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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221122
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221124
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SUMMARY:African Infrastructure Futures: Building Common Purpose for Urban Success
DESCRIPTION:The African Centre for Cities\, along with its hosting partners\, convene the African Infrastructure Futures Conference from 21-23 November 2022\, in Cape Town\, South Africa. The conference is curated as follows: Day 1 will adopt a more traditional academic conference format and Day 2 and 3 will focus on the substance of policy and practice debates. \nPOLICY CONFERENCE | 22-23 November 2022 \nThe starting point of the two-day policy conference will be to establish a shared sense of urgency about the effects of dysfunctional urbanisation amidst an unfolding climate emergency that threatens to destroy infrastructure\, livelihoods and inter-generational mobility. The voices of youthful African climate activists will set the scene. \nNext\, we get concrete by defining in precise terms what the sustainable infrastructure opportunity is to forge a unique African pathway to address urbanisation and broader green growth imperatives. \nThen\, we locate the sustainable urban infrastructure imperative within the larger pan-African vision and programme for a common market and more diverse economies\, but all aligned with commitments in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) for carbon reduction and imperatives of green industrialisation as promoted by UNECA. This is to acknowledge that cities can’t make progress without national government buy-in and leadership. \nOn the back of definitional clarity and macro implications\, the discussion will shift to questions of financing sustainable infrastructure and divesting from unsustainable technologies. There’s been a proliferation of discussions about the infrastructure gap. Instead of rehearsing those arguments\, we focus on three examples of attempted innovation and ask DFIs what it will take to mainstream these initiatives across Africa. \nHowever\, it would be a grave error to suggest that mainstreaming sustainable infrastructure approaches is simply a matter of technical competence and political will. It demands mindset change within society and leaders because too many Africans remain enamoured by visions of future urbanity that are carbon copies of Dubai\, Singapore and Shanghai. To insinuate this dimension into the conference we’ll host a TED-style talk by one of Africa’s leading architects\, which will serve as a reminder that our challenge is not simply to provide infrastructure but to create cities filled with opportunity\, beauty and cultural resonance. Cities are always civilisational projects. \nSound data is essential for evidence-based policy making and transparency fuels accountability and performance. The conference will explore the role of research\, data\, learning and intelligent feedback loops in forging partnerships to drive increased investment in sustainable infrastructure. \nLastly\, given the unique conditions that confront African cities\, it is essential that we invest in the creation of “city-level innovation ecosystems” to support the transition from unsustainable to sustainable infrastructure and urbanism. \n\nDOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMME\n\n\n\nThe Conference has reached capacity. 
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/african-infrastructure-futures-building-common-purpose-for-urban-success/
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20221121T073000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20221121T200000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20221011T113723Z
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SUMMARY:African Infrastructure Futures Conference: Urban research\, debates and priorities
DESCRIPTION:The African Centre for Cities\, along with its hosting partners\, convene the African Infrastructure Futures Conference from 21-23 November 2022\, in Cape Town\, South Africa. The conference is curated as follows: Day 1 will adopt a more traditional academic conference format and Day 2 and 3 will focus on the substance of policy and practice debates. \nTHE ACADEMIC CONFERENCE | 21 November 2022 \nThe one-day Academic Conference programme will kick-off with a keynote presentation by Prof Dilip M Menon\, Centre for Indian Studies in Africa\, Director\, and Mellon Chair in Indian Studies\, University of the Witwatersrand\, South Africa. The presentation is entitled Drowning Cities: Thinking urbanism in the age of global warming.  \nThree parallel sessions are structured along four thematic tracks: \nTRACK A – Design/Resilience \nSession 1: How Africa’s marginalised urban majority reframes the sustainability agenda\nSession 2: Resilience as a concept\, infrastructural practice\, and/or (re)imagination\nSession 3: Redirecting urban trajectories through speculative design practices and dispositions \nTRACK B – Power/Governance \nSession 1: Power and politics from urban peripheries\nSession 2: States and possibilities of urban infrastructure policymaking\nSession 3: Plural governance regimes: urban politics beyond the state \nTRACK C – Networks/Frontier \nSession 1: Finance as & of infrastructure: reframing financial and fiscal frontiers\nSession 2: Platformed cities and citizen\nSession 3: Enduring and emerging spatial imaginaries: from SEZs to ring road \nTRACK D – Everyday/Hybridity \nSession 1: Infrastructure’s multiplicities-circulations\, adaptations\, and composites\nSession 2: Everyday socio-infrastructural encounters in African cities\nSession 3: Decaying\, caring and repairing urban infrastructure \nThe day will conclude with a panel discussion entitled Propositions of the Present: Closing Reflections on the Potentials and Pathways for Urban Infrastructure Scholarship from Africa. \n\nDOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMME \nThe Academic Conference has reached capacity. 
