“Cities and Science – New Challenges” 12th-14th April 2011
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This document provides details of the agenda and events for the REDIS - Restructuring Districts into Science Quarters Final Conference being held from April 12-14, 2011 in Magdeburg, Germany. The conference will discuss the role of science and research in developing European cities and feature presentations from leading experts on knowledge-based urban planning and rebuilding city quarters for science. City representatives from Aarhus, Bialystok, Halle, Magdeburg, Manresa, Newcastle, Piraeus and Vienna will discuss lessons learned from their participation in the REDIS project on international exchange of ideas. Site visits are planned to the Science Port development in Magdeburg.
“Cities and Science – New Challenges” 12th-14th April 2011
- 1. REDIS - Restructuring Districts into Science Quarters Final Conference, Magdeburg “Cities and Science – New Challenges” 12th-14th April 2011
- 2. 2 REDIS – FINAL CONFERENCE CITIES AND SCIENCE – NEW CHALLENGES REDIS – FINAL CONFERENCE 12TH – 14TH APRIL 2011, CITY OF MAGDEBURG, TOWNHALL Intro Science and research are important drivers for the development of European cities today. This effects development approaches in all areas of urban life: culture, social life, economic development and urban planning. The City of Magdeburg and the URBACT project REDIS invite an international audience to discuss these issues at the conference. A number of leading experts and policy makers will give speeches to reflect on the theme. There will also be a look at the global dimension of the topic, as Dr. Kwon Lee refers to the development of Songdo international city in South Corea. REDIS is an international exchange project, in which a number of European cities exchanged ideas on rebuilding of city quarters for knowledge based development. Based on the project results, there will be presentations of several European cities with high knowledge ambitions, which will give new insights and lessons on knowledge-based urban planning. Agenda Tuesday, 12th April 17:30 Guided City Tour on a Double-Decker Bus ALTER MARKT Meeting point: Otto von Guericke monument / Alter Markt End: 19:00 on the restaurant L-BE (Welcome Party) 19:00 Social Program – Welcome Party RESTAURANT “L-BE” Location: Restaurant L-BE, Schleinufer 30 Note: Transfer back to the hotels is offered on 22:30
- 3. 3 REDIS – FINAL CONFERENCE Wednesday, 13th April TOWN HALL 08:30 Accreditation / Signing / Information 08:30 – 09:00 Coffee 09:00 Welcome and introduction with Dr. Lutz Trümper, Lord Mayor of Magdeburg Mr. Normunds Popens EU Commission - Deputy Director General in DG Regio Dr. Karl Heinz Daehre, Minister for Regional Development and Transport Saxony-Anhalt Prof. Klaus Erich Pollmann, Principal of Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg 09:45 Keynote speech 1: “Development to a science based society” Mrs. Ute Schneider, Direktorin KCAP Architects & Planners, Zürich 10:45 Coffee break 11:00 Keynote speech 2 “Role of the universities in the modern society” Prof. Debackere, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch 13:00 Presentation Basic idea of the project REDIS Dr. Willem van Winden, UrbanIQ, Amsterdam 13:30 Presentation Cross-city learning with “Implementation Labs” - method for the REDIS project Mr. Volkmar Palmer, City of Vienna 14:00 Parallel workshops REDIS results of the partner cities WKS 1: Aarhus, Magdeburg, Manresa, Piraeus WKS 2: Bialystok, Halle, Newcastle, Vienna : 15:30 Coffee break 16:00 Presentation “Creating Science Districts: Lessons from 8 REDIS cities”, Dr. Willem van Winden, UrbanIQ, Amsterdam 16:45 Presentation: “Science Port in Magdeburg”, Dr. Dieter Scheidemann 17:15 Closing 17:30 Departure at Town Hall to Science Port 17:45 Site Visit Science Port SCIENCE PORT 18:30 Departure at Science Port to Gesellschaftshaus 19:00 evening reception at Gesellschaftshaus GESELLSCHAFTSHAUS Note: Transfer back to the hotels is offered on 22:30
- 4. 4 REDIS – FINAL CONFERENCE Thursday, 14th April TOWN HALL 08:30 Introductory presentation: “Social and cultural aspects of the Science City“, Prof. Dr. Ulf Matthiesen, Humboldt university, Berlin 09:30 Workshops with best practice: 1. Science City marketing – “web.2.0 - The Essentials for creative communication” Prof. Andreas Mack, embassyexperts - Berlin 2. Science City planning – “Finding the right way for creative science quarters“ Dr. Georg Flachbart, mind(21)factory for Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Design Stuttgart-Berlin-Kremnica 11:00 Keynote speech: “An Asian perspective of the Science City“ Dr. Kwon Lee, Songdo International City, South Corea 12:00 Closing session “The role of URBACT in the European cohesion policy”, Mr. Jean-Loup Drubigny, Head of the URBACT-Secretariat, Paris 12:30 Lunch Closing 2nd congress day Note: Transfer back to the Airport Berlin Tegel is offered on 13:00 Contact: Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg Team Wissenschaft Alter Markt 6 39104 Magdeburg Dr. Klaus Puchta Telefon: + 49 391 540 2562 Fax: + 49 391 540 2115 E-Mail: [email protected] MDKK GmbH Remtergang 1 39104 Magdeburg Telefon: + 49 391 53 53 92 82 Fax: + 49 391 53 53 92 81 E-Mail: [email protected]
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