JPI Urban Europe

“Urban Consequences of Intra-EU mobility” – IMAGINATION/EUKN
2016-05-23 10:00 - 16:00 UTC | Timmerhuis @ Meent, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Intra-EU mobility from Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to other member states was, is and will remain an important issue for policy makers, both in sending and in receiving regions, for it will continue at a relatively high level and many of the migrants will stay for a longer time. Since most migrants settle in cities, the key question is how to manage the urban consequences?
Some politicians see intra-EU migration as a serious threat to our societies. Others seem to brush aside the negative aspects. Research evidence is needed to inform policy makers.
The multi-annual research project “Urban implications and governance of CEE migration in Europe” (IMAGINATION) has researched the impacts of intra-EU mobility on receiving cities and offers concrete policy responses. The results of the research project, including a practical handbook for policy-makers, will be discussed at the project’s final conference.
On behalf of the IMAGINATION consortium researchers and the EUKN, I am pleased to invite you to the conference “Urban Consequences of Intra-EU mobility”. The conference brings together researchers, policy makers and practitioners to discuss policies and practices in addressing and coordinating intra-EU mobility.
This conference will take place on:
Monday May 23rd 2016
From 12.00 to 18.00
At ‘Het Timmerhuis’, Rotterdam, Netherlands
The conference is free of charge but registration is compulsory
Please register on the EUKN site (www.eukn.eu), by May 13th at the latest. Registration will take place on a first-come first-serve basis. We can accommodate 80 participants. So register quickly!

Adaptation futures 2016
2016-05-10 - 2016-05-13 | Postillion Convention Centre WTC Rotterdam @ Beursplein 37, 3011 AA Rotterdam, Netherlands
Adaptation Futures 2016 is the fourth PROVIA worldwide adaptation conference. It will be held in Rotterdam from 10 to 13 May 2016. The conference aims to move climate change adaptation forward by promoting solutions across sectors, borders and communities.
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Smart Cities in Smart Regions 2016
2016-05-10 - 2016-05-12 | Sibelius Hall @ Lahti, Finland
The Conference is organized by the Lahti University of Applied Sciences in co-operation with number of international, national and regional partners and operators. Esteemed keynote speakers will give deep insight and latest knowledge during the conference.
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8th European Conference on Sustainable Cities & Towns
2016-04-27 - 2016-04-29 | Palacio Euskalduna @ Abandoibarra Etorb., 48009 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain
The conference deals with local sustainable development in Europe bringing together local and regional government representatives, European and international institutions, multilateral organisations, members of the research community, business leaders, and civil society. Focus in the conference will be the need for actions in shaping Europe’s future and city transformation and the upcoming UN-Habitat III conference and the Urban Agenda for Europe.
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Design & The City
2016-04-19 - 2016-04-22 | Knowledge Mile @ Amsterdam, Netherlands
Design & The City explores citizen-centered design approaches for the smart city. Central theme is the role of design(ers) to create opportunities and practices for citizens, (social) entrepreneurs and policy makers towards more liveable, sustainable and sociable urban futures. How can citizens meaningfully be engaged in the process of city making? What new social processes and business models do we need for the future of city making? And in what way changes the role of the professional in the process of city making, and which new design methodologies, approaches and roles they have taken on towards the creation of a sociable smart city.
In 2016, the year of Dutch EU chairmanship, the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences and the Knowledge Mile, organise an innovative programme: the four-days conference Design & The City is one of the main events. Martijn de Waal, renown ‎Researcher Urban Media & Citizen Empowerment at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Amsterdam), is chief producer of this event.
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JPI Urban Europe Projects Meeting II
2016-04-14 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
JPI Urban Europe invites all projects funded in pilot call I & II and the ERA-NET Smart Cities and Communities to the second JPI Urban Europe Projects Meeting in Amsterdam on the 14th of April 2016. The purpose of the meeting is to provide a forum for exchange of all projects in the JPI Urban Europe programme, to gather projects for strategic discussions and to plan coordinated reach out activities, foster consortia spirit and to disseminate results from (nearly) finished projects.
The meeting agenda includes information from the JPI Urban Europe Management Board on the SRIA implementation plan and support activities, strategic group discussions and project presentations.
Target groups are researchers and project partners from JPI Urban Europe pilot calls and ERA-NET Smart Cities and Communities, and representatives from the European Commission and the JPI Urban Europe Management Board, Governing Board, Scientific Advisory Board and Funding Agencies working group.
The Projects Meeting is organized back to back with the opening conference of the Dutch EU presidency on the 13th of April. Participants at the JPI Urban Europe Projects Meeting are welcome to register for the opening conference that takes place on the 13th of April. The theme of the conference is Knowledge sharing between European cities.
NOTE: By invitiation only

