Reimagining Living: Building within our Planet’s Limits

Join us for the first event of our 20th-anniversary programming in Switzerland and explore the latest advancements and solutions for the cities of tomorrow.

Anniversary Event

Cities are responsible for 75% of global resource consumption, energy use, as well as CO2 emissions.

While occupying only 3% of the planet’s territory, cities are responsible for 75% of global resource consumption, energy use, as well as CO2 emissions, thereby fueling warming. Rethinking radically new ways of living, building, and designing our cities is therefore key to respecting our planet’s limits.

Join us for an engaging event that unites diverse perspectives from Switzerland and the Bay Area, exploring the latest advancements and solutions for the cities of tomorrow.

Program

Welcome Words

  • 5:30pm – Emilia Pasquier (Swissnex in San Francisco)
  • 5:35pm – Frédéric Dubois (Innovaud)

Global Urban Context - 2 keynotes from Switzerland and the US

  • 5:40pm – Bruno Lanvin (IMD) – Global View on Cities with Inspiring Cases from Around the World
  • 5:50pm – Vishaan Chakrabarti (PAU, UC Berkeley CED) – Future of Sustainable Cities and the US Perspective (virtual keynote)

Action & Solutions - short round of elevator pitches

  • 6:00pm – Intro Frederic Dreyer (EPFL/FUSTIC)
  • 6:05pm – Georgios Sarantakos (Urban Twin Project, ETH/EPFL join initiative) – Gathering Data to Build Better Cities
  • 6:10pm – MarLa Burgener (GreenGoWeb) – Gathering Data to Build Better Cities II
  • 6:15pm – Maria Loizou & Céline Carrière (rebuiLT EPFL)
  • 6:20pm – Margaux Peltier (Enerdrape) – Future of Energy in Cities
  • 6:40pm – Panel Discussion

Closing

  • 6:55pm – Closing word by E4S (Michael Alkin, Director)
  • 7:05pm – Apéro

Event start time

Speakers

20th Anniversary of Swissnex in San Francisco

Metropolis: Sustainable Futures Under Construction

Swissnex in San Francisco is turning 20 years old in 2023 and is marking the occasion with several events in Switzerland and San Francisco around the topic of the future of cities. Metropolis: Sustainable Futures under Construction is launching this Fall with three events in Switzerland and several events in San Francisco.

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Partners

This event is a collaboration with Future Sustainable Territories, Infrastructure and Cities (FUSTIC), an initiative of EPFL and its faculty ENAC (School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering), Enterprise for Society Center (E4S) and kühne wicki Future Stuff.

Sponsors

This event is sponsored by Innovaud.