City Science Summit

The City Science Summit - Hyper-LOCAL Solutions to GLOBAL Challenges brings together international collaborators and thought leaders in the fields of urban science, planning, computer science, policy and decision making, social sciences and rapid urbanization. The event will highlight research from the MIT City Science team, the City Science Network, and the Norman Foster Foundation with the aim to enable more livable, equitable and resilient communities.

Teams will present a data-driven model for cities that could limit emissions to 2 tons per person while improving the quality of life and economic opportunities for residents. If taken to scale globally, these local interventions could largely solve global warming. As part of this line of research, the team will offer scenarios to dramatically reduce emissions to the carbon-budget while improving the livability and economic potential of the area. This research examines conventional “green” solutions, net-zero commuting and amenities, hyper-efficient housing and hybrid work, local production of resources and zero-carbon, high-density distributed energy.

We will also share a pilot master plan for reconstruction and regeneration applicable to cities nationally in Ukraine and worldwide. Kharkiv, heavily damaged by the war with Russia, creates a compelling opportunity to create a new vision for cities in the future, bringing together the best of the past with powerful new technology and design concepts. Deploying a revised version of the data-driven, evidence-based process developed for Kendall Square, we will present concepts for a community unconstrained by legacy infrastructure including:  low-carbon communities,  livability and public health, equity, and a Science Community framework. 

In addition, we will host workshops from our City Science Network collaborators with research from: The University of Guadalajara, Ryerson University in Toronto, Andorra Research and Innovation, HafenCity University in Hamburg, Taipei Tech, Tongji University in Shanghai, and The Urban Planning Institute in Ho Chi Minh City. Topics include: rapid urbanization, infrastructure in informality, zero-carbon cities, data-enabled decision making, decentralized autonomous organizations for cities, mobility trends and modeling, innovation in a biosphere, and enabling innovation communities.

Agenda

Thursday, October 27

12 PM | Registration Opens

1:30 PM | Welcome by Kent Larson, Dava Newman, Senator Ed Markey and Lord Norman Foster

Enabling Innovation Communities - Kendall Square Case Study

2:05 PM | Hyper-LOCAL Solutions to GLOBAL Challenges by Kent Larson

High-performance Architecture & Hybrid Work by Luis Alonso

Proximity to Jobs and Amenities by Ronan Doorley

Hyper-Efficient Places of Living by Maitane Iruretagoyena

Lightweight Community-Scale Mobility by Naroa Coretti

Low-Carbon Diet by Alex Berke

Communities Without Infrastructure by Andres Rico

3:15 PM | COFFEE BREAK

Kharkiv: Planning for a better future

3:45 PM | Introduction by Lord Norman Foster and Mayor Ihor Terekov

4:00 PM | Hearing from Ukraine by Olga Demianenko

4:15 PM | A Scalable Model for Ukanian Cities by Lord Norman Foster

4:30 PM | An Innovation Engine for Kharkiv by Manuel Cendoya

4:40 PM | Kharkiv’s Science Neighborhood by Diego Lopez

4:55 PM | Learning from Kendall Square by Luis Alonso and Ronan Doorley

5:05 PM | The Transformative Power of Nuclear Batteries and Advance Industrial Production by Jacopo Buongiorno

5:25 PM | Urban Rebirth: Economic Considerations for Reconstruction in Kharkiv and Ukraine by Ed Glaeser

5:45 PM | RECEPTION

Friday, October 28

8:30 AM | BREAKFAST

9:00 PM | CITY SCIENCE NETWORK

Panel discussion with Mayra Gamboa, Jordi Ascensi and Andres Rico

Remarks by Professor Yao

Panel discussion with Fernando Perez, Maggie Church and Ariane Bertrand

Panel discussion with Gesa Ziemer and Hossein Rahnama

10:30 AM | Workshop Block 1

SoCity Community Process: A New Process for Pro-social Urban Development by CSL @ Shanghai

Using Eco Technologies to Address Food Scarcity by CSL @ Guadalajara

Strategic Urban Acupuncture and Catalytic Effects: Taiwan’s Rebuilding Experiences of 9/21 Earthquake Disaster by CSL @ Taipei

12:00 PM | LUNCH

1:00 PM | Workshop Block 2

Empowering Communities and Increasing Stakeholder Alignment through Decentralized Data Hubs: Data Driven Processes that advances ESG scoring for more collective, transparent and impactful decision making by CSL @ Toronto

Modeling a Science Neighborhood: With case studies of Kendall Square, Cambridge, USA and Kharkiv, Ukraine by MIT City Science and Norman Foster Foundation

A Biosphere Reserve and Living Lab: finding ways to deliver positive and sustainable impact by CSL @ Andorra

2:30 PM | COFFEE BREAK 

3:00 PM | Workshop Block 3

Co-Creation & Mixed Realites: New Ways of Data Capturing and Curating by CSL @ Hamburg

"Uncoference" by you!

4:30 PM | Workshop Report Back

5:30 PM | RECEPTION

*In-person attendance is by invitation only. If you would like to know more, please email citysciencenetwork@gmail.com