Routes to Urban Research and Innovation – RURI
2016-04-13 12:00 - 17:00 | Pakhuis de Zwijger @ Piet Heinkade 179, 1019 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Routes to Urban Research and Innovation – RURI
how to make your way into Urban Europe of the Future
For urban professionals and researchers there are multiple options to participate in European research projects on urban development. An example of this is the projects of the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe (JPI Urban Europe). What is the added value of European knowledge development on urban areas? And what is the best way to participate to gain this value?
The RURI-event on Wednesday April 13 in Amsterdam will allow municipal managers, policy makers, researchers and other stakeholders to come together as part of one of the events for the Dutch presidency of the EU. The event will take place at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam.
Several speakers from European urban areas will tell about their experiences. In several parallel workshops knowledge, best practices and experiences will be shared and the focus will lie on the ‘know-how’ of European knowledge development.
What is the added value of European collaboration for knowledge development on urban areas? And which best practices are there for well-balanced urban research consortia and for knowledge strategies?
The event will take place in English.
Please note April 13, 14.00 – 19.00 hour in your calendar and sign up here.
You will receive an invitation with the full program later.
The RURI-event is an initiative of VerDuS, which aims at connecting Sustainable Cities. NWO, Platform 31 and NRPO-SIA work together in VerDuS.

Sustainable Built Environment 2016: Transition Zero – SBE2016
2016-04-07 - 2016-04-08 | Centre of Expertise Smart Sustainable Cities of HU University of Applied Sciences @ Koningsbergerstraat 9, 3531 AJ Utrecht, Netherlands
The international conference ‘Sustainable Built Environment 2016: TRANSITION ZERO − SBE16’ will be held on 7-8 April 2016 (pre-programme on 6 April) in the medieval city of Utrecht (the Netherlands), under the auspices of the European Union.
This Utrecht SBE16 conference is hosted by the Centre of Expertise Smart Sustainable Cities of HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, in partnership with six Dutch Universities of Applied Sciences (Avans, Saxion, Rotterdam, The Hague, Zuyd, InHolland) and the Utrecht Sustainability Institute (USI).
The SBE Conference series – endorsed by iiSBE, UNEP-SBO and FIDIC – is considered to be the pre-eminent international conference on sustainable building and construction. The SBE16 Utrecht conference will provide you with a unique opportunity to meet technology transition professionals in urban sustainability from all about Europe and beyond. You will learn about the latest developments and best (inter)national practices in urban sustainability.
Click here for the conference website and for registration.

