Webinar: Augmented Urbans – Technologies for urban participation and resilience

Webinar: Augmented Urbans – Technologies for urban participation and resilience

Augmented Urbans webinar delves into the promising and up-and-coming intersection of extended reality XR technologies and contemporary urban planning. Cities today are facing increasingly complex challenges — how can we plan, design and build them to be more resilient against those forces?

We explore how to apply resilience thinking to practical urban planning work, and how new technologies can assist urban planners in making public participation better for everyone.

Join us in crystallising insights from our three-year collaborative development journey. Expect insightful keynotes by leading experts and inspiring lightning talks from our project’s Local Actions in cities around the Baltic sea.

WEBINAR PROGRAMME (10 am – 12:15 pm EET / 9 – 11:15 am CET)

Welcome & key insights from Augmented Urbans
Päivi Keränen, Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

Lightning presentations of the Local Actions

• Pollinator corridor / Tallinn, Estonia
• Gauja river surroundings / Cēsis, Latvia

 
Keynote: Resilience in the urban planning
Magnus Schön, KOD Architects

Lightning presentations of the Local Actions

• Livable yards for people and pollinators / Gävle, Sweden
• Viimsi Main Street / Viimsi, Estonia

 
Keynote: Future prospects with the XR technologies
Lauri Lemmenlehti, Forum Virium Helsinki

Lightning presentations of the Local Actions

• Resilience by the river Daugava / Riga region, Latvia
• Kulans Parklek, Skärholmen / Stockholm, Sweden
• Business and cultural district surrounding Teollisuuskatu / Helsinki, Finland

Interactive session:
Q&A in open breakout rooms with Local Action cities

Conclusions & closing the webinar

AUGMENTED URBANS PROJECT 2018-2021

Augmented Urbans co-developed integrated urban planning practices and more meaningful participation through Extended Reality (XR = VR/AR/MR) technologies. Co-funded by the Central Baltic Interreg and coordinated by Metropolia UAS, AU involved 4 countries, 5 pilot cities, and 10 partners.