transitions. We look into the challenges and enablers that takes us from aggregated project outcomes to synthesis impact. We experiment with the meaning and practice of synthesizing projects results, for example in relation to global agendas and targets as well as to cross-fertilization of neighboring fields. How can synthesis be used in cross-sector urban policies? We will celebrate this tenth (!) Urban Lunch Talk (and the final one of the…
Find out more »On December 10, 2019 the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) in collaboration with JPI Urban Europe, PED Programme of the SET-Plan Action 3.2 on Positive Energy Districts, the Action Cluster Integrated Planning, Policies and Regulation of the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities, SCC-01 project Smarter Together and STARDUST, European energy award, and Tuscan Organisation of Universities and Research for Europe host a special session at the Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions Conference 2019. The…
Find out more »After 14 years, INTED has become an annual meeting point for lecturers, researchers, education professionals and technologists. Every year, INTED brings together over 700 delegates from 80 different countries. It will provide the ideal opportunity to present your projects and experiences to an international audience. Also, it will offer participants an overview of the current situation of education and new learning technologies. INTED2020 Proceedings will be reviewed for their inclusion in the Web of Science (Conference Proceedings Citation Index). Previous…
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