JPI Urban Europe

OpenLivingLab Days 2019
2019-09-02 - 2019-09-05 | Concert Hall M2, Thessaloniki, Greece
OpenLivingLab Days (OLLD) is the annual gathering of the global Living Lab community. A space for public officials, companies, entrepreneurs, academics, living lab representatives, and innovators to connect and work together: to create new products and services, to set the basis for debate and exploration of theories, and to discuss and process policy recommendations within the practical elements of open and user-driven innovation. Through interactive panel discussions, hands-on workshops with leading experts and site visits to our local partners, OLLD offers an exclusive networking and knowledge sharing experience.

Join Living Labs, companies, public officials, policy makers, researchers, non-profits and entrepreneurs to:

Explore co-creation methodologies, tools and best practices
Meet new partners for consortium building and set-up transnational experimentation grounds
Transform markets by engaging citizens in co-creating products and services
Find potential experimentation & test environments

JPI Urban Europe will host a workshop called “After Urban Living Labs“, on Wednesday September 4, at 2pm in Room “Museum”. You can read about it here!

More information about the OpenLivingLabs Days

The Bucharest Urban Climate Summer School (BUCSS) 2019
2019-09-02 08:00 - 2019-09-06 17:00 UTC
The Bucharest Urban Climate Summer School (BUCSS) 2019 aims to provide structured information and skill-building capabilities related to urban climate monitoring, modelling, ecology and bio-meteorology, and it is tailored towards hands-on experiences on:
1. Modelling tools used in urban meteorology and climatology
2. Urban ecology as an instrument for adaptation to climate change challenges in cities
3. Exploring critical linkages among environmental factors and emerging and chronic health threats and health disparities
The summer school is primarily intended for doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers who already have basic knowledge and interest for urban climate issues. Basic skills in climate studies, climate
modelling, programming and statistics is required.
The summer school takes place from September 2-6, 2019, in Bucharest (Romania) and it is jointly organised by Research Institute of University of Bucharest (ICUB), Ghent University (Belgium), University of Bochum (Germany), Romanian Association for Applied Meteorology and Education (Romania).
One may apply to attend BUCSS 2019 by e-mailing to the address svmp@icub.unibuc.ro the following: a) 2-page CV; b) 1-page letter of motivation; c) names, affiliation, e-mails and phone numbers of two professors or senior researchers who could provide references.
The deadline for submitting your application is 10 July 2019. More information and details can be found at
BUCSS2019.

Making Cities Work Conference
2019-09-06 - 2019-09-11 | Brussels
Making Cities Work is a series of events, from 6-11 September 2019, aimed at contributing to new ways of thinking about the urban economy.
How can alliances of policy makers, citizens, entrepreneurs and civil society organisations contribute to a more social and sustainable economy? How can we counter the socio-economic polarisation within European cities and regions and, as a matter of course, integrate climate protection measures and practices into economic practices? How can innovation be more inclusive?
Cosmopolis – Center of Urban Research, Building Brussels and Cities of Making present the Foundational Economy and a well-founded vision of what 21st century cities should be manufacturing within the socio-ecological transition of the urban economy.
The Making Cities Work days will end with the JPI Urban Europe financed project Cities of Making final event on the 11th of September.
Topics:
Foundational Economy
The foundational economy covers those branches of the economy that provide the infrastructures and services of everyday life. These include the universal basic goods and services that every citizen needs, such as food, housing, utilities. As such, productive and related sectors such as food, logistics, construction, health care and various other sectors deserve a renewed attention from scholars and policy makers alike.
Urban Manufacturing
Manufacturing – the transformation at scale of physical goods through labour or technology – has traditionally concentrated around cities. Only recently, as many European cities find themselves with a dwindeling manufacturing sector, are questions being asked about what kinds of manufacturing needs cities and what city needs are answered by manufacturing.
Read more about the events, register and find the agenda here.

International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019
2019-09-10 - 2019-09-13 | Wallenberg Conference Centre at the University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
The aim of this conference, Joining Forces for Change, is to bring together actors from different professional mandates, disciplines and sectors to engage and discuss practical examples and case studies that approach societal transformation through boundary breaking collaboration. The conference invites practitioners and researchers from government and administrative organisations and agencies, interest groups from community and business, and researchers and students from across the university. The overall focus is on what we can learn from our collaborative experiences, case studies and practices regarding wider societal transformation, methodological innovations and theoretical development. We will specifically search for “sites for change” in terms of spaces, practices and learnings where TD research and co-production play a crucial role.
Learn more about the conference and register here.

Cities of Making Final Event
2019-09-11 | perspective.brussels, Rue de Namur 59, Brussels, Belgium
Cities of Making is a European project exploring the topic and urban manufacturing and the question of what European cities should be making in the 21st century. On the 11th of September, partners from Brussels, London and Rotterdam will showcase results of 2,5 years of work.
The final event is part of Making Cities Work, a series of events from 6-11 September 2019, aimed at contributing to new ways of thinking about the urban economy.
The project, Cities of Making is part of the JPI Urban Europe ERANET Cofund Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF) Call.
Read more about the event and register here.

