CiD Kick-off 10.11.23

The kick-off conference of CiD presents the Innovation Alliance and discusses the focus on a radical change in all design fields and the power of design to boost bio-innovation and urban transformation towards sustainability. Speakers come from the 11 partner organisations of the Alliance—universities, research centres, further education experts, enterprises, civil society organisations, and Europe-wide networks. Invited key notes are from Diego Zoppi, architect and board member of ACE Architects' Council of Europe, one of the partners of the Alliance, and from Raffaella Fagnoni, product designer at IUAV University of Venice.

The kick-off conference takes place at the European Cultural Centre in Venice, Palazzo Michiel, on Friday 10 November 2023 from 9 to 12 am.

if you can’t make it to the event, you are welcome to join via youtube streaming : https://www.youtube.com/@EuropeanCulturalCentre

CiD Kick-off Programm // 10 November 2023 // 09:00–12:00 CET, Venice, Palazzo Michiel

Hosted by the European Cultural Centre // Open to the public and live-streamed

9:00 Welcome by Jörg Schröder (Leibniz University Hannover)

Introduction by Fiona Demeur (IAAC Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia), Alissa Diesch  (Leibniz University Hannover) and Silvia Pericu (University of Genova)

9:15 Design for circular economy

Moderated by Silvia Pericu (University of Genova)

Keynote by Raffaella Fagnoni (IUAV University of Venice)

Roundtable and Q&A with Nele Plutus (Tallinn Creative Incubator),Alessandro Pernice(ARCES), Emanuele Sommariva (University of Genova), and Raffaella Fagnoni

10:15 Circular design for climate-neutral cities

Moderated by Alissa Diesch (LUH)

Keynote by Diego Zoppi (Architects’ Council of Europe)

Roundtable and Q&A with Martynas Germanavicius (Architekturos Fondas), Lizeth Lopez (ALDA), Marite Guevara (Ersilia Foundation) and Diego Zoppi

11:00 Circular design for bio-based innovation

Moderated Fiona Demeur (IAAC)

Roundtable and Q&A with Liz Corbyn (Materiom Ltd.), 

Sabato d’Auria (Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche), and Larissa de Rosso (Architects’ Council of Europe)

Conclusion 

12:00 End of the event