A greener future: Re-inventing cities

Debate and Matchmaking

Livable cities for people
Cities continue to experience population growth. Megacities are growing and as the big cities grow bigger, so do the challenges. We must ask ourselves: how do we ensure healthy cities which support high quality of life? What do livable cities require and what do the citizens wish?
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ICDK Shanghai: Thomas Trøst Hansen
BLOXHUB facilitator: Torben Krab

Urban Mobility
Providing infrastructure services to meet the demands of businesses, organisations, households, tourists, and citizens at large is one of the major challenges of economic as well as urban and sustainable development.In this breakout session we will discuss how new forms of mobility and technological solutions can support urban mobility.
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ICDK Tel Aviv, Lasse Vinther-Grønning
BLOXHUB facilitator: Lotte Breengaard

Circular Construction
Construction is one of the industries that accounts for most CO2 emissions. Therefore, circular construction has also gained ground as one of the ways in which CO2 emissions can be reduced. But what is circular construction and what does circular construction mean from a urban planning perspective? How do we ensure that materials can be recycled and included in a circular process as just one of the questions which must be addressed and answered in the green transition.
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ICDK Seoul: Peter Normann Vangsbo
BLOXHUB facilitator: Jakob Norman-Hansen

Designing Cities
What should the cities of the future look like? Urban design has to a large extent been characterised by a focus on technological aspects of cities which is commonly known as the smart city strategy. The concerns and interests of citizens are nevertheless coming to the forefront nowadays with the awareness that a liveable city does not only consist of good infrastructure and sustainable energy supply but also citizen input and feedback. But how do we integrate citizens’ ideas and wishes in the urban planning process?
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BLOXHUB facilitator: Helle Stendorff

Sustainable business models for cities
With an increased focus on securing cities against climate change, there is also a focus on long-term investments. But who invests in the cities and which business models to use if we are to ensure a sustainable urban development that benefits investors, the climate as well as the people who live and work in the cities?
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ICDK Shanghai: Martin Rune Hoxer
BLOXHUB facilitator: Martine Reinhold Kildeby