Learning Cities 2030

2nd Smart Cities International Symposium & Exhibition, Jan 17-18, 2018, Chicago

Posted October 24, 2017 - 20:25 by Mike Osborne
Jan 17 2018
Jan 18 2018
US/Central
Conference Chicago
525 S State St
Chicago
United States  United States

The 2nd Smart Cities International Symposium & Exhibition, January 17-18, 2018 in Chicago brings together thought leaders and municipal executives to explore the most recent technology advances, business models, and lessons learned to date in making the intelligent, interconnected city a reality.

14th PASCAL Postconference Report

Posted October 24, 2017 - 07:01 by Michael Joris

The 14th PASCAL International Conference took place in Pretoria, South Africa. It was excellently organised by the Belgium Campus iTVersity and University of Johannesburg’s Centre for Local Economic Development.

Invitation - "What is the Role of Universities in International Development?"

Posted October 24, 2017 - 04:48 by Mary Ryan
Nov 15 2017
Europe/London
Glasgow Centre for International Development, University of Glasgow
Graham Kerr Building, University Ave
Glasgow
Scotland  Scotland

You are cordially invited to an interactive panel discussion on the topic “What is the role of universities in international development?” hosted by the Glasgow Centre for International Development (GCID).

Final draft of the third ICLC outcome document - "Call for Action"

Posted October 24, 2017 - 01:31 by Peter Kearns

The third UNESCO International Learning Cities conference endorsed the "Cork Call to Action". This involved a shift from global ideas and objectives to action at the local level. 

UBDC Seminar: Governance and Empowerment in the Smart City - 30th October, 2017

Posted October 23, 2017 - 14:38 by Keith Maynard
Oct 30 2017 11:00
Europe/London
Urban Big Data Centre, Conference Room
7 Lilybank Gardens
Glasgow
Scotland  Scotland

The Urban Big Data Centre invites you to a free seminar ‘Governance and Empowerment in the Smart City‘ (abstract below) presented by Lisebet van Zoonen, academic director of the Center for BOLD Cities on Monday 30th October (11-12pm) in UBDC’s Conference room.

University of resilience in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

Posted October 19, 2017 - 16:01 by Alona Karavai

Several local and international organizations are working on a project of revitalization of a former factory into an innovative learning space (we call it "university of resilience") in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine. The special thing about this project is that is is a completely bottom-up-initiative and has to function due to crowd investing and impact investing. The brief description of the project could be found under this link. 

World Cities Summit (WCS) Newsletter - October 2017

Posted October 18, 2017 - 14:23 by Mike Osborne

Here is the latest  World Cities Summit (WCS) Newletter:

How do we progress to a good human-centred sustainable world

Posted October 17, 2017 - 10:51 by Peter Kearns

PASCAL Board member Peter Kearns gave the keynote address today at the 14th PASCAL International Conference in Pretoria, South Africa, on the subject “How do we progress to a good human-centred sustainable world”. Peter was the founder of the PASCAL PIE program and former director of PASCAL Learning Cities Networks (LCN).

Cities Programme Update, October 2017

Posted October 11, 2017 - 13:04 by Denise Reghenza...

The UN Global Compact Cities Programme Update looks at Habitat III outcomes, especially in relation to the New Urban Agenda derived from the Sustainable Development Goals. Over 70 countries met recently in New York for a Leaders Summit. Cities in Crisis, especially those with recent natural disasters, has also been a focus topic of programmes around the world.

Al Wakra City, Qatar, gets strong endorsement from National Commission on its membership of the UNESCO UIL GNLC

Posted October 3, 2017 - 10:42 by Leone Wheeler

The Qatar National Commission for Education, Culture and Science officially announced on 26 September that Al Wakra City, (part of Al Wakrah Municipality) in the State of Qatar, has joined the UNESCO Institute of Lifelong Learning (UIL) Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC).

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