Wednesday until Thursday 17–18 September 2025, agencies and project participants from the ENUTC Building Transformation Call (BTC) will gather in Bucharest, Romania, for sharing results and experiences, onsite and online. There will also be a capacity building meeting with workshops about green transformation with urban living labs, art, design, culture, municipalities, and local ecosystems as change agents.
Welcome to Bucharest, Romania, for the ENUTC Grande final event for the Building Transformation Call (BTC). Project partners and funding agencies will have the opportunity to gather for sharing experiences, networking, and inspiration. Projects will present and discuss their works, mingle with each other, agencies, city representants and experts.
Purpose and aim
The final event on the Wednesday will let projects report on their research and results, while facilitating exchange and community building among the projects and partners – for those involved to also discuss post-project opportunities.
For whom?
ENUTC BTC project coordinators, and at least one additional project partner, city representants, external experts, funding agencies, and researchers or stakeholders interested in the topic, are invited to attend the final event, and the capacity building meeting with workshops.
Locations
Venue: Nod Makerspace, Splaiul Unirii 160, Bucharest
Social dinner: Linea, Str. Lipscani nr. 17, Sector 3, Bucharest
Project presentations
The final event on the Wednesday will let projects report on their research and results, while facilitating exchange and community building among the projects and partners – for those involved to also discuss post-project opportunities.
The project leader, or the presenter, will go through the results and experiences (5-7 minutes) with a PP presentation, sent-in beforehand (can be presented from your own computer). Each project will present research questions, methodolgy (very briefly), and key findings (tentative results), and experiences will be highlighted throughout the expert conversation that will follow the presentation. Instructions for preparations including a PP template is e-mailed to the project coordinators.
Capacity building meeting
The capacity building meeting, Thursday, will build upon the conversations from the project presentations, Wednesday. Thursday’s meeting will revolve around green transformation change agents. There will be keynote speeches, a panel discussion, and a workshop about urban living labs, art, design, culture, municipalities, and local ecosystems.
Agenda
Wednesday 17 September 2025, Bucharest (local times)
11.30 Guided tour (starting at Nod Makerspace, Splaiul Unirii 160)
13.00 Lunch and registrations
14.00 (13.00 CEST) Welcome – Elena Simion, Uefiscdi, Simon Boström, Formas
14.15 (13.15 CEST) Project presentations (and coffe break)
Experts
– Helka-Liisa Hentilä, University of Oulu
– Jeroen Boomgaard, Gerrit Rietveld Academie
– Marc Dijk, Maastricht University
– Maria Neneciu, Uefiscdi
17.00 (16.00 CEST) Conclusions
17.30 Photo shoot
18.30 Social dinner, Linea, Str. Lipscani nr. 17, Sector 3, Bucharest
Thursday 18 September 2025, Bucharest (local times)
8.30 Registration and coffee
9.00 (8.00 CEST) Welcome – Elena Simion, Uefiscdi, Kristina Laurell, Formas, Emina Pasic, Swedish Energy Agency
9.20 (8.20 CEST) Keynote speeches and panel discussion
Keynote speakers
– Marie Yeroyanni, EU Commission
– John Hultén, Shift Sweden
– Mark Dijk, Maastricht University
Panelists (including experts above)
– Emma Sheperdson, Shift Sweden
– Patrik Rydén, Viable cities
11.00 Coffe break
11:30 Workshop: Transformation with Urban living labs as change agent – the role of art, design, and culture
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Workshop: Transformation with Urban living labs as change agent – the role of municipalities, and local ecosystems
15.30–16.00 Reflections, Johannes Riegler, FFG
Online
For the project presentations, Wednesday, follow us by clicking on this link to a Zoom meeting.
For the capacity building meeting, Thursday, follow us by clicking on this link to a live stream at Youtube.
Registration
Registrations until 1st of September 2025.
Due to limited registration capacity, we kindly reserve the right to determine onsite participation.
Contact
Simon Boström, Formas, simon.bostrom@formas.se