Summit parts and themes

Conference @ Lund University on 10 October Inspirational opening plenary, interactive lunch and breaks, and workshops bringing together a diverse audience and presenters of practitioners and researchers to explore sharing cities and the Sustainable Development Goals.

Exhibition @ Sege Park in Malmö on 11 October A world-leading urban development project integrating the sharing economy into planning and infrastructure as well as an opportunity to explore and learn from the experiences and findings of test-beds in Stockholm, Malmö, Umeå and Göteborg.

Seminar @ Smart City Sweden on 11 October A seminar organized at Smart City Sweden with a focus on using city planning, development and the sharing economy as leverages to achieving smart and sustainable cities. Concluding the summit, connecting the dots and looking forwards.

Summit speakers and participants

Representatives (from Malmö Municipality, Umeå Municipality, KTH and Göteborg Municipality) who lead test-beds on sharing cities in Malmö, Umeå, Stockholm, and Göteborg as part of Sharing Cities Sweden

Representatives (from Umeå University, Karlstad Municipality, Lund University, and IVL) who lead strategic projects on sharing cities covering Sharing Digital Platforms, Sharing Business Models, Sharing Towns, Sharing Communities and Sharing Behaviour

• Prof. Koen Frenken, Utrecht University

• Prof. Oksana Mont, Lund University

• Prof. Karin Bradley, KTH

• Harmen van Sprang and Pieter van de Glind, Sharing Cities Alliance

• Neal Gorenflo and Darren Sharp, Shareable

• Mayo Fuster and Alvaro Porro González, Sharing Cities Action

• Kes McCormick and Charlotte Leire, Sharing Cities Sweden

• Patrick Rydén and Charlie Gullström, Viable Cities

Summit pop-up exhibition on story-telling

Explore the pop-up exhbition on shared sustainabiility adventures at the summit and join a capacity building workshop on the power of solution story-telling! It is an initiative between ViA (Forum for Sustainable Visions in Action) and the Future Earth Working Group on Communicating for Sustainable Consumption and Production.

Summit topics and presenters

Opening plenary at summit

Kes McCormick, Sharing Cities Sweden and Lund University
Harmen van Sprang, Sharing Cities Alliance
Koen Frenken, Utrecht University
Neal Gorenflo, Shareable

Workskop session 1: Enabling sharing towns and communities
SDG 11 – ‘How can the sharing economy/cities contribute to sustainable cities and communities?’
Moderator: Roland Zingernagel
Commentator: Neal Gorenflo (Shareable)
Rapporteur: Nora Smedby
Speakers: Yuliya Voytenko Palgan (IIIEE), Henric Barkman (Karlstad Municipality, strategic project on sharing towns), Ann Edberg (Ett Tak AB)

Workshop session 2: Developing business models for the sharing economy
SDG 8 – ‘How can the sharing economy/cities contribute to decent work and economic growth?’
Moderator: Steven Curtis
Commentator: Koen Frenken (Utrecht University)
Rapporteur: Heather Schoonover
Speakers: Nancy Bocken (IIIEE, strategic project on sharing business models), Sven Bartilsson (Coompanion), Jonathan Narraine (Grow Gothenburg)

Workshop session 3: Evaluating sustainability impacts of sharing cities
SDG 12 – ‘How can the sharing economy/cities lead to more sustainable consumption and production?’
Moderator: Andrius Plepys
Commentator: Charlie Gullström (RISE, Stockholm Test-bed)
Rapporteur: Ana Maria Arbelaez Velez
Speakers: Dmitrijs Vitjazevs (Bluepath City), Mayo Fuster (Sharing Cities Action), Jagdeep Singh (IIIEE)

Workshop session 4: Institutionalizing sharing practices
SDG 17 – ‘How can partnerships underpin sharing economy/cities?’
Moderator: Oksana Mont
Commentator: Tom Llewellyn (Shareable)
Rapporteur: Katharina Reindl
Speakers: Lucie Zvolska (IIIEE), Nanette Schippers (Amsterdam Municipality), Marcus Wahrgren (E.ON)

Workshop session 5: Governing sharing cities
How can we better govern the sharing economy/cities?
Moderator: Yuliya Voytenko
Commentator: Karin Bradley (KTH)
Rapporteur: Sofie Sandin
Speakers: Darren Sharp (Monash University), Liv Fjellander (IVL, strategic project on sharing communities), Tove Lund (Göteborg Municipality, Göteborg test-bed)

Workshop session 6: Leveraging digitalisation for sharing cities
How can we better leverage digitalisation for the sharing economy/cities?
Moderator: Jenny Palm
Commentator: Jan Markendahl (KTH)
Rapporteur: Karolina Södergren
Speakers: Oskar Ahlman (Umeå University, strategic project on sharing digital platforms), Emma Öhwall (Göteborg Municipality), Neil Sang (SLU)

Workshop session 7: Connecting the sharing and circular economy
How can we better connect the circular economy with the sharing economy/cities?
Moderator: Lena Neij
Commentator: Rannveig Edda Hjaltadottir (Universite du Luxembourg)
Rapporteur: Jessika Luth Richter
Speakers: Pieter van de Glind (Sharing Cities Alliance), Cynthia Reynolds (Circular Oslo - Circular Regions), Philip Näslund (Umeå Municipality, Umeå Test-bed)

Workshop session 8: The future of sharing
How can we better shape the future of the sharing economy/cities?
Moderator: Björn Wickenberg
Commentator: Philip Vergragt (Clark University)
Rapporteur: Roberto Hernández
Speakers: Harmen van Sprang (Sharing Cities Alliance), Oscar Pelin (Malmö Municipality, Malmö Test-bed), Lucas Röhlinger (Umeå Municipality)

Closing seminar at summit

Helena Bjarnegård
Marcus Horning
Annika Nilsson
Patrik Ryden
Dan Hill