The synthesis of our last seminar has just been published. This year, it takes the form of 10 separate documents according to the different presentations and aspects of the seminar. You can read them independently or get a global view in the table of contents (here in English and French) and below:




1. About the seminar

Programme (en) (fr)
List of participants
Participants’ biographies
Photographs


2. Theoretical reflections

General presentation by Gérard Magnin, Energie-Cités Executive Director
“Daring to opt for challenges that are both sustainable and desirable” (en) (fr)
“The role of energy in the construction and uses of an urban territory”(en) (fr)


Speech by Guy Loinger, Professor at Paris 4 University
“What do we mean by foresight vision?”(en) (fr)


Speech by Dominique Bourg, Professor at Lausanne University
“Sustainable city, rejecting city” (en) (fr)

Round table discussion on foresight vision (en) (fr)


3. Testimonies, exchanges of practices and viewpoints

Speech by André Régani, former Deputy Mayor of Besançon
“Implementing a city traffic plan or how to remove obstacles to change.” (en) (fr)

Obstacles to change and obstacles to the construction of a shared territorial vision (en) (fr)

Some cities and their visions: Figueres (Spain), Greater Lyon (France) and Sutton (United-Kingdom). (en) (fr)


4. Tools and methods

Draft evaluation table of the steps towards implementing a shared territorial vision. (en) (fr)

A picture tells a thousand words: my sustainable and desirable city. (en) (fr)

If you want to discover more, go to the "Documents" post whare all other seminar's mind-maps have been uploaded.

Proceedings of the 2008 IMAGINE seminar. Including mind-mapping, presentations, ARTE video documentary and... three little pigs!

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The programme has just been uploaded on the Energie-Cités' website.



You can also get the pdf directly with the links below:
In English: http://www.energie-cites.eu/IMG/pdf/imagine2008_programme_en.pdf
and in French: http://www.energie-cites.eu/IMG/pdf/imagine2008_programme_fr.pdf

This is the title of the next Seminar organised in the Saline Royale of Arc et Senans on 19-20 November 2008.
“Factor 4”, “3x20”, “the 2000W society”… An increasing number of local authorities are expressing their intention to commit to such objectives and elected representatives are joining the “Covenant of Mayors ”. The explosion in energy prices has blown away any remaining doubts: our mode of development is definitely not sustainable. We need a complete change of direction! But how can we achieve this? What strategies should be implemented? What actors should be involved?
A baffling problem?
Yes, if we remain prisoners of our past and present habits. In this scenario, the slightest change is viewed as an insuperable obstacle. Discouragement is only a short step away and failure a certainty.
No, if we seize this opportunity to IMAGINE what our cities will be like in 2020 or within one generation; if we are able to build and share a vision for a desirable future; if we agree to redesign all our policies on the basis of the new paradigm. It is the road to success. However, we must change our methods to achieve this: old recipes will not work. In a democratic society, such a change of direction cannot be made without the support of citizens in their private, professional and voluntary capacities. We have a major challenge ahead of us!
This is why the theme of the 3rd IMAGINE seminar will be: Sharing a vision of a desirable future for my city.
The seminar aims to address the following issues:
- Why such a change course? What direction should we follow?
- How to build/share a vision of a desirable energy future in my city?
- What can I do to share this vision?