Agenda | EULiST Global Conference

Parallel Session 3

Urban Transformation
and Circularity

TOPIC 4: The societal dimension of urban transformation: Ensuring sustainable and inclusive communities

Moderator: Anna Pape (Leibniz University Hanover)

09:00h - 11:00h

TBD

• Oleksandra Naryzhna (Urban Reform (NGO)
• Kharkiv National University of Construction and Architecture, Ukraine)

Local energy initiatives for democratic future-making: Unpacking temporal ecologies, place knowledge, and Theories of Change

• Johannes Suitner (TU Wien)

Renewable Energy Communities: economic and social analysis toward urban sustainable development

• Gastaldi, Basilico, D'Adamo (University L’Aquila/Sapienza University Rome)

Social Life Cycle Assessment of Mobility: A Finnish Case Study

• Anna Claudelin (LUT University)

Sustainable schools: results and implications for urban climate change

• D'Adamo, Gastaldi, Passarelli (University L’Aquila/Sapienza University Rome)

Climate Crisis and Urban Inequality: A Mandate for Resilient Cities

• Johannes Lutter (Urban Innovation Vienna)

REGISTRATION

DRAFT

Parallel Session 3

Urban Transformation
and Circularity

TOPIC 2: Urban transformation and circularity: Regeneration, re-use, transformative governance

Moderator: Johannes Suitner (Technical University Vienna)

15:00h

TBD

• Angélica Benatti Alvim (Mackenzie Presbyterian University São Paulo, Brazil)

Climate neutrality, adaptation, urban circularity and the challenges of transformation

• Nikos Chrysogelos (City of Athens)

Circular transformation in Vienna

• Bernadette Luger (City of Vienna)

Circular Design for Urban Transformation

• Jörg Schröder (Leibniz University Hannover)

Circular Opposites? Designing with Timber and Earth Across the Reuse-Recycle Spectrum

• Jakobus Schwarz (Technical University Vienna)

TOPIC 3: Digitalisation and AI for urban change: Responsive solutions for smart climate cities

Moderator: Eleni Alexandrou (National Technical University Athens)

17:00h

City Information Models and Digital Twins – Weighing the Pros and Cons. Between Utopian Visions of the Future and Difficult Choices in the Present

• Lucas Reckhaus (Technical University Vienna)

The Dynamics of Shared Mobility: From Activity Patterns to System Requirements

• Dimitris Papaioannou (National Technical University Athens)

Promoting Sustainable Mobility Through Digitalisation at Higher Education Institutions. Experiences and Initial Results from the DiNaMo Project

• Jonas Koch (Leibniz University Hannover)

AI-based monitoring of land cover change using rome sensing data

• Franz Rottensteinter (Leibniz University Hannover)

Earthquake safety: Safety-based urban design practices and digital tools toward resilient public spaces

• Donato Di Ludovico (University L’Aquila)

Advanced geomatic techniques for infrastructure surveying and monitoring towards a sustainable and resilient environment

• Alicandro M., Zollini S., Pascucci N., Dominici D. (University of L’Aquila)

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Parallel Session 3

Urban Transformation
and Circularity

TOPIC 1: Adaptive buildings and infrastructures

Moderator: Carlo Villante (University L’Aquila)

11:30h – 13:30h

Adaptive buildings. From mitigation to adaptation – a short but critically slow evolution

• Eleni Alexandrou (National Technical University Athens)

Adaptive architecture

• Marieke Kums (Leibniz University Hannover)

Sustainable Building Energy Management and Innovative Vehicle-to-Building (V2B) Connection Infrastructure

• Carlo Villante (University L’Aquila)

Infrastructure and Urban Landscape: Principles for the (Re)Integration of Railway Lines and Depots

• Sebastian Sattlegger (Technical University Vienna)

Urban parks as climate-resilient infrastructure

• Cristina del Pozo (University Rey Juan Carlos)

Beyond zero emissions: rethinking the urban campus as a resilience hub

• Irene Koronaki (NTUA)

Way too slow – how to speed up climate adaptation of urban streets

• Christian Werthmann (Leibniz University Hannover)

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Parallel Session 2

Industrial Partners
as vectors of transformation

TOPIC 3: What are companies’ expectations when partnering with a European university?

