B4 Integrating research and practice: The informed city

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Facilitator: Paul Bateson, Program Co-ordinator, ANZSOG Institute
for Governance, Canberra, Australia (presentation)

Hosted by the Urban Research Symposium

• Risto Veivo, Adviser to Deputy Mayor, City of Turku, Finland
  Turku teams up with universities and businesses for sustainability
  
  
• Stefan Kuhn, Director, Urban Governance, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany
  ICLEI’s Informed Cities Initiative: Making research work for local sustainability
  
  
• Chris Roorda, Researcher & Consultant, urban and regional transitions, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Netherlands
  Urban transition management: The role of local governments in
  sustainability transitions
  
  
• Mark Roseland, Director, Centre for Sustainable Community Development, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
  Pando | Sustainable Communities: Advancing collaboration between researchers and practitioners

Panel

• Julian Agyeman, Professor and Chair, Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Medford, USA
  
  
• Julian Prosser, Assistant City Manager, City of Raleigh, USA