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/african-infrastructure-futures-conference-urban-research-debates-and-priorities/
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20210909T100000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20210909T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20210824T163421Z
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SUMMARY:UCT SDG Summit | An Urban Lens on the Achievement of the SDGs
DESCRIPTION:A Masterclass alongside the UCT SDG Africa Summit 2021The ACC Masterclass will be structured in three parts\, comprised of 75min each. The first session will unpack the political and institutional backstory in ensuring that there was an SDG to address the imperatives of urbanisation\, and connections were drawn with other SDGs. The second session will focus on the complexities and contradictions of implementing the SDGs when it is a nexus issue such as urban food security. The analytical focus will fall on the challenge of effective inter-governmental coordination and alignment across scales and sectors. The third session will focus on the practical policy tools that are being deployed at city-level to track the implementation of the SDGs at the local level\, considered against the national reporting system of the South African government. This raises institutional questions about fostering a shared perspective when municipal officials remain deeply commitment to sectoral specialisms\, as well as issues about alignment and meaningful societal engagement in tracking government performance in delivering on stated commitments. Across the three sessions participants will be exposed to the cutting edges of the interface between applied research and policy implementation. \n\n\n\nSession 1 | The genesis of SDG 11: Getting the urban onto the agenda10:00 to 11:15Edgar Pieterse (ACC) in conversation with Aromar Revi (Indian Institute for Human Settlements) and Monika Glinzler (International relations\, Department of Human Settlements) \n\n\n\nBy some estimates\, getting the urban question right is a precondition to achieve up to 70% of the overall SDG agenda. However\, until the last hour before the finalisation of the seventeen SDGs\, there was great doubt that an explicit urban goal would be included. This session will pull the curtain on the backstage advocacy arguments\, evidence and diplomatic work that was conducted to secure an urban perspective across the SDGs. It is a given that the multilateral system is not perfect\, but for those on the frontlines of policy mainstreaming\, it is indispensable and a permanent site of struggle.  \n\n\n\nSession 2 | Teasing out the tensions: SDGs as a national imperative\, and SDG 11 as a city-level goal11:30 to 12:45Gareth Haysom (ACC) in conversation with Jane Battersby (University of Cape Town) and Julian May (University of the Western Cape)  \n\n\n\nThe urban food lens offers a unique scalar perspective bringing the tensions and opportunities presented at the intersection between zero hunger (SDG 2)\, and sustainable cities (SDG 11)\, as well as health and well-being (3)\, education (4) and gender equality (5). The session will engage in both the challenges presented at these intersections between nexus and scalar issues\, while attempting to engage the complexities and contradictions of implementing and measuring the SDGs when it is a nexus issue such as urban food and nutrition security\, and what this might mean in context\, but equally\, effective inter-governmental coordination and alignment across scales and sectors.  \n\n\n\nSession 3 | Lessons towards SDG localisation and indicators14:00 to 15:15Andrew Tucker (ACC) in conversation with Alexis Schäffler-Thomson (Pegasys) and Natasha Primo (City of Cape Town)  \n\n\n\n It is a given that the SDGs will only find full expression if they become the focus of local action\, established within enabling national parameters. There is great potential in using indicator frameworks and monitoring systems to establish productive alignment between national and local governments. This session will share research findings and potential of using local level indicator frameworks to track and reflect on policy efforts to implement the SDGs\, whilst being mindful of the statistical challenges of generating local level data. The empirical reference point will be South Africa and Cape Town. 
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/uct-sdg-summit-an-urban-lens-on-the-achievement-of-the-sdgs/
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Lectures
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20210831T140000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20210831T163000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
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SUMMARY:UCT SDG Summit | Circular Economy Pre-Summit Workshops
DESCRIPTION:The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town is convening an international summit on how the SDGs can best be realised in the African context with an eye on the role of science and mission-driven partnerships.  \n\n\n\nIn the build-up to the Summit\, a series of workshops are being organised around seven themes\, of which the Circular Economy is one.  \n\n\n\nREAD THE CONCEPT NOTE HERE \n\n\n\nWORKSHOP 1 | 17 August\, 14:00 to 16:15  \n\n\n\nThe first workshop will explore the definitional debates around the circular economy with an emphasis on the state of macro scholarship and policy positions adopted by select African governments and civil society actors. \n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\nProf Ester van der Voet – Leiden University & UN International Resource Panel\nDr Willi Haas – BOKU\, Vienna\nBezawit Eshetu – African Circular Economy Network\nReniera O’Donnell – Higher Education Lead at Ellen MacArthur Foundation\n\n\n\n\nRegister Closed: \n\n\n\nWORKSHOP 2 | 31 August\, 14:00 to 16:15  \n\n\n\nThe second workshop will be an exploration of circular economy applications through case studies with an eye on research questions and issues. \n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\nProf Christina Trois – University of KwaZulu-Natal\nKirsten Barnes – GreenCape\nPaul Currie – ICLEI Africa\nSudhir Pillay – Water Research Commission\nProf Harro von Blottnitz – University of Cape Town\n\n\n\n\nRegister Closed: \n\n\n\nThese workshops are open to all who are involved in Circular Economy related work and research.
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/uct-sdg-summit-circular-economy-pre-summit-workshops-2/
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20210831T140000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20210831T163000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20210813T094716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240531T060345Z
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SUMMARY:UCT SDG Summit | Circular Economy Pre-Summit Workshops
DESCRIPTION:The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Town is convening an international summit on how the SDGs can best be realised in the African context with an eye on the role of science and mission-driven partnerships.  \n\n\n\nIn the build-up to the Summit\, a series of workshops are being organised around seven themes\, of which the Circular Economy is one.  \n\n\n\nREAD THE CONCEPT NOTE HERE \n\n\n\nWORKSHOP 1 | 17 August\, 14:00 to 16:15  \n\n\n\nThe first workshop will explore the definitional debates around the circular economy with an emphasis on the state of macro scholarship and policy positions adopted by select African governments and civil society actors. \n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\nProf Ester van der Voet – Leiden University & UN International Resource Panel\nDr Willi Haas – BOKU\, Vienna\nBezawit Eshetu – African Circular Economy Network\nReniera O’Donnell – Higher Education Lead at Ellen MacArthur Foundation\n\n\n\n\nRegister here \n\n\n\nWORKSHOP 2 | 31 August\, 14:00 to 16:15  \n\n\n\nThe second workshop will be an exploration of circular economy applications through case studies with an eye on research questions and issues. \n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\n\nProf Christina Trois – University of KwaZulu-Natal\nKirsten Barnes – GreenCape\nPaul Currie – ICLEI Africa\nSudhir Pillay – Water Research Commission\nProf Harro von Blottnitz – University of Cape Town\n\n\n\n\nRegister here \n\n\n\nThese workshops are open to all who are involved in Circular Economy related work and research.
