Virtual Event: Urban Innovation in Practice (UN-Habitat)

Background

Urban Innovation in Practice Event:
Stimulating a sustainable collaboration between the UK, South Africa, and Kenya to address urban challenges in African cities and improve citizens’ lives.

Why Urban Innovation in Practice?
The Connected Places Catapult (CPC), in partnership with UN-HABITAT, are inviting you to the Urban Innovation in Practice event. The aim of this event is to promote a sustainable collaboration between cities and hubs across UK, South Africa and Kenya to address urban challenges and improve citizens’ lives. This key event will promote collaboration between different stakeholders in UK, South Africa and Kenya to exchange experiences and knowledges and best practices relating to urban innovation. This event will also include a roundtable discussion which will discuss how donors can engage with city managers, tech hubs, civil society, and the private sector to enable donors to build a thriving innovation ecosystem in African cities.

Agenda
Session 1: Introduction to the Urban Innovation Market
Session 2: Urban Innovation in Practice: Urban Innovation in Practice: Stimulating the innovation ecosystem to address city challenges
Session 3: Sustainability and scale: The role of funding and donors
 

Find more information about the Event, the detailled agenda and the registration link here.