The Mannheim Urban Thinkers Campus program offers three days of inspiring encounters and exchange with internationally renowned masterminds of urban future discussions.
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17 FebDay 1
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18 FebDay 2
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19 FebDay 3
- National Theatre
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- • Dr. Peter Kurz (Lord Mayor of Mannheim)
- • Helmfried Meinel (Baden-Württemberg Ministry for the Environment)
- • Christine Auclair (UN Habitat Leader World Urban Campaign)
- • Dr. Eva Lohse (President of the German Association of Towns and Cities and Lord Mayor of Ludwigshafen am Rhein)
- Key Note: Dr. Benjamin Barber (Political Scientist - Global Parliament of Mayors)
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The play “Mannheim Arrival” gives the stories of refugees a stage setting – stories from their lives, their flight, and their arrival in Germany. Journalist and author Peter Michalzik has condensed these stories into a compelling and moving theatre play, giving the Mannheim audience the opportunity to encounter people who have found a new home in the city.
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Participants, speakers, and guests have numerous networking opportunities. The event provides a stage for the forging of new contacts, the arrangement of meetings, and the laying of cornerstones for cooperation.
- City Hall in Square
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Assignment of participants to the workshops and discussion sessions.
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Charles Landry, international urbanism expert and inventor of the “Creative Cities” concept
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Dr. Tania Rüdiger-Vorwerk // (Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development)
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“The City We Need Is ...”
Launch of the World Urban Campaign TV (WUC-TV)
Subdivided into four groups:
- • Research & Academie
- • Children & Youth
- • Private Sector, Industry, Trade Unions
- • Local Authorities, Government, Parlamentarians (incl. delegations of the Twin Towns)
In the discussion groups will be developed guidelines of respective topics for future coexistence in cities.
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Charles Landry, Observer and critical Friend
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Urban Thinker Session 1
Identity/ Integration/ Democracy
- • Prof. Dr. Andrea Römmele (Hertie School of Governance)
- • Dirk Gebhardt (Marie Curie researcher at GRITIM-University Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona)
- • Rainer Kern (City of Mannheim)
Urban Thinkers Session 2
Digital Life and the New Urban Citizenship (maybe including virtual discussion)
- • Tom Higham (Executive Director of FutureEverything) TBC
- • Oliver Rack (Open Data Rhine-Neckar)
Urban Thinkers Session 3
Multisectoral cooperation Work in the fields of youth and work
- • Dr. Andreas Blüthne (Universität Mannheim)
- • Wolfgang Riegelsberger (UN Habitat Youth Goodwill Envoy)
Urban Thinkers Session 4
Reinventing Governance and Evaluation for the New Urban Age
- • Alexander Heichlinger (European Institute of Public Administration)
- • Christian Hübel (City of Mannheim)
Urban Thinkers Session 5
Parliament of the Civic Engaged Refugees Supporters
- • Daphne Hadjiandreou-Boll (City of Mannheim)
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- City Hall in Square
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The City We Need - Discussion (Review of Day 1)
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Constituent Groups Session 2 – discussion paper “The City We Need Is ...”
Subdivided into four groups:
- • Research & Academie
- • Children & Youth
- • Private Sector, Industry, Trade Unions
- • Local Authorities, Government, Parlamentarians (incl. delegations of the Twin Towns)
In the discussion groups will be developed guidelines of respective topics for future coexistence in cities.
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Summary of the results and discussion
Charles Landry
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Closing speech by Dr. Peter Kurz (Lord Mayor of Mannheim), Charles Landry, and Christine Auclair