LAS Student Conference Programm

The City of the Future

Friday – Sunday | Inspiration, Collaboration & Innovation

Rathenaustrasse 10, 35394 Giessen, Germany

• 13:30 – 14:00 | Arrival and Registration

• 14:00 – 15:00 | Opening and Introduction | Dr. Charlotte Kitzinger

• 15:00 – 15:30 | Icebreaker and Interactive Session

• 15:30 – 17:00 | Keynote Speech and Q&A | Dr. Stefan Carsten

• 17:00 – 17:30 | Coffee Break

• 17:30 – 19:30 | Student Contributions (Call for Participation)

• 19:30 | Pizza

• 09:00 – 09:30 | Arrival and Attendance Check

• 09:30 – 10:00 | Introduction and Overview

• 10:00 – 12:00 | Brief Presentations by Guest Speakers:

Apl. Prof. Dr. York Kautt: Living Labs as Drivers of Transformation

Emilia Blank: Citizens' Assemblies as a Democratic Update for the City?

Bennet Rosswag: Nature in a Grid - Planned (Parts of) Cities in Early Modernity

Dr. Nils Hasenbein: It’s Not Easy Being Green – The Long Way Towards Green Infrastructure

Maria Ertl: Visions for "The City of the Future"

• 12:00 – 12:30 | Group Formation and Topic Selection

• 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch Break

• 14:00 – 17:00 | Group Work Session

• 17:00 – 18:00 | Check-in and Exchange

• 18:00 | Pizza & voluntary evening program

• 09:30 – 11:30 | Café of Ideas

• 11:30 – 12:30 | Interdisciplinary Synthesis | Prof. Dr. Claus Leggewie

• 12:30 – 13:00 | Closing Session