Sustainable Built Environment Conference - Transition Towards a Net Zero Carbon Built Environment
2019-09-11 - 2019-09-14 | Graz University of Technology, Kronesgasse 5, 8010, Graz, Austria
The SBE19 Graz conference is part of a major international series of conferences that focuses on sustainable buildings and construction. The series was launched by the International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction (CIB) and the International Initiative for a Sustainable Built Environment (iiSBE) more than ten years ago, and these partners were subsequently joined by the Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative (SBCI) of UN Environment, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) and the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GABC).
The series, now on a three-year cycle, has become recognized as the world’s preeminent conference series in this important field. The series consists of a first year of planning, followed by a series of regional conferences in the second year, and culminating in a global event during the third year. In 2019, SBE19 Graz will be one of the regional conferences, while the global conference World Sustainable Built Envoronment Conference (WSBE2020) will be held in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2020.
The thematic umbrella of the WSBE2020 will be the United Nations SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (UN SDGs). SBE19 Graz will be organized in thematic line with this conference. In addition, a focus should be put on approaches for implementation of sustainable developments. Graz University of Technology is going to host this conference in co-operation with University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna and for the first time internationally with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and ETH Zürich.
Read more about the conference and agenda

European Research and Innovation Days
2019-09-24 - 2019-09-26 | Brussels
European Research and Innovation Days is the first annual policy event of the European Commission, bringing together stakeholders to debate and shape the future research and innovation landscape.
Speakers will include ministers, commissioners, members of European Parliament, researchers, as well as surprise guests each day.
Learn more about the event here.

Webinar Urban Lunch Talk #6: From Project Partners to Synergy Soulmates
2019-09-27 13:00 - 14:00 (Europe/Paris)
EDIT: The recording is available on our Youtube channel!
What if integrated approaches and cross-fertilization of issues were made key in urban transformation? How can public authorities and research actors together break out of silos-thinking, and maximize the outcome for the innovation ecosystem that they are part of? What added values are shaped when projects and their partners work synergy effects? For whom, how? The recording is available on our Youtube channel!

Welcome to a webinar about using integrated approaches as a key in urban transformation. We will discuss how for example city authorities can partner in ways that has long term and cross-cutting impact on the state of the city. We look into how integrating a wide range of projects and issues can create valuable synergy effects, both between projects and between projects and their surrounding environments and stakeholders.
Urban transitions and sustainable urban development involve many different (sub)targets, which tend to result in strategies or actions pursued in parallel or disconnected from each other. While some targets support each other, others conflict across administrative departments, sectors, or societal groups. The global achievements of the UN Agenda 2030 SDGs, and the implementation of the Paris Agreement raise several questions on ways of organizing and operating in order to reach targets on time. Both agendas serve a strong urban dimension and assert that ideally, urban synergetics should underpin liveable and just cities.
Meet…

Joe Ravetz is Co-Director of the Collaboratory for Urban Resilience & Energy at the Manchester Urban Institute, University of Manchester. He has pioneered the art of strategic thinking for sustainable cities and regions, which brings together environment-climate policy, urban planning and design, new economics and governance, innovation and futures studies, systems thinking and complexity science. With a background as an architect, planner and development manager, he is also a creative graphic facilitator and foresight trainer. Joe works with the LOOPER Living Labs which serve as new models for experimental design and innovation at the urban and community level. They can address practical problems such as air quality, road safety, noise, crime or greenspace and are based on the involvement of stakeholders, continuous monitoring of changes and direct consideration of their impact on the implementation process. There are Living Labs in Brussels, Manchester and Verona. The project is part of the JPI Urban Europe ENSUF call. Joe covers material featured in these slides in his talk:
– Joe’s talk props
Joke Quintens (@jokequintens) is a “transitioneur”, former deputy Mayor in the city of Genk, passionate co-creater, matchmaker and facilitator. Joke lives and works in Marseille (France) and in Living Lab Moving Marseille, she uses the city as a laboratory to learn, but also to connect people and projects inside and outside Marseille. She shares stories about sustainable transitions and the challenges of participation and co-creation in workshops, writings, interviews, talks and other exchanges. She practices “Making City Together” as an expert in participatory policies and as a Wetopia ambassador, with a first Wetopia Academy to be set up in Cape Town in October:
“Dreams of a Wetopian Society”
Open Desgin Afrika: Wetopia
Twenty Thirty
Adrian Hill is a researcher, designer and planner. He is interested in participatory oriented projects that are built around governance, strategic communication and local economies. Adrian has worked across a range of issues including urban sustainability, mobility, agriculture, eco-systems management, renewable energy networks, industry and material cycles. Most recently he has been focusing on urban manufacturing and industrial symbiosis. Adrian is based in Brussels and is the cofounder of the OSMOS Network, a collaborator with LATITUDE platform and the coordinator of the JPI Urban Europe financed project Cities of Making through the ENSUF call. The link to the stakeholder management approach that Adrian uses can be found here and the images he presented in the talk here:
– Adrian’s talk props
Marcelline Bonneau (@ResiliaSolution) links theory and practices on sustainable and just cities, grassroots activities and strategic ones, the local and EU levels. She has been working on projects for societal transition of city administration via the URBACT networks (REFILL, MAPS, BioCanteens) in order to support integrated governance processes via peer to peer learning amongst EU cities. She is an URBACT Programme Expert, an expert to the UIA Antwerp Circular South project and an UrbanA Fellow. Marcelline researches and experiments on the interaction between city administrations and citizens’ initiatives in Brussels (VILCO). You can take part of her publications on social innovation in cities at URBACT and Routlegde.
– Marcelline’s talk props
E-mail: marcelline@resilia-solutions.eu
Participants from anywhere in the world who will join the conversation through the chat room, polls and Q&A sessions. Previous Urban Lunch Talks have attracted visitors from more than twenty different countries, representing urban administration and public authorities, research community, business representatives and civil society.
Host: Caroline Wrangsten, Urban geographer and Assistant Project manager in JPI Urban Europe.
Rapporteur: Jonas Bylund (@urbanalys) Research and Innovation Officer in JPI Urban Europe. We will enjoy a wrap up and a meta-reflection from Jonas who will link the talk outcomes to the purposes of JPI Urban Europe’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and dilemma-driven approaches to urban research and innovation. Jonas refers to the following two images in his speech:

