Registration opens for cities and Nature innovation event
Registration is now open for a stakeholder partnership event on ‘Innovating Cities with Nature and Culture’.
The 20 October event, held in Brussels, Belgium, will facilitate networking, information exchange and partnerships of actors interested in addressing urban challenges through innovating with Nature or by making innovative use of cultural heritage assets for regenerating cities.
In the autumn, under the Horizon 2020 work programme for 2016-17, the European Commission will launch new calls for large scale demonstration projects in cities as living labs for Nature-based solutions for climate and water resilience and cultural heritage as a driver for sustainable development.
These calls mark a shift from basic and applied research to a novel type of innovation action based on a systemic approach to solve problems and promote a more resource efficient, green and competitive economy.
The stakeholder event is therefore the perfect opportunity for stakeholders from cities and regional authorities (mayors, planners etc.) with advanced plans and projects, the private sector (in the area of construction, landscape and building architecture, water management, insurance, etc.), civil society organisations, and research organisations to meet and discuss urban demonstration activities (urban living labs) and broaden the scope of cross-sectorial partnerships.
For further information and to register, visit the webpage or contact .
