Urbanization continues to geographically expand our urban areas – but sprawl is not a destiny! We are seeing a strong emergence of a new urgency to :

• Built on existing areas – densify especially around growing transit nodes
• Actively promote decarbonization via less car-based lifestyles, more transit & active transports
• Transform large under-used mostly mono-functional and low density sites – from malls to factories or fallen business parks, hospitals complexes, etc…into new compelling urban neighborhoods.

In this conversations, as a follow up on our previous ones on the future role of downtowns, we invite you to discuss with us how about the key lessons to learn and apply in transforming such sites.

We propose the following flow during our 1 hour webinar

1 – AN UPDATE ON URBAN & SOCIETAL TRENDS – and how they affect cities & urban destinations

2 – THE TRANSFORMATION OF UNDERUSED URBAN SITES INTO COMPELLING NEIGHBORHOODS

- a review of impactful cases in Europe and North America

- The key lessons we draw from these

3- AN OPEN DISCUSSION BETWEEN PARTICIPANTS

Your take on these cases and conclusions

Share your own case or experience with the group

Open to all, we aim for a professional discussion around key themes and issues which are important for creating more long-term vibrant, liveable and relevant cities. Registration is done via the Eventbrite site and is free of charge.