NCN seminars 2011
Political leadership and urban development, Norrköping 2011
NCN SEMINAR: In the first week of April planners and politicians from the Nordic City Network gathered in Norrköping, Sweden to discuss political leadership and the challenges facing our modern cities as they move from an industrial based economy to one driven by knowledge and innovation.
The Network City, Tromsø 2011
NCN SEMINAR: NCN met in Tromsø, 28-29 August 2011, to bring the theme Netværksbyen (The Network City) to the table. Here is the program for the seminar and more information about texts mentioned in the reference list. Wikinomics, Don Tapscott & Anthony Williams, 2006. The 4th Urban Space, Per Riisom, Malmø 2008.
The theme of the seminar, The Network City, dealt with the relationship between the university and the city. The city of Tromsø was used as a case study during the seminar and trough the workshop new ideas, suggestions and recommendations was presented for a Tromsø panel. The theme was also treated through the seminar participants’ own ideas and examples.