JPI Urban Europe

RSA Policy Expo Grant Scheme - Submission deadline
2017-03-06 15:00 UTC
The Association has launched a new policy research initiative worth £15,000 (C. €17,000, US$18,000) to successful teams aiming to connect their work and wider communities to societal questions and policy needs.
This new initiative is called an “Expo” taking the word’s meaning of a “comprehensive description and explanation of an idea or theory”.
The Association seeks a leading and impactful role for its community, to inform and influence policy and practice in creative and ambitious ways.The aim is to support Expos addressing issues that are important, current and having an impact on society. These Expos will investigate how the communities of regional studies, regional science, urban studies and related fields can respond to new societal challenges and opportunities.
In 2017, the RSA provides funding for up to three Expos on topics related to the priority areas set out in the RSA Development Plan 2015 – 2020.
Applications are invited on the following themes:
◾Industrial Strategy and the Role of Industry, Employment & Apprenticeships in Cities and Regions
◾Climate change, adaptation and governance
◾Global Migration and regional development
The two key deliverables from each Expo are:
◾an article for Regional Studies, Regional Science with the Article Processing Charge (APC) sponsored by the Association from the withheld portion of the grant (articles will be subject to peer review)
◾a book in the new RSA Impact and Policy Series. This would be a minimum 25,000 and maximum 30,000 words policy book. It could be in the form of a report or edited papers with an introduction and conclusion. It must include an executive summary highlighting the policy implications from the work.
Expos will normally run for no more than 18 months from commissioning to the submission of the book and RSRS article for review
The submission deadline for detailed applications is 6th March 2017, 3pm (GMT).
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SURF Academy 2016/2017
2017-03-06 - 2017-03-09, 2016-10-10 - 2016-10-13 | Utrecht, Netherlands
In cooperation with the VerDuS programme SURF (Smart Urban Regions of the Future), the Research Schools TRAIL and NETHUR organize a 4-ECTS education program. This programme is tailor made for recently started SURF-researchers (PhD students, Postdocs, researchers) in both the 5 national projects and the 13 international projects (ENSCC-call JPI Urban Europe).
Join the programme to improve your knowledge, sharpen your skills and become a wellinformed member of the SURF community. Attending the SURF Academy also enhances the cohesion and possible synergetic effects between the SURF projects. All recently started SURF researchers are expected to participate in the Academy. The SURF Consortia Seminar on Friday 10 March is meant for the entire SURF community, i.e all members of the consortia of the 5 national and the 13 international SURF-projects.
SURF Academy: mixed programme
The programme provides a mix of fundamental knowledge about the SURF domain as well as skills for performing multidisciplinary research with SURF-practitioners. It is characterized by alternating lectures and assignments, many interaction moments between students and lecturers, feedback on individual research projects, and workshops.
First week (10-13 October 2016)
On Monday we start with an introduction and a workshop on valorization. You will learn how to do a short pitch about (the societal value of) your project. On Tuesday transport systems and transport innovations are the central issue. On Wednesday we focus on cities and urban systems, including innovations. We will also visit AMS (the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions). Thursday morning is about transitions in the urban domain; in the afternoon governance is the central theme.
Second week (6 -9 March 2017)
On Monday we reflect on the first week and responsible innovation (ethical and societal aspects of technology) will be discussed. On Tuesday ‘society’ is central again with a part on Cost Benefit Analysis and a part on the role of citizens and self-organisation. Wednesday is all about cooperation with non-academic partners and knowledge co-creation. Thursday is about knowledge valorization and dissemination.
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Smart City Governance: building new solutions, exploiting the potentials - Exploitation Workshop
2017-03-02 | CEMR Conference Centre, Brussels, Belgium
JPI Urban Europe in collaboration with CEMR and URBIS are promoting an Exploitation Workshop – Smart City Governance: building new solutions, exploiting the potentials – to be hosted by the CEMR Conference Centre, Brussels on Thursday 2 March 2017.
The workshop will engage with a diversity of expertise in structured dialogue exploring new opportunities for maximising the exploitation potentials of smart city governance solutions. The workshop aim is to explore these potentials to enhance project exploitation, considering market opportunity, the development of new business models, as well as longer-term dynamics and sustainability.
The event will be animated by expert contributions from PwC, URBIS, the European Commission, European Environment Agency, European Innovation Partnership Smart Cities and Communities (EIP SCC), European city networks, and a multiplicity of JPI Urban Europe project partners. The workshop will present outputs of the recently completed PwC large-scale study of the overall benefits and impact of the Copernicus programme, and develop and test EIP SCC guiding principles on scaling up and replication of Smart City Plans devised to increase the impact of smart city and community projects and pilots.
PLEASE NOTE: Places at the workshop are limited as the prime focus is engagement between URBIS and JPI Urban Europe projects – however, please notify if you can offer a specific contribution by mailing to: David.Ludlow@uwe.ac.uk