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Urban and regional transition in widening countries and lagging regions: knowledge, tools and platforms for mutual learning and exchange
2019-10-09 16:30 - 18:00 UTC | Square – Brussels Convention Centre – 311+312, Mont des Arts, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
At the European Week of Regions and Cities, the European Commission, the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission and JPI Urban Europe will organize a session with focus on Urban and regional transitions in Widening countries and lagging regions and the best way they can be supported through smart specialisation and transnational cooperation.
JPI Urban Europe has the aim to establish long-term policy relations and support urban transitions in and with Widening Countries and Europe’s Outermost Regions by engaging (urban) actors, practitioners, decision makers in its activities.Something which is in foucs in our EXPAND II project that aims at mobilising national communities of urban actors of Widening Countries and to be the platform to create, combine, discuss and make available knowledge and robust evidence for urban transition. With cases from the Azores, Cyprus, Romania and more Widening countries and regions, we hope for a fruitful discussion and sharing of knowledge!
AGENDA
16:30 Welcome and setting the scene
Speaker: Magda DE CARLI, Head of Unit, European Research Area and Country Intelligence, DG Research and Innovation, European Commission, Karel Haegeman, Joint Research Centre, Sevilla (ES)
A selection of four territorial case studies from Widening Countries and Lagging Regions will focus on reflections on the key requirements for urban transitions: the particular conditions, the difficulties, which support activities would be beneficial (R&I support, networks, funding, etc.) More concretely, the session will focus on the following questions:

How to mobilise cities and urban actors for urban transitions? How to connect them to other regions/cities? Which benefits, conditions and requirements of stakeholder engagement do exist in Widening Countries?
How to mobilise national R&I programmes to engage transnationally? What are barriers and opportunities? What are the benefits, conditions and requirements of funding bodies to join transnational programmes and partnerships?
What are the benefits, conditions and requirements of policy support measures? How can RIS3 implementation at regional and city level be supported through transregional cooperation, transnational ideation (entrepreneurial discovery) and project development (in development labs)?

To this end, cases from 4 different territories will be presented:
16:40 Targeted support to RIS3 implementation in the city of Bucharest and Ilfov region (JRC STRIVE in collaboration with the European Parliament and DG REGIO)
Speaker: Catalina Udrea, Regional Development Agency, Bucharest – Ilfov, Planning Department
16:50 JPI Urban Europe’s approach to Widening Countries and build capacities for urban transitions in science and policy (EXPAND II project)
Speaker: Natalia SA. Silva, Regional Fund for Science and Technology of the Azores
17:00 Support to ideation and project development of innovative ideas in an international context for Centro region (PT) (JRC STRIVE in collaboration with the European Parliament and DG REGIO)
Speaker: Ana Abrunhosa, President of CDRC – Centro Region
17:10 RISE.eu (H2020-WIDESPREAD-01-2016-2017-TEAMING PHASE 2)
Speaker: Professor Giorgos Chrysanthou University of Cyprus (UCY), Research Director of RISE
17:20 Discussion: How to get engaged and use ongoing networking and support options for Widening Countries and Lagging Regions. Panel discussion with DG RTD (RISE), JRC (STRIVE) and JPI Urban Europe (EXPAND II)
17:50 Closing words Magda De Carli

Read more and register here.

Sharing Cities Summit Sweden
2019-10-10 08:00 - 2019-10-11 17:00 UTC | Lund and Malmö, Sweden
Sharing Cities Sweden is organising a conference and exhibition on exploring the role of sharing cities in advancing the sustainable development goals.
Save the date 10-11 October 2019 and stay tuned for more information soon!
Please register interest to attend the event by using this form and receive further information.
For questions, please contact Kes McCormick.

Webinar Urban Lunch Talk #7: From Test to Success
2019-10-18 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
EDIT: Listen to the recording of the webinar on our Youtube channel, here.
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.
Urban Living Labs have over the recent decade become a common type of co-creative experimentation, offering us the opportunity to research and innovate on a wide variety of challenges in everyday setting and test hypotheses and elements to pathways for making transitions towards urban sustainable living. Europe seems particularly a hotspot for this approach. A typical Urban Living Lab will run for as long as a project (usually three years) and after this period data is collected, results are drawn together, a summary is written and, in some situations, changes in the wider urban context happen. However, mounting concern by practice, innovators, and research is that this last step is too rare and after the project funding stops there is little systematic integration of any of the practical outputs. Is it really about “scaling up” successful results, or rather about “scaling across”? In sum, the intended and potential contribution by Urban Living Labs to urban transformation seems unfulfilled. In this webinar we explore going beyond Urban Living Labs towards a different paradigm offered by Living Labs 2.0…

How can cities, innovators and researchers best synthesize and make use of results from many different successful test beds, labs and urban experimenting?
Can Urban Living Lab approcahes be tools for capacity building on wicked issues?
How might we integrate Urban Living Labs approaches into the DNA of Urban Governance? Should we?

Bring your knowledge, projects and concerns to this webinar. Participate and exchnage in the chat, Q&A and polls.

