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Join DPU at The World Urban Forum
07 November 2024, 5:30 pm–7:00 pm
In 2024 we are celebrating DPU’s 70th Anniversary with our wider community, sharing critical experiences and debates generated through our joint engagement across educational, research and practice-based work at urban, regional, national and international scales.
Event Information
Open to
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Organiser
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Julian Walker
As part of this celebration, we would like to invite DPU alumni and partners attending the World Urban Forum 12 (WUF12) in Cairo, Egypt to two events:
Join us to celebrate DPU’s 70th Anniversary at WUF12 at the Habitat Village on 7th Nov (17:30-19:00). Habitat Village is booth 7323 in the Urban Expo.
Join us for a DPU dinner on the 7th November at 19:30. Venue to be confirmed, but if you would like to attend the dinner, please RSVP to julian.walker@ucl.ac.uk and we will contact you with details.
In addition, you can join DPU staff and partners at the following WUF 12 events:
Tuesday 5 November | |
| Urban Cinema – (Un)homely City: Navigating houselessness in a pandemic | |
| Time | 12:45 - 13:30 |
| Location | UC 4 |
| Networking event: Time to Walk the Talk: Forefronting Local Action towards Urban Equality (DPU-UCLG-HIC) | |
| Time | 15.00 - 16:30 |
| Location | Multipurpose Room 14 |
| https://wuf.unhabitat.org/event/wuf12/time-walk-talk-forefronting-local-action-towards-urban-equality | |
| Cities for Youth: Digital Tools and Youth Leadership for Urban Wellbeing | |
| Time | 17:00 - 18:30 |
| Location | Multipurpose Room 07 |
| Book launch 'Somewhere to Live: Rising to the global urban land and housing challenge' | |
| Time | 18.00 - 19:00 |
| Location | Urban Library, Room B |
| Fishbowl 2: Culture and Well-Being – How Nightlife Drives Innovation and Talent Retention | |
| Time | 19:30 - 20:15 |
| Location | Room Art Space & Café - New Cairo |
| https://www.eventbrite.de/e/nighttime-lab-in-cairo-tickets-1049584364087 | |
Wednesday 6th November | |
| Co-production & community-led approaches: the road ahead | |
| Time | 12:00-13:15 |
| Location | Habitat Village, Booth 7323 in the Urban Expo |
| Urban Cinema: “The neighbours of Santa Olga” | |
| Time | 12:45 - 13:30 |
| Location | UC12 |
| https://wuf.unhabitat.org/event/wuf12/neighbours-santa-olga | |
| Networking event 24-Hour Cities Against Climate Change nighttime strategies to address the challenges of climate crisis | |
| Time: | 17:00 - 18:30 |
| Location: | Multipurpose Room 05 |
| Networking event: The legacy and topicality of John F.C. Turner on housing policy and lessons for community-led development. | |
| Time: | 17:00 - 18:30 |
| Location: | Multipurpose Room 16 |
| https://wuf.unhabitat.org/event/wuf12/legacy-and-topicality-john-fc-turner-housing-policy-and-lessons-community-led | |
Thursday 7 November | |
| Training event: Public-community partnerships democratizing and improving decision-making and service delivery to advance the right to the city for all | |
| Time: | 09:00 - 12:00 |
| Location: | Multipurpose room 4 |
| https://wuf.unhabitat.org/event/wuf12/public-community-partnerships-demo... | |
| Networking event: Hub for Housing Justice - Strengthening alliances for just housing futures. | |
| Time | 13:00-14:30 |
| Location | Multipurpose Room 5 |
| https://wuf.unhabitat.org/event/wuf12/hub-housing-justice-strengthening-alliances-just-housing-futures | |
| Urban Cinema: What we want is to change everything / Lo que queremos es cambiarlo todo. | |
| Time: | 17:45 -18:30 |
| Location | UC24 |
| Networking Event: “Living Heritage Pathways towards community-driven post-disaster reconstruction,” | |
| Time | 17:00 - 18:30 |
| Location | Multipurpose room 05 |
| Hosted by ASF - Architecture Sans Frontières International, https://wuf.unhabitat.org/event/wuf12/living-heritage-pathways-towards-community-driven-post-disaster-reconstruction | |
Friday 8 November | |
| Knowledge in Action: Bridging Policy and Practice through Scientific Research for SDG Localization” | |
| Time | 13:00 – 14:30 |
| Location | ONE UN Room A |