This document provides details of the agenda and events for the REDIS - Restructuring Districts into Science Quarters Final Conference being held from April 12-14, 2011 in Magdeburg, Germany. The conference will discuss the role of science and research in developing European cities and feature presentations from leading experts on knowledge-based urban planning and rebuilding city quarters for science. City representatives from Aarhus, Bialystok, Halle, Magdeburg, Manresa, Newcastle, Piraeus and Vienna will discuss lessons learned from their participation in the REDIS project on international exchange of ideas. Site visits are planned to the Science Port development in Magdeburg.

1. REDIS - Restructuring Districts
into Science Quarters
Final Conference, Magdeburg
“Cities and Science – New Challenges”
12th-14th April 2011

2. 2 REDIS – FINAL CONFERENCE
CITIES AND SCIENCE –
NEW CHALLENGES
REDIS – FINAL CONFERENCE
12TH – 14TH APRIL 2011, CITY OF MAGDEBURG, TOWNHALL
Intro
Science and research are important drivers for the development of European cities today. This effects
development approaches in all areas of urban life: culture, social life, economic development and urban
planning.
The City of Magdeburg and the URBACT project REDIS invite an international audience to discuss these
issues at the conference. A number of leading experts and policy makers will give speeches to reflect on the
theme. There will also be a look at the global dimension of the topic, as Dr. Kwon Lee refers to the
development of Songdo international city in South Corea.
REDIS is an international exchange project, in which a number of European cities exchanged ideas on
rebuilding of city quarters for knowledge based development. Based on the project results, there will be
presentations of several European cities with high knowledge ambitions, which will give new insights and
lessons on knowledge-based urban planning.
Agenda
Tuesday, 12th April
17:30 Guided City Tour on a Double-Decker Bus ALTER MARKT
Meeting point: Otto von Guericke monument / Alter Markt
End: 19:00 on the restaurant L-BE (Welcome Party)
19:00 Social Program – Welcome Party RESTAURANT “L-BE”
Location: Restaurant L-BE, Schleinufer 30
Note: Transfer back to the hotels is offered on 22:30

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Wednesday, 13th April
TOWN HALL
08:30 Accreditation / Signing / Information
08:30 – 09:00 Coffee
09:00 Welcome and introduction with
Dr. Lutz Trümper, Lord Mayor of Magdeburg
Mr. Normunds Popens EU Commission - Deputy Director General in DG Regio
Dr. Karl Heinz Daehre, Minister for Regional Development and Transport Saxony-Anhalt
Prof. Klaus Erich Pollmann, Principal of Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg
09:45 Keynote speech 1:
“Development to a science based society”
Mrs. Ute Schneider, Direktorin KCAP Architects & Planners, Zürich
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 Keynote speech 2
“Role of the universities in the modern society”
Prof. Debackere, Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 Presentation
Basic idea of the project REDIS
Dr. Willem van Winden, UrbanIQ, Amsterdam
13:30 Presentation
Cross-city learning with “Implementation Labs” - method for the REDIS project
Mr. Volkmar Palmer, City of Vienna
14:00 Parallel workshops
REDIS results of the partner cities
WKS 1: Aarhus, Magdeburg, Manresa, Piraeus
WKS 2: Bialystok, Halle, Newcastle, Vienna :
15:30 Coffee break
16:00 Presentation
“Creating Science Districts: Lessons from 8 REDIS cities”,
Dr. Willem van Winden, UrbanIQ, Amsterdam
16:45 Presentation:
“Science Port in Magdeburg”, Dr. Dieter Scheidemann
17:15 Closing
17:30 Departure at Town Hall to Science Port
17:45 Site Visit Science Port SCIENCE PORT
18:30 Departure at Science Port to Gesellschaftshaus
19:00 evening reception at Gesellschaftshaus GESELLSCHAFTSHAUS
Note: Transfer back to the hotels is offered on 22:30

4. 4 REDIS – FINAL CONFERENCE
Thursday, 14th April
TOWN HALL
08:30 Introductory presentation:
“Social and cultural aspects of the Science City“,
Prof. Dr. Ulf Matthiesen, Humboldt university, Berlin
09:30 Workshops with best practice:
1. Science City marketing –
“web.2.0 - The Essentials for creative communication”
Prof. Andreas Mack, embassyexperts - Berlin
2. Science City planning –
“Finding the right way for creative science quarters“
Dr. Georg Flachbart, mind(21)factory for Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Design
Stuttgart-Berlin-Kremnica
11:00 Keynote speech:
“An Asian perspective of the Science City“
Dr. Kwon Lee, Songdo International City, South Corea
12:00 Closing session
“The role of URBACT in the European cohesion policy”,
Mr. Jean-Loup Drubigny, Head of the URBACT-Secretariat, Paris
12:30 Lunch
Closing 2nd congress day
Note: Transfer back to the Airport Berlin Tegel is offered on 13:00
Contact:
Landeshauptstadt Magdeburg
Team Wissenschaft
Alter Markt 6
39104 Magdeburg
Dr. Klaus Puchta
Telefon: + 49 391 540 2562
Fax: + 49 391 540 2115
E-Mail: Puchta@ob.magdeburg.de
MDKK GmbH
Remtergang 1
39104 Magdeburg
Telefon: + 49 391 53 53 92 82
Fax: + 49 391 53 53 92 81
E-Mail: Kautzsch@mdkk.de

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