1st International Seminar CITIES OF TOMORROW SEVILLE, 4TH DECEMBER 2015 CoT1 Title: Urban policy in the EU: Is there a European model of urban development? Abstract: This seminar is part of a series of activities organized by universities from Italy, Spain and UK. In particular, “Cities of Tomorrow” (CoT) international seminars promote discussion concerning the current EU and national urban agenda processes, the characteristics of the so-called European model of urban development, as well as their impact on national urban policies. Funding: 4º Plan Propio de Investigación (University Pablo de Olavide) CoT1 Seminar Organization Convenor and Chair María Ángeles Huete García Dept. of Sociology - University Pablo de Olavide Co-Chair Rafael Merinero Rodríguez Dept. of Sociology - University Pablo de Olavide Co-Chair Moneyba González Medina Autonomous University of Madrid Support Rocío Muñoz Moreno Dept. of Sociology - University Pablo de Olavide Programme 10:00 Introduction María Ángeles Huete García, University Pablo de Olavide Moneyba González Medina, Autonomous University of Madrid Spanish urban overview (I) 10:30 Sonia de Gregorio Hurtado, Polytechnic University of Madrid 11:00 Rosario Alonso Ibáñez, University of Oviedo Italian urban overview 11:30 Paola Briata / Valeria Fedeli, Polytechnic of Milan *(via Skype) British urban overview 12:00 Juliet Carpenter, Oxford Bookes University Spanish urban overview (II) 12:30 Ismael Blanco Fillola, Autonomous University of Barcelona 13:00 Carolina García Madruga / Isabel González, Polytechnic University of Madrid 13:00 - 14:30 Round table and conclusions “Urban policy in the EU: Is there a European model of urban development?” 14:30 LUNCH RESEARCHERS INVOLVED in this edition Rosario Alonso Ibáñez Dept. Public Law University of Oviedo mralonso@uniovi.es Agustín Hernández Aja Dept. Urbanística y Ord. del Territorio, Polytechnic University of Madrid agustin.hernandez@upm.es rehab.urbanismo.arquitectura @upm.es Isabel González García Dept. Urbanística y Ord. del Territorio, Polytechnic University of Madrid iasbel.gonzalez@upm.es Carolina García Madruga REHAB Project, Polytechnic University of Madrid cgmadruga@gmail.com Ángela Matesanz Parella REHAB Project, Polytechnic Universtiy of Madrid angela.matesanz@upm.es Sonia de Gregorio Hurtado Polytechnic University of Madrid sonia.degregorio@upm.es Ismael Blanco Fillola Dept. Political Science, Inst. of Government and Public Policies, Autonomous University of Barcelona ismael.blanco@uab.cat Juliet Carpenter Oxford Brookes University jcarpenter@brookes.ac.uk Valeria Fedeli Dept. Architecture and Urban Studies - Polytechnic of Milan valeria.fedeli@polimi.it Moneyba González Medina Dept Political Science and International Relations, Autonomous Univ. of Madrid moneyba.gonzalez@uam.es Paola Briata Dept. Architecture and Urban Studies - Polytechnic of Milan paola.briata@polimi.it Francesca Gelli Universitá IUAV di Venezia fgelli@iuav.it Mª Ángeles Huete García Dept. of Sociology - University Pablo de Olavide mahuegar@upo.es Rafael Merinero Rodríguez Dept. of Sociology - University Pablo de Olavide rmerrod@upo.es Rocío Muñoz Moreno Dept. of Sociology - University Pablo de Olavide rmunmor@upo.es