OSTA attends the third International High-level Forum on Sustainable Urban Development

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Austria as a worldwide role model in sustainable urban development

Photo: The opening ceremony

16 July 2019 – The 3rd High-Level International Forum on Sustainable Urban Development, organized by the China Center for Urban Development (CCUD), the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and Chengdu Municipal People’s Government, was opened in Chengdu. Deputy Director of OSTA, Mr. Max Pfeiler attended the Forum and represented Austria as a strong innovation player in the field of sustainable urban development.

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Mr. Ernst Woller visited CCUD

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Sharing successful experience on social housing in Vienna

Photo: Mr. Woller giving the presentation

16 April 2019 – On the invitation by China Centre for Urban Development (CCUD) of the NDRC, Mr. Ernst Woller, the first President of the Parliament of the Province of Vienna, accompanied by Mr. Philipp Agathonos, Minister Plenipotentiary for Science and Technology and director of OSTA visited CCUD. Mr. Woller held a very informative presentation about the social housing system in Vienna. Ms. Qiu Aijun, the deputy director general and more than 20 researchers of CCUD participated at the workshop. Ms. Qiu thanked Mr. Woller for his presentation and said, that the long history of social housing and valuable experience of the City of Vienna is an excellent example, which can serve an a reference for the Chinese cities in exploring and developing new method to improve the living conditions for their citizens.

After the workshop Mr. Agathonos and Ms. Qiu held an informal exchange of views on the current cooperation projects between Austria and China in the field of urban development. Ms. Qiu also invited Mr. Agathonos and the Ambassador Stift to the upcoming fifth EU-China Forum on Urban Scientific Research and Innovative Industry Development in Tianjin.

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OSTA participated seminar in Huzhou

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Focus on digitalization and urban development

Photo: Group photo, Source: CAUPD

11 April 2019 – the Huzhou seminar on the cultural innovation of Chinese – European urban development with the theme of „China-Europe Dialogue in the Digital Era“ was held in Huzhou.

The conference was hosted by Huzhou Municipal People’s Government, China Academy of Urban Planning and Design (CAUPD) and Central Academy of Fine Arts. It was co-organized by the German Hamburg Municipal Government and Tongji University. The conference was also supported by the China-Europe Sustainable Urbanization Cooperation Project Committee and the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. Mr. Philipp Agathonos, the director of the Science and Technology Section of the Austrian Embassy Beijing (OSTA) participated at the seminar and exchanges views with representatives from the Chinese local government and universities. He presented the work of Austria on Urban Sustainable Development.

During the seminar the speakers and participants discussed deeply about opportunities and challenges of urban development in the digital age, China and Europe cooperation on digitalization of urbanization and smart city.

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Smart City Workshop

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Intensive Exchange of views in the area of Smart City between Austria and China

Photo: Ambassador Dr. Friedrich Stift, Mr. Ernst Woller

Photo: Panel Discussion at the 2018 China-EU Conference on Sustainable Urbanisation

On Tuesday, the December 11th a Smart City Workshop was hosted at the residence of the Austrian Embassy in Beijing by the Science and Technology Section of the Austrian Embassy (OSTA Beijing) and opened by the Austrian Ambassador Dr. Friedrich Stift.

Mr. Ernst Woller, first President of the Parliament of the Province of Vienna was invited by Mr. Philipp Agathonos, Minister Plenipotentiary and Director of the OSTA Beijing to attend the Workshop and deliver a key note speech on the City of Vienna’s remarkable evolution over the last 100 years. Vienna now ranks first in various international ranking systems measuring quality of life and level of digitalization.

Mr. Bernhard Müller, Secretary General of the Urban Forum and former mayor of the City Wiener Neustadt also attended the event an presented his organization as well as the Agency for European Integration, a Vienna-based governmental agency set-up to manage large transnational projects.

The AIT – Austrian Institute of Technology, the largest Austrian applied research organization and the Austrian companies Swarco, Doppelmayr and Neubau, which are all present in China for several years as well as representatives from the China Centre for Urban Development (CCUD) of the NDRC, the China Academy for Urban Planning and Design (CAUPD) of MoHURD and the Telekom-Giant Huawei gave informative Show-Case Presentations in the area of Smart City including cyber security, smart buildings, smart traffic and digitization.

On Wednesday 12 December, Mr. Ernst Woller, accompanied by Ambassador Stift, OSTA, AIT, Urban Forum, a representative of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology and of the Research Promotion Agency participated at the 2018 China-EU Conference on Sustainable Urbanisation dedicated on the planning of the Xiong’an New Area, organised by CAUPD and joined a Panel Discussion at the opening session of the event.

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The first Joint Working Group Meeting between ATC and Jiaxing Nanhu District

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Further enhance cooperation in the field of smart city

Photo: The first Joint Working Group Meeting between ATC and Jiaxing Nanhu District

06 November 2018 – The first Joint Working Group Meeting between the Austrian Technology Corporation (ATC) and the Nanhu District of Jiaxing City was successfully held in Jiaxing Science City. The Austrian delegation was headed by Mr Alexander Unkart, from the Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology of the Republic of Austria (BMVIT). The Chinese delegation was headed by Mr CAO Jiandi, Director of Development and Reform Bureau (DRC) of Nanhu District and Mr ZHOU Chuangen, Deputy Director of DRC Nanhu and included representatives from urban planning organisations.

Both sides held in-depth discussions regarding the cooperation in the field of smart city. Following a general introduction of Nanhu District and Jiaxing Science City, Mr Tino Terraneo, CEO of ATC held an informative presentation on smart city solutions, focusing on urban planning, smart mobility, smart energy, urban farming, green city, urban environment, E-Government, E-Health, safety and security, etc. Ms Sandra Schneider from the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) also introduced a new generation of urban planning tools and methods, such as rapid prototyping of cities, infrastructure and districts. Active and constructive talks were held after the presentations.

