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9-11 Apr 2025, Φ♣ Hannover-Herrenhausen, InterAcademyPartnership (IAP) et al.: International Urban Health Summit (IUHS)

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9.-11.4.2025, Hannover-Herrenhausen, InterAcademyPartnership (IAP) et al.: International Urban Health Summit (IUHS)

Conference organizers:

Plenaries (beyond “Welcome” and “Setting the scene”):

  1. Urban Planning & Governance
  2. Built Environment & Urban Health
  3. Natural Environment, Climate Change & Urban Health
  4. Public Engagement & Urban Decision Making
  5. AI & Urban Health
  6. Education & Urban Health
  7. Final: Wrap up, next steps & closing remarks.

Supplemented by Breakout sessions, incl. “ART goes Urban Health” and “Nature Therapy”, and Poster session.

Program, final version:

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IAP Press release on IUHS, 11 Apr 2025, https://www.interacademies.org/news/future-urban-health-starts-hannover-summit: The future of urban health starts at the Hanover Summit …brought together over 350 experts from 30 countries to explore the growing impact of urbanisation on health and to lay the groundwork for a global, interdisciplinary initiative in urban health – one that aligns science, policy and innovation for the future of city living … “attention to urban health has not been a priority for those in public health or medicine until now,” said Jo Ivey Boufford, … founding board member of ISUH … Researchers, practitioners and policy-makers from all corners of the world … presented global trends in urbanisation and its challenges, including social density, the growth of mega-cities, pollution, the distress of those living on the margins of society and their isolation. “Urban health is an issue that brings together several disciplines, from the medical professions to urban planning, via architecture, social sciences and even the arts,” added Peggy Hamburg, IAP co-President. “The scientific academies … should play an important role in promoting a holistic approach in this field,” she emphasised. This is the starting point of a global project led by an IAP working group to design, including through the use of artificial intelligence, an interdisciplinary programme that will bring together education, transport, social justice and urban health promotion services for a more liveable and resilient city.

For summary, press release and photo galleries, see https://www.interacademies.org/news/urban-health-global-agenda-highlights-iuhs-2025.

VW Foundation, https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/de/veranstaltungen/international-urban-health-summit

The research program “City of the Future- Healthy and sustainable metropolises” (www.urban-health.de, www.stadt-und-gesundheit.de), funded by Fritz and Hildegard Berg Foundation, was involved in the conference. Advisory Board and network members provided presentations, contributed to conference preparation, and (co-)chaired sessions:

  • Plenary session 1 “Urban planning and governance”
  • Breakout session 1-A “Urban planning for equity and cities’ resilience”
  • Breakout session 1-B “Addressing implementation gaps”.

Plenary session 1 “Urban planning and governance”

  • Marcus Grant, Editor in Chief – Cities & Health, United Kingdom
  • Heike Köckler, Bochum University of Applied Sciences / Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL), Bochum, Germany
  • Carlos Moreno, Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne and École des Ponts ParisTech, France
  • Samuel Gachohi Njuguna, UN-Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Wu Zhiqiang, Chinese Academy of Engineering, Beijing, China

Chair: Rainer Fehr, Medical Faculty OWL, U Bielefeld.

Session exposé: Managing the pace of urbanization and promoting an approach to urban planning that fosters human health and wellbeing are at the core of the issues to be explored in this plenary session. The session will also examine ways to mobilize the political leadership to bring multiple stakeholders to the table. To advance a ‘Health in All Policies’ approach that promotes equity is a critical challenge for the future of cities.

Foto credits (above): Sofia Nitti/ The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP)

Framing slides, framing annotations (RF) [25-01].

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Breakout session 1-A “Urban planning for equity and cities’ resilience”

  • Sainath Banerjee, Urban Plus Solutions, India
  • Sabine Baumgart, Bremen, formerly TU Dortmund, Germany: Urban Planning for healthy and resilient cities – insights from Germany
  • Lisa Waegerle, University of Applied Sciences in Bochum, Germany, and Julia Espinoza, Founder of the self-managed housing cooperative “Luchadores de Lo Hermida” in Santiago de Chile, Chile: Health justice through self-organized structures in urban planning: The example of dignified housing projects in Santiago de Chile
  • Dennis Schmiege, Institute for Urban Public Health, Essen, Germany / Global Health Hub: Urban Health governance tools, from Global Health Hub perspective

Chair: Heike Köckler, Bochum University of Applied Sciences / Academy for Territorial Development in the Leibniz Association (ARL), Bochum, Germany

Session exposé: Urban planning as one policy field addressing relevant determinants of health is dealt with in this breakout session. The focus will be on ways to reach more health equity within urban societies and to increase cities resilience towards existing challenges like climate change, housing scarcity and pandemics. Insights from Germany, Chile, India and a global perspective will be put for discussion.