09:00h - 09:15h

Keynote: TBD

• Dr. Olivier EPINETTE

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Big company

• AIRBUS / Patrick SOYER

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SME

• ECOTECERAMIC / CEO rep / TBC

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Startup

• REPLICO / CEO / Juan Pablo DE LA PLATA

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SME

• NANOSTINE / Daniel Gonzalez Muñoz (CEO)

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Summary and debate

DRAFT

Parallel Session 2

Industrial Partners
as vectors of transformation

TOPIC 2: Projects inside EULiST Alliance

15:00h – 15:15h

Keynote: TBD

• Prof. Frédérique VINCENT

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Presentation 1: Educational cooperation with Brazil

• Claudia ENDRECH

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Interculturality

• Dr. Najoua GREGOIRE / Catherine SABLE

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EULiST Student Conference

• Dr. Olivier EPINETTE

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A challenge based project on sustainability

• Prof. Frédérique VINCENT

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Comments by panel members

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Parallel Session 2

Industrial Partners
as vectors of transformation

TOPIC 1: Financial cooperation between companies and universities: from the national to the European level

11:30h – 11:45h

TBD

• Natia GAMKRELIDZE

11:45h

IMT Incubator network

• Paul-Guilhem MEUNIER

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Industrial Projects

• Marc DELAGE

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Foundation Parana (Brazil)

• Chairman Rep (TBC)

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Summary and debate

Comments by panel members

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Parallel Session 1

Knowledge Through Research

TOPIC 3: CONNECTING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH in climate resilience and sustainable solutions

09:00h – 09:45h

Plenary Lecture 3

• Francisco José Sanchez de la Flor (University of Cádiz)

09:45h - 10:10h

Keynote Lecture 5

• Jovita Moreno (URJC)

10:10h - 10:30h

Keynote Lecture 6

• Cleopatra Avraam, Paraskevas Frantzeskakis (DESFA - Hellenic Gas Transmission System Operator S.A.)

10:30h - 10:40h

PlayInn Plazas: Youth-Driven Innovation for Sustainable Public Spaces

• Fermina Garrido (URJC)

10:40h - 10:50h

Novel materials for solar photovoltaic modules: green pathway

• Lucía Serrano Luján (URJC)

10:50h - 11:00h

Advances in Digital, stable and flexible electric networks program

• Imene Yahyaoui (URJC)

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Parallel Session 1

Knowledge Through Research

TOPIC 2: EDUCATION- Novel Educational Approaches for sustainable solutions

15:00h – 15:50h

Plenary Lecture 2

• Prof. Paulo Alexander da Silva Pereira, Mykolas Romeris University, Vilnius, Lithuania.

15:50h - 16:15h

Beyond Carbon Footprint in Education and Research – Learnings from the Development of Course Curriculum in Sustainability Assessment

• Venkateshwaran Venkatachalam (LUH)

16:15h - 16:40h

Paving the way towards sustainability: transforming knowledge of the circular economy among university students

• Ana María Vargas (URJC)

16:40h - 16:50h

Case study: IMT Convergence Challenge 2025 – An Innovative Experiential Learning Model for Sustainability and Interdisciplinary Collaboration

• Ingrid Bazin (IMT)

16:50h - 17:00h

LUT University Climate Action Massive Open Online Courses

• Michael Child (LTU)

17:00h - 17:10h

Teaching sustainability in universities: What works? A systematic review of waste reduction strategies

• Adriana del Pilar Rivera (URJC)

17:10h - 17:20h

Service Learning and Sustainability in Engineering Education

• María Linares (URJC)

17:20h - 17:30h

Integrating Green Chemistry Competences into University Curricula: Responding to Global Challenges

• Sanjiv Prashar (URJC)

DRAFT

Parallel Session 1

Knowledge Through Research

TOPIC 1: RESEARCH- Sustainable solutions to climate change

11:30h – 12:20h

Plenary Lecture 1

• Csaba Janacky, University of Szeged and e-CHEMICLES company

12:20h – 12:50h

Keynote Lecture 1

• Nikolaos Barbaritsas (Daikin Hellas)

12:50h – 13:05h

Institute of Technologies for Sustainability: Smart and Suatinable Polymers and Composites

