The U!REKA Consortium organises an annual conference, hosted by a different partner each year. This highly anticipated gathering is a prime opportunity for networking, strengthening our existing partnerships and forging new joint activities. Attendees share expertise through interactive workshops, presentations and more.
The annual U!REKA Conference will take place in Oslo in 2019. However, it will be organised in two parts: a workshop on 7-9 October followed by a second workshop on 2-3 December. Stay tuned to the website for more information.
Shaping Urban Communities: Smart and Sustainable Solutions
On 26-28 November 2018 the annual conference of the Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance (U!REKA) was held at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences.
The theme of the 3rd annual conference was Shaping Urban Communities: Smart and Sustainable Solutions. This annual event provides a platform for AUAS professors, lecturers and other colleagues to present their work and to better understand the common and complementary expertise of their consortium peers, with the aim to strengthen collaboration.
During the event, staff members of the consortium presented their work related to six strategic themes:
Migration and Urban Displacement
Health and Well-being in Urban Environments
Urban Sustainable Development
The Smart City
Research and Innovation and the Urban Ecosystem
Higher Education Research
At the end of November 2017, the second annual U!REKA Conference was held in Scotland at Edinburgh Napier University. The theme of this conference aimed to support the development of the U!REKA Research and Education Strategy, focusing on four key themes of interest shared among the consortium partners:
Urban Displacement, Migration and Refugees
Urban Environments, Health and Wellbeing
Urban Sustainable Development
The Smart City
More information on the conferenceThe Urban Research and Education Knowledge Alliance was officially launched during an inaugural event in Amsterdam, hosted by the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences at the end of November 2016.