ACCELERATE 2014 inaugural annual conference

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1 ACCELERATE 2014 inaugural annual conference Eurbanlab Community Conference November, Paris 25th: 10am-6pm 26th: 9am-12pm in association with 1

2 Concept This is a pan-european gathering of experts and practitioners involved in pushing the boundaries of urban innovation. Eurbanlab and partners are ready to showcase the breadth of it s community and the unique qualities of an assessment tool that is set to transform the pace of urban innovation in Europe. Working with World Cities Network, this will be a gathering of our respective networks to share ideas and determine ways to work with cities and partners to deliver impact. Accelerate is an excellent opportunity to meet the individuals and organisations that have been developing this exciting new venture backed by the EU Climate-KIC and to learn how organisations or projects can benefit from access to the largest European library of urban innovation, an expert network, and a tool that can assess projects holistically. Join us to learn how your innovative projects can be improved and replicated across Europe

3 Join us for Join experts and practitioners involved in sourcing, creating, and delivering urban innovations that are delivering low carbon urban solutions for living, working, and playing. Hear first hand about the Eurbanlab offering, see case studies created through the assessment tool, and discuss together the issues and opportunities to accelerate the spread of innovation across our cities and regions. This conference seeks to improve our ability to innovate, to develop successful projects, and to make a significant impact in our mission to move Europe into a sustainable and vibrant low-carbon era. smart and open approaches towards zero carbon communities collaboration on a metropolitan scale the business case tools and assessments Tuesday, 25 th November 10.00am Registration 10.30am Forum 5.45pm Networking Reception 8.00pm Optional informal dinner Venue: La Halle Pajol, 18-22ter, Rue Pajol Wednesday, 26 th November 9.00am Tours of innovative projects 12.00pm Close

4 Partners plus city leaders from Barcelona, Birmingham, Helsinki, Leeds, and Paris

5 Speakers Carine Saloff-Coste City of Paris Director of Economic Development Annabelle Diot Avesta Group Associate Director Tom Knowland City of Leeds Head of Sustainable Energy & Climate Change Kees van Deelen TNO Senior Program Manager Caroline Haynes KPMG Director Florence Castel Advancity CEO Carolina Mateo Cecilia Valencian Institute of Building Head of International Affairs Christophe Gobin Vinci Construction Director R&D

6 Speakers Savvas Verdis Siemens Infrastructure Economist Brian Kilkelly World Cities Network Chief Executive Minna Maarttola City of Helsinki Development Manager Francesco Zingales greenapes Business Partnerships Director Josep Miquel Pique Barcelona City Council CEO, Office of Economic Growth Mikele Brack* Pivotal Innovations Smart Cities Programmes Nicolas Buchoud The Grand Paris Alliance President Ed Metcalf Institute of Sustainability Director *to be confirmed

7 Participants Rania Badr Ministry of Environment Tom Bakkum Climate-KIC Karine Bidart PARIS DEVELOPPEMENT Mariana Bittencourt UVSQ/Reeds John Bloomfield Innovation Birmingham Peter Bosch TNO Sara Boughedir Center for Mediterranean Integration / World Bank Nicolas Buchoud Renaissance Urbaine Florence Castel Advancity Lionel Cauchard ESIEE Paris Frithjof Clauss TU Darmstadt Energy Center Morgane Colombert EIVP Vincent Cousin Pauline Dalicier Advancity Kees van Deelen TNO Annabelle Diot Avesta Group Marie Ernst ARCADIS Michel Fanni Sustainable Urban Design Strategies Boglárka Farkas Magonc Foundation Richard Ferrer Innovative City Martin Gamarra Reed MIDEM Julien Girault Reed MIDEM Christophe Gobin VINCI Alexis Goulet Syndicat Mixte Caen Métropole Zoheir Haghighi UVSQ Caroline Haynes KPMG Samar Héchaimé Factors Fontanals Ignasi OptiCits Eelco van IJken Climate-KIC Licia Jasperse ARCADIS Ajay Kathrani Institute for Sustainability Varun Amar Kaushik Green ID - Green Cities for Latin America Brian Kilkelly World Cities Network Lucy Kobyakova Tom Knowland City of Leeds Catherine Laurent-Polz Climate-KIC Minna Maarttola City of Helsinki Katja Majcen Université Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne Carolina Mateo Cecilia Valencian Institute Building Ed Metcalfe Institute for Sustainability Josep M. Pique City of Barcelona Itzel Obregon Prescott Green ID - Green Cities for Latin America Smirnova Regina Université Paris, Panthéon-Sorbonne Carine Saloff-Coste City of Paris Anne-Claire Schmitt EPA Marne Antoine Schoen Efficacity Anne-Marie Spierings ARCADIS Roger Toussaint Javelin Creative Solutions Aurelie Valentin Streetlab Savvis Verdis Siemens Anastasia Voshchenkova Yopolis Matthew Wendeln Ile-de-France Regional Council Francesco Zingales greenapes

8 Forum Tuesday, November 25 th : Morning Sessions 10.00am Registration at Halle Pajol 10.30am Welcome and presentation on the need for innovation Brian Kilkelly, Eurbanlab and World Cities Network 10.40am The European Opportunity spreading innovation faster Kees van Deelen, TNO and founding member of Eurbanlab Carolina Mateo, Instituto Valenciano de la Edificación 11.00am Smart and open approaches to enabling citizens and driving change Josep Pique, City of Barcelona Francesco Zingales, greenapes Mikele Brack, Pivotal Innovations (Canary Wharf Group) Minna Maarttola, City of Helsinki Moderated by Brian Kilkelly, World Cities Network 11.50am Towards zero carbon communities: case studies and strategies Ed Metcalf, Institute for Sustainability and founding member of Eurbanlab Tom Knowland, City of Leeds Christophe Gobin, Vinci Construction Florence Castel, Advancity Moderated by Anne-Marie Spierings, Arcadis 12.45pm Lunch and tour of Halle Pajol

9 Forum Tuesday, November 25 th : Afternoon Sessions 2.00pm Collaboration on a metropolitan scale Roger Toussaint, Eurbanlab / Universiteit Utrecht Carine Saloff-Coste, City of Paris Jon Bloomfield, Innovation Birmingham and Transition Cities Moderated by Nicolas Buchoud, Renaissance Urbaine 2.50pm Business case for investing in innovation: 3.40pm Break Annabelle Diot, Avesta Group Caroline Haynes, KPMG Peter Bosch, TNO Moderated by Brian Kilkelly, World Cities Network 4.10pm Tools to help us catalogue, model, and liberate the best ideas Assessments and Library: Anne-Marie Spierings & Peter Bosch City Performance Tool - Siemens: Dr. Savvas Verdis Construction21 International: Véronique Pappe Moderated by Kees van Deelen, TNO 5.00pm Group Discussion 5.30pm Summary and conclusions 5.45pm Networking Reception 8.00pm Optional informal dinner at the Kube

10 Tours Wednesday, November 26 th Tours of innovative projects across Paris: adapting cities for citizens with visual impairment 09.00/ 09.30/ 10.00: Start times for three guided tours of Streetlab at 17 rue Moreau, Paris. And in parallel, visits to the apartment laboratory Homelab powering cities with agro-pellets 10.30: Travel to Agronergy (near La Chapelle, 30min by metro) 11.00: Guided tour at Agronergy - supported by KIC InnoEnergy 12.00: End of Innovative tours with the generous help of

11 ACCELERATE 2014 Spaces are limited. To apply for a place please contact: info@eurbanlab.eu