Meet…

Claire Gordon is a Senior Researcher at Social Life (@SL_cities)an independent research organisation created by the Young Foundation in 2012 to work internationally on innovation and placemaking. As part of the Bright Future project (JPI Urban Europe ENSUF call), Social Life has been leading a process exploring how locally-driven social innovation can help respond to the needs of industrial towns in Slovenia, Romania, the Netherlands, Finland and the UK. Alongside this, Claire has worked on a range of place-based projects exploring the dynamics of neighbourhoods and how they are impacted and can be supported through development or regeneration. Prior to joining Social Life, Claire worked as a researcher examining market approaches in development at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London and at the University of Oxford. Her background is in the not-for-profit sector, having spent several years at a digital inclusion NGO in Brazil.
Michiel Dehaene is associate professor at the department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University, where he teaches courses in urban analysis and design. He is the chairman of the Flemish Jury of Urban Renewal Projects in Flanders. His work focuses on sub-urban renewal, the (planning) history of dispersed urban development, and sustainable cities. His research includes systematic work on planning and design models to address the urbanizaton of food. Michiel currently works with the project “Urbanising in Place” (JPI Urban Europe SUGI call) which seeks to define components of an “agroecological urbanism”: a model of urbanisation which places food, metabolic cycles and an ethics of land stewardship, equality and solidarity at its core. The project works with communities of practice in in both South America and in Europe: Rosario, Riga, Brussels and London.
Jochen Wendel is a researcher at the European Institute for Energy Research (EIFER) in Karlsruhe, Germany. He is coordinating, together with Pia Laborgne, the SUGI nexus project Creating Interfaces project running Urban Living Labs in Poland, Romania and the U.S. They work with capacity building for the urban food-water-energy (FWE) -nexus, making the FWE-linkages understandable to the stakeholders (city government, science, business and citizens), and facilitating cooperation and knowledge exchange among them by using innovative approaches for local knowledge co-creation and participation through Urban Living Labs and Citizen Science. His background is in GIScience and he received his PhD in Geography from the University of Colorado Boulder, USA. Prior to the Creating Interfaces project, Jochen has worked on several projects related to smart cities applications, location-based services, and data visualization with several state agencies and private companies in the US and Germany. Pia Laborgne is sociologist and researcher at the European Institute for Energy Research (EIFER), focusing on urban sustainability strategies, e.g. regarding citizen participation, citizen science and stakeholder cooperation. With Jochen Wendel, she is coordinating the SUGI nexus project “Creating Interfaces”.
Participants from anywhere in the world who will join the conversation through the chat room, polls and Q&A sessions. Previous Urban Lunch Talks have attracted visitors from more than twenty different countries, representing urban administration and public authorities, research community, business representatives and civil society.
Your rapporteur, Johannes Riegler, Stakeholder Involvement Officer in JPI Urban Europe.
Your host, Caroline Wrangsten, urban geographer and Assistant Project Manager in JPI Urban Europe.

Listen to the recording of the webinar on our Youtube channel, here.

Symposium: Technology and Green Spaces
2019-10-29 | The Garden Room, St Luke’s Community Centre, 90 Central Street, London, EC1V 8AJ, United Kingdom
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.

ICERI2019 (12th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation)
2019-11-11 - 2019-11-13 | Seville, Spain
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 are already indexed. Also, a DOI number will be assigned to each accepted paper.
The conference will be of interest for professionals in the area of Education, Research and Innovation.
The deadline for abstract submissions is July 11th, 2019.
Abstracts should be submitted on-line at: http://iated.org/iceri/online_submission

Making Climate Services a Reality in Europe
2019-11-13 - 2019-11-14 | Brussels
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 session. Different topics will be discussed throughout the afternoon. The day concludes with a reception at the marketplace until 19:30. On 14 November, the guests should arrive by 9:00 am for new rounds of thematic sessions. After the closing session and a small lunch break (until 2:00 pm), the attendants will have the opportunity to visit a site (place to be determined).
​More information, registration and programme can be found at climateservices.biz

Webinar Urban Lunch Talk #8: From Public Space to Liveability Case
2019-11-14 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
EDIT: Listen to the recording of this webinar on our Youtube channel, here.
Welcome to an interactive talk about doing business as (un)usual for liveable public space. How can cities and national stakeholders contribute to high-quality Baukultur, and what does it mean? What are the synergies in public space dilemmas, and how can they contribute to more liveable urban areas? You can watch the recording of this webinar in a our playlist on Youtube.
There are several dilemmas (competing goals, interests, strategies, etc.) involved in the development and maintenance of urban public space. Ideally, city stakeholders can integrate issues such as climate, energy, mobility, inclusivness, placemaking and liveability. However, addressing one issue or challenge in an urban context might have negative effects in another area. Typical crossings of concerns relate to everyone’ right to the city, openness to different societal groups, climate change actions and how to cater for safety and security without promoting increasingly exclusive spaces. ‘Inclusive Public Spaces for Urban Livability’ is one of the thematic priorities of JPI Urban Europe’s SRIA 2.0. In this webinar, invited speakers lay out ideas for transitions pathways in public space dilemmas.

What actions should innovators, businesses, researchers, civil servants and policy makers attend to, in order to work successfully with the dilemma of public space? What can you do in your specific role?
How can cities and national stakeholders contribute to high-quality Baukultur, and what does it mean?
Aligning with the World Urban Forum 10 thematics: What is the role of culture (human behaviours, historical culture) in urban public space?
What are the interactions among public spaces, urban design, sociology and behaviour research on the one hand- and ICT on the other?

