Documentation Kick Off Meeting // The Sustainable Urbanisation Global Initiative (SUGI)
Researchers and project partners from the 15 projects funded in the JPI Urban Europe and Belmont Forum joint call “Sustainable urbanization global initiatives – food water energy nexus” met in London for a two days’ kick-off meeting in the beginning of June.
The Kick Off Meeting was organized with the aim to give the projects valuable information and to encourage collaboration across projects from the start. It was held to share expectations for the coming three years, comparing different approaches to food-water-energy nexus in urban transitioning, and identifying topics for further collaboration. Hassan Virji, Chair of the SUGI Expert Committee on Innovation and Impact Delivery, explained how the monitoring activities will support projects to succeed.
Programme
Programme SUGI Kick Off Meeting
Presentations
Overall programme overview
Day 1
- Katrina Hayter
Innovate UK
Welcome address - Ewa Bloch
Innovate UK (presentation from Maria Yeroyanni)
Welcome address - Maria Uhle
National Science Foundation
Presentation - Margit Noll
JPI Urban Europe
Presentation - 15 SUGI projects
Speed presentation - Joe Ravetz
CURE; Manchester University
Presentation
Day 2
- Daniela Melandri
Coordinator of SUGI, Future Cities Catapult - Susanna Ehlers
SUGI Theme Programme Office (TPO) Lead, National Science Foundation
The SUGI overall framework and timeline
- Hanna Scheck
SUGI call secretariat, FFG
Formal reporting and requirements - Tina Vuga
ARRS, Hassan Virji, Chair of the SUGI Expert Committee on Innovation and Impact Delivery
Monitoring projects’ progress and impact - Katarina Schylberg and Magnus Brink
IQS, JPI Urban Europe management board
Communication, support activities and events - Josh Tewksbury
Future Earth
Future Earth cross- project synthesis activities - Kirsten Rowell
University of Colorado Boulder
Global Sustainability Scholars - Clement Ng
JST
Belmont Forum e-Infrastructures and Data Management– expectations on open data policy and data management and potential training opportunities
SUGI Projects Catalogue and Guidelines
- SUGI Projects Catalogue
- SUGI Guidelines to projects
More information
Source: JPI Urban Europe