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/uct-sdg-summit-circular-economy-pre-summit-workshops/
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20210716T140000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20210716T153000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20210702T130626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210702T130715Z
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SUMMARY:Presencing and publishing Urban Studies from Africa
DESCRIPTION:Many urban studies journals publish few articles from African-based scholars: how can this be changed?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhile in “international” northern-based journals publishing the work of African based scholars seems to remain a challenge for editors\, African scholars have organised many dynamic venues for publishing urban and African studies research. We have invited African-based scholars who have been involved in leading these initiatives to share their experiences; and editors working on Western-based journals to respond. \nWe will hear from four African urban scholars\, and then three editors of urban studies journals will respond. French Language translation will be available. \nPanelists– Edgar Pieterse (founding director of the African Centre for Cities; Professor of Urban Policy\, University of Cape Town)– Saheed Aderinto (founder\, Lagos Studies Association; Professor of African History at Western Carolina University)– Nadine Machikou (editor\, Politique Africaine; Professor of political science at the University of Yaoundé)– Kingsley Madueke (Centre for Conflict Management & Peace Studies\, University of Jos\, Nigeria; PhD University of Amsterdam) \nRespondents– Vanessa Watson (Global South editor of Urban Studies; Emerita Professor of City Planning in the School of Architecture\, Planning and Geomatics and a founder member of the African Centre for Cities)– Liza Weinstein (Editor\, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (ijurr); Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Sociology and Anthropology Department at Northeastern University)– Nik Theodore (Interventions editor of the International Journal of Urban and Regional Research and past editor of Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography; Professor and Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Policy\, as well as the Director of the Center for Urban Economic Development\, at the University of Illinois Chicago) \nThis event is part of the RC21 annual conference is the main international urban sociology conference. It brings together scholars in urban sociology and neighbouring fields to discuss developments in urban social theory\, methods and empirical research and stimulate discussion and cooperation by offering a variety of formats (plenary lectures\, paper sessions\, author meets critics sessions\, roundtables and panels\, walkshops\, etc.). This years’ edition takes place from 14 July until 16 July 2021 and is hosted by the University of Antwerp (Belgium). The 2021 conference centers around ‘Sensing and Shaping the City’\, focusing on how citizens experience the fragmentary\, unequal and contradictory realities of global urbanity. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/presencing-and-publishing-urban-studies-from-africa/
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210524
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210529
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20210524T144028Z
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SUMMARY:RISE Africa Action Festival 2021
DESCRIPTION:The RISE Africa platform\, together with its partners\, hosts its first annual event that brings together Africa’s urban thinkers\, doers and enablers\, including ICLEI Africa’s member cities\, subnational and local governments\, from 24 to 28 May 2021. The event is planned around celebrating Africa Day\, 25 May\, and this year’s theme is NEXT URBAN CHAMPIONS*. \n\n\n\nSee the Curator Statement here\, explore the video provocations\, or view the RISE Africa 2021 Roadmap. \n\n\n\nExplore the full 5-day programme below and register for individual sessions or register below for multiple RISE Africa 2021 sessions at once. With 46 sessions to choose from there is something for every thinker\, doer and enabler working toward sustainable urban African solutions! \n\n\n\nThe titles with both english and french will have two-way interpretation. \n\n\n\nExplorez le programme complet de 5 jours ci-dessous et inscrivez-vous à des sessions individuelles ou inscrivez-vous ci-dessous pour plusieurs sessions RISE Africa 2021 à la fois. Avec 46 sessions au choix\, il y en a pour tous les penseurs\, acteurs et facilitateurs travaillant vers des solutions urbaines africaines durables! \n\n\n\nLes titres en anglais et en français auront une interprétation bidirectionnelle \n\n\n\nDownload the quick PDF guide to sessions here.
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/rise-africa-action-festival-2021/
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201121
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20200117T081609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200117T091525Z
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SUMMARY:Association of African Planning Schools Conference 2020
DESCRIPTION:The Institute of Spatial Planning (IRPUD) at TU Dortmund University (Germany)\, together with the Institute of Human Settlement Studies and School of Spatial Planning and Social Sciences at Ardhi University (Tanzania) hosts the fifth international conference of the Association of African Planning Schools (AAPS) from 18 to 20 November 2020 in Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania. \n\n\nThemed Urban Africa in the Twenty-First Century: Current Issues and Future Prospects of Urban Governance and Planning\, the conference will be organised along five thematic tracks relevant to current issues and future prospects of urban governance and planning in urban Africa: \n\nTrack 1: Localising planning theories\nTrack 2: Innovating planning education to fit the challenges of climate change\nTrack 3: Participatory and multi-governance approaches for urban resilience\nTrack 4: Toward pro-livelihood adaptation and risk management approaches\nTrack 5: Information and communication technology (ICT) for inclusive spaces\n\nThe conference will feature keynote addresses from leading urban and planning scholars including Prof Stefan Greiving (TU Dortmund University)\, Prof Robert Kiunsi (Ardhi University)\, Prof Wilbard Kombe (Ardhi University)\, Prof Garth Myers (Trinity College\, USA)\, Prof Sophie Schramm (TU Dortmund University)\, Prof Vanessa Watson (University of Cape Town). \n 
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/association-of-african-planning-schools-conference-2020/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Dar es Salaam\, Tanzania\, United Republic Of
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200830
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200902
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
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SUMMARY:Southern Africa City Studies Conference
DESCRIPTION:Since 2009 the Southern Africa City Studies Conference (SACSC) series has provided an interdisciplinary forum for researchers examining urban issues in Southern Africa. We are pleased to announce that the fifth conference in this series will take place from 30 August to 1 September 2020 at the University of the Witwatersrand. \nRecent interest in comparative urbanism and southern urbanism\, as well as a context of regional and global uncertainty\, creates an important opportunity for scholars to engage these and other issues and debates from the vantage of urban experiences in our region. One of the objectives of this conference series is to promote emerging scholars who are residents of Southern Africa working on cities in the region or elsewhere\, as well as scholarship on cities in Southern Africa. \nThe conference is hosted by the Centre for Urbanism and Built Environment Studies\, the Gauteng City-Region Observatory\, and the South African Research Chair in Spatial Analysis and City Planning\, and in association with the other members of an evolving\, informal urban studies network currently made up of the following university entities: the National Research Chair in Economic Development of the City of Johannesburg\, University of the Witwatersrand (Wits)\, the Wits City Institute\, the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town\, Department of Political Studies\, University of the Western Cape\, the Urban Futures Centre at the Durban University of Technology\, the Centre for Development Support at the University of the Free State\, the National Research Chair for Sustainable Human Settlements\, Nelson Mandela University\, the Department of Town and Regional Planning\, University of Pretoria\, the Department of Urban and Regional Planning\, University of Venda\, and the Department of Social Anthropology\, North West University. \nwww.sacsc2020.com
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/southern-africa-city-studies-conference/
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200725T080000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200726T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200612T010633Z
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SUMMARY:LSX - WP Training
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/lsx-wp-training-2020-07-25/
