Smart City Expo World Congress

05 -07 November, Barcelona

DUT Sessions in Barcelona Smart City Expo World Congress

Thematic Roundtable:

Driving Urban Sustainability: Achieving Net-zero the Just Way

5 November, 16:30 – 17:15

Hall 3 | Congress: Red Room

EU cities are key to advancing climate mitigation, adaptation, net-zero goals, and competitiveness, while ensuring social inclusion, as acknowledged – among others – by the Covenant of Mayors initiative. This session explores accelerating cities’ sustainable and just transformation through Local Green Deals, deploying new net-zero technologies, and creating strategies to make climate neutrality appealing, competitive, accessible, and just.

Read more here.

 

Booth Session:

Local Actions, Global Impact – Bridging between Grassroots, Local Governance, Research & Innovation for Driving Urban Transitions

Join us to explore how the Driving Urban Transitions (DUT) Partnership is shaping the future of sustainable, socially inclusive cities. This session highlights two innovative DUT-funded projects, focusing on urban agriculture and placemaking surrounding sustainable mobility, and delves into how community-led initiatives and research can collaborate with local governments to make impactful urban transitions. Speakers will discuss how their work translates local actions into global change: from concept to pilot, and ultimately to policy and scaled solutions.

6 November , 15:30 – 16:00

Booth D 81 | Hall 2

Speakers and panelists:

  • Orsolya Küttel, CEO – Driving Urban Transitions Partnership, Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
  • Marie Ivarsson, Driving Urban Transitions Impact Lead, Viable Cities
  • Alice Lunardon, Architect, PhD, Sustainable Cities Expert, BABLE Smart Cities
  • Verónica Arcas Pilz, Postdoctoral researcher, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Moderator: Zoë de Jonge, Innovation Consultant, Bax Innovation Consultancy

This booth session is part of a joint European Commission (EC) representation of initiatives and projects highlighting various urban and sustainable city activities to accelerate the EU Green Deal.

Read more about the joint EC representation here.

 

For more information about the event, visit the organisers event page below. 

Event page Agenda