The Romanian-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK Romania) is organizing the tenth edition of the “Cities of Tomorrow” conference, in hybrid format, between April 5-12, 2022.
The main event will take place on Tuesday, April 12, at the Crowne Plaza Bucharest Hotel. “Cities of Tomorrow” is a landmark event dedicated to urban and regional development. At this year’s edition, around 250 participants are expected, coming from both the public and the private environment.
The event will be honored by the presence of special guests from Germany and Romania: public administration, civil society and the private sector will talk in two panels dedicated to the retrospective: What has happened in Romanian cities and regions in the last 10 years? What did we learn together? Where are we now and what is the vision for the future?
Information about speakers and presentations: https://www.citiesoftomorrow.ro/agenda/
AHK Romania continues this year the concept of online round tables, which allows participants a more intense involvement, giving them the opportunity for two hours to discuss concretely and apply different topics and projects, chosen according to the topicality and need of the topic and find ideas. and concrete solutions that they can implement in their own projects. The conclusions and insights resulting from the nine round tables will be the basis for future action. The nine roundtables have already taken place online from April 5 to 7.
Roundtable & moderator themes & subtopics can be found here: https://www.citiesoftomorrow.ro/roundtables/
Relevant to the success of this event is both what happens in the days of the event, but especially what happens later, how the participants understand to use the exchange of ideas, experience and contacts gained during the conference Cities of Tomorrow. After the interactive roundtable discussions, the participants will gather on April 12 for a short presentation of the solutions identified on each round table and for the award ceremony of the winning projects.
Prior to this 10th edition of #CitiesofTomorrow, a project competition was organized for public administration, business and civil society. We took into account, in the delimitation of the projects that reached the final, the factor of sustainable development. With the help of a jury of highly experienced personalities, 9 finalists have been established – so 9 initiatives will enjoy special attention on the occasion of this conference.
The nine finalist projects that will be presented during the pitching session at the conference are:
Public administration category: Buzău (“Smart – Green – Circular Buzău”), Aiud Municipality (“Invest in Aiud”) Sector 6 of Bucharest Municipality (“Liniei”);
Business Environment Category: Cruze – (Cruze – just go together); iNergy Agtech (“Cleantech. Made in RO”), UNITH2B SRL (“Tram Trains Resita”);
Civil society category: GIS Berzei 21 (“An urban regeneration project in the heart of the city”) Văcărești Natural Park; Timișoara Polytechnic University (“Digitization of history, one castle at a time”).
“Cities of Tomorrow” conference is a public awareness conference on sustainable development, reconversion and revitalization of Romania’s regions and cities, tasks and roles of political, business and civil society actors, urban and rural infrastructure development, urban management (utilities traffic management, energy efficient buildings), the integration of the central and historical areas of the city, but also of the peripheries and not only.
The conference is designed to provide useful information and new perspectives for: mayors, city managers, representatives of regional development agencies and metropolitan areas, representatives of city and county councils; Romanian and foreign private companies; urban planning professionals as well as architects; real estate investors and developers interested in and / or based in South East Europe; real estate professionals; representatives of the chambers of commerce and industry; representatives of industrial clusters; technology providers; urban utility and infrastructure companies; NGOs and banking professionals.
All the details can be found here: https://www.citiesoftomorrow.ro/roundtables/