Room: Le Labo, ground floor  

• Nathalie Guri (Projects and Knowledge Sharing Director, Eurocities)
• Andrés Monzón (Emeritus Professor – Transport Engineering, Territorial and Urban Planning, Polytechnic University of Madrid)
• Cécile Houpert (European Affairs Policy Officer, perspective.brussels)
• Kourosch Abbaspour Tehrani (Scientific Director, innoviris.brussels)

Room: Le Labo, ground floor  

• Susan Handy (Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science and Policy & Director of the National Center for Sustainable Transportation, University of California, Davis)

Room: Le Labo, ground floor  

• Andrés Monzón (Polytechnic University of Madrid)

Room: Le Labo, ground floor  

• Cristina Pronello (Professor – Regional and Urban Studies and Planning, Polytechnic University of Turin)

Room: Le Labo, ground floor  

• Peter Staelens (Head of Mobility, Eurocities)

Rooms: Vogelpik (1.07) & Manneken (1.08), 1st floor  

Poster session and interactive discussion:

• Elena López & Anna Ibraeva (Polytechnic University of Madrid)
• Cristina Pronello & Alessandra Boggio Marzet (Polytechnic University of Turin)
• Aydın Furkan Terzi (Istanbul Technical University)
• Dayanna Sousa & Hana Elattar  (Hafen-City University, Hamburg)
• Domokos Estergár-Kiss (Institute for Computer Science and Control, Budapest)
• Luiza Matias (Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon)

Room: Le Labo, ground floor  

• Hande Demirel (Professor – Spatial Information Science, Istanbul Technical University)

Room: Le Labo, ground floor  

Moderated by Juan Caballero (Senior Project Coordinator, Eurocities)

Panel discussion with representatives of the six urban living labs:

• László Mátyus (DKV Debrecen)
• Júlia Reis (Vila Franca de Xira)
• Nuria Blanco Caballero & Elvira Pérez (Las Rozas Innova)
• Alessandro Raso & Silvia Casale (Settimo Torinese)
• Kılıç Gülşah (Istanbul Planning Agency)
• Jennifer Jiang (Hafen-City University, Hamburg)

Room: Le Labo, ground floor  

• Kätti Rob & Elisa Donders (Territorial Knowledge Department, perspective.brussels)

Title: Brussels as proximity city

Abstract: Brussels wants to strengthen its qualities as a neighbourhood city at a regional scale: a concept also known as a city of proximity or 10/15-minute city. The neighbourhood city is a city on a human scale, built up of strong local amenities, services and space for active mobility, supported by good public transport. A common definition on a regional scale, a GIS-tool and strategic recommendations were developed to support a learning organisation in the Brussels Capital Region. This approach combines spatial analysis, programmatic guidelines and governance frameworks to actively steer the distribution of everyday amenities across neighbourhoods. It also acknowledges that proximity is not only a matter of distance, but of social inclusion, accessibility and quality of use.

• Imre Keserű (Deputy Director of the Mobilise Research Group, VUB Brussels)

Title: Making the 15-minute city work beyond the centre: Imagining 15-minute accessibility in urban outskirts

Abstract: Drawing on findings from the DREAMS DUT project, this keynote presentation explores how residents in the urban outskirts perceive, experience, and imagine 15-minute neighbourhood accessibility. Combining a survey of over 750 residents in Brussels with participatory workshops and the DREAMS map-based decision-support tool, it highlights the barriers people face in accessing everyday amenities locally as well as the policy pathways to support more equitable neighbourhood accessibility beyond the urban core developed through a backcasting workshop.

Room: Le Labo, ground floor  

• Andrés Monzón (Polytechnic University of Madrid)

Venue: L'Ultime Atome (Rue Saint-Boniface 14, 1050 Brussels)

Kindly note that dinner will be at participants’ own expense.