LOCATION:UCT\, Seminar Room 1 Chemical Engineering\, UCT Upper Campus\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="African Centre for Cities":MAILTO:accurbanconference@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200613T080000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20200611T124935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200624T215507Z
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SUMMARY:LSX - WP Training
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/lsx-wp-training/
LOCATION:UCT\, Seminar Room 1 Chemical Engineering\, UCT Upper Campus\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="African Centre for Cities":MAILTO:accurbanconference@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200613T080000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
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SUMMARY:LSX - WP Training
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/lsx-wp-training/
LOCATION:UCT\, Seminar Room 1 Chemical Engineering\, UCT Upper Campus\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="African Centre for Cities":MAILTO:accurbanconference@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200613T080000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
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LAST-MODIFIED:20200624T215507Z
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SUMMARY:LSX - WP Training
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/lsx-wp-training/
LOCATION:UCT\, Seminar Room 1 Chemical Engineering\, UCT Upper Campus\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="African Centre for Cities":MAILTO:accurbanconference@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200613T080000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20200611T124935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200624T215507Z
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SUMMARY:LSX - WP Training
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/lsx-wp-training/
LOCATION:UCT\, Seminar Room 1 Chemical Engineering\, UCT Upper Campus\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="African Centre for Cities":MAILTO:accurbanconference@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200613T080000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20200611T124935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200624T215507Z
UID:7601-1592035200-1592154000@wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page
SUMMARY:LSX - WP Training
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/lsx-wp-training/
LOCATION:UCT\, Seminar Room 1 Chemical Engineering\, UCT Upper Campus\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="African Centre for Cities":MAILTO:accurbanconference@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200613T080000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200614T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20200611T124935Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200624T215507Z
UID:7601-1592035200-1592154000@wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page
SUMMARY:LSX - WP Training
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/lsx-wp-training/
LOCATION:UCT\, Seminar Room 1 Chemical Engineering\, UCT Upper Campus\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="African Centre for Cities":MAILTO:accurbanconference@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200209T140000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20200209T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20200203T123633Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200203T124246Z
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SUMMARY:Cities of integrity – innovative approaches to tackling corruption and cultivating a culture of integrity\, trust and openness in urban development
DESCRIPTION:Cities of Integrity project hosts a panel discussion at the World Urban Forum in Abu Dhabi\, on Sunday\, 9 February 2020 from 14:00 to 16:00. \nUrban innovation flows from multiple actors securely\, independently seeking opportunities for improvement of their livelihoods\, their homes and their social fabric. Urban development that is underpinned by a culture of integrity\, transparency and accountability is an essential condition minimising the risks that would otherwise block this innovation and investment. You may plan and wish for a prosperous\, inclusive\, equitable\, resilient or sustainable city but if norms of integrity and openness are corroded by corruption none of these aspirations can be achieved. Our event will provide a platform to raise our shared understanding of the urban corruption risks at hand. We will discuss the latest facts and figures related to the major integrity challenges in urban development\, their scale\, scope and development over time in the cities of both the global north and south. At least equally important we will take this empirical overview as a point of departure to embark on a joint exploration of the innovative tools and approaches available to build and nurture strong cultures of integrity at the city scale. By weaving together insights and perspectives from urban planners\, architects and urban policy-makers on the one side and experts and practitioners on transparency\, integrity and governance we will launch an inspirational\, interactive conversation around the many practical tools and innovative levers that can be activated to architect and nurture such cultures of urban integrity. Questions to explore with the audience include: what are the major ”integrity vulnerabilities” in urban development? What strategies to promote urban cultures of integrity have been found to be effective so far? What roles can the professional community of urban planners and architects play in addressing these integrity risks? What is a realistic contribution that new technologies can make beyond the hype that surrounds them? What responsibility falls to the private sector and what practical action is already coming from the business side? How can the creativity of urban place-making be harnessed? We will seek to explore these questions not just through a set of inspirational panel presentations but also by tapping into the expertise and creativity of the audience through interactive conversation formats. The aim is to provoke new thinking around these issues and plant the seeds for much needed new partnerships around urban integrity issues that harness the expertise and commitment of a diverse set of urban stakeholders. \nMODERATOR\nAdi Kumar – Development Action Group\, South Africa \nPANELISTS\nGilbert Siame – Centre for Urban Research and Planning\, University of Zambia\nJennifer Bretana – Hivos\, Philippines\nDieter Zinnbauer – African Center for Cities\, South Africa and Copenhagen Business School\, Denmark\nAlex Warnock-Smith – Central Saint Martins\, United Kingdom \nWHEN: Sunday\, 9 February 2020\nTIME: 14:00 to 16:00\nVENUE: Hall 2\, Room 1\, Abu Dhabi\, UAE \n 
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/cities-of-integrity-innovative-approaches-to-tackling-corruption-and-cultivating-a-culture-of-integrity-trust-and-openness-in-urban-development/
LOCATION:Hall 2\, Room 1\, Abu Dhabi \, United Arab Emirates
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191013
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191019
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20191010T170806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191010T170806Z
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SUMMARY:Realising Just Cities conference week
DESCRIPTION:The 4th Annual Realising Just Cities Conference takes place in Sheffield\, UK from 13-18 October 2019. The conference focuses on lessons\, impacts and outcomes since the start of Mistra Urban Futures (MUF) in 2010 but with particular emphasis on the current 2016-19 phase of closer international collaborative and comparative research now ending. \nMUF has sought to co-produce knowledge and action to support sustainable urban development across cities in the Global North and South\, working through Local Interaction Platforms and other forms of partnership that bring together researchers from different stakeholders in transdisciplinary teams. \nThe conference is hosted by the Sheffield-Manchester Local Interaction Platform and will include representatives from partner cities in Buenos Aires\, Cape Town\, Gothenburg\, Kisumu\, Malmö\, Shimla\, and Stockholm. \nThe Week at a Glance\n\nSunday 13th October\, 1830-2030\, Welcome Drinks and Reception\, Sheffield Winter Gardens. Detailed Programme. \nMonday 14th October\, 0900-1700\, Comparative Project Work\, Lunch and Sheffield Walking Tours. Detailed Programme. \nTuesday 15th October\, 0815-1800\, Open Conference with parallel sessions\, Lunch and Conference Dinner. Detailed Programme. \nWednesday 16th October\, 0730-2100\, Coaches to Manchester field trips and workshops with Lunch and Networking Dinner in Manchester and coaches back to Sheffield. Detailed Programme. \nThursday 17th October\, 0900-1700\, Board meeting\, Some comparative project workshops\, Keynote lecture and Lunch. Detailed Programme. \nFriday 18th October\, 0900-1200\, LIP-directors meeting\, Some comparative project workshops. Detailed Programme. \n\nThis page is only intended for Mistra Urban Futures delegates already associated with our city teams and who have been invited. Not a Mistra Urban Futures delegate? Head over to our Open Conference page\, where you can find more information about how you can participate.