Workshop: ‘Creating a city-wide test bed for digital innovation’
2017-03-01 09:30 - 14:00 UTC | Bristol-Brussels Office, 108 Rue du Trône, Brussels, 1050, Belgium
The event will showcase the world-leading research being conducted within communications and digital living by the University of Bristol’s Faculty of Engineering. It will provide an opportunity to learn about its work on optical networks, wireless technologies (including IoT and 5G experimentation) and the application of novel network technologies and data in the development of our cities. It will also include discussions with European partners on the broader challenges and opportunities of creating a city-wide test bed for digital innovation, insights into the EU policies and funding, which can support digital R&D in cities, and a light networking lunch.
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SUGI/FWE Nexus: Incubator meeting in London, UK
2017-02-28 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | One Sekforde Street, London EC1R 0BE, One Sekforde Street, London EC1R 0BE, United Kingdom
Location
Future Cities Catapult
One Sekforde Street, London EC1R 0BE
NB: 09:00 – 12:00 GMT
Registration
Please click here
Description
Future Cities Catapult is supporting the delivery of Innovate UK’s activities in the Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (SUGI)/Food-Water-Energy Nexus Challenge.
This is a joint call, established by the Belmont Forum and the Joint Programming Initiative, Urban Europe. The call was established in order to bring together the fragmented research and expertise across the globe to find innovative, new solutions to the Food-Water-Energy Nexus challenge. The ultimate goal is to increase access to information and improve quality of life.
The call aims to develop more resilient, applied urban solutions that bring inter – and trans-disciplinary research and innovation together from across the globe, to benefit a much wider range of stakeholders. It not only gives funding but also offers access to a global network of researchers, practitioners, and experts in urban development.
Register now to attend this workshop, which will provide more information about this initiative and details on how to apply for the call. We look forward to seeing you there.

Belmont Forum Asia Food-Energy-Water Nexus Scoping Workshop
2017-02-20 09:00 - 2017-02-22 00:00 UTC | Heping East Road, Taipei, Taiwan
Ministry of Science and Technology (Science & Technology Building)
2F No. 106, Section 2, Heping E Rd, Da’an District, Taipei City, Taiwan
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SUGI FWE Nexus Webinar
2017-02-16 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
In order to share information about the call and facilitate partner search and matchmaking these webinars will follow up former webinars and the UERA matchmaking event. A further purpose is to facilitate match-making and partner search between international partners. Participants are encouraged to prepare a three-minute pitch of their projects and define what partners they are looking for.
For your pitch you can send a 2 slide powerpoint presentation until 15:00 CET on February 15 to magnus.brink@iqs.se and it will then be displayed when you do your pitch on February 16.
We also encourage publishing information on the Linkedin page and the Future Earth platform. Attending the webinar is free of charge and details on how to access the webinar is in the menu on the right. Stay tuned to both the Belmont Forum and JPI Urban Europe websites for further information on the call.
Thursday, February 16, 2017
15:00 | Central European Time (Amsterdam, GMT+01:00)
9:00 am | Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00) | 2 hrs
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Meeting number (access code): 747 615 287
Meeting password: [REDACTED]
> Invitation with login details (PDF)
> Instructions how to use Webex software
The Sustainable Urban Global Initiative (SUGI)/Food-Water-Energy Nexus is a call jointly established by the Belmont Forum and the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe. The cooperation was established in order to bring together the fragmented research and expertise across the globe to find innovative new solutions to the Food-Water-Energy Nexus challenge.
The call aims to develop more resilient, applied urban solutions that bring inter- and trans-disciplinary research and innovation together from across the globe, to benefit a much wider range of stakeholders. The rapid urbanization of the world’s population underscores the importance of this focus. JPI Urban Europe and Belmont Forum have partnered to ensure a maximum audience across physical, natural, social sciences and arts and humanities as well as policy and decision makers and stakeholders. Webinar The aim of the webinar is to give information on the call to potential applicants; companies, cities, municipalities, regions, consumers, citizens’ representatives, NGOs and research organisations.
Agenda
– Presentation of the JPI Urban Europe and the Belmont Forum
– Presentation of the Joint Initiative SUGI/Food-Water-Energy Nexus
– Matchmaking including pitching of projects’ ideas and concepts
– Q&A

