Rosanna Prevete, Fondazione IU Rusconi Ghigi
The meeting aims to bring to Urbanpromo the debate that emerged from the series of meetings “La stagione degli Urban Center” (“The Urban Center Season”) and the publication “Governo urbano e conoscenza pubblica: il percorso degli Urban Center” (“Urban Governance and Public Knowledge: The Urban Center Journey”), developed by Avanzi – Sostenibilità Per Azioni in collaboration with Fondazione IU Rusconi-Ghigi and Urban Lab Torino.
The main objective is to initiate a structured dialogue among representatives of Italian Urban Centers, including both those who contributed to the publication and emerging organizations. The discussion will focus on their operational models, their ability to influence urban policies, and the agenda of responsibilities and challenges they face today, particularly in relation to structural issues such as major investments that shape their functions and long-term sustainability, as well as the growing need for integrated public knowledge.
PROGRAMME
9:00 – 9:30 Participant registration
9:30 Opening of proceedings
Introduction
Valeria Lingua, Secretary General of INU
9.45 – 11.15 First Panel
Urban Centres: Functions and Organisational Developments
Moderator
Claudio Calvaresi, Avanzi – Sostenbilità per Azioni
Speakers
Leonardo Tedeschi, Fondazione IU Rusconi Ghigi, Bologna
Elena Pivato, Urban Center Brescia
Isabella Ligia, LABMET – Laboratorio Metropolitano di Innovazione, Cagliari
Giulietta Fassino, Urban Lab Torino
Elena Andreoni, Metropolitano Urban Center Roma
Jacopo Buffolo, Councillor for Youth Policies and Participation, Equal Opportunities, Historical Memory and Human Rights
Silvano Arcamone, State Property Agency, Sicily
11:15 – 12:00 Second Panel
Urban Centres and Cities
Moderator
Stefano Stanghellini, Chair of the URBIT Scientific Committee
Speakers
Fabio Bellini, President of Risorse per Roma SpA
Paolo Mazzoleni, Councillor for Urban Planning, Turin
12:00 Open discussion with the audience
12:30 Presentation of the book
“Sharing Public Space”, edited by the IU Rusconi Ghigi Foundation, published by il Mulino
Speakers
Giovanni Ginocchini, Director of the Sustainable Mobility and Infrastructure Department of the Municipality of Bologna
Elisa Caruso, INU Tuscany, Secretary General of ASSURB
13:30 Closing of the proceedings
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