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/realising-just-cities-conference-week/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Sheffield \, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20190910T080000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20190913T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20190328T081826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190328T081826Z
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SUMMARY:International Transdisciplinarity Conference 2019
DESCRIPTION:The International Transdisciplinary Conference 2019\, co-organised by the University of Gothenburg and Mistra Urban Futures\, takes place 10 to 13 September 2019 in Gothenburg\, Sweden. \nOur societies are facing critical points in their development\, where large challenges are becoming increasingly difficult to handle. Numerous conflicts and complexities are surfacing – to which we can see societies responding with fragmentation\, intolerance and exclusion. One way to address such developments is through societal transformation processes that implicitly include a variety of interest groups\, stakeholders and organisations. Transdisciplinary research is one approach that focuses specifically on co-producing and integrating knowledge and expertise from a variety of sources\, including communities\, research\, cities and businesses. It is an approach that is driven by the need to create processes where values and transformations towards a more just and sustainable society are openly debated. \nThe aim of this conference\, Joining Forces for Change\, is to bring together actors from different professional mandates\, disciplines and sectors to engage and discuss practical examples and case studies that approach societal transformation through boundary breaking collaboration. The conference invites practitioners and researchers from government and administrative organisations and agencies\, interest groups from community and business\, and researchers and students from across the university. The overall focus is on what we can learn from our collaborative experiences\, case studies and practices regarding wider societal transformation\, methodological innovations and theoretical development. We will specifically search for “sites for change” in terms of spaces\, practices and learnings where TD research and co-production play a crucial role. \nThe conference programme will be structure around three streams: \nSocietal transformation \n\nWhat experiences in initiating and fostering transformation processes do we have and what can we learn from them?\nHow can different theories of change contribute to sustainable transformations?\nWhat forms of organising are needed for our institutions\, agencies\, companies and universities to handle the necessary transformations\, with particular reference to collaboration between different types of stakeholders?\nWhat skills and competences are needed by civil servants\, researchers and students to co-design and lead processes that target sustainable outcomes?\n\nMethodological innovation \n\nWhat does individual and organisational learning in change processes – working on\, challenging and transgressing borders – look like?\nHow can universities promote collaborative learning?\nHow can different types of transdisciplinary pedagogies\, research methods and processes of co-production be developed to more effectively contribute to societal transformations?\n\nTheoretical development \n\nHow can we imagine and conceptualise a sustainable and inclusive knowledge economy?\nWhat are the core challenges in transdisciplinary research regarding ontological and epistemological issues – what worldviews and paradigms are challenged and what kind of knowledge is included and produced?\nHow does TD research engage with systems thinking\, scenario planning\, design thinking and other holistic theories and practices?\n\n\nCall for contributions\nContributions from all fields and research cultures are invited\, particularly submissions from practitioners and from transdisciplinary teams. \nImportant dates:\nDeadline for abstract submission: extended to 31 March 2019\nNotice of acceptance: mid-May 2019\n\nFor more information go to the conference website.
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/international-transdisciplinarity-conference-2019/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Gothenburg\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20180817T083000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20180817T150000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20180807T141636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180807T142711Z
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SUMMARY:The Integrated City: Local Cultural Policy and Sustainable Integrated Urban Development
DESCRIPTION:This seminar at UCT’s African Centre for Cities looks to continue a set of dialogues around cultural governance and sustainable urban development in South Africa. It brings two processes together: \n\n  The Local Cultural Policy Agenda: South African cities are potential spaces for dynamic change as a result of being the nexus for flows of people and ideas. Culture is increasingly seen as significant in urban transformation.  A long-term approach to exploring innovative urban governance frameworks that forward the use of culture has been proposed as a research agenda. These speak to new national frameworks around integrated urban development as well as revisions to the Arts and Culture White paper.\nIntegrating the Dual City:  The African Centre for Cities recent Integration and Ideas Festival continue a interest in the role of culture for sustainable development\, putting forward a number of innovative provocations to address the dual city.  These included a strong focus on issues related to culture (memory\, storytelling and identity)\, placemaking (densified\, dynamic neighborhoods) and relationality (including through mobility\, solidarity networks\, “hubs”\, and the digital space).\n\nThe seminar objectives \n\nFurther a dialogue between researchers working in civil society and government concerned with the culture and its role in  urban transformation.\nTo test the viability of a specific provocation – the UCLG Agenda 21 for Culture – Culture Actions: a framework for  governance that furthers the use of culture for sustainable development in cities –  against provocations at the recent  festival\, and including engaging with practitioners.\n\nTo identify possible future paths of inquiry and collaboration amongst researchers based in Cape Town with those elsewhere in South Africa.\n\nWHEN: 17 August 2018\nTIME: 8.30 for 9:00-15:00\nVENUE: John Martin Room\, New Engineering Building\, UCT\nRSVP: Places are limited. Please send an RSVP email with any dietary requirements to africancentreforcities.rsvp@gmail.com   \nPROGROGRAMME \n8:30-9:00 Registration and coffee \n9:00-9:30   Welcome\, Introduction and Viewing of Exhibition\nIntroduction.  Providing the input on Local Cultural Policy Agenda\, responding to Integration ideas Festival and introducing the UCLG Agenda 21 for Culture Actions.  \nSpeaker: Zayd Minty  \n9:30-10:30 Cultural Narratives – Heritage\, Creativity\, Urban Change\nWorking with memory and notions of heritage\, building on local creativity\, provide a powerful way to build meaning for citizens and so build sense of purpose. Why is this important for cities and what can we do about it?  \nPresenters: Naomi Roux (UCT) and Valmont Layne (UWC)\nRespondent: Deirdre Prins-Solani (Education\, Culture and Heritage Specialist) \n10:30-11:00 Tea \n11:00-12:00  Place Making and the potential of Socially Engaged Public Practise\nThere is a growing need for thinking about denser\, more livable spaces that are also more resonant and meaningful through socially engaged public art/practices.  How can local government make this happen?  \nPresenters:  Rike Sitas (UCT) and Anna Selmeczi (UCT)\nRespondent: Brenda Skelenge (Lukhanyo Hub)  \n12:00-13:00  Cultural Mapping and Planning\nThe CoCT’s Cultural Mapping and Planning initiative provides an opportunity for communities to revalue their tangible and intangible assets and begin dialogues for community change.  How is this relevant for cities? \nPresenters: Vaughn Sadie (UCT/DUT) and Laura Nkula-Wenz (UCT)\nRespondent: TBC  \n13:00-14:00 Lunch \n14:00-15:00  Closing discussion \nWay forward for research\, policy and practice agendas and support network.  Led by Avril Joffe (Wits) \n 