SUGI/FWE Nexus call: Kick Off Meeting (Brussels)
2017-02-07 | Square Frère-Orban 8, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgien, Square Frère-Orban 8, Brusells, Belgium
We invite you to take part in the kickoff for the continued cooperation in the Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (SUGI) Food-Water-Energy Nexus call. Participation by invitation.
At the kickoff meeting representatives from JPI Urban Europe and Belmont Forum present their organizations and participation in the call organization. In addition, representatives of the European Commission and the European Parliament will make introductions to the call and the kickoff meeting. Furthermore, this is the opportunity to discuss lessons learned so far in the project and discuss the project in whole. There will also be presentations on the strategies in the call: Evaluation, Monitoring and Communication and Dissemination by the respective work package leaders.
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Invitation Kickoff Meeting February 7, 2017
NB: New location: ORBAN 5.A066 (5thfloor) Address: Square Frère-Orban 8, 1000 Brussells
The incubator workshop on February 8 has been cancelled.
Registration Open until February 5
Few days before the events you will receive an email from the EU Commission with your pass. Please print a copy of it and bring it with you for accessing the EC premises.
Participation by invitation only – registration has closed

Info seminar in Slovenia (in Slovenian)
2017-01-20 09:00 (Europe/Paris) | Masarykova cesta 16, Ljubljana, Slovenia
ARRS is organizing a info seminar about the SUGI/FEW Nexus Call on January 20.
In Slovenian.
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SUGI FWE Nexus Webinar
2017-01-19 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Paris)
Thursday, January 19, 2017
15:00 | Central European Time (Amsterdam, GMT+01:00)
9:00 am | Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00) | 2 hrs
> Join meeting

Meeting number (access code): 741 982 546
Meeting password: [REDACTED]
> Invitation with login details (PDF)
> Instructions how to use Webex software
In order to share information about the call and facilitate partner search and matchmaking these webinars will follow up former webinars and the UERA matchmaking event.
The Sustainable Urban Global Initiative (SUGI)/Food-Water-Energy Nexus is a call jointly established by the Belmont Forum and the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe. The cooperation was established in order to bring together the fragmented research and expertise across the globe to find innovative new solutions to the Food-Water-Energy Nexus challenge.
The call aims to develop more resilient, applied urban solutions that bring inter- and trans-disciplinary research and innovation together from across the globe, to benefit a much wider range of stakeholders. The rapid urbanization of the world’s population underscores the importance of this focus. JPI Urban Europe and Belmont Forum have partnered to ensure a maximum audience across physical, natural, social sciences and arts and humanities as well as policy and decision makers and stakeholders. Webinar The aim of the webinar is to give information on the call to potential applicants; companies, cities, municipalities, regions, consumers, citizens’ representatives, NGOs and research organisations.
A further purpose is to facilitate match-making and partner search between international partners. Participants are encouraged to prepare a three-minute pitch of their projects and define what partners they are looking for. We also encourage publishing information on the Linkedin page and the Future Earth platform. Attending the webinar is free of charge and details on how to access the webinar is in the menu on the right. Stay tuned to both the Belmont Forum and JPI Urban Europe websites for further information on the call.
Agenda
– Presentation of the JPI Urban Europe and the Belmont Forum
– Presentation of the Joint Initiative SUGI/Food-Water-Energy Nexus
– Matchmaking including pitching of projects’ ideas and concepts
– Q&A

