Exponential Climate Action for Cities (X-CAC)
International workshop to explore exponential pathways for cities following a Global Carbon Law
12-13 April 2018 • Stockholm, Sweden
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Stockholm, Sweden
12-13 April 2018
SPEAKERS

Prof. Johan Rockström

Kathryn Myronuk

Prof. Benjamin Sovacool

Darja Isaksson
Presenters
12th April
Audrey Solans, Sustainable Cities & Infrastructures Officer, WWF France
Carina Borgström-Hansson, Senior Advisor and Director One Planet Cities, WWF Sweden
Johanna Engman, Acting IT-director, Stockholm City
Linda Birkedal, Environmental strategist, City of Lund
Albert Edman, Head of Urban Development and Sustainability, Umeå City
Anna Pernestål Brenden, Director, Integrated Transport Research Lab, KTH
Jens Malmodin, Sustainability Research Team, Ericsson
Dag Lundén, Environmental Manager at Technology, Telia
13th April
Frank Geels, Professor of System Innovation, The University of Manchester (UK)
Stephen Passmore, Technology Director, Resilience Brokers (UK)
Peter Regio, CEO, Flowspace
Jo Arne Lindstad, Global Engagement Director Smart Sustainable Cities, Ericsson
Ruth Woods, Post doc, Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities, NTNU (NO)
Isak Stoddard, Climate Researcher, Uppsala University
Stefan Myhrberg, Global Head of ITS Road, Ericsson
The workshop will be facilitated by:
Hannes Sjöblad, Chief Disruption officer, Epicenter
David Ershammar, Process consultant, Omtänk
Tomer Shalit, Agile coach, MapLauncher Sweden AB
The workshop will be facilitated by:
Hannes Sjöblad, Chief Disruption officer, Epicenter
David Ershammar, Process consultant, Omtänk
Tomer Shalit, Agile coach, Crisp
Photo: The volume of one day of global CO2 emissions projected on New York City.
THE GLOBAL CARBON LAW
In order to allow poorer parts of the world to develop, those with more means should follow trajectories that are faster than the Global Carbon Law. This means that very rapid transformations need to happen in cities and countries that are well-off. We now have an extraordinary opportunity to harness the power of the 4th Industrial Revolution and exponential technologies to drive change. It needs to be intersected with societal change, strong policy and mindset shifts, for mutual enhancement, directed towards the goal of decreased emissions.
Photo: The volume of one day of global CO2 emissions projected on New York City.
FOCUS AREAS
Mobility and logistics
Exponential solutions for people and goods in the urban space including smart commuting, telepresence and the promise and curse of self-driving cars.
Buildings
Fast solutions for a slow-moving sector, such as shared spaces and sensor-controlled ventilation.
Integrated and complex systems
Integrated and complex systems. Smart grids, buildings communicating with power and heat networks, open city data, etc. Bridging across the two sectors above.
Spanning across these are the questions of cities as key actors of change, the need for open source and open data, and transformative aspects of policy and societal tipping points.
We will approach these themes and map out opportunities with a method based on Agile transformations where creating an overview, seeing a full picture and mapping the space of opportunities and key actions is central. Participants will play an active role in laying this puzzle.
Join the workshop
This is an event that will bring together a wide range of expertise at the interface of science, innovation and policies of exponential climate action in cities. They include but are not limited to:
- City authorities
- Entrepreneurs of technologies and/or social innovations for climate mitigation
- ICT, AI, IoT, and Telecom companies
- Researchers in exponential technologies related to climate solutions and sustainability
- Researchers in sustainability transformations particularly from sociology, anthropology and political sciences
Are you interested in coming to this workshop? It’s free of charge and we supply lunches and coffee. We appreciate that participants stay for both days. Sign up at bit.ly/x-cac using the code X-CAC-467*98.
REGISTRATION CLOSES ON END OF SUN 8TH APRIL
PROGRAMME
12th April
Opening session (main room)
8:30 Morning reception, mingle
9:00 Welcome and introductions
9:05 The Exponential Roadmap, Owen Gaffney & Johan Falk (Future Earth)
9:15 Quick talks: Examples from leading businesses and cities, day 1 speakers
10:20 Coffee on the go
10:25 Connect in groups
10:45 Explaining methodology for interactive sessions
Inspiration session (main room)
11:00 Keynote speakers
12:10 LUNCH
Interactive session 1 (group rooms)
13:00 Exploring opportunities
15:00 Coffee
Interactive session 2 (group rooms)
15:20 Group session, quantify and qualify solutions
Closing session (main room)
16:20 Key insights from groups, wrapping up
16:40 End
17:00 Participants have left the premise
13th April
Tour: Ericsson studio (Gather at Grönlandsgången 4, Kista)
8:50 Tours in groups through Ericsson showcase studio
Interactive session 3 (main room)
10:10 Coffee
10:20 Exhibition of solutions in main hall
Transformation session (main room)
10:55 Talks: Rapid transformations of cities, digital systems and society
11:55 Plenary talk: City Indicators, international insights (Pernilla Bergmark, Master Researcher, Ericsson)
12:05 Talk and video: AR and Minecraft for a city design project in Johannesburg (Marcus Nyberg, Senior Researcher, Ericsson)
12:15 LUNCH
Interactive session 4 (group rooms)
13:00 Group session
14:00 Flexible coffee break
Ending session (main room)
14:30 Teams presenting in main hall
15:20 Retrospective, sum up and closure
16:00 End
17:00 Participants have left the premise
PRACTICAL
Ericsson in Stockholm
The address of the main venue is Torshamnsgatan 21, Kista, Stockholm, Sweden
On the second day (13th) we gather at Ericsson studio for a tour, the address is Grönlandsgången 4, Kista. This is for about an hour, all other time is spent in the main venue.
Kista is a major tech zone in Stockholm, located less than 20 minutes from central Stockholm by metro or train.
Contact Us
Contact us through workshop@futureearth.org.