Past Events

JPI Urban Europe invites all projects funded in the Making Cities Work call to a projects kick-off meeting in Brussels on 13 February 2019 starting with a joint dinner the evening before. The meeting provides an opportunity for the projects to discuss common challenges, shareideas, inspire and be inspired. They will also get useful information and a sense of the JPI Urban Europe community. Invitation & Programme      

Leveraging the clean energy technologies potential through integration into an efficient system. The ETIP SNET has issued the document "VISION 2050 - Integrating Smart Networks for the Energy Transition: Serving Society and Protecting the Environment”  which considers the long term development towards a full decarbonisation of the energy system in 2050 by digitalization and coupling of all energy carriers. This vision will be the common background around which to develop the workshop discussions. The players of these high level talks are…

PLACES is an international conference which invites representatives of various social sciences to reflect upon global challenges for science, political, judicial, economic and communication environment in the age of global uncertainties. Since decades science reflects on everlasting transformations of social spaces, its growing plurality and uncertainties which exist at various levels, starting from individual identities in the postmodern diversity, growing beyond conventional borders of social groups, nations and states. What and where are places in which changes take place? Who…

The consortium of an European (ENSCC funded) project "TRANS-FORM: Smart transfers through unravelling urban form and travel flow dynamics" will hold a workshop as we approach the end of this project, which will take place in Lausanne, Switzerland on 4 April, 2019. The workshop aims at having an interactive discussion on the public transport system operations between researchers and stakeholders. We will have three keynotes (one from science and two from industry) and sessions for discussion as well as presentations…

The objective of the event is to launch the Smart City Guidance Package (SCGP) by presenting the results of the work led by the Integrated Planning, Policy and Regulations Action Cluster of the EIP-SCC in order to provide public authorities of cities and communities, as well as non-governmental actors, with the necessary support for planning and managing smart city projects. In the initiative “From Planning to Implementation and Upscaling of Smart City Projects” cities, industry, NGO’s and knowledge partners collaborate…

JPI Urban Europe invites all actors involved in the Sustainable and Liveable Cities and Urban Areas call to a Projects Kick-off Meeting in Oslo on 20 May 2019 with the possibility to attend the ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures Call (ENSUF) Midterm Event taking place the following day, 21 May. Invitation only. For any questions, please contact the JPI Urban Europe Events Secretariat: Klara Broms Seving: klara.broms.seving@iqs.se, +46 708 96 32 78      

JPI Urban Europe are next year an academic partner to Europe's biggest event on how to make cities more sustainable! With more than 50 sessions on urban mobility, built environment, green business & innovation and leadership as well as numerous field trips in and around Oslo this is one of the signature events of Oslo European Green Capital 2019. Read more and get your ticket here.

A first-ever gathering of The Nature of Cities community where thought leaders from communities of practice, policy, and academia come together to discuss the nature of cities—green cities that are better for people and nature. The TNOC Summit will be a gathering unlike any before in its commitment to convening diverse voices and actors in support of propelling a movement for collaborative green cities.   Read more here.

The PARENT project (PARticipatory platform for sustainable Energy managemenT) is a citizen-oriented research project empowering people to reduce their electricity consumption through energy monitoring, collaboration and information exchange. The project operates in Brussels, Amsterdam and Bergen. Have a look at the project's website: http://www.parent-project.eu/ Some of the participants may be very familiar with theproject, having participated in the pilot or the steering committee. With others the project participants have struck up conversations along the way to exchange ideas on how…

Placemaking Week Europe 2019 is Europe’s biggest conference and festival celebrating the impact of placemaking on the urban fabric. Approximately 400 placemakers, a diverse mixture of professionals working on creating a better public space and city at eye level, will meet in Valencia from June 12th-15th. A variety of placemakers, politicians, civil servants, developers, big and small companies will share best practices, create new knowledge in interactive workshops, accelerate existing and new projects and celebrate the growing contribution of placemaking in creating…