When you bring several brilliant minds to the table, there’s no way you won’t get a fantastic discussion. That’s exactly what happened recently at the New Urban Habits in Bucharest.

Annemie Wyckmans leads impactful NEB and Horizon projects at NTNU, where the university plays a key role in shaping sustainable cities through open innovation, co-creation, and interdisciplinary research, highlighting the essential need for innovation and research to address urban challenges and climate goals

Bjarne Uldal co founded Nordic Edge Norway’s leading smart city innovation cluster, and helped design Stavanger’s smart city roadmap, emphasizing collaboration, citizen involvement, and technology for holistic urban improvement;

Melissa from Dutch Cycling Embassy
advocates for biking and smart urban mobility, encouraging cities like Bucharest to prioritize people over cars; she would likely counter skepticism by stressing that transformative mobility is possible anywhere with vision and commitment, not just in the Netherlands

With Maria Vassilakou we discuss about her work as a vice mayor of Viena, one of the cities which is in global rankings of quality of life in the last years, and about the 100 Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Mission of European Commision.

This roundtable from New Urban Habits festival was possible because it recieve the support of EEA and Norway Grants and we are thankful to our Norwegian partners.

Thank you everyone for inspiring local communities with you’re vision and experience. It was a pleasure to host you in Bucharest and I’m hoping that it’s only a start of a longtherm partnership. 🙏