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Event

Caring for the City – Day 2

September 26, 2025 | 9:00 am – 10:00 pm
FHWien der WKW
Währinger Gürtel 97, 1180 Vienna

The program for the second day of the conference can be found here.

The “Caring for the City” conference will take place on Friday with the following program:

9:00 am – 10:30 am Panel 7: Urban transformation and ground floor vacancy 

Chair: Lena Schartmüller, Elias Grinzinger

Panel 8: Urban development and Housing in Times of multiple challenges

Chair: Sina Moussa-Lipp

Panel 9: Regenerative Urban and Tourism Development

Chair: Xavier Matteucci

11:00 am – 12:30 pm Round Table 2: Rethinking Vacant Properties
with Lena Schartmüller (imGrätzl, TUWien), Theresia Kohlmayr (UrbanOuts), Markus Reiter (District Mayor),  Remi Wacogne (Ca Foscari, Venice), Anna Vera-Deinhammer (FHWien der WKW)
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch Break
   
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Panel 10: Caring Communities – social inclusion of vulnerable groups by strengthening civil society and institutional networks

Chair: Katharina Kirsch-Soriano da Silva, Senada Bilalic

Panel 11: Entangled Placemaking in Tourism and urban development

Chair: Roos Gerritsma, Sophie Gräf

Panel-12: Tourism & Urban Futures: Innovative Pathways

Chair: Christoph Pachucki

3:00 pm -4:00 pm Wiener Kaffeehaus 2: Wrap-up-Session
   
5:00 pm – 7:30 pm Keynote Ethan Kent: Placemaking in Tourism and Urban Development followed by a Round Table with  Ethan Kent (PlacemakingX), Cornelia Dlabaja (FHWien der WKW), Norbert Kettner (Vienna Tourist Board), Roos Gerritsma (Hogeschool Inholland), Laura Fregolent (IUAV) & Patricia Davies (Deputy District Mayor)
 
8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Night Walk
with Eugin Quinn