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Launching event- Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda

The URBAN Intergroup co-hosted a conference “Transition towards sustainable and liveable urban futures” which took place on Tuesday September 29th at the European Parliament in Brussels. During the event Joint Programming Initiative URBAN Europe launched Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda.

This event was co-organised with JPI Urban Europe (Member State-led initiative set up in 2010 to strengthen European research and innovation in the field of urban development), STOA (European Parliament’s Science and Technology Options Assessment unit) and DG Research and Innovation of the European Commission.

 More information about Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA)

More information about JPI Urban Europe

More information about STOA

Agenda of the event (with speakers)

Presentation of Margit Noll, Chair ofthe JPI Urban Europe Management Board

Presentation of Darren Robinson, Chair of the JPI Urban Europe Scientific Advisory Board, Professor at the University of Nottingham, UK

Presentation of Georges Ferguson, Mayor of Bristol, UK

Presentation of Furio Honsell, Mayor of Udine, Italy

Presentation of Dimitris Papastergiou, Mayor of Trikala, Greece

Presentation of Bas Verkerk, Mayor of delf, The Netherlands

Poster