By 2050 more than 68% of the world population will live in cities. But how prepared are the cities to accommodate these new inhabitants and ensure a high standard of living? If we look at the current situation, congested traffic, low air quality, low urban mobility are just some of the challenges that decision makers …
Andreea Idriceanu Calev, RoRec Communication Manager, spoke at Urban Talks at Cluj Innovation Days about the insane amount of electronic waste suffocating the Earth and how we can reduce the level through education and perseverance. As we grow more and more dependent to our gadgets and various household appliances, we fail to realize that we …
The second edition of our Urban Talks took place at the end of May as a part of Cluj Innovation Days 2018. Just like last year’s edition, which took place in Timisoara, the event brought a wide variety of ideas, solutions and projects into the spotlight regarding an intelligent, integrated and sustainable urban development. The …
The second edition of Urban Talks, part of a series of events created by UrbanizeHub out of the simple need of connecting people who want to shape the future of cities, will take place during Cluj Innovation Days 2018 on May 24-25th, at the University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca (USAMV). Urban …
Looking for a way to provide you with a thorough account of the experience we had organizing Connecting Doers with Opportunity in Timișoara, we stumbled upon a personal blog post of our friend, Mihaela Ivan. Thinking that we could not possibly offer a better description, and realizing that Mihaela managed to convey perfectly the vibe …
The international event “Connecting Doers with Opportunity” took place in Timișoara, Romania, between the 5th and the 8th of October 2017. It was made up of an International Urban Talks Conference and an Innovation Hackathon focusing on two topics: the future of the community and the future of sustainable production based on the Blockchain technology. …
UrbanizeHub and KeepItSimple are organizing the first edition of Urban Talks, which will take place in Timisoara on October 6th, at the West University of Timisoara. This first edition of Urban Talks will be part of the innovative international event called Connecting Doers with Opportunity. The purpose of the event is to provide solutions for both local …
UrbanizeHub and KeepItSimple have been working hard towards organising a groundbreaking event that puts connected communities into the spotlight, made up of a Conference and an Innovation Hackathon on two main tracks: The Future of Manufacturing and The Future of Communities. Connecting Doers with Opportunity will take place in Timisoara, between 6-8 October 2017. This …
UHub was present yesterday at the high level conference Investing in Europe: building a coalition of smart cities & regions towards a Third Industrial Revolution, hosted by the European Committee of the Regions. The seminar was co-hosted by Maroš Šefčovič, Vice President of the European Commission and Markku Markkula, President of the European Committee of the Regions …
The Smart City Expo World Congress is an event that has been taken place every year since 2011, and it is an opportunity for urban thinkers to learn about the latest ideas about what the future might look like for our cities. It brings together public administrations, companies, entrepreneurs, researchers and citizens who inspire each …