Next event on Cooperative opportunities for a sustainable development of urban areas-3.04.2019 in Brussels
We would like to invite you to the event organised by the URBAN Intergroup on “Cooperative opportunities for a sustainable development of urban areas. Examples and ideas from regional perspective” which will take place on Wednesday April 3rd from 9:30-11:00 at the EP in Brussels (ASP 3F383).
Next event on EU Research and Innovation for Cities of the Future-21.03.2019
We would like to invite you to the joint event organised by URBAN Intergroup and European Commission, Directorate General for Research and Innovation (DG RTD) on “EU Research and Innovation for Cities of the Future” which will take place on Thursday 21st of March 2019 from 14:30-17:30 at the EP in Brussels (ASP 3E2).
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New URBAN newsletter
In this 25th issue of the URBAN Newsletter you can read about urban and territorial dimension of cohesion policy post 2020, meeting with the Partnership for Urban Mobility and recent debate on how emerging technologies and real estate can help European cities. Don’t forget about 2nd EUROCITIES mayors’ summit which will take place in Brussels on 20-21 March 2019!
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The Newsletter is available in Polish and English
URBAN newsletter 25th issue
Discussion on how emerging technologies and real estate can help European cities
The recent conference ‘Innovation, Technology and Real Estate: building cities for Europe’s future’ was organised by the URBAN Intergroup and INREV. It took place on Tuesday the 4th of December in Brussels.
In his opening speech, Jan Olbrycht, President of the URBAN Intergroup, emphasized the importance of integrated, rational urban planning if we are to meet the challenges facing cities. “It’s not possible to have long-term real estate investment without a stable legislative and political system” – said Olbrycht. It was followed by several presentations explaining the role that technology and real estate can play in improving the quality of life in cities.
The first presentation made by a representative of ULI (the Urban Land Institute) explained the challenges facing cities such as increasing density, congestion and aging populations and underlined some of the growth trends in urban areas.
A leader of the URBAN Air Mobility (UAM), within the Sustainable Urban Mobility Action Cluster of the EIP-SCC (European Innovation Partnership, Smart Cities and Communities), illustrated their vision of smart cities and how urban air mobility and electric flying vehicles, which are developing rapidly, can help address some of these challenges. As there is a significant disconnect between urban planning and new technology, a strong call was made for a more integrated approach. Moreover, the need for urban planners to take into account the “fourth” dimension of urban mobility (not only walk, ride, bike but also fly) was underlined.