Meet…

Christina Haas is an Urban designer, architect and Baukultur specialist at the Swiss Federal Office of Culture, committed to the sustainable promotion of a high-quality Baukultur: “building is culture and buildings create space for culture” as demonstrated in the Davos Declaration. High-quality Baukultur can lead to well designed and lively cities and villages equipped to meet changing social requirements, while preserving their historical character. How can you contribute to high-quality Baukultur in urban areas?
Peter Dalsgaard, Professor of Interaction Design at Aarhus University. Peter explores the use and design of digital systems from a humanistic perspective. On the practical side of things, he explores how we can use these insights to develop new interactive systems that support and augment creative work, often in collaboration with external partners in industry and the public sector. Peter is the Principal investigator of PLACED (Place- and Activity-Centric Digital Library Services) which is part of the JPI Urban Europe ENSUF call. PLACED introduces a new type of place- and activity-centric digital library services. Whereas library services typically focus on providing access to a collection of media, PLACED services support activities.
Barbara Goličnik Marušić is Head of research at the Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, leading and coordinating the interdisciplinary research programme Spatial planning. She holds a PhD in landscape architecture and is mainly involved in multidisciplinary projects concerned with sustainable development, quality of living and environment-behaviour issues in the context of urban planning and design. Barbara is part of the project C3PLACES (JPI Urban Europe ENSUF call) which uses information and communications technology (ICT) for co-creation of inclusive public places. The project uses a Urban Living Lab approach and is present in Crema (Italy), Ghent (Belgium), Lisbon (Portugal) and Vilnius (Lithuania). The aim is to advance knowledge on the interactions among public spaces, urban design, sociology and behaviour research on the one hand- and ICT on the other. Contact Barbara.
(Rapporteur) Jonas Bylund(@urbanalys) is the Research and Innovation Officer in JPI Urban Europe. We will enjoy a wrap up and a meta-reflection from Jonas who will link the talk outcomes to the purposes of JPI Urban Europe’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda and dilemma-driven approaches to urban research and innovation.
(Host) Caroline Wrangsten, urban geographer and Assistant Project Manager in JPI Urban Europe.
Participants from anywhere in the world who will join the conversation through the chat room, polls and Q&A sessions. Previous Urban Lunch Talks have attracted visitors from more than twenty different countries, representing urban administration and public authorities, research communities, business representatives and civil society.The results of this webinar will feed into JPI Urban Europe’s AGORA workshop “Dilemmas of Public Space“, taking place on 20-21 November in Riga. The workshop in Riga will be used by JPI Urban Europe to (a) develop a policy brief on the matter of dilemmas related to urban public spaces (participants are welcome to be listed as contributors); (b) generate input for its 2020 joint call ERA-NET Cofund Urban Transition Capacities; and (c) provide input to the Urban Agenda for the EU Partnership on Security of Public Spaces.
Listen to the recording of this webinar on our Youtube channel, here.

JPI Urban Europe session at United Cities and Local Governments World Congress, Durban
2019-11-15 15:00 - 17:30 UTC | Durban, South Africa
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 the JPI UE Scientific Advisory Board) will introduce the relevance of R&I for implementing the Agenda 2030 and UN-Habitat’s New Urban Agenda. Projects from the Making Cities Work and ENSUF will highlight their experiences with experimental method to contribute to sustainable urban development and implementing global strategies. The vast time of the session will be dedicated to discuss and exchange with the audience how experimental approaches such as ULL can support urban administration in their sustainability journey and what framework conditions need to be respected in different regions across the globe when applying experimental methods.
The session organized by JPI Urban Europe will take place on 15 November, from 15.00-17.30
Read more about the congress here.
For more information, if you would like to participate or simply to say hi please contact Johannes Riegler: johannes.riegler@jpi-urbaneurope.eu

AGORA Thematic Dialogue 2019
2019-11-20 15:00 - 2019-11-21 17:00 UTC | Latvian Ministry of Education and Science, Vaļņu iela 2, Rīga, 1050, Latvia
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Thanks for your interest in our event. Unfortunately the workshop is already fully booked.
Please contact the organiser (johannes.riegler@jpi-urbaneurope.eu) to be put on the waiting list!
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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 in their development and maintenance. In simpler terms, addressing one issue/challenge in an urban context might have negative effects in another realm. Regarding urban public spaces, for instance, typical crossings of concerns relate to everyone’s right to the city, openness to different societal groups, climate change actions and how to cater for safety and security without promoting increasingly exclusive spaces.
In order to discuss these issues with you, JPI Urban Europe would like to invite you to a workshop dedicated to unfold the dilemmas of urban public spaces. You are welcome to share your expertise, perspectives and experiences from your work and ongoing and/or past projects and to exchange/co-create with colleagues in this multi- and interdisciplinary workshop.
This AGORA Thematic Dialogue will bring together 30-40 participants from urban administration and public authorities, research community, SMEs and business representatives, civil society and, grassroot organisations as well as other urban actors working on related topics.

For questions or comments, please contact:

Johannes Riegler
JPI Urban Europe
Stakeholder Involvement Officer

Johannes.Riegler@jpi-urbaneurope.eu

Webinar: Urban Lunch Talk #9: From Partnering Globally to Thriving Locally
2019-11-22 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
EDIT: Find the recorded version of the webinar available in a playlist on our Youtube channel.

Welcome to a talk where we experiment with the thought of having liveable cities rule the world. We dig into the purpose and added values of partnering transnationally for urban transformation, and its connections to local liveability and prosperity. After the talk, JPI Urban Europe will give information about the upcoming transnational call, ENUAC. The recorded version of this webinar is available on our Youtube channel.

Can global political- and institutional blockages be “hijacked” with local liveability action? In this webinar, we discuss how liveable and interconnected cities are tools for achieving global agendas. This is a group discussion of both so called success stories, but also key dilemmas and transition pathways ahead. Participate in the chat, vote in polls, and drop questions in the Q&A.

