Forum of university cities

THE 2nd UNIVERSITY CITIES FORUM – LEVERAGING UNIVERSITY VITALITY FOR URBAN & REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT

November 30^th – December 2^nd 2017
An international platform for a joint discussion among city mayors, world universities authorities and researchers, high-tech businesses, social entrepreneurs, urban society leaders.
Main objective: how to design a development agenda for university cities from different regions and countries of the world.

TRACK “UNIVERSITY IN THE NEW URBAN ECONOMY”

How to bring together university, industry and government and build their cooperation for the urban economy transformation?
How to transform university campus into a center of gravity for businesses and a new type of urban environment?
How to design a consensus space for the development and implementation of joint initiatives?

TRACK “UNIVERSITY IN COMPLEX URBAN ECOSYSTEMS”

Under which conditions can universities provide experimental solutions as well as the ground for long-term progressive and inclusive transformations of cities and regions?
Can urbanization be done in a smarter way?
What kind of knowledge and professions will be demanded in response to global environmental challenges?

TRACK “UNIVERSITY AND DISRUPTIVE SOCIAL CHANGES”

How can a university concentrate talents in a city and region?
What are the priorities for academic mobility development?
How to contribute to a labor market enhancement and to respond to social challenges?

Регистрация

University in the new economy of the city/region

University in complex urban ecosystems

University and disruptive social changes

News

The largest construction of a university campus in Central Europe will be discussed at the 2nd University Cities Forum

15.08.2017

The University Cities Forum will discuss the concept of smart specialisation

15.08.2017

The 2nd University Cities Forum will be held in Tomsk

14.08.2017

Jan Slovak

Head of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Masarykov University (Brno, Czech Republic)

Carl Zillich

Curatorial Director of IBA Heidelberg

Dominique Foray

Professor of Economics and Innovation Management of the Federal Polytechnic School of Lausanne (Switzerland), author of the concept of Smart Specialization

Harry Daniels

Professor of the Center for Sociocultural Studies and Theory of Activities of the University of Oxford (Great Britain)

Ruben Zondervan

Executive Director of the Earth System Governance Project, International Project Office, Lund University (Sweden)

Pascal Cauchy

Attache for University Cooperation of the Embassy of France in Russia (France-Russia)

Viktor Richter

Consul General of Germany in Novosibirsk

Anton Finogenov

Director-General of Urbanica Institute for Territorial Planning (Russia)

Irina Dezhina

Head of the Scientific and Industrial Policy Group of the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Russia)

Anastasia Tyurina

Project Manager of the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia (Russia)

Anne-Marie Motard

Professor, Vice-President for International Relations, Paul Valéry University of Montpellier 3 (France)

Lothar Heinrich

Professor, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Munster (Germany)

Karine Hertzler

Administrative director, the Higher School of Professorship and Education (ESPE), Academy of Grenoble

Michele Debrenne

Director, French Center, Novosibirsk State University (Russia)

Inna Pomorina

Professor, Bath Business School, Bath Spa University (UK)

Anatoly Bataev

Professor, Rector, Novosibirsk State Technical University (Russia)

Catherine Vautrin

President, France University Cities Association

Nicolas J.A Buchoud

President of the Grand Paris Alliance, a think-tank on urban future, and the co-owner of Renaissance Urbaine, specialized in the transformation of complex urban ecosystems (France)

Maarten Van Steen

Scientific director of CTIT (Centre for Telematics and Information Technology), the research institute for ICT research, University of Twente (Enschede, the Netherlands)