Tuesday 14.10.25

     
19:30

Official Opening KIT Science Week

Keynote by Prof. Dr. Sabine Knierbein
Future, Change, Opportunity: Shaping Tomorrow´s City as a Community Today 

Reception & Marketplace of Opportunities
City of Future 

 

A cordial invitation to all Urban Transformation Conference participants.

KIT- Building 30.95
Audimax

Lecture in German
     

Program Urban Transformation Conference

Wednesday – 15.10.25

  Pre-Programme: Field Trips and Workshops  
09:00 - 12:00

Research to Impact:
Discover the Economic and Social Potential of your Research
Workshop for Early-Career Researchers

KIT-Building K26
Kaiserstraße 26

10:00 - 12:00

Excursions to Selected Areas in Karlsruhe  (Registration required)
RoofKIT
meeting point: entrance building 11.40


Quartier Zukunft – Labor Stadt (District Future – Urban Lab)
meeting point: entrance building 11.40


MobiLab – Participation Laboratory in a Tiny House
meeting point: entrance building 11.40


DUO Wie Wohnen Wir? Jetzt / in Zukunft / gemeinsam / in der Stadt
meeting point: entrance building 11.40

KIT-Building 11.40
Meeting point: entrance building 11.40

 

Conference 

 
11:30 - 12:30

Registration

Check–in and Coffee

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)

12:30 

Official Opening of Urban Transformation Conference
Welcome by Thomas Hirth, Vice President KIT Transfer and International Affairs

Introduction by the Organizers

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla lecture hall (Room 103)
13:00 - 14:00

Keynote "Real-world Labs for Urban Transformation"
Uwe Schneidewind | Lord Mayor of the City of Wuppertal

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla lecture hall (Room 103)
14:00 - 15:00

Plenary 1 – Discovering Urban Sustainability Labs Worldwide

Miji Africa Living Lab I Nairobi

Quartier Zukunft – Labor Stadt I Karlsruhe

Zone Atelier Environnementale et Urbaine (ZAEU) I Strasbourg 

ACI Medellin Lab / EDU I Medellin 

 

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla lecture hall (Room 103)

15:15 - 16:15

Workshop Session A (Round 1)

01 – Lab in Discussion: Miji Africa Living Lab, Nairobi
02 – Lab in Discussion: District Future – Urban Lab, Karlsruhe 
03 – Lab in Discussion: Zone Atelier Environnementale Urbaine (ZAEU), Strasbourg
04 – Lab in Discussion: ACI Medellin Lab / EDU, Medellin
05 – Accelerating Climate-neutrality through Co-creational Pilot Projects
06 – Governance in and for the Anthropocene
07 – Decarbonising and Smart Cities Integration
08 – Resilient Regenerative Urban Economies
09 – Connecting People
10 – Co-creation and Co-strategy for Inovative Mobility Solutions
12 – Social Aspects of Sustainability 
13 – Healthy Cities, Urban Health and One Health 

>> For more information, see detailed program.

KIT-Building 11.40

01 – Studio a
02 – Studio a2
03 – Studio b
04 – Studio c
05 – Studio d
06 – Studio e
07 – Studio e2
08 – Studio f
09 – Studio f2
10 – Studio g
12 – Room 013
13 – Room 026

 

16:15 - 16:30

Coffee and Contacts 

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)

16:30 - 17:30

Workshop Session A (Round 2)

>> see above

>> For more information, see detailed program.

KIT-Building 11.40
Studio Rooms (a-h)
Room 013, Room 026

17:30 - 18:30 Break 

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)

18:30 - 19:30

Keynote in Dialogue : Challenges of Urban Futures

Maria Vassilakou, Vienna Solutions, Vienna
Hannes Rockenbauch, Linke SÖS Plus, Stuttgart

Moderation: Barbara Engel and Markus Neppl

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla lecture hall (Room 103)

19:30 - 22:00

Get together 

Fingerfood and Drinks 

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)
 
     

 

Thursday – 16.10.25

     
09:00 - 09:15

Welcome and Introduction
Conference Team 

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla lecture hall (Room 103)
09:15 - 10:30

Plenary 2 – Discovering Urban Sustainability Labs Worldwide

Grüne Stadt der Zukunft (Green City of the Future) | Munich

Interdisciplinary Centre for Transformative Urban Regeneration (IZS) | Görlitz 

Community Schloss Tempelhof (Ecovillage) | Kreßberg

CLIMAS, Vilnius Living Lab | Vilnius

National Laboratory of Sustainable Sciences LANCIS | Mexico City

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla lecture hall (Room 103)

10:45 - 11:45

Workshop Session B (Round 1)

01– Lab in Discussion: Green City of the Future, Munich
02– Lab in Discussion: Interdisciplinary Centre for Transformative Urban Regeneration (IZS) | Görlitz 
03 – Lab in Discussion: Community Schloss Tempelhof (Ecovillage), Kreßberg
04 – Lab in Discussion: CLIMAS, Vilnius
05 – Lab in Discussion: National Laboratory of Sustainability Science Lancis, Mexico City
07 – Neighborhood Energy Transition
08 – Inclusive Urban Transformation. Creating NEBourhoods Together
09 – Inclusive Urban Development
10 – Social Innovation
11 – Experimenting for Sustainability Envisioning Rur:ban Futures 
12 – Grassroots Urbanization – for Sustainable Urbanism in Africa
13 – Securing Livability of Cities and Increasing Disaster Preparedness

>> For more information, see detailed program.