What is the role of cities in shifting global development towards more attractive trajectories?
In which ways can transnational cooperation help break out of “business as usual”-ways of doing research and innovation?
How can local and national governments around the world work successfully with the outcomes of research- and innovation?

Meet…

Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira is a faculty member at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo) and also teaches at Fudan University (Shanghai) and Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar (Quito). His research and policy interests concentrate in patterns of governance, institution building and policy implementation at different levels, looking at how global and national institutions are interlinked to local governance and action. His experience comprises research, consultancy and policy work in more than 20 countries in all continents. José manages the IFWEN (Innovation in Food-Water-Energy Nexus)-project, part of the SUGI call. The project develops a framework and tools to assess changes in Food-Water-Energy Nexus (FWEN), their related trade-offs and the building of innovative capabilities in cities for developing solutions to FWEN and manage Green and Blue Infrastructure at the urban level.

Elin Andersdotter Fabre (@elinafabre) is a political scientist and Program Director for the Sustainable Cities Program at independent think tank Global Utmaning/Global Challenge (@GlobalUt). She recently finalized the #UrbanGirlsMovement project which has assessed and gathered lessons learned in cities globally and connected them to improving liveability for girls locally in Botkyrka, Sweden. In #UrbanGirlsMovement Botkyrka, local girls took lead as “place experts” in re-designing public space together with researchers, professionals and the city administrations- with results demonstrating sustainability thinking that caters to all citizen groups. The toolbox and report from the project has been handed over to Sweden’s Minister of Equality and to UN Habitat. Elin has previously worked with policy development and advocacy within the framework of the UN’s new development agenda focusing on sustainable urban development. She has a broad experience of work on development issues – democracy, human rights, gender equality and security from the UN, the Government Offices in Sweden and civil society.

(Rapporteur) Margit Noll is Chair of the Management Board of JPI Urban Europe since 2015. She has been involved in the development of the JPI Urban Europe from the beginning in 2009 and is in charge of the strategic development and the implementation of the programme, comprising international outreach, establishment of strategic partnerships and of a stakeholder involvement. Margit has 15 years’ experience in research management and strategy development.

(Host) Caroline Wrangsten, Urban geographer and Assistant Project Manager in JPI Urban Europe.
Participants from anywhere in the world who join the chat, polls and Q&A sessions. Previous Urban Lunch Talks have attracted visitors from more than twenty different countries, representing urban administration and public authorities, research communities, business representatives and civil society.

Program
12.45 Chat opens
13.00 Urban Lunch Talk starts with invited speakers
14.00 Information about upcoming call: The ERA-NET Cofund Proposal on Urban Accessibility and Connectivity (ENUAC) to open in December/Januray. Participants can ask questions and discuss in the chat.
14.30 Chat closes
The ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity (ENUAC) call for proposals, planned to open in December/January, invites researchers, cities, municipalities, businesses, civil society and other stakeholders to build transnational consortia to create challenge-driven innovation and research projects that address the challenges of sustainable urban passenger mobility, freight, transport and connectivity as integral and essential parts of sustainable urban development.
Materials
Find the slides from the presentation about the ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity (ENUAC) call for proposals here.
Find the recorded version of the webinar available in a playlist on our Youtube channel.

Soil and the SDGs: challenges and need for action
2019-11-25 | Brussels
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 the opportunities for urgently needed action. Throughout the day, representatives from the EU institutions, the European Environment Agency, the scientific community and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification will provide insights on the issue from different perspectives. Selected Member States will present their cases on the implementation and monitoring of the relevant SDGs.
Learn more about the conference and register here.

Special Session: Building Collective Intelligence to Support Local Governments
2019-12-10 08:00 - 17:00 UTC | NOI Techpark Bolzano, Via A. Volta 13 A, Bolzano, Italy
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 session goes under the theme Societal, Research and Innovation Challenges in Integrated Planning and Implementation of Smart and Energy-efficient Urban Solutions and has the focus How to Support Local Governments in Italy and across Europe?
The event aims to bring together a wide range of key stakeholders around integrated planning and implementation of smart and energy-efficient solutions in cities, to discuss not only how the efforts to make cities more sustainable can be stepped up and bring about wider replication in the next years, but also which agenda for resarch and innovation should be defined in order to build more collective intelligence and transformative capacity supporting local governments, not only under Horizon Europe but also under national Research and Innovation agendas and under JPI Urban Europ’s Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda 2.0 (SRIA 2.0).
What can we learn from the experiences of lighthouse and similar projects? Which challenges do cities face, and which needs do fellow cities have? What withholds local urban ecosystems from replication? How can we build and deploy cellective evidence, and which preconditions need to be fulfilled for that? What can research partners learn from experiences in smart city projects? And last but not least, which messages should be delivered to the newly established mission boards regarding needed research and innovation on smart, decarbonised cities and climate change?
This event aims to collect key messages, not only for new policy agendas, but also for a highly ambitious research and innovation agenda centering around integrated approaches for planing and implementation, which will be transferred to national policy makers and the Mission Board on Smart and Climate-neutral Cities and other relevant Mission Boards.
More information and Agenda