Submission deadline: Transdisciplinary workshops on the impacts of urbanization on the food-energy-water nexus
2017-01-18
The Belmont Forum, START, Future Earth, and regional partners seek applications to participate in a skill-building opportunity on conducting transdisciplinary (TD) research. The workshops will focus on advancing principles of co-design and co-production in the natural, social, and engineering sciences that address complex sustainability challenges associated with the Belmont Challenge.
These workshops seek to advance skill development in TD research, as well as increasing aptitude for developing proposals with strong TD elements, which is a cornerstone of all the Belmont Forum’s multi-year Collaborative Research Action (CRA), including the recently launched call on urbanization and the food-energy-water nexus.
Read more about the call
Learning activities within each workshop will be organized around a regionally relevant case study on the food-energy-water nexus. The workshops will be three-day events with approximately 30 participants per workshop. We welcome applicants from researcher, policy, private sector, and practitioner communities. The participants will be apportioned as approximately 2/3 from the research community and 1/3 from practitioner, private sector, and policy communities.
Applicants must be based in the U.S.
Read more in the invitation (PDF)

WORKSHOP LOCATIONS
1. Tempe, Arizona Dates: February 22-24, 2017
Theme: Extreme heat and its impact on the Food-Energy-Water nexus
Venue: Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University
Partners: NSF, START, Belmont Forum, Future Earth, Global Institute of Sustainability at Arizona State University, and Urbanization and Global Environmental Change (UGEC)
2. Boulder, Colorado Dates: March 1-3, 2017
Theme: Food-Energy-Water on the South Platte River
Venue: University of Colorado
Partners: NSF, START, Future Earth, Belmont Forum, and Sustainability Innovation Lab at Colorado at the University of Colorado
3. Baltimore, Maryland Dates: Late Spring 2017 (A separate call will be released for this workshop)
Theme: TBA
Venue: TBA
Partners: NSF, START, Belmont Forum, Future Earth, and others

UERA meeting in Leipzig
2017-01-13 09:00 - 16:00 UTC | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Permoserstrasse 17, Leipzig, Germany
The next UERA meeting will be organized on January 13th (9:00 – 16:00) in Leipzig at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ (Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology).
Contact local organiser: Kerstin Krellenberg
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Matchmaking event SUGI/FWE Nexus call in Leipzig
2017-01-12 11:00 - 17:00 UTC | Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig, Germany
A matchmaking event for the Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative/Food-Water-Energy Nexus call will be organized on January 12th (11:00 – 17:00) in Leipzig at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ (Department of Urban and Environmental Sociology).
The Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (SUGI)/Food-Water-Energy Nexus is a call jointly established by the Belmont Forum and the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe. The cooperation was established in order to bring together the fragmented research and expertise across the globe to find innovative new solutions to the Food-Water-Energy Nexus challenge.
Read more about the Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative/Food-Water-Energy Nexus call
Contact local organiser: Kerstin Krellenberg
Further details

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Webinar on SUGI-FWE Nexus for Austrian applicants
2017-01-10 10:00 - 11:30 UTC
Webinar about the Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative/Food-Water-Energy Nexus (SUGI-FWE Nexus) call. Organized by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG).
In German.
Read more (in German)

Brussels: Regional Info session on SUGI/FWE Nexus
2017-01-09 14:00 - 17:00 UTC | Innoviris, Chaussée de Charleroi 110, Brussels, Belgium
More info on www.innoviris.be

