3 Resilient Europe Cities present at Future in The Making Conference, 4 - 5 June 2018, Brussels

Exploring new challenges of policymaking and future-oriented frames and methods to respond to them is the aim of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) FTA2018 conference - Future in the making.

FTA 2018(link is external) is a two day event taking place at The Square Business Center in Brussels on 4-5 June 2018. 

3 Cities and the expert from Resilient Europe Network will present their experience on the topic of Urban resilience: shaping cities of the future.  

On Tuesday 5 June, come to session C8 to listen to :

• Chris Roorda, DRIFT & Expert(link is external), URBACT Resilient Europe
• Gert Vandermosten, Coordinator, Stadslab 2050(link is external), City of Antwerp (BE) 
• Ulla Varneskov, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Vejle (DK)
• Sjan Clabbers, Sustainability & Resilience Communications Officer, City of Rotterdam 

The workshop will be moderated by Ania Rok, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability & URBACT Programme Expert

The main topics put to discussion include: 

• What are your experiences with urban resilience as an approach to exploring urban futures?
• What are your experiences with using foresight in participatory settings?
• What foresight methods can cities use in developing resilience strategies?
• How to translate abstract futures into local policymaking?

Some of the sessions from the conference will be transmitted live. The programme is available here(link is external).