Inforegio - Urban Development Network

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Thursday 9 October 2014

09:00 - 09:30

Registration and welcome coffee

09:30 - 09:50

Welcome and opening

Johannes HAHN, European Commissioner for Regional Policy

Conference moderated by Eddy Adams, URBACT

09:00 - 09:30	Registration and welcome coffee
09:30 - 09:50	Welcome and opening
	Johannes HAHN, European Commissioner for Regional Policy
09:50 - 10:20	Keynote address: Urban Metabolisms: An engine for city transformation
	Eva Gladek, Founder and CEO of Metabolic
10:20 - 10:40	Keynote address: European initiatives for urban development
	Normund Poppens, Deputy Director-General, DG Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
10:40 - 11:30	Panel I: Added value of working with integrated urban strategies What are the potential benefits and trade-offs of integrated thinking across a range of urban systems, topics, issues and perspectives that are traditionally considered separately? A debate between experts issuing the urgent need to reconfigure urban areas to more sustainable places and the requirement of an integrated approach.
	Charlina Vitcheva (acting) Director DG REGIO inclusive growth, urban and territorial development Emmanuel Moulin, Head of the URBACT Secretariat Oliver Heidrich, University of Newcastle Sorcha Edwards, Secretary-General of CECODHAS Housing Europe Claire Roumet, Executive Director of Energy Cities Contributions from the cities of Amsterdam and Malaga
11:30 - 12:00	Coffee break

12:00 - 13:00	Panel II: The need for urban innovation Which urban innovations are helping shape the city of tomorrow? How can cities cultivate an environment for innovation? Cities and experts debate on ideas, guidance and practical support on how to create a smart and future-proofed city.
	Carina Lopes, Partner at CityMart Peter Madden, Chief Executive of the Future Cities Catapult David Altabev, Senior programme manager NESTA Andrea Coleman, Advisor Mayors Challenge-Bloomberg Eva Gladek, Founder and CEO of Metabolic Contributions from the cities of York, Athens and Barcelona
13:00 - 14:30	Networking Lunch *Exhibition "Gathering of people and information" - Exhibition of European urban networks, organizations and initiatives*
	European exchange and learning programme for cities (URBACT), European Urban Knowledge Network (EUKN), Smart Cities and Communities, Joint Programming Initiative Urban Europe, European Investment Bank, Cities associations and networks (EUROCITIES, Council of European Municipalities and Regions, Housing Europe, Energy cities), Covenant of Mayors etc.
14:30 - 15:30	Parallel thematic workshops - round 1

Workshop 1:	WS 1 - Sustainable urban development Sharing experience on urban integrated strategies and the trade-off of integrated thinking and working
Moderator: Peter Ramsden	Panellists: Ivan Tosics, Metropolitan Research Institute, Budapest on the trade-offs of integrated thinking and working Contributions from the cities of Tampere, Almada, Barcelona and Ghent
Workshop 2:	WS 2 - Citizen's participation Sharing experience on involving local partners in shaping the future development of their cities
Moderator: Darinka Czischke	Panellists: Thomas Dawance Brussels Community Land Trust Contributions from the cities of Martin Gorecki (Berlin) and Athens
Workshop 3:	WS 3 - URBACT Cities networking for sustainable urban development. Cities sharing their (URBACT) experience of transnational networking to improve local urban policies and governance
Moderator: Raffaele Barbato	Panellists: URBACT partner cities Contributions from the cities of Manchester, Amersfoort, Sodertalje, Gdansk, Bristol and Udine
Workshop 4:	WS 4 - Testing Urban Ideas Cities test their innovative ideas before an expert panel and in exchange with the audience
Moderator: Paul Bevan	Panellists: Eva Gladek, founder and CEO Metabolic Peter Madden, Chief Executive of the Future Cities Catapult David Altabev, Senior programme manager NESTA Andrea Coleman, Advisor Mayors Challenge-Bloomberg

15:40 - 16:40

Parallel thematic workshops - round 2

Workshop 1:	WS 1 - Sustainable urban development Sharing experience on a European instrument integrated territorial investments (ITI) that can formulate integrated responses to diverse territorial needs
Moderator: Peter Ramsden	Panellists: Martijn de Bruijn, DG REGIO on the European instrument Integrated Territorial Investments (ITI) Cities (Lille, Prague and Wroclaw), CEMR and experts working on the European instrument for integrated territorial investments (ITI)
Workshop 2:	WS 2 - Citizen's participation Sharing experience on Community-led Local Development (CLLD).
Moderator: Darinka Czischke	Panellists: Merja Haapakka, DG REGIO on the European instrument Community-led Local Development (CLLD) Cities (Goteborg, The Hague and Berlin), Swedish board of Agriculture and experts involved in the CLLD approach
Workshop 3:	WS 3 - URBACT Cities networking for sustainable urban development. Cities sharing their (URBACT) experience of transnational networking to improve local urban policies and governance
Moderator: Melody Houk	Panellists: URBACT partner cities Contributions from the cities of Manchester, Amersfoort, Sodertalje, Gdansk, Bristol and Udine
Workshop 4:	WS 4 - Testing Urban Ideas Cities test their innovative ideas before an expert panel and in exchange with the audience
Moderator: Paul Bevan	Panellists: Eva Gladek, founder and CEO Metabolic Peter Madden, Chief Executive of the Future Cities Catapult David Altabev, Senior programme manager NESTA Vanda Knowles, Eurocities

16:50 - 17:00	Closing remarks
	Jan Olbrycht, Member of the European Parliament and president of the Urban intergroup