2023 Programme

The programme is updated continously and may be subject to changes.

Day 1 October 26th

08:30 09:00 Coffee and registration

09:00 09:15 Opening and welcome
– Geir Heierstad, director of the Urban and regional research institute (NIBR), OsloMet

09:15 – 09:45 Morning plenary

Diversifying the understandings of the compact city
– Per Gunnar Røe, professor Institute for geography and sociology, Oslo University.

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09:45 – 10:00 Short break

10:00 – 12:00 Parallel sessions – track 1-5

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 15:30 Parallel sessions – track 1-5

15:30 – 15:45 Short break

15:45 – 17:30 Afternoon plenary

15:45 – 16:30 Urban shapes – how to design a city that is accessible for all
– Olivier Bonin, managing director, Université Gustave Eiffel.

16:30 – 17:15 Community co-created urban design – with a little digital help
– Wendy Tan, associate professor, Faculty of Engineering and Business, Department of Civil Engineering, the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences in Bergen.

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17:30 Welcome to NIBR for a bite and a drink!

Day 1 closes and the participants who signed up for meze upon registration for the conference are invited to spend the evening at NIBR.

Day 2 October 27th

08:30 – 09:00 Coffee

09:00 – 11:00 Morning plenary

09:00 – 09:45 Institutional investors & the City
– Stanimira Milcheva, professor Real Estate Finance, UCL

09:45 – 10:30 Offshore ownership of real estate – a growing factor in the urban environment
– Annette Alstadsæter, professor NMBU

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11:00 – 12:00 Parallel sessions – track 1-5

12:00 – 13:00 Lunch

13:00 – 14:30 Afternoon plenary

13:00 – 13:30 Launching the recommendations from The 2050 Climate Change Committee: Implications for urban governance and urban development
– Gro Sandkjær Hanssen, senior researcher, Institute for urban and regional research, OsloMet and professsor 2, NMBU.

13:30 – 14:30 Co-creation through sustainable partnerships: Universities dating urbanity
– Marianne Millstein, senior researcher Institute for urban and regional researach, OsloMet and Aina Landsverk Hagen, senior researcher the Labor Research Institute.

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14:30 14:45 Closing words

Geir Heierstad, director, Institute for urban and regional research (NIBR), OsloMet

14:45 Friday drinks!