A day of lectures and workshops with the best worldwide references
in sustainable urban development
Re-thinking cities
The vast increase of world population during recent decades has led to enormous urban growth causing a huge list of problems, to the extent which the balance of the planet and the quality of life for people has been put at risk.
This global challenge has caught the attention of public policies and actions. Amongst them, the European Union and United Nations, which have established challenges and priority objectives in order to act in a sustainable manner and build cities where citizens can enjoy a decent quality of life, generating shared prosperity and social stability without causing further harm to the environment.
This event originated from an intention to focus on re-thinking cities for people, sharing knowledge and best practices about urban developments, and generate understanding on how technical areas can really generate a positive impact on people’s quality of life by generating more sustainable, healthy, resilient and socially cohesive cities.
Oriented to
Anyone interested in learning or sharing knowledge about urban developments, such as:
- – Town planners
- – Architects
- – Lawyers specialized in urban planning
- – Technical area managers
- – Engineers
- – Local, regional and national governments
- – University Professors
- – Consultants
- – Students
- – Local, regional and national governments
- – Researchers
Why to participate in Re-think Cities
Learn and share best practices from the best.
To develop skills and re-think cities.
To make contacts and increase my international network.
Programme
9.00h – Welcome and presentation of the
session
Don José Millet Roig
Vicerrector Empleo y Emprendimiento en UPV
Iker Marcaide
Founder Zubi Labs
9.15h – Official presentation of Climate KIC
José Luis Muñoz Bonet
Director in EIT Climate KIC Spain
Tim Taylor
Smart Sustainable District
Programme Managerin Europe
9.30h – Barrio La Pinada: A New Paradigm
Bruno Sauer
Architect. Head of the Sustainability Urban
Strategy and Urban design of La Pinada.
10.00h – Re-thinking cities and the Hammarby Sjöstad-project, Stockholm.
Stellan Fryxell
Architect, Acting Sustainability Manager and
partner in Tengbom Architects.
Adjunct Professor at Blekinge Institute of
Technology
10.45h – Coffee Break
11.00h – “Smart and sustainable transformation of London’s
Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park”
Elliot Bushay
Sustainability Project Officer, London Legacy
Development Corporation.
11.30h – Citizen empowerment opportunities through decentralized energy
Piet Holtrop
Influencer & international attorney specialized in the Energy Sector
12.00h – “Sustainability Strategies from North American Cities”
Thomas Osdoba
Senior City Advisor, Climate KIC. Co-founder and
Director of EcoDistricts; and former advisor of cities
such as Portland or Vancouver.
12.30h – Expert Panel
Moderated by Nadine Kuhla von Bergmann
Architect, Founder of Creative Climate Cities.
Former SSD District Advisor for Moabit District in
Berlin.
13.20h – Closing
Don Juan Ángel Poyatos Leon
General Director of Public Sector, Economic Model and Heritage
Water Challenge
What are ambitious goals in an integrated water
management?
a. percentage of waste reduction for potable water
management
b. overall water consumption per person/day (l)
c. percentage of rainwater retention in a Mediterranean
climate
d. grey water treatment on site in an urban area
Data Challenge:
How could a citizen operated data platform be used to
support participatory and decision-making processes
during the development and operation of the district
services?
Energy Challenge:
What are the key triggers to guarantee an annual net
zero balance on energy and CO2 emission throughout a
micro network on a district scale?
15.00h – Welcome
Nadine Kuhla von Bergmann
Architect, Founder of Creative Climate Cities.
Former SSD District Advisor for Moabit District
in Berlin
15.10h – Workshop: Challenges Towards
the Future
Facilitated by: Monodestudio
17.30h – Coffee Break
17.50h – Conclusions
Nadine Kuhla von Bergmann
Architect, Founder of Creative Climate Cities.
Former SSD District Advisor for Moabit District
in Berlin.
17.50h – Closing
If you would like to participate in the afternoon workshop, please get registered and send us a letter of motivation briefly describing your professional experience and telling us your ideas to take a further step towards change:
rethinkingcities@barriolapinada.es