DUT Launch Conference Information
4-5 October 2022, The International Auditorium, Brussels
Driving Urban Transitions in times of crisis
You are invited to join the DUT Partnership’s public launch conference that addresses the dilemmas and ways forward of urban transitioning in times of cumulating crisis. The urban implications of extreme weather events and climate-related disasters require rapid responses from urban stakeholders and decision-makers. Meanwhile, in the face of the current energy crisis, the urgency of transforming the urban energy system and reconsidering the role of urban mobility and transport has become even more evident.
Join the conference and gain a better understanding of how the DUT Partnership will step up the game to enable local authorities and municipalities, business, and citizens to take action in times of crisis.
DUT Launch Conference
Preliminary agenda
4-5 October 2022
Venue: online
Zoom link day 1: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83485247037
Zoom link day 2: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83822030968
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The International Auditorium
Blvd. Roi Albert II, 5
1210 Brussels (Belgium)
We welcome participants onsite and online, however, online participants will not have access to the full programme.
Onsite participants are invited to join us for dinner at:
Dinner: 4 October, 18:30 – 20:30
Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre- Cap Nord Restaurant
Avenue du Boulevard, 17. Brussels
4 October 2022, 10:00 – 17:00 |
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10:00 – 10:30 |
Registration and welcome coffee |
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10:30 – 10: 35 | Welcome and introduction to participants | ||
10:35 – 10:50 | Introduction to Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership | ||
10:50 – 11.15 | DUT – National programmes joining forces
In order to achieve the European goals, transformative R&I programmes are required that anticipate the needs of municipalities and urban stakeholders, strengthen impact creation and mainstreaming of research and innovation results and support engagement and participation of the wider national and regional urban communities. National coordination mechanisms will therefore be key to create a wider impact of DUT and exploit the full potential of the partnership and its portfolio. |
• Pierre Pacaud, France • Orsolya Küttel, Development and Innovation Office NKFIH • Elisa Vilares, Portugal • Elena Simion, Development and Innovation Funding UEFISCDI |
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11.15 – 12:00 | Inspirations from JPI Urban Europe – Case presentations | • Jim Segers, City Mine(d) • Pia Laborgne, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology • Katarina Schylberg, IQS JPI Urban Europe |
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12:00 – 13:00 | Panel I – Cities’ perspectives: Urban Transitions in and for uncertain times | • Moderator: Johannes Riegler • Tudor Drambarean, Alba Iulia Municipality • Tom Meeuws, City of Antwerp • Pirita Lindholm, European Research and Innovation Network • Roman Mendle, ECLEI EU |
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13:00 – 14:15 | Lunch break | ||
14:15 – 15:35 | Panel II – DUT’s contribution to achieve European policies: Managing (multiple) crisis seems to become our new normal and building partnerships to address these in an aligned way seems to be a promising approach. This includes having a forum for learning from good practice, inspire transformative policy making and implementation, joining forces and establishing new forms of cooperation to deliver the urgently needed action. | • Moderator: Cecilia Cabello • Rosalinde van der Vlies, DG RTD • Torsten Klimke, DG MOVE • Eero Ailio, DG ENER • Veronica Manfredi, DG ENV • Pia Laurila, DG REGIO • Hans-Günther Schwarz, BMK / DUT Partnership |
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15:35 – 16:35 | Panel III: Joining forces across partnerships towards a European eco-system for urban transitions: emphasis shall be given on the opportunities and mutual interests of DUT and neighbouring partnerships to team up and drive change in the urban context. This will take place along the three Transition Pathways of DUT – Positive Energy Districts, 15-minute Cities and Circular Urban Economies – and with putting the urgency of urban transformation in the context of latest developments and crisis. | • Moderator: Margit Noll • Beatriz Gómez Miguel, Clean Energy Transitions Partnership, TRI7 Integration in the Built Environment • Hilde Eggermont, Chairman Biodiversa + • Bjørn Kaare Jensen, Chairman of Water4All • Joanna Kiernicka-Allavena, NetZeroCities • Luana Bidasca, EU Affairs Manager, EIT Urban Mobility |
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16:35 – 17:00 | Final remarks and closure | ||
18.30 – 20.30 | Dinner at Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre – Cap Nord Restaurant Avenue du Boulevard, 17. Brussels |
5 October 2022, 9:30 – 13:40 | ||
9:30 – 10:00 | Registration | |
10:00 – 10:40 | Welcome and introduction to the Transitions Pathways parallel breakout sessions | |
10:40 – 12:00 | Parallel breakout sessions | |
Positive Energy Districts
PEDs for energy security: locality and resilience |
• Hanne Mangelshots, ArchitectureWorkroom/Cities4PEDs project • Helmut Bruckner, Sonnenplatz Großschönau GmbH/INTERACT project • Dieter Bruggeman, VUB/TRANS-PED project • Jo Huygh, DUSS/Abbatoir project • Elina Sergejeva, Energy Cities • Hans-Günther Schwarz, BMK / DUT Partnership • Alice Detollenaere, City of Brussels |
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15-minute City
Speeding up mobility transitions: balancing implementation efficiency and social acceptance Facing accelerating climate change and its consequences on all sectors of society, we must – once again – discuss and reconsider the role of urban mobility and transport. While in other sectors reductions of GHG-emissions are realised, mobility emissions keep rising and today make up about 29% of EU’s total GHG-emissions. Currently, crisis events in the biosphere and energy sector become more than apparent; mobility policy on the other hand does not seem to manage bringing existing ambitious strategies and their expected impacts to the street. Therefore, we will to discuss ways to balance the supposed trade-off between individual affordability and acceptance of measures on the one side, and sustainability and emission reduction on the other, and what the DUT Partnership can and should bring in to tackle this dilemma.
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• Yannik Cornet, University of Zilina
• Juliet Carpenter, University of Oxford • Tudor Drambarean, Alba Iulia Municipality • Patrick Mercier-Handisyde, European Commission |
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Circular Urban Economies
Adressing the urban climate endgame through working with, rather than against, nature. This CUE breakout session is devoted to exploring the potentials and pitfalls of using circular and nature-based solutions to mitigate or avoid negative effects of climate change on the local scale in European cities. The session displays a selected variety of ways of strengthening the resilience of urban areas in relation to climate-related disasters, and aims to address the following questions: – What are the ‘sticking points’ of realising the potential of circular and nature-based solutions? In other words, where and why do processes get stuck? |
• Francesc Baró, Vrije University, Brussels
• Louwrens Botha, Eindhoven University of Technology • Maria João Rauch, URBACT • Eline Vigre, City of Stavanger |
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12:00 – 12:30 | Coffee break + light lunch | |
12:30 – 12:55 | General aspects of the DUT Call 2022: Call timeline, rules, how to apply | • Paul Kuttner, FFG • Pascal Bain, French National Research Agency • Elena Simion, Development and Innovation Funding UEFISCDI |
12:55 – 13:10 | Matchmaking platform | • Irene Carlos, FECYT – AEI |
13.10-13.30 | Questions and Answers | |
13:30-13:40 | Closure and next steps |