Oct 31, 2025 @ 15:00 – 17:30
An Online Networking Event Celebrating UN World Cities Day
🗓 Date: 31 October 2025
⏰ Time: 15:00–17:30 CET / 16:00-18:30 EET
💻 Platform: Online (Zoom link will be sent after registration)
👥 Participants: European municipalities, cultural institutions, civic actors, and urban futures thinkers
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🧭 What to Expect:
- Key insights from implementing participatory transformation strategies in small/medium European cities
- Live presentations from European cities
- Interactive networking sessions
- Presentation of the Guidebook & Toolkit for artists, citizens and decision makers
🎯 Who Should Attend:
- Municipal and regional authorities
- Cultural and educational institutions
- Urban planners, futurists, and community leaders
- Civil society organizations
- Artists and young visionaries
🕙 Agenda
Moderator: Maria-Louiza Laopodi, CulturePolis
15:00–15:20 | Opening & Welcome
- What is the UN World Cities Day and Urban October, CulturePolis
- Presentation of the DIALOG CITY project, Stadt- und Stiftsarchiv Aschaffenburg
15:20–15:40 | Keynote: “The Future of Cities is Cultural”
- Exploring the cultural dimension of urban transformation, Romain Minod, Director, Quatorze
15:40–16:00 | DIALOG CITY Methodology
- Presentation of the Methodology Manual, Stefan Horn, Artistic Director, urban dialogues
- Discussion on potential adaptability with participants
16:00-16:20 | Presenting the Prototype: OUR COMMON FUTURE
- Overview of the Futures Literacy workshops and use of the methodology by trained artists, Consorzio Interaziendale Canavesano per la Formazione Professionale CIAC
- Short presentation of the Training Guidebook & Toolkit, Centro Formazione Professionale Cebane Monregalese
- Results and feedback from participants
16:20–16:40 | Voices from the Cities
- Reflections from pilot municipalities in Aschaffenburg, Germany, in Graz, Austria and in Mondovi, Italy
- A cross-sector dialogue on participatory future-making in cities
16:40-17:00 | Sustainability & Next Steps
- Future of the project and opportunities to engage, Stadt- und Stiftsarchiv Aschaffenburg
17:00-17:15 | Closing Remarks