JPI Urban Europe

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 UTC | 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)
Click here
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.
For additional information click here

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.
For more information click here
For registration click here

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
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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.

Registration form

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

URBACT City Festival
2015-05-06 - 2015-05-09 | Riga Congress Centre @ Krišjāņa Valdemāra iela 5, Centra rajons, Rīga, LV-1010, Latvia
This is the first ever URBACT City Festival. A multi format and multi themed event, the Festival will showcase urban knowledge produced by the URBACT II programme and kick start the initial exchanges of URBACT III.
In true URBACT tradition, and in the spirit of co- creation, the URBACT City Festival will put cites, and the people who run them, centre stage.
For more information click here
For the programme click here

Urban Europe Research Alliance, Rome
2015-05-06 | Rome, Italy

Real Corp 2015 Conference
2015-05-05 - 2015-05-07
20th International Conference on Urban Planning and Regional Development in the Information Society.
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Strategic Advisory Board Meeting
2015-04-09 - 2015-04-10

SOCIAL VALUE & PROCUREMENT: Transparency in Supply Chains (Modern Slavery) + European Perspectives
2015-03-30 | The Chrystal @ London, UK
On Monday 30 March the Centre for Citizenship, Enterprise and Governance (CCEG) will hold a conference with a focus on the issue of social value, specifically in the UK. This event deals with the most hard hitting issues in social impact and offers an intangible analysis in a completely transparent and data driven way.
Speakers will range from UK government representatives, practitioners working on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and public procurement.
The detailed agenda is still to be defined.
Special attention for SEiSMiC
JPI Urban Europe’s SEiSMiC will address social value in the UK and the European Perspective. This forms a part of the pan-European SEiSMiC project and will take place in the afternoon.

Registration
Registration fee:
£150.00 GBP Corporate and Public Sector
£130.00 GBP Third/NGO and Community
Free EU SEiSMiC Members
For registration click here
For more information from CCEG click here
For more information from SEiSMiC click here

URBACT III LAUNCH EVENT
2015-03-16 | Albert Borschette Conference Centre @ Rue Froissart 36, 1040 Etterbeek, Belgium
The official launch of the URBACT III programme in with the participation of Corina Crețu, European Commissioner for Regional Policy and Raphael Le Méhauté, Head of the URBACT Managing Authority.
Opportunity to:
• Learn about URBACT, the features of the new programme and our plans for the first call for proposals to be launched in March
• Hear about the experience and achievements of partner cities involved in URBACT networks
• Meet urban practitioners, former URBACT partners, the URBACT Secretariat and potential partners for your next URBACT network proposal!
Target audience
The launch is aimed at practitioners and policy-makers involved in urban development at local, regional, national and EU level, based in Brussels and elsewhere. We welcome URBACT network partners and experts, other cities, national authorities, EU institutions, research institutions and managing authorities of operational programmes.
More information on the URBACT III programme is available on our the URBACT website

Networking Workshop Increasing coordination of internationalization activities of TAFTIE Agencies
2015-03-12 | FFG – Austrian Research Promotion Agency @ Sensengasse 1, 1090 Wien, Austria
In a rapidly evolving global context, stepping up the cooperation between Europe and partner countries outside the European Research Area contributes to Europe’s research excellence and economic competitiveness and helps to tackle commonly global societal challenges in specific fields of research. The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation „Horizon 2020“ is open to participation from across the world, but countries such as the emerging economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China, Mexico) and industrialized countries (USA, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Australia, …) do not receive automatic funding by the EU. In order to sustain and further develop STI cooperation with these countries through EU programmes complementary approaches by individual EU countries (respectively STI funding bodies) and their international counterparts should be envisaged. To assure multilateral/collaborative research and innovation cooperation between EU and international partner countries in a flexible and variable manner the approach of setting-up an international platform of STI funding agencies is foreseen within various international projects funded by the European Commission within FP7 and Horizon 2020. Projects that aim to support the enhancement of research and innovation cooperation with some of the Union’s key international partner countries are called Coordination and Support Actions (CSAs). These projects will implement measures to promote and support the cooperation and linkages of EU STI funding agencies with their counterpart organisations in targeted international partner countries in order to initiate joint funding of collaborative research projects.
This workshop is recommended to be the first occasion for agencies to get together and explore possibilities in this direction.

Urban Europe Research Alliance – members meeting in Bilbao
2015-01-30
For registration form and travel information click here
Agenda click
Bilbao-UERA-meeting-Agenda.pdf
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ENSCC MATCHMAKING DAY IN BILBAO
2015-01-29 | TECNALIA @ Bilbao, Biscay, Spain
This day is organised by the Urban Europe Research Alliance (UERA) for H2020 proposals related to urban research and innovation. The event will facilitate attendees to go into further exchange of information with potential partners and/or competing proposals in view of a potential cooperation.
Bilbao-Matchmaking-Day-Tentative-Agenda.pdf
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JPI Urban Europe FAWG
2015-01-21
Meeting Funding Agencies Working Group.
This is a closed meeting.

Third BOOST Consortium Meeting
2015-01-19 - 2015-01-20
