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Digital Agriculture Takes Center Stage at Sustainable Food Systems Conference in Macedonia – Velika Gorica LAB was a part

In a bid to explore the transformative power of digital technologies in agriculture, Partners of the Velika Gorica LAB recently convened at the two-day “Digital Agriculture in Sustainable Food Systems” conference in Macedonia. Organized by AgFuturaTechnologies, the event brought together a diverse array of companies and facilitated rich technical sessions, presenting a comprehensive overview of the digitalization landscape in agriculture.

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Cities2030 – Velika Gorica LAB on GASTRO TUROPOLJA event

At this year’s event, the 22nd GASTRO TUROPOLJA, on Thursday, October 12th the Round table is organized with the topic Plan for prevention and reduction of food waste generation, where the Ministry of Agriculture will present the Plan, the City of Zagreb will present the Voluntary Agreement as signatories, as well as the goals and activities that are planned, and VG Čistoća (city waste association ) will present Biodegradable waste and the situation in the City.

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Degrowth conference & Cities2030 project parallel within Velika Gorica LAB

The conference facilitated diverse discussions that united research institutions, educational establishments, urban practitioners, and local and regional governments from across Europe and beyond. The delegation from Cities2030 hosted a panel discussion under the METAR’s thematic area, centered on the role of Velika Gorica in such transformative processes, with a particular focus on regional contributions related to the Living Lab.

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Open Living Lab Days: Living labs for an era of transitions

Suzanne van Osch and Stella Archontaki, partners from IVM, successfully submitted their research paper and are going to present it during the special session: Green Transition. All accepted papers reflect on the theme of the conference “Living Labs for an Era of Transitions: How Human-centric approach is Changing Our Lives” and have been classified into the following sub-topics: Green Transition, Digital Transition, Social Transition, Just Transition, and Living Labs Transition – Methodologies & Impact.

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Cities2030 goes to…Degrowth Conference in Zagreb, Croatia

Partners from IVM and Velika Gorica Lab will join forces and organize a panel discussion on ‘Sustainable and just transformations of city-region food systems: The case of Velika Gorica’. More specifically, the session with be joined by Violeta Crnogaj and Blanka Kovač Walaitis from the Development Agency of the City of Velika Gorica – VE-GO-RA, Mario Konić from Inventive Solutions Ltd. and Stella Archontaki from IVM, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

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