• Nathalie Guri (Projects and Knowledge Sharing Director, Eurocities)
• Andrés Monzón (Emeritus Professor – Transport Engineering, Urban and Regional Planning, Polytechnic University of Madrid)
• Sandrine De Meyer (Policy Advisor - Urban Planning and Territorial Cohesion at European level, Perspective Brussels)
• Kourosch Abbaspour Tehrani (Scientific Director, innoviris.brussels)

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

• Andrés Monzón (Transport Engineering, Urban and Regional Planning, Polytechnic University of Madrid)

Poster session  moderated by Juan Caballero & Justine Gangneux (Eurocities)

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

Room: Le Labo, ground floor  

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

Panel discussion with representatives of the six urban living labs moderated by Hande Demirel (ITU) and Mari Luz Brownrigg-Gleeson (UPM):

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

• Anna Ibraeva (Senior researcher, TRANSyT-UPM) – Edition Coordination

• 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.

• Andrés Monzón (Polytechnic University of Madrid)
• Justine Gangneux (Eurocities)

Venue: Wolf Sharing Food Market - Rue du Fossé aux Loups 50, 1000 Bruxelles

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