Who owns the city?

https://citiesintransition.eu/publication/who-owns-the-city

Utrecht: more than just a mini Amsterdam

http://www.globalgrasshopper.com/destinations/europe/exploring-utrecht-holland-more-than-just-a-mini-amsterdam/

Urban Europe!

Eurostat published yesterday it's 2016 flagship publication: Urban Europe - Statistics on cities, towns and suburbs (only EN)

The relevant press release is available here: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/7602753/1-07092016-AP-EN.pdf/

LABoratory for the GOVernance of Commons (LabGov)

http://www.labgov.it/

The LABoratory for the GOVernance of Commons (“LabGov“) is a place of experimentation in all respects. However, instead of alembics and tubes you can find students, scholars, experts, activists thinking and discussing about the future shapes that social, economic and legal institutions may take.
LabGov was created, on the impulse of the LUISS Guido Carli Department of Political Science to train a brand-new breed of professionals, the “experts in the governance of urban commons.” These are young women and men able to create forms of partnerships between citizens, NGOs, public administrations, and local business fostering the smart specialization of urban and local communities. Today, LabGov is an independently run organization that continues with its roots of collaboration and the urban commons.

The crisis has impoverished all of us from an individual standpoint (i.e. the institutional capability, the property of private goods). Thus, the only way to be able to maintain a high quality of life is to create a new institutional and economic system based on the model of “civic collaboration”, “collaborative governance of the commons” and “circular subsidiarity”, according to which public institutions shall favor all citizens, as individuals or in associative forms, willing to care for the general interest. The implementation of this model requires specific competences that are exactly those that LabGov aims to create.

As part of its activities, LabGov involves about thirty students in a yearly series of workshops mixing theoretical training, soft skills training and real in-the-field action. Considering its nature as an in-house clinic and place of experimentation, LabGov continues its work beyond these workshops acting as a “gymnasium” for future social and institutional designers, engineers and innovators, engaging them in research, training, project management, and communication activities.

LabGov is based on the idea that, in order to achieve social and institutional regeneration, it is necessary to create collaborative relationships between citizens, administrations and businesses to share the scarce resources and to take care of the commons, whether tangible or intangible, in urban and local communities.

LabGov also engages with organizations and local governments in order to develop projects, regulations, and policies surrounding the urban commons. After significantly contributing to “Le città come beni comuni” Fondazione del Monte project and the drafting of the “Bologna regulation on public collaboration for urban commons“, the establishment of the CO-Mantova cultural and knowledge commons-based territorial pact of collaboration, the collaborative urban land use regulation “Battipaglia Collabora“, LabGov is currently working on the “Bologna città collaborativa” Fondazione del Monte project to implement the Regulation and foster the idea of public collaboration in the city of Bologna, the CO-Roma project to design a collaborative urban mobility plan to regulate and run the urban roads as a commons, and the CO-Palermo project to establish a regeneration agency for industrial and cultural commons. In November 2015, LabGov hosted a global conference on the urban commons entitled “The City as a Commons,” which successfully brought hundreds of international scholars on the urban commons together in Bologna, Italy.

LabGov’s activities are currently developed under the umbrella of a joint venture between two world-renowned research institutions, LUISS International Center on Democracy and Democratization led by Professor Leonardo Morlino and Fordham Urban Law Center led by Professor Sheila Foster. This partnership will enable LabGov to develop the international research and experimentation protocol “Co-Cities” to design the city of the future based on the governance of urban commons, collaborative land use, social innovation, sharing economy, collaborative economy. LabGov’s activities are coordinated by professor Christian Iaione.

Het Rivierenwijk van Onno Kosters: prachtige poëzie

Utrecht loopt voorop bij vertalen Global Goals naar lokale aanpak

Spaanse aandacht voor de innovatieve Utrechtse 'Weten Wat Werkt' aanpak

http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1861965-adios-a-la-indigencia-utrecht-la-ciudad-donde-nadie-sera-pobre

Para erradicar la miseria, basta pagarles a los pobres, reza un viejo adagio. La idea puede parecer ilusoria, pero ha convencido a las autoridades de la ciudad holandesa de Utrecht de que, a partir de este mes, se transformará en la urbe donde (tal vez) deje de existir la indigencia.