Smart Cities Exhibition and Forum
2016-04-05 - 2016-04-07 | Inter Expo Center @ Boulevard ‘Tsarigradsko shose’ 147, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
The event aims to promote modern technologies and good practices that can transform our cities into more environmentally friendly and efficient systems. The event is a meeting point between solution providers and their customers. The participation in the parallel conference is a great opportunity to obtain information about trends, legislation and perspectives.
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European Habitat
2016-03-16 - 2016-03-18 | The Prague Congress Centre @ 5. května 1640/65, Nusle, 140 00 Praha-Praha 4, Czech Republic
The theme of the conference is “Housing in Liveable Cities”
The meeting objectives are:
to identify and solve new and arising challenges through urban agenda,
to create an official document called “Prague Declaration” the draft of which will be discussed in December 2015 by the plenum of the UNECE Committee on Housing and Land Management,
to restore the political commitment towards sustainable urban development.
The official outcome of the conference will be a “Prague declaration”.
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SBE16 – International Conference on Sustainable Built Environment
2016-03-08 - 2016-03-11 | Hamburg, Germany
Under the following aspects of “strategies, stakeholders, success factors” the SBE16 conference in Hamburg covers a range of topics relevant for the future of a more sustainable built environment, both on a global and on a regional level but also on building and product level.
The main topic of SBE16 Hamburg is to show new innovative concepts of sustainability in the building sector, and the sustainable development of (new as well as existing) neighbourhoods. Further focal points will be the implementation of principles towards a sustainable development of the real estate sector and the crucial role of the public sector.
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New Democracy: Co-creating the City
2016-02-25 | Pakhuis de Zwijger @ Piet Heinkade 179, 1019 Amsterdam, Netherlands

ENSUF info meeting in Warsaw
2016-01-27 10:00 - 11:00 | Warsaw, Poland
National Science Centre together with National Contact Point is pleased to invite all researchers interested in applying for the Era-Net Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF) call for a meeting which will take place in Warsaw on the 27th January 2016 at 11 a.m. The meeting will be held in Polish.
For more details please click here

ENSUF Call Information Meeting in Vienna
2016-01-21 13:00 - 15:30 | edu4you Veranstaltungszentrum @ Frankgasse 4, 1090 Wien, Austria
The Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) and The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) invites you to an information meeting on the Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF) call. Registration until January 20, 2016.
Read more and register (German)

Matchmaking ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures Call
2016-01-21 12:30 - 17:00 | De Munt @ Leidseweg 90, 3531 BG Utrecht, Netherlands
In the ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF) Call cities and civil society in Europe can address urgent and long-term challenges by co-creating ideas and projects.
The ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF) Call has been established by the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe in order to initiate a transnational joint call for RDI proposals. The call topics will enable participants to develop projects that aim for substantial impact in shaping smart urban futures. A total amount of public funding of maximum 24.5 M€ will be provided by national and regional funding agencies from 18 European countries, including support from Horizon 2020.
See the attached flyer for more information.
During this matchmaking, representatives of municipalities, social entrepreneurs, scientists and other interested parties can meet to explore ideas for building a consortium together to submit a pre-proposal in the ENSUF call. In the Netherlands, the VerDuS knowledge initiative (NWO, Platform 31, the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment and the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations) participates in the ENSUF call and organizes this matchmaking event.
Sign up here to participate in the ENSUF matchmaking on the 21st of January in Utrecht.

ENSUF Matchmaking Days
2016-01-19 | ESIEE, Cité Descartes @ 30 Avenue Ampère, 93160 Champs-sur-Marne, France
On January 19th 2016 the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) is hosting a matchmaking event in Paris for researchers and other stakeholders as part of the current ENSUF call.
Full information
Click here for full information about the event
Registration (until January 12, 2016)
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LinkedIn Group
There is also a LinkedIn group available in order to simplify partner search for researchers and other stakeholders.
Go to LinkedIn Group

Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities – A Massive Open Online Course starts on 18 January 2016
2016-01-18 21:52
How can we shape urban development towards sustainable and prosperous futures?
This course will explore sustainable cities as engines for greening the economy. We place cities in the context of sustainable urban transformation and climate change. Sustainable urban transformation refers to structural transformation processes – multi-dimensional and radical change – that can effectively direct urban development towards ambitious sustainability and climate goals.
We will connect the key trends of urbanization, decarbonisation and sustainability. We will examine visions, experiments and innovations in urban areas. We will look at practices (what is happening in cities at present) and opportunities (what are the possibilities for cities going forwards into the future).
We bring together a collection of diverse short films and key short readings on sustainable cities as well as interactive forums and a practical assignment to create an online learning community. This course utilizes films and reports on sustainable cities by WWF, the Economist Intelligence Unit and ongoing research projects.
See introduction film
Sign up here

