JPI Urban Europe is a joint programming initiative. The aim is to create attractive, sustainable and economically viable urban areas, in which European citizens, communities and their surroundings can thrive
Held every three years, the ICLEI World Congress assembles hundreds of local and regional governments, international agencies, national governments, donors and other partners from around the world. Together they set the course for globalizing urban sustainability. During the congress, cities, towns and regions connect with peers, foster partnerships and exchange information and experiences. This event is a key milestone in driving stronger collective local action. Read more on the ICLEI web page
Find out more »WeMakeThe.City is a festival that makes cities better. For five days in a row, we will tackle urgent everyday challenges in the urban environment, together with audience and experts, spread across different locations in the Amsterdam metropolitan area. With lectures, film screenings, expositions, performances, urban expeditions, games, workshops, expert meetings, conversations, labs, maker spaces, and an attractive and active weekend programme for a large and wide audience. For Amsterdam, the metropolitan area, European cities and the rest of the world.…
Find out more »Smart Choices for innovative regional ecosystems: The Power of Connectivity, Entrepreneurship and Science & Research -First presentation of EC’s vision for regional innovation in Horizon Europe, synergies with the European Structural and Investment Funds -Future of Widening participation -Site visit opportunities at IQOQI, Brenner Tunnel building site, Werkstätte Wattens The Urban Europe project Green Blue Cities will be presented by Taneha Bacchin from TU Delft. Further information www.wire2018.eu Green Blue Cities
Find out more »This event will offer the opportunity for scholars from Europe, as well as from around the world, to contribute to the exchange of experiences, ideas and knowledge regarding planning in the 21st century, in particular in relation to the congress theme: MAKING SPACE FOR HOPE. Gothenburg University – Department of Conservation, will host the congress in collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg – Department of Architecture; KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm – Department of Urban Planning and Environment;…
Find out more »The University of Newcastle, UERA and EERA, are organising a summer school, from Monday 23 - Friday 27 July 2018 on smart cities It will be delivered at Newcastle (UK), at the Urban Sciences Building at Science Central, a data-rich, sensed environment. The site is home to the Urban Observatory; a living lab gathering sensor data on its performance, energy sources and consumption, and even its building skins. Newcastle has extensive urban sensing at micro (appliance), meso (building) and macro…
Find out more »NEXT – Nature-Based Solutions for Smart Cities is looking for participants to the international summer school on sustainable cities and nature-based solutions in Mogilev (Mahiliou) in Belarus, August 15-26! The summer school will be a vibrant mixture of interactive sessions, field trips, and group projects in a unique Eastern European setting, designed to give participants hands-on project and research experience with urban nature-based solutions for smart cities. Application deadline is May 31. Further information Homepage of the international summer school…
Find out more »The symposium aims to capture the complexities and relational ramifications in a ‘dilemma-driven’ approach to the urban societal challenge of sustainable and liveable cities and urban areas (yet in an accessible format): how do we ask the questions? What types of urban R&I are relevant to tackle the challenge? If possible, indications of ways or ‘requirons’ needed to steer towards synergies: what kinds of re-thought understandings of how the urban works would it require? What kinds of ‘impossibilibilites’ present obstacles…
Find out more »Rīga Stradins University is proud to announce that the 7th International Interdisciplinary Scientific Conference SOCIETY HEALTH WELFARE 2018 will be held on 10th-12th October, 2018 in Riga. The conference is dedicated to urban and rural studies from different perspectives under the title “Contemporary Social Dynamics and Welfare: Urban and Rural Development Perspectives.” “Society. Health. Welfare” has become a recognised International Conference which brings together researchers and specialists of various fields: sociology, public relations and communication, health and rehabilitation, pedagogy and…
Find out more »Open governance, data and people - 6th Informed Cities Forum The Informed Cities initiative - making research work for local sustainability - is a European initiative driven by ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability which aims to bridge the gap between research, policy-making and action in sustainable development, at and for the local level. Drawing on various research projects, the Informed Cities initiative is a meeting place for dreamers, thinkers and doers who want to co-create the future of European…
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