Matchmaking Event for ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity
2020-01-13 16:00 - 18:30 UTC | Embassy of Sweden, House of Sweden, 2900 K Str NW, Washington DC, 20007, United States
The event:
JPI Urban Europe and the Embassy of Sweden in Washington are pleased to invite you to a transnational matchmaking event where you will have the opportunity to learn more about the call, get acquainted with fellow resarchers and stakeholders and explore the possibilities for developing a joint proposal to be submitted in this call. The event takes place in connection to the annual Transport Research Board (TRB) Meeting, 12-16 January 2020 in Washington. A forum attracting more than 13 000 professionals from around the world with sessions of interest to policy makers, practitioners, researchers, representatives of gorvernment, industry and academic institutions.
Register and read more about the event
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The upcoming call:
The ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity (ENUAC), planned to open in December 2019, aims at creating and testing new solutions and approaches for sustainable urban mobility. With this shared ambition, 16 countries are pooling resources to implement a series of calls for research and innovation projects as well as accompanying measures to create highest impact. The joint calls and actions will focus on measures to improve urban accessibility and connectivity for all groups of society while moving towards more sustainable urban mobility systems. Projects within this call are expected to be co-creative and have strong stakeholder participation already from the start. The research should be based on actual urban challenges and the results should leadto new approaches, tools, instruments, insights and knowledge that will bring stakeholders closer to sustainable urban accessibility and connectivity. The project results are expected to make a clear contribution to the realisation of relevant urban, regional, national and European transport policy objectives that can help cities, urban residents, communities, businesses and institutions make the most use of new developments in urban mobility.
Learn more about ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity

Information Webinar for Applicants in the ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity call
2020-01-22 13:00 - 14:30 UTC
Do you wish to learn more about the ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity? Welcome to a webinar where we present the call and answer questions on content and application process.
EDIT: Due to the large interest in this webinar, seats will be distributed by first come first served on the day of the webinar. The webinar will be recorded and made available on the call page.
Register here

Preliminary program
12.45 Chat opens
13.00 Webinar starts
13.05 Welcome- JPI Urban Europe
13.15 Call presentation
13.45 Q&A session
14.00 Webinar ends- chat stays open for discussion or questions
14.30 Chat closes
Register here, and read more about the call here.
Information about the webinar will be updated on this page. If you wish to network with other applicants and search for consortium partners, don’t forget to also attend the matchmaking webinar on 27 January and join the LinkedIn group.
For questions, please contact:
Klara Broms Seving,
Communication Officer,
klara.broms.seving@jpi-urbaneurope.eu
Sign up for JPI Urban Europe’s newsletter here.

Urban Lunch Talk #10: From Project Fraction to Synthesis Action
2020-01-24 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
EDIT: Listen to the recording of this webinar here.
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. How can we best synthesize different knowledges and know-how in the urban field, in relation to global agendas and diverese research fields? How can synthesis be used in cross-sector urban policies? Why should it? Welcome to the celebration of this tenth Urban Lunch Talk- and the first one in 2020!

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Meet…

Anna Lisa Boni, Secretary general of EUROCITIES, the network of local and municipal governments of major European cities. Anna Lisa Boni has been secretary general of EUROCITIES since June 2014 and she has more than 25 years of professional experience in EU public affairs in the field of local and regional government. She has successfully worked for a stronger recognition of cities’ challenges within the European agenda. Anna Lisa has a Masters degree from the University of Bologna in political science, and from the University of Leuven in European studies

Katarina Larsen, researcher at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm where she studies science, technology, innovation and organisational studies of knowledge production. Recent work has focused on analysis of university-industry relations and narratives of sustainable urban futures and renewable energy. Katarina works with the JPI Urban Europe ENSCC (The ERA-NET Cofund Smart Cities and Communities) call to synthesise the project results and their impact for cities.
Jamal Shahin is a part time Research Professor at the Institute for European Studies (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) and part time Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam, and holds a PhD in Politics. He lectures on European Studies and is very interested in the relationship between science and society, and has carried out research on how to optimise dialogue between disciplines, to ensure relevant and useful research can help critique, design and improve policy. He works with PARENT (Participatory platform for sustainable energy management), part of the JPI Urban Europe ENSCC call. Jamal is part of project group that is currently looking to synthesise project results from different calls to improve impact.

Participants from anywhere in the world who will join the conversation through the chat room, polls and Q&A sessions. Previous Urban Lunch Talks have attracted visitors from more than twenty different countries, representing urban administration and public authorities, research communities, business representatives and civil society.
(Rapporteur) Jonas Bylund(@urbanalys), Research and Innovation Officer in JPI Urban Europe. We will enjoy a wrap up and a meta-reflection from Jonas.
(Host) Caroline Wrangsten, urban geographer and Assistant Project Manager in JPI Urban Europe.

EDIT: This event has been moved from December 6 to January 24, 2020.

Matchmaking Webinar in the ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity
2020-01-27 13:00 - 14:30 UTC
Welcome to a matchmaking webinar! Participants will be given the opportunity to exchange ideas, wishes, challenges and contact information with each other, either in full group or bilateral in the chat. This is for you who wish to build consortia and meet suiting project partners in the ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity call. The webinar will be recorded and made available via the call page.
Preliminary program
12.45 Chat opens
13.00 Welcome and intro
13.15 Tour-de-table for those who wish to pitch an idea
If you wish to pitch your project idea, please register in the event and submit one slide to the organiser by January 23 the latest (see registration form)
14.00 (circa) Discussion and matchmaking
Participants can use the chat and vote in polls
14.30 Webinar ends
Participants can continue exchanging in the webinar chat and later in the LinkedIn group
15.00 Chat closes
If you wish to learn more or ask questions about the call, please also join the information webinar on 22 January. Information about the event will be updated on this page and an invitation will be sent out to subscribers to our newsletter. Read more about the call here. Sign up for JPI Urban Europe’s newsletter here.
Register here
Please note that spots for this matchmaking webinar is limited. Participation is not a requirement, but serves as a support in your application process.
For any questions regarding the webinar, please contact:
Klara Broms Seving,
Communication Officer,
klara.broms.seving@jpi-urbaneurope.eu