Information meeting ENSUF call
2015-12-18 10:00 - 11:45 | VINNOVA @ Mäster Samuelsgatan 56, 111 21 Stockholm, Sweden
VINNOVA (Swedish Governmental Agency for Innovation Systems), Formas (Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning), Energimyndigheten (Swedish Energy Agency) and IQS jointly invites to an information meeting on the Smart Urban Futures (ENSUF) call presenting the three call topics in detail. The event also offers an introduction to JPI Urban Europe, panel discussion and matchmaking activities. The event is held in Swedish.
Read more and register (Swedish)

Research, Development and Innovation in Smart Cities: Synergies Boosting Solutions at Regional, National and International Levels
2015-11-11 11:00 - 12:00 | American Institute of Architects @ 35 E Upper Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60601, USA
JPI Urban Europe Governing Board vice-chair Paola Clerici Maestosi presents at the American Institute of Architects.
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Global Cleaner Production & Sustainable Consumption Conference
2015-11-01 - 2015-11-04 | Meliá Sitges Hotel Congress Centre @ Carrer de Joan Salvat Papasseit, 38, 08870 Sitges, Barcelona, Spain
Elsevier will host the Global Cleaner Production & Sustainable Consumption Conference to celebrate more than two decades of the Journal of Cleaner Production.
The conference will focus on strategic, and preventative concepts and approaches, which are being implemented to speed up the great transition to post-fossil carbon societies, and that are ecologically, ethically, socially, culturally, and economically sustainable.
For more information click here
For fees and registration click here
Special attention for CUT – a workshop on Catalysing Urban Transformations
Kes McCormick (GUST project leader) invites participants to take part in CUT.
The workshop’s focus: case studies and theories on mechanisms to CUT through the physical and cultural inertia of cities and urban life to accelerate the transition to resilient low fossil carbon futures. Urban living labs is a key topic at CUT.
Abstracts are welcome.
For more information about CUT click here
Tickets: https://conferences.elsevier.com/index.cfm.

JPI Urban Europe High Profile Event – “Transition towards sustainable and liveable urban areas” and launching the SRIA
2015-09-29 - 2015-09-30 | Brussels, Belgium
JPI Urban Europe announces its second high profile conference ”Transition towards sustainable and liveable urban areas” and the launching of the JPI Urban Europe Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA). The event, jointly organized with European institutions, will take place in Brussels on Tuesday the 29th and Wednesday the 30th September 2015.
Content
JPI Urban Europe has developed the SRIA with the ambition to set a scene for a new urban research and innovation paradigm. Alongside its launching, the conference offers two days with a great variety of activities as part of three events.
Target group
This conference is of interest for policy-makers, mayors, city administration, urban practitioners, urban experts and research, representatives from Member States, Brussels-based urban networks and European institutions.
A wide audience of urban stakeholders will participate, including a multitude of EU representatives and delegates from all JPI Urban Europe member states.
Connecting the Actors – Transition towards sustainable and liveable urban futures
European Parliament
Tuesday afternoon
Presenting the JPI Urban Europe Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda(SRIA) and discussing its research and innovation approach. Mayors and vice-majors from cities across Europe share their experiences of transitioning their cities. A panel with representatives from European Institutions elaborates on the key messages from the cities.
Celebrating and sharing the urban achievements
Norway House
Tuesday evening
Networking event with food, drinks and entertainment.
Committing to joint urban programming and actions
Committee of the Regions
Wednesday
A full day of interaction starting with a presentation of the SRIA with a focus on the first steps towards the implementation and the road-map forward. A panel of cities networking organizations, business and civil society explores possibilities of future joint activities. City stakeholders, researchers and policy-makers are invited for thematic workshops and in-depth discussions.
The conference is free of charge. We offer the possibility to register for the whole conference or separately for each event.
For more information click here
For a provisional programme click here
For registration click here

