Urban Transitions Mission Global Innovation Summit 2025
- Date
- 6 Nov
- Time
- 14.30 – 16.00
- Location
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Rio de Janeiro
Join the Urban Transitions Mission (UTM) in the run-up to COP30 for a high-level global convening to explore how innovative finance is unlocking sustainable, inclusive, and net-zero urban futures.
UTM is hosting its annual Global Innovation Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 6, 2025. This year, the summit will focus on “Unlocking investment for cities: blended finance for urban transitions.”
The DUT Partnership will co-organise an interactive workshop on the theme of "Research & Innovation Funding" on 6th November 14:30-16:00 (BRT). The session will explore the different perspectives of urban research and innovation (R&I) funding and offer insights from Cities, Funding Agencies, and DUT. Participants will learn how Funding Agencies can involve cities, and how cities benefit from strategic R&I investments and connection to the innovation ecosystem to be actively involved to develop and drive transformative climate solutions.
The session will take place at:
Fundação Planetário
R. Vice-Governador Rúbens Berardo, 100, Gávea,
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22451-070, Brazil
Please find the event agenda further below.
Speakers
- Orsolya Küttel, Driving Urban Transition (DUT)
- Carlos Quintana, CDTI Spain Delegate in Brazil
- Mar Ferrer Saez, Head of Technical Infrastructure, Systems and Communications at Valencia Innovation capital, Valencia, Spain
- João Dinis, Climate Action Director, Cascais, Portugal
- Rebecca Borges, Innovate4Cities