CITIES FORUM 2020 in Porto
2020-01-30 - 2020-01-31 | Porto, Porto, Portugal
JPI Urban Europe will be at the cities forum in Porto 30- 31 January. Organised by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, and the City of Porto. The “CITIES Forum 2020 – “together we shape a sustainable urban future” is a two-day major event of the European Commission bringing together key stakeholders from European, national and local levels. The Forum is a place for all stakeholders to capitalise on common achievements and reflect on the future directions of urban development within Cohesion Policy including the future of the Urban Agenda for the EU.
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JPI Urban Europe at the World Urban Forum 2020
2020-02-08 - 2020-02-13 | Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
JPI Urban Europe will be at the World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi with a booth in the exhibition area and with a session in the Urban Library 33 on Wednesday 12 February at 3pm local time. Organized and convened by UN-Habitat, the World Urban Forum has become the foremost international gathering for exchanging views and experiences on sustainable urbanization in all its ramifications.

Exhibition booth: Hall 9 stand no. H9-18
Come by our booth to learn more about us, upcoming and ongoing calls and projects, our way towards Urban Living Labs 2.0, provide us with your opinions on urban dilemmas or just have a chat. You can find us in Hall 9 at stand no. H9-18, just accross the Urban Library.
Session: Wednesday 12 February
Success stories- From smart city projects to sustainable urban futures
This event offers good practices and learnings from 15 transnational and transdisciplinary research- and innovation projects on Smart Cities and Communities which JPI Urban Europe funded with the support of the European Commission in the ERA-NET Cofund Smart Cities and Communities call. Event participants will have the opportunity to learn from success stories of the projects and listen to involved partners who have practiced co-creation across cultural and sectorial boundaries. In these projects, actors from academia, the business sector, the general public and city officials have innovated ways to tackle the urban issues of behavioural change and culture related to energy consumption, ecological footprints, socio-technical integration, transportation, and more. The event will take place on Wednesday 12 February, 15.00-15.45 (Urban Library 33 in the offical WUF10 agenda)

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UERA Matchmaking Event for ERA-NET Cofund Urban Accessibility and Connectivity
2020-02-11 | CLORA Avenue des Arts 8, Brussels, 1000, Belgium
The Urban Europe Research Alliance is organising a match making event for the open call on Urban Accessibility and Connectivity of the JPI Urban Europe. We will benefit from inputs by Dr Pascal Bain, from the French funding agency, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR), that is coordinating the call. The meeting will be animated by Dr Anne Ruas coordinator of the UERA.
The event:
✔ Present your project ideas to potential international cooperation potential partners
✔ Promote yourself as a potential partner´for joint development or research projects
✔ Meet numerous prospective cooperation partners in a single day, reducing the amount of time and money needed to find new partners.
Register online here. before the 31January 2020.
Agenda

Information Webinar for Applicants Urban Migration Call
2020-02-17 10:00 - 23:30 UTC | https://zoom.us/j/547673203
Do you wish to learn more about the Urban Migration Call? Welcome to a webinar where we present the call and answer questions on content and application process.
Send in your questions beforhand to make sure they are answered in the webinar!
Register here

Preliminary program
09.45 Chat opens
10.00 Webinar starts
10.05 Welcome- JPI Urban Europe
10.15 Call presentation
10.45 Q&A session
11.00 Webinar ends- chat stays open for discussion or questions
11.30 Chat closes
Register here and read more about the call here.
Information about the webinar will be updated on this page. If you wish to network with other applicants and search for consortium partners, join the LinkedIn group for self-organized matchmaking.
For questions, please contact:
Klara Broms Seving,
Communication Officer,
klara.broms.seving@jpi-urbaneurope.eu
Sign up for JPI Urban Europe’s newsletter here.

Invitation: City Representatives meet Investors - EIP SCC Marketplace Matchmaking Event
2020-02-20 | Brussels
Are you looking to make investments in the area of mobility, ICT or energy?
Is your city ready to redevelop certain areas?
Does your business offer a Smart City product or service?
Are you a Fellow City looking for funding

Taking place in Brussels on 20 February at CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL, Rue Gineste 3, the EIP-SCC matchmaking event – promoted by the European Commission under the EIP-SCC Marketplace initiative – brings together city/regional representatives and businesses with investors. It focuses on exploring and shaping opportunities for people involved in Smart City projects.
This is the first event of a series of EIP-SCC matchmaking activities. It offers a unique opportunity for the people in charge of policy-making, representing cities / regions or offering advice to cities to learn from best practices, to present projects and to find investors. We offer you a forum for discussions, assist in the development of innovative urban ideas and bring together urban innovators, developers as well as investors and private equity.
You can learn about existing Smart City best practices in the areas of mobility, ICT and energy in our Explore Zone. Experts will assist you in shaping the concept of your planned Smart City project or planned investments in a round-table format during our Shape discussions. Finally, you can engage in 1:1 meetings between solution providers and the investment community during our focussed Deal matchmaking sessions on Smart Cities and Communities (pre-registration required).
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INTED2020
2020-03-02 - 2020-03-04 | Valencia, Spain
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 editions are already indexed. Also, a DOI number will be assigned to each accepted paper.
The conference will be of intereset for professionals in the area of Education, Development, Innovation and New Learning Technologies.
The deadline for abstract submissions is November 21st, 2019.
Abstracts should be submitted on-line at https://iated.org/inted/online_submission
Read more about the conference.