Information event: SUGI/FWE Nexus call in Stockholm
2016-12-19 10:00 - 13:00 UTC | Drottninggatan 33, Stockholm, 11151, Sweden
Information event about the call Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative/Food-Water-Energy Nexus in Stockholm. Organized by Formas and the Swedish Energy Agency in cooperation with IQS.
In Swedish.
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i3B Annual Symposium 2016 - Smart Cities and an Active Lifestyle
2016-11-24 | Akoesticum Ede, Ede, Netherlands
i3B is proud to announce its 5th annual symposium, the 24th of November 2016. This year’s theme is Smart Cities and an Active Lifestyle. With a fantastic program with renowned speakers like Ger Baron (CTO, city of Amsterdam), a panel discussion, product demo’s (like Bicycle detection and guidance system LumiGuide, the Citizen’ moves dashboard and Noldus IT demo), research posters and last but not least lots of opportunities to network.
More information, registration and programme

‘Inclusive Smart Cities: A European Manifesto on Citizen Engagement’ Conference
2016-11-23 | Dutch Permanent Representation, Avenue de Cortenbergh 4-10, Brussels, Belgium
The EIP-SCC Action Clusters on Citizen Focus and Integrated Planning, Policy & Regulation, ERRIN (European Regions, Research and Innovation Network) and ICLEI (Local Governments for Sustainability) invite you to participate in the ‘Inclusive Smart Cities: A European Manifesto on Citizen Engagement’ Conference.
The Conference will gather the main EU level networks of regional and local authorities, civil society organisations, knowledgeable scholars and practitioners as well as industry representatives to cooperate and commit to active involvement of citizens.
Practical tools for citizen’s involvement, policy and regulation will be presented and the Manifesto on Inclusive Smart Cities: A European Manifesto on Citizen Engagement, discussed by the Citizen Focus Action Cluster during the EIP-SCC 2016 General Assembly and currently open for contributions until September 15th 2016, will be launched and officially signed.
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Accelerating urban transition: Tapping the full potential of Smart City and Community pilots - A Smart City EXPO side event
2016-11-16 14:30 - 19:00 UTC | Fira de Barcelona, Avinguda Joan Carles I, 58, Barcelona, Spain
The event is co-organised by JPI Urban Europe, the ERA-NET Smart Cities and Communities and the Austrian Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology.
Aim of the Workshop
This workshop aims at bringing together people working in public administration, researchers, business, NGOs and civil society to jointly discuss measures to fully exploit the potential of Smart City and Communities pilot and demonstration projects. The aim is to identify bottlenecks at hand, ways forward and concepts to move from demonstration and pilots to larger scale implementation. Experiences from cities and JPI Urban Europe research projects will be shared and used to reflect on good practice examples and critical conditions.
Workshop Outline
As urban systems by definition are complex and highly depending on local characteristics, upscaling and replication of Smart City and Communities demonstration projects and living labs is a tricky but central issue. On the one hand, the settings and circumstances in piloting projects are speci-fically arranged for the course of demonstration which might not necessarily fully reflect the urban realities. On the other hand, plans and activities might be dedicated to the circumstances in one particular city, district or neighbourhood making the direct application in another setting difficult.
Two aspects that all such Smart City implementation efforts have in common is that they have to rely on INTEGRATED and JOINT efforts. Integrated, cross-sectoral efforts are needed to benefit from Smart City concepts. Various borders, originating from the so-called technical and administrative “silos”, have to be overcome to create a common understanding and platform for Smart City implementation. In addition, JOINT efforts are required to tap upon the available local knowledge from all kind of different stakeholders affected by the projects and to co-create a common urban future. JOINT efforts also increase the democratic legitimacy of Smart City and Community endeavours. In this light – with a huge number of Smart City pilot projects ongoing across Europe – one of the most pressing questions is how to come to larger scale implementation of Smart City strategies and exploitation of the pilot project results under these conditions.
