Tuesday 14.10.25

19:30

Official Opening KIT Science Week

Keynote by Prof. Dr. Sabine Knierbein
Future, Change, Opportunity: Shaping Tomorrow´s City as a Community Today

Reception & Marketplace of Opportunities
City of Future

A cordial invitation to all Urban Transformation Conference participants.

KIT- Building 30.95
Audimax

Lecture in German

Program Urban Transformation Conference

Wednesday - 15.10.25

	Pre-Programme: Field Trips and Workshops
09:00 - 12:00	Research to Impact: Discover the Economic and Social Potential of your Research Workshop for Early-Career Researchers	KIT-Building K26 Kaiserstraße 26 Registration: (tba)
10:00 - 12:00	Excursions to selected areas in Karlsruhe RoofKIT meeting point: (tba) Quartier Zukunft - Labor Stadt meeting point: (tba) MobiLab – Participation Laboratory in a Tiny House meeting point: (tba) DUO Wie Wohnen Wir? Jetzt / in Zukunft / gemeinsam / in der Stadt meeting point: (tba)	Registration: (tba)
	Conference
11:30 - 12:30	Checkin and Coffee	KIT-Building 11.40 Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)
12:30	Official Opening of Urban Transformation Conference Welcome and Introduction Presentation of conference program	KIT-Building 11.40 Tulla Lecture Hall (Room 103)
13:00 - 14:00	Keynote "Real-world Labs for Urban Transformation" Uwe Schneidewind \| Lord Mayor of the City of Wuppertal	KIT-Building 11.40
14:00 - 15:00	Plenary 1 - Discovering Urban Sustainability Labs Worldwide Miji Africa Living Lab I Nairobi Quartier Zukunft I Karlsruhe ZAEU I Straßburg ACI Medellin Lab / EDU I Medellin	KIT-Building 11.40 Tulla Lecture Hall (Room 103) Registration: (tba)
15:15 -	Workshop Session 1 Miji Africa Living Lab I Nairobi – Quartier Zukunft Karlsruhe – ZAEU I Straßburg – ACI Medellin Lab / EDU I Medellin – Innovations for Climate Neutrality – Governance in and for the Anthropocene: Building Post-growth Cities through co-creation – Decorbnizing and Smart Cities integration – Neighbourhood Energy Transition – Resilient Regenrative Urban Economies – and others. >>For more Information, see detailed program.	KIT-Building 11.40 Registration: (tba)
16:15 - 16:30	Coffee and Contacts	KIT-Building 11.40 Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)
16:30 - 17:30	Miji Africa Living Lab I Nairobi – Quartier Zukunft Karlsruhe – ZAEU I Straßburg – ACI Medellin Lab / EDU I Medellin – Innovations for Climate Neutrality – Governance in and for the Anthropocene: Building Post-growth Cities through co-creation – Decorbnizing and Smart Cities integration – Neighbourhood Energy Transition – Resilient Regenrative Urban Economies – and others. >> For more Information, see detailed program.	KIT-Building 11.40 Registration: (tba)
17:30 - 18:30	Break	KIT-Building 11.40 Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)
18:30 - 19:30	Keynote in Dialogue Maria Vassilakou, Wien Hannes Rockenbauch, Stuttgart Moderation: tba	KIT-Building 11.40
	Dinner in Tulla-Halle	KIT-Building 11.40 Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003) Registration: (tba)