Utrecht opnieuw in The New Economy

http://www.theneweconomy.com/technology/utrecht-science-park-brings-innovation-and-employment-to-the-city-of-utrecht

Mooie film over koffie cultuur in Utrecht van Ruben de Boer

https://vimeo.com/146017580

Great city report from LSE

https://lsecities.net/publications/reports/

Governing cities, steering futures

https://lsecities.net/media/objects/articles/governing-cities-steering-futures/en-gb/

The New Economy weer enthousiast over Utrecht

http://www.theneweconomy.com/business/utrecht-becomes-one-of-the-worlds-best-places-to-live

Utrecht becomes one of the world’s best places to live

Scientists, business leaders and healthcare professionals must collaborate to meet the demands of tomorrow; officials from the City of Utrecht and Utrecht Science Park explain how this is done in the city and region of Utrecht

When most people think about a healthy living environment they don’t think of big cities. But Utrecht is challenging all that. In fact, the city offers one of the healthiest and most sustainable living environments in the world; home to cutting-edge innovations that not only improve the health of those who live there, but their overall quality of life too. And Utrecht actually shares this innovation and knowledge with other cities around the globe. Having such a fertile foundation, the city finds it easy to attract talented people from all over the world, with entrepreneurs, impressive start-ups and investments finding their way to Utrecht, helping the city to thrive. Having such strong underpinnings has assisted in cultivating an environment that encourages healthy competition, improves overall living standards, and has cemented the city as one of the best places in the world to live – and this is just the beginning.

Het gaat goed met de Utrechtse startups

 

UIT DE DUIC: http://www.duic.nl/nieuws/startup-broedplaats

De Utrechtse broedplaats voor innoverende startups, UtrechtInc, is verkozen tot de zesde beste van de 117 universiteitsincubatoren van Europa.

In de ranglijst van deze zogeheten ‘universitaire bedrijfsincubators’ komt Utrechtinc nieuw binnen op de hoge positie. Het is een beloning voor de manier waarop er in de incubator ondernemerschap en innovatie stimuleren. De zesde plek betekent ook een nominatie voor de wereldranglijst die volgende maand bekend wordt gemaakt.

Nederland is het enige land met meerdere incubators in de lijst. YES!Delft eindigde zelfs op de vierde plek. Startupambassadeur Neelie Kroes, die zich met StartupDelta hard maakt om Nederland als startup-land op de kaart te zetten, is trots op de hoge notering van de Nederlandse incubators. “De UBI ranking bewijst hoe sterk de Nederlandse incubators presteren en daarbij een toppositie in Europa innemen. Het StartupDelta ecosysteem ontwikkelt zich in razend snel tempo tot een top 3 speler in Europa en telt mee in de belangrijkste rankings van de wereld”.

UtrechtInc heeft sinds 2009 135 startups ondersteund. Daarvan hebben in 2014 drie succesvolle graduates miljoenenovernames gekend en één succesvol bedrijf een beursgang.

Roel Raatgever, Managing Director bij UtrechtInc, laat weten: “Juist startup innovaties bieden steeds vaker oplossingen voor grote maatschappelijke uitdagingen. Deze plek in de top van Europa is erkenning voor de impact die onze startups maken.”

Nieuwe bomen voor Utrecht

The New Utopians

https://thenewutopians.wordpress.com/

 

 

Upcoming events about future

World Congress on Industrial Automation (July 20 - 22 @ San Francisco)
WorldFuture 2015 Make the Future! (July 24 - 26 @ San Fransisco)
The Future of Journalism Conference (September 10 - 11 @ Cardiff)
The Internet of Things (September 29 @ Amsterdam)
Picturing the Future (October 1 @ Amsterdam)
1st International Conference on Anticipation (November 5 - 7 @ Trento)
An Interesting Day (November 27 @ Utrecht)

Drongo Festival op 25 en 26 september 2015 in Utrecht

Kom naar het grootste talenfestival van Nederland!
Ontdek wat talenkennis voor jouw leven kan beteken, en hoe je zo snel mogelijk vreemde talen kunt leren. Kinderen opvoeden met verschillende talen en culturen? Het kan! Bekijk ons verrassende aanbod van taalapps en taal-leermiddelen. Ga speeddaten met bedrijven en overheid, vertaal je CV. Profiteert jouw bedrijf genoeg van de technologische mogelijkheden? Maak kennis met de nieuwste snufjes. En doe mee met spoedcursussen, workshops, de tolkencabine en labs.

Visit Netherland's largest language festival!
Discover what linguistic knowledge can add to your life and how you can learn foreign languages as quickly as possible. Raising kids with multiple languages and cultures? It can be done! Take a look at our surprising offer of language apps and learning tools. Go on speed dates with companies and governmental organizations, translate your CV. Is your business taking advantage of the latest technological possibilities? Get to know what they are. You can also partake in crash courses, workshops, the interpreters’ booth and labs.

