International Affairs Division (AAI)

Until May the 12th, applications are open for the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities EU Mission workshop. It will take place in Turin on May 17th and will be hosted by the project’s partner PoliTo. The whole Técnico Lisboa’s community is invited.

“Climate neutral and Smart Cities” is an ambitious EU initiative aiming to deliver 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030. This mission is part of the Unite!WIDENING project, started in January 2024 and designed as part of Alliance of European Universities – Unite!

One of the specific objectives of the project is to strengthen the global competitiveness and international visibility of the 9 European Universities that are part of the project, creating critical mass in key areas such as the green transition, digitalization and the Horizon Europe Mission areas.

To identify the main areas of research development and innovation (RD&I) the project will analyze relevant policies and documents at EU level, such as the 5 EU Missions Horizon 2030 (in particular Mission Cities, Mission Adaptation and Mission Ocean) among others. This analysis will result in the identification of the strengths and needs of countries expanding in the green transition, reinforced by the identification of RD&I areas of interest for common research projects.

This EU Mission is a catalyser for new ways of collaboration and coordination that recognizes the importance and complexity of the challenge of climate neutrality in transport.

Paulo Ferrão, Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico and President of the Center for Studies in Innovation, Technology and Development Policies – IN+, which is part of the EU Council for Mission until 2025, will participate in this Workshop.

It is worth remembering that on March 22nd, Técnico Lisboa hosted the Mission Ocean restore our Ocean and Waters conference in the same context.

 Registration until May 12th at: https://forms.microsoft.com/e/Gvjnr1Wjqf

For more information, please access the link.