Events - Urban matters

EVENTS

See here our engagements and presentations

We take the opportunity to participate in sharing knowledge opportunities whenever possible. We enjoy speaking and learning at events as these are places of encounter of people, ideas, perspectives and even potential solutions to common challenges.

12th World Urban Forum (WUF12)

The annual largest conference on sustainable urbanization organized by UN-Habitat

Cairo, Egypt (Nov 2024)

UN Experts discuss “Dignity by Design”

Advancing Human Rights in the Built Environment

ISOCARP Young Planning Professional’s Workshop

Koaceli, Turkey

COP27 Panel

Civic Participation: How to Make Sure Voices from Communities Most Vulnerable to Climate Change Impact are Heard?

(Sharm El Sheik, Egypt)

COP27 2030 is Today

How We Can Act Now to Halve Built Environment Emissions by 2030 (Sharm El Sheik, Egypt)

Futures Lab at COP27: Just Transition and the Future of Work

Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt

COP27: Preventing Loss and Damage - How Can Housing Resilience Strengthen Climate Adaptation

Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt

MENA Housing Forum on Integrating Housing with Socioeconomic Development

Cairo, Egypt

ISOCARP World Planning Congress: Healthy Cities, a human right

Brussels, Belgium

COP27

Spotting Embodied Carbon (Sharm El Sheik, Egypt)

COP27 Implementation Lab

Achieving the Built Environment 2030 Breakthrough (Sharm El Sheik, Egypt)

GBC Spain’s #BuildingLife Project workshop

IGU - International Geographical Union

International Conference “New Challenges of Local Governance In Times of Uncertainty and Complexity”

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UN-ECLAC Workshop on Guayaquil’s City Recovery Plan (Online)

Workshop on the ‘Reactiva Guayaquil’ City Plan. Guayaquil, Ecuador/Online (October 2021)

GBC Spain #BuildingLife Project workshop event to help develop Spain's roadmap to decarbonization of the built evironment

Madrid, Spain (June 2021)

International Geografical Union Conference

Poznan, Poland/Online (June 2021)

SIIU2020 International Seminar in Urban Research

Lisbon, Portugal/Online (November 2020)

Social Innovation Summit

Malmö, Sweden (November 2018)

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"Compassionate Cities" presentation at Foo Café/Empatech