URBACT at URBAN FUTURE Global Conference (UFGC), in Vienna (AT)

You can find URBACT on the conference grounds in the EXPO area.

There you will have a chance to meet representatives from the URBACT Secretariat, Nuala Morgan, Capitalisation and Communication Head of Unit and Kristian Radojcic, Networking Officer as well as URBACT Experts and URBACT City representatives.

Within the session’s programme, you can also hear more about URBACT thanks to:

• Ania Rok, URBACT Programme Expert. Ania is moderating the debate on 467,000 premature deaths in Europe: Tackling the air quality crisis in cities on 28 February at 9:00

Representatives from URBACT Cities will introduce their Good Practices and Networks:

• Maite Arrondo from Barcelona will present the Good Practice Intermediation service for people in the process of evictions and occupancies in the session Dealing with the crisis on hand: affordable housing in cities, on 2 March at 16:00 in room STOLZ1
   
• Tracey Johnson from Barnsley will represent the Network Techtown in the session How New Production band Jobs are (and will be) Shaping Cities, at 9:00 on 1 March in room STOLZ2
   
• Magda Zawodny from Gdansk will present the So Stay Hotel Good Practice during the session the Invisible SmartCity: The Impact of Social investment, on 2 March at 14:00 in room STOLZ2
   
• Fabrizio Barbiero from the City of Turin will speak about the experience of social innovation in Turin on 28 February at 16:00 during the session New game – New rules: how cities change their internal structures to keep up innovation in room STRAUSS3.
  Turin has two URBACT Good Practices Everyone is an Innovator and Areas of Commercial Coverage. You can read more on Turin’s experience with URBACT and Urban Innovative Action in the article Turin: A European success story with URBACT and Urban Innovative Actions

Mayors and Deputy Mayors from URBACT cities will also be present such as:

• Rui Moreira, Mayor of Porto (PT). Porto is partner of In Focus and 2nd Chance. He will speak on How to lead change in your city, on 28 February at 11:00 in Room Strauss 3
   
• José Ballesta, Mayor of Murcia (ES), URBACT Good Practice City with Integrated and participative urban regeneration. He speaks on 28 February at 16:00 during the session Sustainable Districts: how to develop them and make them successful in room STRAUSS1.
   
• Tjasa Ficko, Deputy Mayor of Ljubljana (SL). Ljubljana has two URBACT Good Practices: Bringing Citizens Closer to the Mayor and the Bee Path. She will speak on 28 February at 16:00 during the session How to Make People Change their behaviour in room STOLZ1.
   
• Thomas Kastrup Larsen, Mayor of Aalborg (DK), which has developed the Good Practice holistic urban regeneration. He will speak on Skills to change the world and deal with frustrations, on 2 March at 11:00 in room STRAUSS3
   
• Rio Ricardo, Mayor of Braga (PT), partner city of Boostinno. You will hear him in the session How New Production band Jobs are (and will be) Shaping Cities, at 9:00 on 1 March in room STOLZ2
   
• Daniël Termont, Mayor of Ghent (BE) and President of Eurocities. Ghent has developed policies to welcome migrants with the Good Practice Refugee Solidarity. He is speaking at the official opening of #UFGC18, on 28 February at 14:00.
   
• Enric Serra del Castillo, Director of Urban Planning, City of Viladecans (ES), a Good Practice City with Education, innovation, research. He will speak on Retrofitting Energy Efficiency: How to pimp-up existing building stock, on 2 March at 14:00 in room SCHUBERT 3
   
• Pawel Adamowicz, Mayor of Gdansk (PL). Gdansk is URBACT Good Practice with So Stay Hotel. Pawel Adamowicz speaks on 28 February at 16:00 on Citizens engagement: how to make sure people don’t feel left behind in room STRAUSS 2.

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