Join DPU at The World Urban Forum
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.
Join DPU at The World Urban Forum
07 Nov 2024, 17:30 – 19:00
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-democratizing-and-improving-decision-making-and-service | |
| 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 |