Date: 17th +18th January

Time: 10am-4:30pm

Location: Online link

Instruction Language: English

Overview:

The aim of the course is to understand the future of the urban humanity, its evolution and how the future beyond 2030 looks like, which challenges and pathways shaping urban futures will dominate in the next decades, and how the relationship between human and technology will evolve. Participants will be able to grasp resilience principles, zero-carbon urban future and urban sustainability as a basis for the urban humanity; the participants will be able to capture the forward-thinking methodology and comprehend the next generations of urban territories and its implications for Dubai and UAE. 

Topics and Speakers:

• Prospective thinking and future of cities, Alfonso Vegara, President Fundacion Metropoli, Madrid
• Environmental future , John Echlin, urban planner and environmental expert
• Human Future, Eric Huybrechts, urban planner and governance expert
• Horizon scanning of trends and challenges on the environmental and human future
• New urban and living conditions beyond 2030 , Eugenie Birch, (Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research, Department of City and Regional Planning, Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania
• New paradigms and urban living conditions, Nicholas You, director of the Guangzhou Awards, past director of Urban Branch UN-Habitat
• Urban management, Haris Piplas, urban planner researcher at ETH Zurich, Research Lead at Drees&Sommer – Milena Ivkovic, urban planner, expert in participate tools

Learning Outcomes:

• To comprehend the next challenges and pathways shaping urban future
• To understand the resilience and urban sustainability principles
• To be able to formulate urban principles in a forward-thinking way
• To understand the next, upcoming future and be able to actively design it 
• To possess new tools of urban assessment
• Training the municipal staff to become more proactive and flexible on future trends
• Working towards new technological advancements which will have a direct impact in industries and public services. 
• Peer-to-peer sharing – local participants and international participants
•  Access to international networks – ISOCARP individual members and institutions 

Target Audience:

The course aims at attracting international urban planning professionals focused on foresight studies to share international urban planning best practices with the UAE. This course is intended for all management government employees dealing with strategic work.

• Age of participants – no age limit. The course on the Future of Humanity is intended for all employees, junior, mid and upper management level. 
• Professional background – the course is dedicated to the municipal staff working with the economic and business profile of the municipality, urban planners, environmental experts and IT. 
• Skills – no additional skills are needed, however, prior knowledge of big data analysis at a city level would be interesting. 

This course is complimentary

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