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
- • 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)
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.
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
Assignment of participants to the workshops and discussion sessions.
Charles Landry, international urbanism expert and inventor of the “Creative Cities” concept
Dr. Tania Rüdiger-Vorwerk // (Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development)
“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.
Charles Landry, Observer and critical Friend
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)
- City Hall in Square
The City We Need - Discussion (Review of Day 1)
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.
Summary of the results and discussion
Charles Landry
Closing speech by Dr. Peter Kurz (Lord Mayor of Mannheim), Charles Landry, and Christine Auclair