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

Registration: EUCOR - Members
10:00 - 12:00

Excursions to Selected Areas in Karlsruhe  (Registration required)
RoofKIT
meeting point: (tba)


Quartier Zukunft – Labor Stadt (District Future – Urban Lab)
meeting point: (tba)


MobiLab – Participation Laboratory in a Tiny House
meeting point: (tba)


DUO Wie Wohnen Wir? Jetzt / in Zukunft / gemeinsam / in der Stadt
meeting point: (tba)

 Registration: required
 

Conference 

  
11:30 - 12:30

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
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)

  • Miji Africa Living Lab, Nairobi
  • Quartier Zukunft – Labor Stadt (District Future, Urban Lab), Karlsruhe 
  • Zone Atelier Environnementale Urbaine (ZAEU), Strasbourg
  • ACI Medellin Lab / EDU, Medellin
  • Innovations for Climate Neutrality
  • Governance in and for the Athropocene. Building Post-Growth
  • Cities through Co-creation
  • Decorbinizing and Smart Cities Integration
  • Co-Designing Regenerative Urban Economies: The Maarwerk Case
  • Connecting People
  • Co-creation and Co-strategy for Inovative Mobility Solutions
  • Cultural Identity and Heritage
  • Social Aspects of Sustainability 
  • Healthy Cities, Urban Health and One Health 

 

>> For more information, see detailed program.

KIT-Building 11.40
Studio Rooms

Registration: required

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

Registration: required
17:30 - 18:30 Break 

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)

18:30 - 19:30

Keynote in Dialogue  
Maria Vassilakou, Vienna Solutions, Wien
Hannes Rockenbauch, Linke SÖS Plus, Stuttgart

Moderation: Barbara Engel and Markus Neppl

KIT-Building 11.40
19:30 Dinner KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)
 
     

 

Thursday – 16.10.25
     
09:00

Welcoming

 KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)
09:15 - 10:30

Plenary 2 – Discovering Urban Sustainability Labs Worldwide

Grüne Stadt der Zukunft (Green City of the Future) I München

National Laboratory of Sustainable Sciences LANCIS | Mexico City

Interdisciplinary Centre for Transformative Urban Regeneration (IZS) | Görlitz 

CLIMAS, Vilnius Living Lab I Vilnius

Community Schloss Tempelhof (Ecovillage) | Kreßberg

KIT-Building 11.40

10:45 - 11:45

Workshop Session B (Round 1)

  • Grüne Stadt der Zukunft (Green City of the Future), München
  • Interdisciplinary Centre for Transformative Urban Regeneration (IZS) | Görlitz 
  • Community Schloss Tempelhof (Ecovillage), Kreßberg
  • CLIMAS, Vilnius
  • National Laboratory of Sustainability Science Lancis, Mexico City
  • Natürlicher Holzbau
  • Neighborhood Energy Transition
  • Social Equity and Inclusion 
  • Inclusive Urban Transformation. Creating Neighbourhoods Together
  • Social Innovation
  • Experimenting for Sustainability
  • Grassroots Urbanization – for Sustainable Urbanism in Africa
  • Securing Livability of Cities and Increasing Disaster Preparedness

 

>> For more information, see detailed program.

KIT-Building 11.40

Registration: required

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
Registration: (tba)

Registration: required

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

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

KIT-Building 11.40

Registration: (tba)

16:00 - 17:00

Coffee und Contacts 

KIT-Building 11.40
Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)

17:00 - 18:00

Poster Session and Networking

Market of Opportunities. Projects and Posters

KIT-Building 11.40
18:00

Transfer to Kulturzentrum Tollhaus

  

19:00 - 21:00

Panel Discussion: 13 Questions. 

Autonomous Public Transport – Lifesaver or Liability?

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

Registration: (tba)

 

 

 

Friday – 17.10.25

 

 

 

09:00 - 09:30

Welcoming

KIT-Building 11.40

Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)

09:30 - 10:30

Plenary 3 – Discovering Urban Sustainability Labs Worldwide

Living Lab Herk and Mombeek I Brüssel

StadtManufaktur I Berlin

Aspern mobil LAB I Wien 

City as a Living Laboratory (CALL) I New York 

KIT-Building 11.40

Registration: (tba)

10:45 - 11:45

Workshop Session C (Round 1)

Living Herk & Mombeek, Brussels

StadtManufaktur, Berlin

Aspern.mobil LAB, Vienna 

City as a Living Laboratory (CALL), New York 

1x1 der Energiewende im Quartier, EnBW Innovation

New Learning and Action Spaces. Interfaces between City and University

Urban Water Bodies

Scaling Proven Solutions 

Mobility Transformation in Suburban and Rural Areas

Making Cities ready for AI

Mioty Smart City

Co-Producing Urban Futures in the Global South

Social Justice & Access: Homing, Place Making and Well Being in the Urban Green Transition

>> For more information, see detailed program.

 

KIT-Building 11.40

Registration: required

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

Registration: required

13:00 - 13:30

Closing of the Conference 

Conclusion. Outlook

KIT-Building 11.40​​​​​

Tulla Lecture Hall

14:00 - 16:00

Excursions to Selected Areas in Karlsruhe   &nbs
 

MobiLab – Participation Laboratory in a Tiny House
meeting point: (tba)


Quartier Zukunft – Labor Stadt (District Future – Urban Lab)
meeting point: (tba)
 

DUO Wie Wohnen Wir? Jetzt / in Zukunft / gemeinsam / in der Stadt
meeting point: (tba)

 Registration: required

 

 

 

 

 

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
Registration: EUCOR - Members
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
Registration: EUCOR - Members
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
Registration: Link