“Today’s event welcomes policy makers at national and EU levels, cities, civil society, business, Horizon 2020 projects and academia, all sharing solutions and networking for better mutual understanding of the challenges of the day,” the conference website states.
With more than two-thirds of the global population predicted to be living in cities by 2050 – the challenge is very much on to make urban areas circular; and today’s stakeholders have a major role to play in advancing those ambitions.