• Silvia González Prolongo (ITPS - URJC)

13:05h – 13:20h

Developing a methodology for Life Cycle Assessments of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs)

• Constantin Keul (LUH)

13:20h – 13:30h

AI-Based Flow Sensing for Sustainable Aviation: A Step Towards Climate-Resilient Societies

• Antonio Cuéllar (URJC)

DRAFT

Parallel Session 4

Information and Society:

Co-creation of knowledge across national, organizational and professional cultures

TOPIC 3: Science Communication Workshop – Communicating with companies, funding agencies and NGO’s

09:00h – 11:00h: Workshop

Science Communication practices; Communication as co-creation; Outreach formats; Benchmarking tools. This will be an interactive workshop for participants.

Facilitators:
• Aexandrous Iliakis (NTUA)
• Ingrid Colleau (IMT)

DRAFT

Parallel Session 4

Information and Society:

Co-creation of knowledge across national, organizational and professional cultures

TOPIC 2: Building knowledge for sustainable practices in collaborations between universities, funding agencies and NGOs within and beyond EU

15:00h – 15:30h

Experiences from outreach projects

• Timur Uman (JU)
• Olof Brunninge (JU)

15:30h – 15:50h

Cooperation between LUT University and the City of Lappeenranta

• Ding Ma (Region of South Karelia)

15:50h – 16:10h

Innovative research collaboration for sustainable development

• Petri Ajo (LUT)

16:10h – 16:30h

LEAP-RE, PROGE and SUNNY Project – Electrical engineering perspective

• Antti Pinomaa (LUT)

16:30h – 16:50h

Sistema Madri+d. Science Communication Activities in the Region of Madrid

• Susana Pérez Holgueras (Regional Government - Autonomous Region of Madrid)

16:50h – 17:10h

TBD

17:10h – 17:20h

Comments by panel members

• Timur Uman (JU)
• Olof Brunninge (JU)

DRAFT

Parallel Session 4

Information and Society:

Co-creation of knowledge across national, organizational and professional cultures

TOPIC 1: Building knowledge in collaborations between academia and industry for sustainable development

11:30h – 12:00h

Driving Innovation and Accelerate the Green Transition Through Strategic Partnerships

• Kerstin Johansen (JU)
• Linda Bergqvist (JU)
• Per Orestig (Husqvarna Group)

12:00h – 12:20h

Knowledge graph for policy -and practice- aligned life cycle analysis and reporting

• Connor Shaw (LUT)

12:20h – 12:40h

novaImpuls: An ecosystem for developing sustainable products in interdisciplinary teams

• Roland Lachmayer (LUH)

12:40h – 13:00h

Increasing the attractiveness of engineering – enhancing outreach with academia-industry-collaboration

• Johanna Naukkarinen (LUT)

13:00h – 13:20h

SmartWB Project: Curricula innovation in climate-smart urban development based on green and energy efficiency with the non-academic sector

• Carmen de Pablos / Miguel Blanco (URJC)

13:20h – 13:30h

Comments by panel members

• Kerstin Johansen (JU)
• Linda Bergqvist (JU)
• Per Orestig (Husqvarna Group)

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19^th November 2025

Pre-conference
for PhD Students

TOPIC 1: Renewable energy eystems: hydrogen, renewable energy sources, storage solutions, societal impacts

This session covers: hydrogen economy, storage technologies (including underground storage), fuel cells, electrolyzers, hydrogen carriers, renewable energy integration, electricity markets, LCA, and social dimensions of the hydrogen transition.

TOPIC 2: Innovations in advanced materials and smart manufacturing for Sustainable Industry 4.0

This session includes: advanced and additive manufacturing, hybrid and micro machining, surface modification processes, green and smart manufacturing, advanced materials, AI-driven product realization, predictive maintenance, supply chain optimization, and Industry 4.0 applications.