KIT-Building 11.40

01 – Studio a
02 – Studio a2
03 – Studio b
04 – Studio c
05 – Room 013
07 – Studio e
08 – Studio e2
09 – Studio f
10 – Studio f2
11 – Studio g
12 – Studio h
13 – Room 026

 

11:45 - 12:00

Coffee and Contacts 

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)

12:00 - 13:00

Workshop Session B (Round 2)

> see above

>> For more information, see detailed program.

KIT-Building 11.40
Studion Room (a-h)

13:00 - 14:00

Get together
Fingerfood and Drinks 

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)

14:00 - 16:00

Young Researchers Forum
From Science to Urban Transformation
Lightning Talks and Comments 

YA_01 – Energy and Digitalization
YA_02 – Urban Governance and Planning
YA_03 – Ressource, Building and Construction
YA_04 – Climate Protection and Adaption
YA_05 – Mobility and Urban Space
YA_06 – Water and Urban Ecology

>> For more information, see detailed program.

 

 

KIT-Building 11.40

01 – Room 013
02 – Room 026
03 – Room 202
04 – Room 214
05 – Room 221
06 – Room 231

 

16:00 - 17:00

Poster Session

Networking, Market of Opportunities

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)

17:00 - 18:00

Get together

Fingerfood and Drinks 

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)

18:00

Transfer to Kulturzentrum Tollhaus

 

19:00 - 21:00

Panel Discussion:

13 Questions – A Culture of Debate on the Playing
Field: Autonomous Driving in Local Transport: Rescue or Risk?

Kulturzentrum Tollhaus, Areal Alter Schlachthof 
Alter Schlachthof 35, 76131 Karlsruhe

 

 

 

Friday – 17.10.25

 

 

 

09:00 - 09:30

Welcome and Introduction

Conference Team

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla lecture hall (Room 103)

09:30 - 10:30

Plenary 3 – Discovering Urban Sustainability Labs Worldwide

Living Lab Herk and Mombeek | Brussels

StadtManufaktur (Urban Manufacturing) | Berlin

aspern.mobil LAB | Vienna

City as a Living Laboratory (CALL) | New York 

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla lecture hall (Room 103)

10:45 - 11:45

Workshop Session C (Round 1)

01 – Lab in Discussion: Living Herk & Mombeek, Brussels
02 – Lab in Discussion: StadtManufaktur (Urban Manufacturing) , Berlin
03 – Lab in Discussion: aspern.mobil LAB, Vienna
04 – Lab in Discussion: City as a Living Laboratory (CALL), New York 
05 – 1x1 der Energiewende im Quartier (DE)
06 – New Learning and Action Spaces
07 – Urban Water Bodies | An EUCOR–The European Campus Joint Event 
09 – Mobility Transformation in Suburban and Rural Areas
10 – Making Cities ready for AI
13 – Social Justice & Access

>> For more information, see detailed program.

KIT-Building 11.40

01 – Studio a
02 – Studio a2
03 – Studio b
04 – Studio c
05 – Room 026
06 – Studio d
07 – Studio e
09 – Studio e2
10 – Studio f
13 – Studio h

 

11:45 - 12:00

Coffee and Contacts

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)

12:00 - 13:00

Workshop Session C (Round 2)

> see above

>> For more information, see detailed program.

 

KIT-Building 11.40
Studio Room (a-h)

13:00 - 13:30

Closing of the Conference 

Conference Team

KIT-Building 11.40​​​​​
Tulla lecture hall (Room 103)

13:30 - 14:00

Farewell 

Fingerfood and Drinks

KIT-Building 11.40​​​​​
Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)

14:00 - 16:00

Excursions to Selected Areas in Karlsruhe   &nbs
 

MobiLab – Participation Laboratory in a Tiny House
meeting point: entrance building 11.40


Quartier Zukunft – Labor Stadt (District Future – Urban Lab)
meeting point: entrance building 11.40


DUO Wie Wohnen Wir? Jetzt / in Zukunft / gemeinsam / in der Stadt
meeting point: entrance building 11.40

KIT-Building 11.40
Meeting point: entrance building 11.40

 

 

 

 

 

Accompanying program

Tuesday - 14.10.25

     
10:00 - 17:00

Getting Started with Research Data Management in Kadi4Mat
Workshop for Early-Career Researchers

>> For more informations see detailed EUCOR programm

KIT- Building 30.48
13:00 - 16:30

Why Science Slam Training is a Game-Changer for ph.D. Students and Post-Docs
Workshop for Early-Career Researchers 

>> For more informations see detailed EUCOR programm

KIT- Building K26
Kaiserstraße 26
19:30 - 21:00

KIT Science Week Opening

Keynote by Prof. Dr. Sabine Knierbein
Future, Change, Opportunity: Shaping Tomorrow´s City as a Community Today 

Reception & Marketplace of Opportunities
City of Future 

>> For more information, see Science Week website

 

 


KIT Building 30.95
Audimax