Fifth EUGEO Congress on the Geography of Europe
2015-08-30 - 2015-09-02 | Eötvös Loránd University
The fifth EUGEO Congress will take place in Budapest, Hungary on 30 August – 2 September 2015, at Eötvös Loránd University. The programme will include keynote lectures, oral sessions, poster sessions, thematic panels, scientific and social events.
Some of the key topics at the congress will be:
-Changes in space and time
-Geography, Politics and Policy-making
-Hazards, Vulnerability, Risk Mitigation
For additional information click here

AESOP Annual Congress: Definite space – fuzzy responsibility
2015-07-13 - 2015-07-16 | Czech Technical University, Faculty of Architecture @ Fakulta informačních technologií ČVUT v Praze, Thákurova 9, 160 00 Praha 6, Czech Republic
While many of the initiatives and powers moved outside public control, the sense of responsibility for spatial change and sustainable development of cities and regions hardly overstepped the domain of city halls and ministries, and planners as their experts.
The Association of European Schools of Planning will address the gap between sprawled powers / potency and blurred sense of responsibility in the debates at its Annual Congress.
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Strategic Advisory Board
2015-07-02 - 2015-07-03
This is a closed meeting.

WIRE 2015 – Week of innovative regions in Europe
2015-06-04 - 2015-06-05 | Riga Latvian Society House @ Merķeļa iela 13, Centra rajons, Rīga, LV-1050, Latvia
Each year WIRE brings together stakeholders, such as policy makers, enterprises, public institutions and European research centres, to discuss the latest issues relating to research and innovation.
The Conference will focus on regional aspects relevant to the estimation on the impact of EU 2020 Strategy implementation and on the revision of the research and innovation policy priorities in the post-crisis period till 2020.
For more information click here
For registration click here

FAGW Meeting
2015-05-24 - 2015-05-25 | Rome, Italy
This is a closed meeting

Conference: DESIGN, SOCIAL MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY TO FOSTER CIVIC SELF-ORGANISATION
2015-05-21 - 2015-05-22 | Hasselt University @ Martelarenlaan 42, 3500 Hasselt, Belgium
The conference is organized as part of the JPI Urban Europe project Play!UC and is addressing the role of design, social media and technology in triggering people to engage in spatial issues, either as an individual or as a group.
A selection of papers will be published in an edited volume via the inPlanning platform.
Registration
Registration fee: € 250,-; students € 250,-.
For registration click here
For more information click and programme click here
For information on the project play!UC click here

The EIP Smart Cities and Communities Market Place
2015-05-21 | EIP Smart Cities @ Metropolitan Solutions Trade Fair 2015
The EIP Smart Cities and Communities Market Place is delighted to announce its upcoming General Assembly to be held on the 21st May in Berlin (Germany), at the Metropolitan Solutions Trade Fair 2015.
The event is addressed to all the partners of the Action Clusters of the Market Place, allowing them to contribute to the discussions on their objectives and potential work plans.
However, there will be a public session in the morning open to general public during which the latest developments and plans for the Partnership will be presented.

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2nd European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA-2)
2015-05-12 - 2015-05-14 | The Chrystal @ London, UK
The European Climate Change Adaptation Conference (ECCA) 2015 is the second of its kind, after the ECCA Hamburg 2013. It is the largest meeting place of all actors in the field of climate change adaptation in Europe The conference follows international adaptation conferences in Australia (2010) and the United States (2012). The ECCA-2 theme is “Integrating climate adaptation action in science, policy, practice and business”.
Involvement JPI Urban Europe
JPI Urban Europe with JPI Climate and ICLEI co-hosts a session on the theme “Addressing urban climate challenges: Climate Services, Living Labs and Learning Alliences”. Jonas Bylund (JPI UE Management Board) represents JPI Urban Europe.
Science Practice Workshop: 12 May 2015 – 14:00-16:00/16:30-18:30
ECCA Workshop Climate Services flyer

For more information click here
For registration and fees click here

Meeting pre-proposal and steering committee
2015-05-07