TOPIC 3: Climate change, environmental resilience, and green urban transitions: technologies and strategies for a sustainable future

This session integrates: climate adaptation and mitigation, disaster risk reduction, biodiversity and ecosystem resilience, sustainable urbanization, green cities, deforestation, water management, and the socio-economic impacts of climate change, including health and societal resilience

TOPIC 4: Bioengineering, biotechnology, and smart systems for health, mobility, and sustainable communities

This session brings together: biomedical engineering (biomaterials, tissue engineering, neurotechnology, bioinformatics), biocomputing, wearable devices, bioinspired robotics, smart mobility and transportation, e-governance, digital citizenship, smart energy systems, cybersecurity in healthcare, and AI in sustainability and public well-being.

REGISTRATION

Provisional Agenda

Welcome to this pre-conference

Keynote speaker 15 min

Parallel session introduction

Keynote theme presentation (four parallel sessions)

Each track starts their presentations

Short break

Discussions in each track related to the presentations (four parallel sessions)

Final summary

Final summary

End of session

Official opening

Plenary session

Coffee break

Lunch break

Social activity

Dinner (dress code: business casual)

Coffee break

Final plenary session & Closing session

Light lunch

Urban Transformationand Circularity

TOPIC 4: The societal dimension of urban transformation: Ensuring sustainable and inclusive communities

TBD

Local energy initiatives for democratic future-making: Unpacking temporal ecologies, place knowledge, and Theories of Change

Renewable Energy Communities: economic and social analysis toward urban sustainable development

Social Life Cycle Assessment of Mobility: A Finnish Case Study

Sustainable schools: results and implications for urban climate change

Climate Crisis and Urban Inequality: A Mandate for Resilient Cities

Urban Transformationand Circularity

TOPIC 2: Urban transformation and circularity: Regeneration, re-use, transformative governance

TBD

Climate neutrality, adaptation, urban circularity and the challenges of transformation

Circular transformation in Vienna

Circular Design for Urban Transformation

Circular Opposites? Designing with Timber and Earth Across the Reuse-Recycle Spectrum

TOPIC 3: Digitalisation and AI for urban change: Responsive solutions for smart climate cities

City Information Models and Digital Twins – Weighing the Pros and Cons. Between Utopian Visions of the Future and Difficult Choices in the Present

The Dynamics of Shared Mobility: From Activity Patterns to System Requirements

Promoting Sustainable Mobility Through Digitalisation at Higher Education Institutions. Experiences and Initial Results from the DiNaMo Project

AI-based monitoring of land cover change using rome sensing data

Earthquake safety: Safety-based urban design practices and digital tools toward resilient public spaces

Advanced geomatic techniques for infrastructure surveying and monitoring towards a sustainable and resilient environment

Urban Transformationand Circularity

TOPIC 1: Adaptive buildings and infrastructures

Adaptive buildings. From mitigation to adaptation – a short but critically slow evolution

Adaptive architecture

Sustainable Building Energy Management and Innovative Vehicle-to-Building (V2B) Connection Infrastructure

Infrastructure and Urban Landscape: Principles for the (Re)Integration of Railway Lines and Depots

Urban parks as climate-resilient infrastructure

Beyond zero emissions: rethinking the urban campus as a resilience hub

Way too slow – how to speed up climate adaptation of urban streets

Industrial Partnersas vectors of transformation

TOPIC 3: What are companies’ expectations when partnering with a European university?

Keynote: TBD

Big company

SME

Startup

SME

Summary and debate

Industrial Partnersas vectors of transformation

TOPIC 2: Projects inside EULiST Alliance

Keynote: TBD

Presentation 1: Educational cooperation with Brazil

Interculturality

EULiST Student Conference

A challenge based project on sustainability

Comments by panel members

Industrial Partnersas vectors of transformation

TOPIC 1: Financial cooperation between companies and universities: from the national to the European level

TBD

IMT Incubator network

Industrial Projects

Foundation Parana (Brazil)

Summary and debate

Knowledge Through Research

TOPIC 3: CONNECTING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH in climate resilience and sustainable solutions

Plenary Lecture 3

Keynote Lecture 5

Keynote Lecture 6

PlayInn Plazas: Youth-Driven Innovation for Sustainable Public Spaces

Urban Transformation
and Circularity

Urban Transformation
and Circularity

Urban Transformation
and Circularity

Industrial Partners
as vectors of transformation

Industrial Partners
as vectors of transformation

Industrial Partners
as vectors of transformation

Pre-conference
for PhD Students