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/integrated-city-local-cultural-policy-sustainable-integrated-urban-development/
LOCATION:John Martin Room\, New Engineering Building\, Upper Campus\, University of Cape Town\, Cape Town\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20180726T080000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20180726T173000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20180713T082824Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180725T091627Z
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SUMMARY:Integration & Ideas Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Integration Syndicate is a three-phase project that started off with a series of nine “episodes” over the course of 2017\, which explored the obstacles and solutions to social-spatial integration in the Cape Town metropolitan region. From these episodes\, in which a closed group of academics\, activists\, public and private sector actors participated\, five provocations were developed that represent five potential springboard ideas to create and facilitate greater socio-spatial integration. \nDuring the first half of 2018 the five provocations were presented to focus groups of stakeholders for critical input to further shape the ideas. Now the next step is to take these five ideas to a broader audience with a public event\, the Integration & Ideas Festival. \nIntegration & Ideas Festival programme \nYou are invited to join us for the Integration & Ideas Festival \nWHEN: 26 July 2018\nTIME: 08:00 to 17:30\nWHERE: Guga S’thebe\, Washington Street\, Langa\, Cape Town \nRSVP: Please complete the form here to RSVP for this event.\nIf you have any queries please send an email to integration.syndicate@gmail.com \n  \n 
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/integration-ideas-festival/
LOCATION:Guga S’Thebe\, Washington Street\, Langa\, Cape Town\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20180201T080000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20180203T170000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20170918T081429Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171207T090836Z
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SUMMARY:African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference 2018
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the establishment of the African Centre for Cities at the University of Cape Town\, the International Urban Conference draws together leading urban scholars and practitioners from all corners of Africa and the world to take stock of ground-breaking urban research\, to explore new avenues for enquiry and collaboration\, and to make visible the vibrant state of our broad and heterogeneous field. \nThe conference takes place from 1 to 3 February 2018\, at the University of Cape Town\, South Africa. \nWith nearly 300 individual papers\, over 80 panels and close to 20 roundtables\, the conference will provide an opportunity to engage with the scale and breadth of African and southern urbanism\, which calls for comparative readings of cities\, alternative modes of inquiry and new geographies of theory. \n  \nTHE CONFERENCE HAS REACHED MAXIMUM CAPACITY. REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS NOW CLOSED.  \n  \nACCOMMODATION & TRAVEL \nWe recommend preferred supplier Flywell Travel for accommodation or travel queries.
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/african-centre-cities-international-urban-conference-2018/
LOCATION:University of Cape Town\, Upper Campus\, Cape Town \, Western Cape \, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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ORGANIZER;CN="African Centre for Cities":MAILTO:accurbanconference@gmail.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171116
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20170524T134048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170524T134718Z
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SUMMARY:Mistra Urban Futures Annual International Conference 2017
DESCRIPTION:Mistra Urban Futures Annual International Conference takes place from 13 to 15 November 2017 in Kisumu\, Kenya under the banner “Realising Just Cities – Learning Through Comparison”. \nThe rapidly growing number of people moving into cities all over the world also present a challenge of unprecedented size. It is crucial to find ways to make urbanisation a source for wealth\, health and sustainability – which is shared. Mistra Urban Futures arranges yearly a conference about Realising Just Cities. \nKeynote speakers include: \nCaroline Wanjiku Kihato\, Visiting Researcher at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand\, Johannesburg\, and a Global Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars\, Washington DC. Member of Mistra Urban Futures Board. \nEdgar Pieterse\, South African Research Chair in Urban Policy & Director of African Centre for Cities. \nFor more information click here.
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/mistra-urban-futures-annual-international-conference-2017/
LOCATION:Imperial Hotel Kisumu\, Kisumu\, Kenya
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171110
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20171030T095317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171030T095317Z
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SUMMARY:Falling Walls Conference: How Urban Studies Envision the New Era of the Metropolis
DESCRIPTION:African Centre for Cities Director Prof Edgar Pieterse will be one of the speakers at the Falling Walls Conference\, 8 to 9 November 2017\, Berlin. His talk is entitled How Urban Studies Envision the New Era of the Metropolis.   \nThe Falling Walls Conference is an annual global gathering of forward thinking individuals from 80 countries organised by the Falling Walls Foundation. Each year on 9 November – the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall – 20 of the world’s leading scientists are invited to Berlin to present their current breakthrough research. \nThe aim of the Conference is to: \n\nidentify trends\, opportunities and solutions for global challenges and discover international breakthrough research.\nconnect outstanding researchers from different disciplines and support the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas internationally.\nbuild bridges between business\, politics\, academia and the arts.\npromote the latest scientific findings among a broader audience.\ninspire people to break down walls in science and society.\n\nIn 15-minute-talks\, researchers from all disciplines present their work in front of 700 international guests. During the breaks\, the Falling Walls Forum becomes the place for high-level Q&A where the audience can ask questions and engage in discussions. A new peer-learning platform\, Falling Walls Connect\, gives the audience the opportunity to contribute their knowledge and expertise to fellow participants. \nThe Conference is broadcasted online via free livestream. All presentations are available in the Falling Walls Library. \nGet the full programme here. 
