Celebrating 60 years of IHS Empowering Cities and Citizens conference

The ‘Empowering Cities & Citizens’ conference gravitates around cities and their dwellers. In a constantly urbanising world, many challenges and opportunities arise at every step. To answer these challenges, we strive to make cities vital, well-managed, liveable, sustainable and fair. We can only achieve that with professionals that are equipped to handle complex urban challenges. As urban specialists, we aim to stay learning constantly and to achieve synergies through co-creation. We aim for better outcomes to wicked urban problems by fostering collaboration and cross-fertilizing ideas. We are curious as to how cities and communities learn and co-create knowledge to meet current demand and we also look into how that might support the implementation of the SDGs.

The conference takes place on 6-7 November at Maassilo (6/11) and Erasmus University Campus (7/11).

The first day features a full-day programme which includes keynote presentations, plenary panel discussions and breakout sessions, whereas the second day ends at noon. Besides keynote speeches from members of the academia and local governments, we organise two panel discussions on: ’Solving Wicked Urban Problems’ (e.g. housing, social inclusion, mobility, migration etc.) and ‘Sustainable Development Goals implementation’. You will also be able to choose from various breakout sessions, which run on 3 threads: PEOPLE, PLACES and KNOW-HOW.

Check the website right here!