Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) inaugurated as part of Singapore-ETH Centre of Global Environmental Sustainability

Kees Christiaanse is one of the speakers at the annual conference of Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) that takes place from September 14-16 in Singapore.Future Cities / Challenges is the first annual conference of Future Cities Laboratory (FCL) in its second phase. It will showcase the progress FCL researchers have made one year into the programme. The conference as a whole will focus on the challenges that future cities pose for researchers, planners, designers, and the society at large. Click here for more information.

The research community at FCL hosts an exhibition and symposium to engage in their most recent work. Both - entitled Research, Outcomes, and Prospects – will showcase the context, findings, products, and methods of the diverse research projects undertaken in FCL. The programme will begin today with the exhibition opening in the ETH Zurich’s Hauptgebäude. The symposium will be held on tomorrow, Thursday 25 September, and will feature short summary presentations of each research project within FCL in the morning session, and a series of thematic discussions on the challenges of contemporary urbanisation, sustainability, and future cities in the afternoon. The thematic discussions will continue on Friday 26 September, and will offer representatives of local agencies, industry partners and peers an opportunity to discuss specific research themes, insights and applications in greater detail. Click here for program information.

On 16 March, Singapore’s National Research Foundation (NRF) and Swiss University ETH Zurich inaugurated the Singapore-ETH Centre for Global Environmental Sustainability (SEC), in the new Campus for Research and Technological Enterprise (CREATE). The inauguration showcased the first SEC research programme, the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL), of which Kees Christiaanse is program leader. Click here for more information about FCL.