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/falling-walls-conference-urban-studies-envision-new-era-metropolis/
LOCATION:Room 3.33\, Centlivres Building\, Upper Campus\, UCT\, Berlin \, Germany
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20171104
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20171105
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20171103T095327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171103T112939Z
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SUMMARY:The Global Nutrition Summit 2017
DESCRIPTION:Nutrition plays a critical role not only in child health and survival\, but also in driving economic prosperity for families and nations. It is encouraging to see increased attention from world leaders to address malnutrition in all its forms and in particular to reduce stunting everywhere. It will take continued efforts and dedication to ensure this progress continues. \nOn Saturday\, 4 November the Italian Ministry of Health and the City of Milan\, will host The Global Nutrition Summit 2017 in Milan – a high-level event on nutrition and food for healthier futures. The summit will take stock of global progress toward the nutrition-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and World Health Assembly global nutrition targets. They will also make additional commitments under the umbrella of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition (2016-2025)\, celebrate commitments made this year and discuss further action needed\, and launch the 2017 Global Nutrition Report. \nACC’s Senior Researcher Dr Jane Battersby will present as part of a session entitled Improving nutrition within planetary boundaries: Cities taking the lead during which she will focus on the rapidly shifting nature of malnutrition in Sub-Saharan African cities with overweight status and obesity emerging as new forms of food insecurity while malnutrition persists. \nModerator:\nDr Gunhild A. Stordalen\, President\, EAT Foundation \nSpeakers:\nMr Tom Arnold\, member of the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition\nMr Wayne Roberts\, PhD\, Canadian food policy analyst\nDr Jane Battersby\, Senior Researcher in Urban Food Systems\, African Centre for Cities University of Cape Town\nMs Anna Scavuzzo\, Vice Mayor of Milan\nMr Albert Anda Ntsodo\, Councillor of the City of Cape Town
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/global-nutrition-summit-2017/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, Milan\, Italy
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20170731
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20170802
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20170504T120435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170727T122229Z
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SUMMARY:Refractions of the National\, the Popular and the Global in African Cities
DESCRIPTION:The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS) and the African Centre for Cities (ACC) will jointly host a conference on Refractions of the National\, the Popular\, and the Global in African cities. \nVenue: Wallenberg Research Centre in Stellenbosch\, South Africa\nDate: Monday\, 31 July & Tuesday\, 1 August 2017 \nThere has been a significant expansion of academic research on the specificities of African urbanisms\, diverse urban imaginaries and politics over the last decade. In the wake of recent formal policy shifts in acknowledging the importance of urbanisation and pro-active policy making on the one hand\, and a rise in urban-based social mobilization on the other\, it is opportune to create an academic space for cross-pollination and reflection. \nThe theme of the conference is captured in its title: Refractions of the National\, the Popular\, and the Global in African cities. Each of the three issues may be interrogated as follows: \n\nHow is the nationality and the nation-state manifested in the city\, if at all? To what extent is the political and the social character of the state regime expressed in the city and its governance?\nTo what extent\, in what form\, and with what effect have popular forces been able for make themselves heard and influential in the city\, in recent years? Why or why not? We are here thinking of protest movements\, of civic associations and of reform coalitions of progressive city government.\nTo what extent and how has the recent and current commodity boom meant a globalization of the city? Influx of foreign capital\, heating up of the real estate market\, emergence or growth of financial and business services sectors\, new business districts\, luxury shopping\, hotels\, and leisure supply\, immigration\, skyscrapers\, gated neighbourhoods\, etc? How are proclaimed “world city” ambitions developing on the ground?\n\nThe conference programme is designed both to focus discussion on each of the three issues outlined above as well as to allow enough time for discussion from the participants. \nFor more information or to book your seat\, click here.
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/refractions-national-popular-global-african-cities/
LOCATION:STIAS Wallenberg Research Centre\, 10 Marais Road\, Stellenbosch\, Western Cape\, 7600\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20160722T130000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20160723T150000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
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SUMMARY:Public Art and the Power of Place
DESCRIPTION:start again the new road at dawn.\nyesterday’s road has led\nto yesterday’s destination.\ntoday is a new chaos.\na new journey. a new city.\nneeding new paths. and new standards. \nBen Okri – The Ruin and The Forest \nCape Town remains stubbornly segregated\, with a large portion of the population living in undesirable conditions. Access to resources is still skewed towards the formal art market based in the City Bowl. Despite this\, there are numerous people engaging in critical and creative ways of re-articulating the potential of the city through art. Increasingly\, public-facing art is playing a central role in imagining a free\, inspired and inclusive reality. \nPublic Art and the Power of Place\, initiated by the African Centre for Cities at UCT\, with support from the National Lotteries Commission\, emerged as an experiment in finding new ways of representing and interconnecting with socio-political urban issues in Cape Town. It involved supporting seven public art projects in Cape Town’s townships in 2015. From Khayelitsha to Bonteheuwel\, optimistic and determined individuals explored the significance and impossibilities of place outside the City Bowl. \nThe ACC is excited to invite you to the closing event of the project at the Cape Town Library (Corner Darling and Parade Streets)\, where the stories and reflections of these projects will be used to ignite an open and constructive conversation about the present and the future of public art within the context of Cape Town. Through dialogue\, workshops and an archival exhibition the two-day intervention builds a platform for a collective exploration of publicness. \nAn African Centre for Cities project with guest curators Valeria Geselev and Naz Saldulker. See the attached programme\, check out the Facebook event or contact powerofplace@uct.ac.za for more details. \nPoP_Programme_18July \n  \nFUNDED BY: \n \nThe NLC relies on funds from the proceeds of the National Lottery. The Lotteries Act guides the way in which NLC funding may be allocated. The intention of NLC funding is to make a difference to the lives of all South Africans\, especially those more vulnerable and to improve the sustainability of the beneficiary organisations. Available funds are distributed to registered and qualifying non-profit organisations in the fields of charities; arts\, culture and national heritage; and sport and recreation. By placing its emphasis on areas of greatest need and potential\, the NLC contributes to South Africa’s development.