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Sustainable Housing 2016
2016-11-16 - 2016-11-18 | The University Lusíada @ R. Dr. Lopo de Carvalho, 4350 Porto, Portugal
SUSTAINABLE HOUSING 2016 – International Conference on Sustainable Housing Planning, Management and Usability is an initiative of Green Lines Institute for Sustainable development that aims to go further on the discussion of the sustainable improvement of housing design and construction, including the user point of view.
Currently, the issue of housing is shown as a major challenge within the latest Sustainable Development concept brought by the Post-2015 Development Agenda, which is based on 17 objectives called as Sustainable Development Goals (SDG).
Among the many goals that were settled, objectives 1 (No poverty), 3 (Good health), 6 (Clean water and sanitation), 7 (Renewable energy), 9 (Innovation and infrastructure), 10 (Reduced inequalities), 11 (Sustainable cities and communities), 12 (Responsible consumption), 13 (Climate action) and 17 (Partnerships for the goals) are of particular relevance to rethink how to build our homes, as well as establishing more participatory processes for communities. These objectives include economic, social, cultural and environmental issues that cross the participation of various actors as promoters, technicians and users.
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Smart City Expo World Congress 2016
2016-11-15 - 2016-11-17 | Gran Via Exhibition Centre @ Avinguda de Joan Carles I, 64, 08850 Gavà, Barcelona, Spain
Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) is the international summit of discussion about the link between urban reality and technological revolution. Since its first edition in 2011, it has succeeded to become a referential global event to support the development of our cities. This professional, institutional and social meeting point is a leading platform of ideas, networking, experiences and international business deals that gathers together the highest level of stakeholders, in the context of urban development.
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SEiSMiC Final Conference: The Launch of JPI UE Stakeholder Involvement Platform
2016-10-25 - 2016-10-26 | Factory 40, Oude Vijversstraat 40, Brussels, Belgium
SEiSMiC and JPI Urban Europe welcomes you to exchange, discussions and celebration as the SEiSMiC networks are handed over to JPI Urban Europe and the platform for stakeholder involvement (SIP) is started.
The FP7 funded SEiSMiC project is reaching its formal completion by the end of October. SEiSMIC has brought together a large number of urban stakeholders in ten different countries by conducting continuous exchange on European level.
Although the project is about to end, JPI Urban Europe will continue the dialogue with the SEiSMiC stakeholders, build on the experiences of the national networks and establish a platform for stakeholder involvement (SIP) to co-create the future strategic orientation of the initiative. SIP will be a very important tool to safeguard the ambition and principles of the JPI UE:
> To enhance the cities capacities for transition
> Tackling the complexity of urban development and sustainability
> Teaming up and interlinking with cities and urban stakeholders
> Raising the impact and supporting the exploitation of technological and social innovation.
This conference will present and interactively discuss the main achievements along the SEiSMiC journey before the networks are handed-over to JPI Urban Europe. Additionally, the SIP will be started by strategic dialogues on pressing topics for urban development, research and innovation as well as the framework conditions for the SIP in interactive settings. You will receive the detailed agenda in due course.
SEiSMiC and JPI Urban Europe would like to welcome you in Brussels for two days of discussions, exchange and celebration.
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Webinar: Sustainable Urban Global Initiative (SUGI): Food-Water-Energy Nexus call
2016-10-05 17:00 - 19:00 (Europe/Paris)
JPI Urban Europe and Belmont Forum invites you to a webinar presenting the upcoming call Sustainable Urban Global Initiative/Food-Water-Energy Nexus.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time (New York)
16:00 BST (London)
17:00 CEST (Amsterdam)
Please note the time zones.
> Go to webinar
Meeting number (access code): 747 515 940
Meeting password: [REDACTED]

