Ecocity World Summit announces 2023 theme

The hybrid summit aims to support collaboration across sectors, disciplines, localities, cultures, and economies, in tackling global social, economic and environmental issues.
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Ecocity World Summit has announced that the theme for the 2023 edition is ‘connecting communities’.

Taking place from 6-8 June 2023 at the Barbican Centre, the hybrid summit aims to support collaboration across sectors, disciplines, localities, cultures, and economies, in tackling global social, economic and environmental issues.

About the programme

The theme ‘connecting communities’ will investigate the critical role of collaboration in creating sustainable cities of the future.

The summit’s programme will also be centred around four key topic areas including:

1. Biodiversity: how can we restore and sustain ecological integrity through species and ecosystem diversity, locally and globally?

2. New lifestyles: how can culture, new technology, urban design and governance enable sustainable behaviours and a healthy and equitable future?

3. Regenerative design: how can we design, build and operate our buildings and urban places to have a net-positive impact on our environment?

4. Healthy ecosystems: how can we responsibly manage our natural and material resources to sustain healthy and restorative systems?

Call for submissions

Ecocity will be launching a call for ideas, research, and projects, with a portal opening for submissions in September 2022.

The aim is to identify concepts and applied thinking that support the theme of ‘connecting communities’ by specifically showcasing examples of innovative collaborative design approaches, co-curation practices, and participatory city-making for sustainable transformations.

Proposals can come from any type of organisation. Submissions will be reviewed by an Academic Committee, and selected for presentations, posters and papers that will form part of the summit proceedings.

Amy Chadwick-Till, summit director, Ecocity World Summit 2023, said: “We hope to uncover pioneering concepts and case studies for collaborative approaches to city making – success stories to learn from and inspire others.” 

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