EVENTS CALENDAR

EU Green Week is the key event in the EU environment policy calendar. Organised by the Directorate-General for Environment of the European Commission, the conference is an annual opportunity to debate and discuss European environmental policy. It attracts policymakers, leading environmentalists, stakeholders and other interested parties from across Europe and the globe.

​This 23rd edition of the Conference will address the subject of energy sobriety, via the theme of “Less for More!”. LESS fossil fuels, pollution and energy insecurity, fewer CO² emissions and consumed resources vs. MORE renewable energy sources, a better quality of life, innovation and local employment. In total, almost 20 plenary sessions will address these issues from many different perspectives: European, national, regional, inter-communal, municipal, heritage and even individual. During the discussions, multifaceted angles and viewpoints will be reflected by elected officials, experts, neuro-psychoanalysts, communicators and young people.

​Welcome to theScalable Cities community event “Moving from solutions to system change” hosted by theIRIS Smart Cities project on the 1st and 2nd of June in Utrecht.

Cities of all sizes need to accelerate their transformation to climate-neutrality in 2050.The sense of urgency and pressure has never been higher – with a target for 100 cities to be climate neutral and a cut to EU-wide emissions in total by at least 55% by 2030.

Since 2014, a pioneering group of 120 cities have been working hard to deploy over 500 solutions in more than  20 countries through the European Smart Cities and Communities Lighthouse programme. But mainstreaming these solutions and creating a system change in cities is proving challenging. For this reason, this event brings the Scalable Cities community together to ask the following question: Is it time to replicate success factors and enabling conditions, rather than solutions?

Event attendees will be encouraged to share and explore the untold stories, triggers and conditions that enable cities to move on from the mere replication of technical solutions to a new innovation narrative based on a more comprehensive systems change. The interactive discussions  will: Capitalise on opportunities for climate neutral and smart cities Bust replication myths and explore the realityDiscover triggers and conditions for systems-changeReframe the innovation narrative regarding the scale-up of smart city solutionsConnect with citizens & stakeholders.

Expect fresh and frank takes from key actors, unconventional take-aways, inspiring walking tours and informative in-person meetings with peers. Keep an eye on the event programme, which will be updated with further details in due course

Tampere Smart City Week is an event for everyone interested in smart city development. The program of the event week includes a wide range of interesting programs for citizens, companies, experts from other cities as well as experts. The next Tampere Smart City Week will be held from 29 January to 4 February 2022. The main organizer of Tampere Smart City Week is the City of Tampere in close cooperation with Business Tampere.

The culmination of Tampere Smart City Week will be the smart city development Conference and Expo as a hybrid event. You can participate in the event either from your home sofa or on site in Tampere, in the brand new UROS LIVE Arena!

The event will be organised under the French presidency of the Council of the European Union and will take place in Pantin / Greater Paris.

The main venue will be La Cité Fertile, one of the largest eco-responsible 'tiers-lieux' in Paris area. Located on former railway land, La Cité Fertile aims to bring people together and build an ecosystem dedicated to the ecological transition.

The spirit of the place will be essential to achieve the carbon neutrality challenge of this edition of the Festival. Using an eco-oriented venue powered by renewable energy, with local, seasonal and plant-based food, waste collection and composting, and looking at carbon offsetting to compensate for participants’ travels and the remaining carbon footprint, are some of the actions that will hopefully pave the way for further carbon-neutral events and project practices throughout URBACT.

The REWARDHeat project is organising a 3-day event in Helsingborg, Sweden. The main conference takes place on Thursday, 16th June with a morning session on 'Smart DHC Networks' that will explore the technology combinations that are likely to supply heat demands in the future, with best practice examples from the Nordics. The afternoon session will focus on the 'REWARDHeat DHC Investor Perspectives'. The project seeks to turn low-temperature DHC networks into a new asset class, making modern district energy solutions a profitable investment opportunity, while contributing to the achievement of EU climate targets. International examples will be compared with the Swedish case, where the DHC market is highly competitive.

The days either side of the conference will be dedicated to site visits. Two unique site visits are planned on Wednesday 15th June, to exhibit Helsingborg city’s DHC system. On Friday 17th June, site visits will be arranged to demonstrate the low-temperature network in the city of Lund, with transport provided from Helsingborg. All these events are free to attend.

After more than two years, this event will bring the district heating and cooling (DHC) community together again in Brussels. The pandemic may have interrupted our physical networking, but it has not stopped the energy transition! The European DHC industry, represented by Euroheat & Power (EHP), has pledged to pursue the full decarbonisation of DHC networks in Europe before 2050.

To achieve this goal, the DHC sector will have to innovate and invest so that networks grow smarter, more efficient and become better integrated with the wider energy system. The 2022 EHP Conference will bring together the worlds of policy, industry and research to reflect on how DHC can become the best possible version of itself over the coming years and contribute to achieving climate and energy ambitions. We look forward to welcoming you to Brussels!

Our 2nd Energy Poverty Advisory Hub (EPAH) international conference will take place on 28-29 June 2022 in Zagreb under the theme “Moving towards energy autonomy: How to guarantee social inclusion”.

The conference is co-hosted by EPAH, the city of Zagreb and DOOR, the civil society organisation devoted to the promotion of sustainable energy development.

The conference is open to all interested stakeholders to join in Zagreb upon registration.