On 1 December at 10:00 - 12:00 the seminar Advancing Sustainable Cities - Implementing Agenda 2030, will take place at Malmö Live, Dag Hammarskjölds torg 4 in Malmö. This seminar is part of the Sustainable City Development Conference, 30 November - 2 December 2016.
The seminar is arranged by the Lund University Urban Arena and will explore interlinkages between Agenda 2030 and the realisation of sustainable cities. The event will present some of the latest research, knowledge and experiences on sustainable cities, identify key challenges and needs of future research and is open for anyone interested in the topic, regardless of profession or workplace.
PROGRAMME
10:00 Introduction and Welcome
Prof. Lena Neij, Coordinator, Lund University Urban Arena
10:10 Implementing Agenda 2030 from the viewpoint of cities
Monika Zimmerman, Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI World Secretariat
10:30 Implementing Agenda 2030 from the viewpoint of research
James Evans, Professor in Geography at the University of Manchester, UK, and Guest Professor at the IIIEE at Lund University, Sweden
10:50 Implementing Agenda 2030 - Visions and challenges from the perspective of Lund University researchers
• Urban Sharing: Prof. Oksana Mont, Lund University
• Public Space: Prof. Eric Clark, Lund University
• Daylight in the Dense City: Assoc. Prof. Marie-Claude Dubois, Lund University
• Collaborative Governance: Assoc. Prof. Dalia Mukhtar-Landgren, Lund University
11:30 - 12:00 Panel Discussion: Advancing Sustainable Cities - Implementing Agenda 2030
REGISTRATION
The seminar is open for all conference participants regardless of profession or workplace. If you wish to register for the Sustainable City Development Conference you will find more information here