Urban Digital Twins for a Sustainable Transformation of Cities Conference

April 02 & 03 2025

Location

HafenCity Universität

City Science Lab

Hongkongstraße 8

20457 Hamburg, Germany

Online: Zoom

About the Conference

The “Urban Digital Twins for a Sustainable Transformation of Cities” conference aims to bring together leading scientists, researchers and practitioners to critically discuss on the question of how urban digital twins can foster a transformation of cities towards sustainability and resilience.

For further details, please refer to the conference concept note.

Registration

Registration is now open. Please register here to secure your seat at the conference or to participate online.

Keynotes

We are excited to announce the keynote speakers of this conference:

Luca Mora

Luca Mora

Professor of Urban Innovation

Edinburgh Napier University and Tallinn University of Technology

Elsa Arcaute

Elsa Arcaute

Professor of Complexity Science

Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London

Conference Agenda

We are finalizing the details of the conference agenda. The program will be accessible via this page shortly.

Key Questions

The conference will address and discuss these key questions:

  • How can urban digital twins initiate and accelerate processes of urban transformation?

  • How can the technical, institutional and political challenges of implementation be managed?

  • How can urban digital twins help to build transformative capacity among actors of sustainability?

  • How can effective technologies and governance settings be transferred to other cities?

Digital Urban Twin Days

The conference takes place within the framework of the Connected Urban Twins (CUT) project, which is funded by the German Federal Government as a Model Project Smart City.  The event is part of the Digital Urban Twin Days.

In order to present solutions and approaches of the CUT project, the scientific conference (02 to 03 April 2025) will be complemented by a practice-oriented event on 01 April 2025: CUT Innovations – Solutions and Approaches from the Connected Urban Twins Project will take place at the Authority for Urban Development and Housing and will be organized by the project partners in Hamburg. The event will be conducted in German. Register here.