> Invitation (PDF)
The Sustainable Urban Global Initiative (SUGI)/Food-Water-Energy Nexus is a call jointly established by the Belmont Forum and the Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe. The cooperation was established in order to bring together the fragmented research and expertise across the globe to find innovative new solutions to the Food-Water-Energy Nexus challenge.
The call aims to develop more resilient, applied urban solutions that bring inter- and trans-disciplinary research and innovation together from across the globe, to benefit a much wider range of stakeholders. The rapid urbanization of the world’s population underscores the importance of this focus. JPI Urban Europe and Belmont Forum have partnered to ensure a maximum audience across physical, natural, social sciences and arts and humanities as well as policy and decision makers and stakeholders.
Webinar
The aim of the webinar is to give information on the call to potential applicants; companies, cities, municipalities, regions, consumers,
citizens’ representatives, NGOs and research organisations. A further purpose is to facilitate match-making and partner search between international partners.
Attending the webinar is free of charge and details on how to access the webinar is in the menu on the right. The call will open in December 2016 (TBC). Stay tuned to both the Belmont Forum and JPI Urban Europe websites for further information on the call.
Agenda
– Presentation of the JPI Urban Europe and the Belmont Forum
– Presentation of the Joint Initiative SUGI/Food-Water-Energy Nexus
– Q&A
The Collaborative Research Action (CRA)/ERA-NET Cofund is supported by the European Commission and funded under the Horizon 2020, Work Programme 2016-2017.

1st World Urban Parks Europe Region Congress
2016-10-05 08:00 - 2016-10-07 17:00 UTC
The congress is expected to attract 250 participants and is themed: “Heritage and culture, the contribution of green and natural spaces in the city (economy, social, landscape)”. The beautiful Episcopal city of Albi, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is the second largest conurbation in the Midi-Pyrenees Region and is a one hour drive from Toulouse and its international airport.

1st World Urban Parks Europe Region Congress
2016-10-05 - 2016-10-07 | 81000 Albi, France
The congress is expected to attract 250 participants and is themed: “Heritage and culture, the contribution of green and natural spaces in the city (economy, social, landscape)”. The beautiful Episcopal city of Albi, is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. It is the second largest conurbation in the Midi-Pyrenees Region and is a one hour drive from Toulouse and its international airport.
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Sustainability in Energy and Buildings, SEB-16
2016-09-11 - 2016-09-13 | Politecnico di Torino @ Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, Torino, Italy
Following the success of earlier events in the series, SEB-16, the Eighth International Conference on Sustainability in Energy and Buildings will take place in the vibrant city of Turin, organised by the Politecnico di Torino in partnership with KES International.
The aim of the conference is to bring together researchers and government and industry professionals to discuss the future of energy in buildings, neighbourhoods and cities from a theoretical, practical, implementation and simulation perspective. The conference will be an exciting chance to present, interact, and learn about the latest research in Sustainability in Energy and Buildings.
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Government and Housing in a Time of Crisis: Policy, Planning, Design and Delivery
2016-09-08 - 2016-09-09 | Liverpool John Moores University @ Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
In the political economies of the West the provision of social and affordable housing has been subject to major change in recent decades. Nowhere is this more evident than in local and regional government. Today, local authority architects are mostly a thing of the past; house construction by regional administrators is increasingly rare; and local government management of housing is in decline. In place of these models are a plethora of policies, approaches and players. In the UK context these include ALMOs, stock transfers, Section 106 Agreements, right-to-buy, and the growth of Housing Associations etc. In other parts of Europe and across the developed world, the names of such initiatives and groups differ, but the issues in play remain the same.
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First International Conference on Smart Data and Smart Cities
2016-09-07 - 2016-09-09 | UDMS @ Fakultet građevinarstva, arhitekture i geodezije, FGAG, formerly Građevinsko-arhitektonski fakultet, GAF, Ul. Matice hrvatske 15, 21000, Split, Croatia
A smart city can be defined as a city overlaid by a digital layer, which is used not only for storing city information but overall for its governance. This conference is aimed at presenting novel research concerning the use of information and communication technologies in Smart Cities, and will also provide a forum for senior researchers to establish collaborations on new research projects in this domain. A smart city cannot be defined without a better involvement of citizens (smart people).
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4S/EASST Conference
2016-08-31 - 2016-09-03 | Barcelona Internacional Convention Centre @ Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Additional information will be available soon.