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Austrian Technology Day 2018 finished the first stop in Chengdu

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“Tecxport” achieved a futher step

Photo: Mr Martin Allgäuer, Austrian Consul General in Chengdu opened the event

05 November 2018 – The Austrian Technology Day 2018 (Chengdu), which was organized by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) and the Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province, co-organized by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), Office of Science and Technology (OSTA), Austrian Consulate General Chengdu Commercial Section and Austrian Technology Corporation (ATC), was successfully held at the Centre for China-Europe Cooperation (CCEC) managed by the EU Project Innovation Centre (EUPIC).

The Austrian Technology Day (Chengdu) was opened by Mr Martin Allgäuer, Austrian Consul General in Chengdu; Mr JING Shigang, Deputy Director General of the Department of Science and Technology of Sichuan Province; Mr Alexander Unkart, BMVIT; Ms Segree Dai, President of EUPIC and Ms Birgit Murr, Austrian Consul for Commercial Affairs in Chengdu. Mr Max Pfeiler, Deputy Director of OSTA, moderated the event.

This event gathered over 120 participants from both Austria and China, who discussed the following areas of possible cooperation: “Aeropolis” (Chengdu Tianfu International Airport), Environment & Energy and Urban Development & Disaster prevention. Representatives from 12 Austrian technology-oriented companies and research organisations (ATC, BT Seals Austria, Getzner, GWT, Lumitech, Neubau, M-U-T, Austrian State Printing Office, RISE, Geodata, AIT and FFG), held interesting presentations during the event, presenting various state-of-the-art Austrian technologies, products and services. Participants from the Chinese side came from local government, S&T organizations and over 40 companies. 6 Chinese companies also held presentations at each topic. On the margin of the event, participants of both sides were able to find potential partners at networking tea break and lunch buffet.

The Austrian Technology Day 2018 in Chengdu offered another outstanding opportunity for information exchange and further technology cooperation between Austria and Sichuan.

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OSTA attended annual work conference “Urban Living Lab” in Jingdezhen

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Promoting Austrian Technology and expertise in the area of urbanization

18 October 2018 – Mr. Philipp Agathonos, the director of the Science and Technology Section of the Austrian Embassy Beijing (OSTA) attended the annual work conference “Urban Living Lab” 2018 in Jingdezhen.

The focus of the conference was discussion about the implementation of the cooperation plan between the China Academy of Urban Planning and Design (CAUPD) and Jingdezhen, which was founded by the “China-EU Sustainable Urbanization Cooperation Project”. Mr. Agathonos held an informative presentation about new technologies and advantages of Austria in the fields of urbanization, urban planning as well as smart cities.

The conference brought together policy makers and experts from national wide and EU states to share practical and scientific experiences on urban planning, architecture and landscape design.

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Meeting with the Chengdu DRC and S&T Department

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Preparing Austrian Technology Day in Chengdu

Photo:Bilateral talks with Chengdu DRC and S&T Department

20 September 2018 – An Austrian Delegation, headed by Mr Agathonos, Minister Plenipotentiary and director of OSTA, accompanied by Mr Martin Allgäuer, Consul General of Austria in Chengdu, met representatives of the Chengdu Municipal Development and Reform Commission and the Chengdu Municipal Science and Technology Department. Both sides exchanged opinions regarding specific cooperation fields and possibility of co-hosting the event Austrian Technology Day, which will presumably take place on 05 November in Chengdu.

Focused on the new Chengdu Tianfu International Airport and actual urban development of Chengdu, Mr Agathonos “offered” „Aeropolis“ (border control, crowd-management), environmental technologies (drinking water management, wastewater management, CO² conversion technology, passive house), mobility (smart transport system) and disaster management (Geo-mapping) etc. as possible cooperation fields between Austria and Chengdu.

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Meeting with the Sichuan S&T Department

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Exploring further cooperation fields and preparing Austrian Technology Day

Photo: Lin, Thenmayer, Zanetta, Agathonos, Liu, Allgäuer, Zhao in front of Austrian booth on WCIF

Photo: Bilateral talks on margin of WCIF

20 September 2018 – In the margin of WCIF – Western China International Fair, Mr Agathonos, Minister Plenipotentiary and director of OSTA and Mr Martin Allgäuer, Consul General of Austria in Chengdu met the Director General of Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province, Mr LIU Dong. Mr Agathonos firstly presented the Austrian booth to DG Liu and both sides subsequently held fruitful talks regarding the possible fields for bilateral cooperation and the preparation of Austrian Technology Day, which will presumably take place on 05 November in Chengdu.

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The 2nd High-Level International Forum on Sustainable Urban Development

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Austria as an Innovation Leader in Sustainable Urban Development

Photo: HE Ambassador Dr. Stift held a presentation on the forum

01 August 2018 – The 2nd High-Level International Forum on Sustainable Urban Development, organised by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and the China Center for Urban Development (CCUD), was opened in Chengdu. HE Ambassador Dr. Friedrich Stift held a presentation on Austrian cases of sustainable urban development with the example of the Smart City of Vienna. Mr. Ingolf Schädler, Head of Innovation at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, delivered a speech at the event and introduced the EU – Joint Programming Initiative URBAN EUROPE, underlying that new ways of citizens participation in urban development will be needed in order to tap the full potential of technology driven innovation within cities. Dr. Margit Noll, Chair of the Management Board of JPI Urban Europe, also held a presentation on Sustainable Urban Development. Deputy Director of OSTA, Mr. Max Pfeiler also attended the Forum and assisted the representatives from Austria.

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