DRONGO groeit en gaat in 2015 naar de Jaarbeurs in Utrecht voor maar liefst twee dagen. In de High Five hal en zalen van de Jaarbeurs zal op vrijdag 25 en zaterdag 26 september 2015 het festival een vol programma presenteren. De Jaarbeurs is centraal gelegen, direct aan Centraal station Utrecht, met veel parkeergelegenheid.

DRONGO is growing! This year it will take place at the Jaarbeurs (Trade Mart) in Utrecht and last two whole days. The festival’s full programme will be presented on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 September in the Jaarbeurs’ High Five area. The Jaarbeurs is located right next to Utrecht’s Central Station and offers plenty of parking space.

Presenteer je op de Infomatiemarkt of met een Lab
Boek nu een plek op de informatiemarkt in goed geoutilleerde exposantenunits (vanaf 6m2), ook kunnen exposanten een gesponsorde presentatie of demonstratie houden op het Taalterras.

Hier vindt je alle informatie en het reserveringsformulier
Presenteer je onderzoek via een Lab aan het publiek van het grootste talenfestival van Nederland. En maak kans op de de Science Live @DRONGO award in samenwerking met Science Centre NEMO. Lees hier hoe je je kan aanmelden

Present yourself trough our Information Market and Labs

Book your spot at the Information Market, which offers very well equipped exhibition units (starting at 6 m2). Exhibitioners can also organize sponsored presentations or demonstrations on the Language Terrace. All information as well as reservation forms can be found through this link. Host a Lab to present your research to a the audience at the Netherlands’ largest language festival. And: compete for the Science Live @DRONGO award, which is made available in cooperation with Science Centre NEMO. Follow this link to read about subscription possibilities.

Eerste programma namen
De eerste programma namen zijn bekend. Op vrijdag 25 september o.a. Taalindustrie en taaltechnologie ism TAUS, Taalwetenschap Night Out en uitreiking van de DRONGO Science Live AWARD. Op zaterdag 26 september onder meer keynote speech over Meertalig opvoeden, Rapbattle met Akwasi, uitreiking Van Dale Gouden Talenknobbel,  Kinderprogramma met voorleesestafette, Taalshow, Slotconcert met meertalige muzikale ster en Netwerkborrel. Beide dagen is er  de grote informatiemarkt met ruim 60 stands uit binnen- en buitenland, eten, drinken & muziek en zijn er Spoedcursussen, Workshops en Labs. Lees meer over het programma

First event names

The first event names have been presented. On Friday September 25, i.a. Language Industry and Technology in cooperation with TAUS will take place, as well as the Linguistic Science Night Out and the award ceremony for the DRONGO Science Live AWARD. Saturday September offers, i.a., a keynote speech about Multilingual Parenting; the Rap Battle feat. Akwasi; the award ceremony for the Van Dale Gouden Taalknobbel; the Children’s Programme, featuring a reading marathon; The Linguistics Show; a Closing Concert featuring a world famous multilingual musician; and a Networking Event. On both days an Information Market will offer 60 stands, both foreign and domestic, as well as drinks, snacks & music. Also available are Crash Courses, Workshops and Labs. Updates and information about the programme can be found here: Read more about the programme

Updates en informatie via / Updates and information at www.drongofestival.nl

DRONGO talenfestival / language festival
Vrijdag / Friday 25 September 2015
12.00 -  23.00 hrs

Zaterdag / Saturday 26 September 2015
10.00 - 17.00 hrs

Jaarbeurs Utrecht

GRATIS ENTREE / FREE ENTRANCE
registration starts August 2015
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DRONGO talenfestival is een initiatief van / is an initiative of De Taalstudio.
Founding Partners: Nederlandse Taalunie, Confucius Instituut, Gemeente Utrecht, Van Dale Uitgevers, Europees Parlement, Europese Commissie, Province Friesland, Radboud Universiteit, Jaarbeurs Utrecht
Programma partners: Koninklijke Kentalis, BesteBuren, Science Center NEMO, Universiteit Utrecht - faculteit Geesteswetenschappen, TAUS
Met dank aan: Crisfield Educational

Utrechtse Canon

www.regiocanons.nl/utrecht/stad

Verslag Stadsexpeditie Utrecht

https://stedenintransitie.nl/stadbericht/stadexpeditie-utrecht

Utrechts bier verovert USA

http://itallstartswithbeer.com