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Title The Moon, the Lake and the 'Leapfrog': A 'making discipline' approach for designing urban development Day / Time Thursday, June 22nd / 16:30 - 18:30 Room MR13 Event Description There is a crucial need for re-thinking urban development and, thus, the processes of knowledge production and management by using systems design. Urban development processes and products with points of departure in everyday lives of people and enterprises should be designed and facilitated to promote the integration of scientific knowledge at the forefront with experience-based and traditional knowledge. Students constitute an important target group for capacity building as being a great resource in data collection, idea generation and communication with local experts and laymen. Students are the practitioners of the future and the best actors for the dissemination of knowledge into action. Partners from industry should co-operate with cities and universities for an affordable and innovative next generation urban systems. This event explores how experience from the moon reflects in the Lake Victoria region if enhanced by designing "leapfrogging" mechanisms of networking cities, universities and industry. Session Language English Speakers (information as provided by host organization) Mr Graham Alabaster, WSIB, UN-habitat and invited guests Dr. Suki K. K. Mwendwa, Director, School of The Arts & Design, Nairobi University and invited guests Prof. Maria Nystrom, Star Design, Lund University, Sweden and invited guests   Contact Need more information about this event? Please fill the contact form Related Documents (in English and / or French) Side_event_at_WUF_100131.doc Host Organization Chalmers University of Technology - Department of Architecture Host Organization Description Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden is conducting research and eduction within the domains of a technical faculty, including Architecture, with a central policy to promote sustainable development and a strong commitment to promote capacity building through collaborative research, education, networking and knowledge dissemination. Chalmers is a member of the Alliance for Global Sustainability(AGS)in partnership with ETH, Zurich, MIT, Boston, and Tokyo University. Chalmers is also one of the first official Habitat Partner Universities. The event is organised in cooperation with the universities of Nairobi, Kenya, and Lund, Sweden, and the Water, Sanitation and Infrastructure Branch of UN-Habitat. Website (Organizer and partners) www.chalmers.se www.unhabitat.org

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