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/public-art-power-place/
LOCATION:Cape Town Library\, Cnr Parade and Darling Streets\, Cape Town
CATEGORIES:Art,Conferences & Workshops,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160627
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160702
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20151029T194853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160628T034626Z
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SUMMARY:Revaluing the City
DESCRIPTION:Revaluing the City: Land\, Infrastructure and the Environment as a Catalyst for Change \nAfrica is experiencing an urban revolution involving the most rapid urbanization in history\, but amid severe constraints. There are calls to grow local and national economies\, enable employment\, upgrade governance\, improve global competitiveness\, and reduce inequalities and poverty. Problems of income inequality\, economic exclusion\, food insecurity\, inadequate transportation networks\, lack of urban services\, environmental degradation\, and climate change are huge challenges for cities across Africa. \nTransforming African cities on their own terms\, and making urban formations sustainable and equitable is an unprecedented challenge. \nStudy Space IX will explore these urban growth issues in South Africa’s oldest city\, Cape Town\, a profoundly unequal city from its days of slavery in the 17th century. Although labeled the continent’s least African city\, Cape Town shares the ingredient of ‘slum urbanism’ with poverty and social stress in growing\, sprawling informal settlements. There is relentless pressure to increase the density of residential land\, and to revalue the city’s recreational\, agricultural and public land\, and ecosystem services. \nDuring the course of the week\, twenty participants will develop a wider\, ‘southern’ perspective on balancing issues related to urban growth with a focus on income inequality and economic exclusion. Guest lectures will be on a variety of topics\, including: \n— Planning equitable and sustainable development\n— Property rights and land use law\n— Affordable housing and housing finance\n— Taxation and infrastructure finance\n— Cultural heritage and historic preservation\n— Environmental law\n— Climate change \n  \nThe ACC is hosting Study Space IX on behalf of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth in the College of Law at Georgia State University\, Atlanta\, USA. The Center’s ninth intensive study week gives professionals\, practitioners and academics an opportunity to sharpen their understanding of metropolitan affairs in conversation with local experts. Previous Study Spaces have been held in Barcelona\, Bogota\, Denver\, Rio de Janeiro\, Istanbul\, Medellin\, Panama and Warsaw.
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/revaluing-the-city-land-infrastructure-and-the-environment-as-a-catalyst-for-change/
LOCATION:UCT Graduate School of Business\,\, V&A Waterfront\, Cape Town\, Western Cape\, 8001\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20160504T090000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20160504T140000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20160429T121759Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160429T121759Z
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SUMMARY:Realising the Just City
DESCRIPTION:The African Centre for Cities in collaboration with Mistra Urban Futures is hosting a workshop on Realising the Just City. \nThe signing of the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015 demonstrated that there is an increasing global pledge to foster just cities that are ‘inclusive\, safe\, resilient and sustainable’. Although there is a shared commitment to socio-spatial justice\, how this can be realised is more complicated. This workshop aims to draw representatives from academic institutions\, civil society and the public sector together to discuss how just cities are understood\, and how to achieve them. \nMistra Urban Futures is made up of five local interaction platforms in four cities around the world: Cape Town (based at ACC)\, Gothenburg\, Greater Manchester\, Kisumu and Malmö. The purpose is to develop coproduced\, collaborative and comparative research across the cities. This workshop forms part of this research process. \nFor more information\, contact Rike Sitas on rike.sitas@uct.ac.za.
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/realising-just-city/
LOCATION:Studio 1\, Environmental and Geographical Sciences Building\, Upper Campus\, UCT\, Cape Town\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops,Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20160415T140000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20160415T160000
DTSTAMP:20260416T102152
CREATED:20160411T095948Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160411T100017Z
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SUMMARY:Understanding Urban Governance: Entry Points for Climate Science
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to attend an FCFA online seminar on Understanding Urban Governance:\nEntry Points for Climate Science \n Friday\, April 15\, 2016 from 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (SAST) \nOnline live web cast and in-person at Park Inn Radison\, Newlands\, Cape Town.  \nRegistration instructions \nTo attend online or in-person\, please follow this link to register. \n\nFor online attendees: A URL for the webcast will be emailed to you an hour before the event starts.\nFor in-person attendees: Online registration does not guarantee a seat. Once registered\, the FCFA team will be in touch to confirm availability of seating.\n\nDescription:  \nThis seminar presents a critical discussion on approaches for understanding the governance structures that shape medium-term development decisions taken in various African contexts and at various scales (e.g. city region\, catchment\, and national). More specifically\, the session aims to stimulate engagement and debate around these approaches to understanding urban governance and decision-making pathways\, and finding entry points for climate information to inform development decisions at the city-region scale. The aim is to sharpen the theoretical underpinnings and the practical application of these approaches within the Future Climate for Africa programme. \nChair:  \nStef Raubenheimer – SouthSouthNorth  \nSpeakers: \nDr Hannah Baleta – Pegasys Consulting \nProf Dianne Scott – University of Cape Town\, African Centre for Cities \nDr Glibert Siame – University of Zambia \nDr Tasila Banda – Zambia EC-LEDS Programme \nDiscussant: \nProf Sue Parnell – University of Cape Town\, African Centre for Cities \nThe seminar is structured around a panel discussion that will: \n\nPresent two approaches to understanding urban governance and decision-making;\nApply these to the case study of the Lusaka city-region;\nField critical feedback from practitioners working on climate resilience in Lusaka; and\nClose with reflections from the discussant and open Q&A session with in-person and online attendees.\n\nShare this event on Facebook and Twitter. \nWe hope you can make it! \nBest wishes \nFuture Climate for Africa and FRACTAL
URL:https://wonderful-hopper.38-242-239-132.plesk.page/event/understanding-urban-governance-entry-points-climate-science/
CATEGORIES:Conferences & Workshops
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