Thursday - 16.10.25

09:00	Welcoming	KIT-Building 11.40 Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)
09:15 - 10:30	Plenary 2 - Discovering Urban Sustainability Labs Worldwide Grüne Stadt der Zukunft I München Science Lancis \| Mexico City Transformativer Stadtumbau Görlitz CLIMAS, Vilnius Living Lab I Vilnius Community Schloßberg Tempelhof \| Kreßberg	KIT-Building 11.40 Registration: (tba)
10:45 - 11:45	Workshop Session 2 Grüne Stadt der Zukunft I München – Sciene Lancis \| Mexico City - Transformativer Stadtumbau Görlitz – CLIMAS, Vilnius Living Lab I Vilnius – Schloßberg Tempelhof \| Kreßberg I Natürlich Holzbau - natürlich einfach – Energy and Ressource Management – Social Equity and Inclusion – Inclusive Urban Development – Social innovation – Experimenting for Sustainability – Securing Liveability – and others. >> For more Information, see detailed program.	KIT-Building 11.40 Registration: (tba)
11:45 - 12:00	Coffee and Contacts	KIT-Building 11.40 Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)
12:00 - 13:00	Grüne Stadt der Zukunft I München – Sciene Lancis \| Mexico City - Transformativer Stadtumbau Görlitz – CLIMAS, Vilnius Living Lab I Vilnius – Schloßberg Tempelhof \| Kreßberg I Natürlich Holzbau - natürlich einfach – Energy and Ressource Management – Social Equity and Inclusion – Inclusive Urban Development – Social innovation – Experimenting for Sustainability – Securing Liveability – and others. >> For more Information, see detailed program.	KIT-Building 11.40 Registration: (tba)
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch	KIT-Building 11.40 Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)
14:00 - 16:00	Young Researchers Forum  From Science to Urban Transformation Lightning Talks and Discussion	KIT-Building 11.40 Registration: (tba)
16:00 - 17:00	Coffee und Contacts	KIT-Building 11.40 Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)
17:00 - 18:00	Poster Session and Networking Market of Opportunities Speed-Dating Projects and Posters	KIT-Building 11.40 Registration: (tba)
19:00 - 21:00	Panel Discussion: 13 Questions – Debate Culture on the Field of Play Topic: Autonomous Public Transport – Lifesaver or Liability? Tollhaus, Alter Schlachthof	Kulturzentrum Tollhaus, Alter Schlachthof Areal Alter Schlachthof 35 76131 Karlsruhe Registration: (tba)

Friday - 17.10.25

09:00 - 09:30	Welcoming	KIT-Building 11.40 Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)
09:30 - 10:30	Plenary 3 - Discovering Urban Sustainability Labs Worldwide Living Lab Herk and Mombeek I Brüssel Stadtmanufaktur I Berlin Aspern mobil LAB I Wien City as a Living Laboratory CALL I New York	KIT-Building 11.40 Registration: (tba)
10:45 - 11:45	Workshop Session 3 Living Lab Herk and Mombeek I Brüssel – Stadtmanufaktur I Berlin –Aspern mobil LAB I Wien I City as a Living Laboratory CALL I New York – 1x1 der Energiewende im Quartier – New Learning and Action Spaces – Scaling Proven Solutions – Making Cities ready for AI – Transformation of Life – Smart City - Smart Metering – and others. >> For more Information, see detailed program.	KIT-Building 11.40 Registration: (tba)
11:45 - 12:00	Coffee and Contacts	KIT-Building 11.40 Tulla exhibition hall (Room 003)
12:00 - 13:00	Living Lab Herk and Mombeek I Brüssel – Stadtmanufaktur I Berlin –Aspern mobil LAB I Wien I City as a Living Laboratory CALL I New York – 1x1 der Energiewende im Quartier – New Learning and Action Spaces – Scaling Proven Solutions – Making Cities ready for AI – Transformation of Life – Smart City - Smart Metering – and others. >> For more Information, see detailed program.	KIT-Building 11.40 Registration: (tba)
13:00 - 13:30	Closing of the Conference Resumee. Conclusion. Outlook	KIT-Building 11.40
14:00 - 16:00	Excursions to selected areas in Karlsruhe MobiLab – Participation Laboratory in a Tiny House meeting point: (tba) Quartier Zukunft - Labor Stadt meeting point: (tba) DUO Wie Wohnen Wir? Jetzt / in Zukunft / gemeinsam / in der Stadt meeting point: (tba)	Registration: (tba)

Accompanying program

Tuesday - 14.10.25


10:00 - 17:00	Getting Started with Research Data Management in Kadi4Mat Workshop for Early-Career Researchers	KIT- Building 30.48 Registration: (tba)
13:00 - 16:30	Why Science Slam Training is a Game-Changer for ph.D. Students and Post-Docs Workshop for Early-Career Researchers	KIT- Building K26 Kaiserstraße 26 Registration: (tba)
19:30 - 21:00	KIT Science Week Opening Keynote by Prof. Dr. Sabine Knierbein Future, Change, Opportunity: Shaping Tomorrow´s City as a Community Today Reception & Marketplace of Opportunities City of Future	KIT Building 30.95 Audimax Registration: (tba)