Breakout session 1-B “Addressing implementation gaps”

  • Julius Freymüller, University Bielefeld, Germany: Good governance for urban green – Explorative review
  • Thomas Claßen, LZG.NRW, Bochum, Germany: Implementing Municipal Public Health Action Plans in North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Kolja Lange, Region of Hannover, Germany / Gesunde-Städte-Netzwerk (GSN): Healthy Cities networking to foster good governance
  • Anne-Lisa Heye, University Applied Sciences, Bochum, Germany: The Innovations Community Urban Health (ICUH) Project
  • Franz Gatzweiler, Bonn University: A measure and method for assessing the systemic health of cities and human settlements.

Chairs: Samuel Gachohi Njuguna, UN-Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya; and Claudia Hornberg, Medical Faculty University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld (substituted by Rainer Fehr).

Session exposé: Even with the best of intentions, urban health and sustainability cannot materialize without robust implementation mechanisms. Implementation of programs and/or legal regulations means “real world” changes – in the environment and in institutions, fostering healthy living conditions. Non-implementation, however, is widespread and needs to be addressed. This session aims to identify steps forward, e.g. via dedicated (legal) case studies concerning the implementation and evaluation of health-promoting and health-protecting tools and actions.

Health governance – significant materials from UN Habitat:

IUHS breakout activities beyond science:

Schloss Herrenhausen, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Herrenhausen: … ehemalige Residenz der Kurfürsten und Könige von Hannover … klassizistische Dreiflügelanlage … 1819 bis 1821 durch König Georg IV. von Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves erbaut. Nach der Zerstörung 1943 wurde das Schloss 2011 bis 2013 wiederaufgebaut … Sitz des Tagungszentrums und des Museums Schloss Herrenhausen …

Herrenhäuser Gärten, https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herrenh%C3%A4user_G%C3%A4rten: … Der Große Garten … zählt zu den bedeutendsten Barockgärten in Europa … das historische Kernstück der Herrenhäuser Gärten … Georgengarten … 1726 … Anlage der zwei Kilometer langen, vierreihigen Herrenhäuser Allee …

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Cf.:

  • 6 Mar 2025, Φ International Urban Health Summit (9-12 April 2025): program update
  • 6 Feb 2025, Φ Towards the International Urban Health Summit (IUHS), Hannover, 9-11 April 2025 – Draft program
  • 25-26 Nov 2024, Φ♣ Wattenscheid: 10. Konferenz Stadt der Zukunft – Gesunde, nachhaltige Metropolen
  • 8 Nov 2024, Φ Announcements of the International Urban Health Summit (IUHS), Herrenhausen Castle, Hannover, 9-11 April, 2025
  • 6 Nov 2024, Φ♣ Akademientag 2024: In Städten gesund leben – in gesunden Städten leben
  • 4 Sep 2024, Φ Academies’ Urban Health project
  • 20 Mar 2024, Φ Ausschreibung: Junior-Forschungsgruppe zu Gesunden Nachhaltigen Metropolen / Call for proposals: Junior research group on Healthy Sustainable Metropolises
  • 21-22 Nov 2023, Φ♣ KIX – IX. Konferenz Stadt der Zukunft, Bonn / 9th Conference City of the Future, Bonn
  • 20 Nov 2020, Φ Dt. Stiftungszentrum: Jahresbericht 2020 „Lichtblicke“, inkl. „Stadt der Zukunft“
  • 2013ff Project Urban health – Building bridges
  • 8-11 Dec 1993, Φ San Francisco: 1st International Healthy Cities and Communities conference, incl. EIA/HIA session
  • 6-7 Dec 1993, Φ San Francisco, Preconference: Healthy Cities Communications Toolbox Summary.

6 Mar 2025, Φ International Urban Health Summit (9-12 April 2025): program update

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6.3.2025, International Urban Health Summit (9-12 April 2025): program update

“Experts will discuss solutions to promote urban health, with a focus on urbanisation trends, the role of national academies and the exchange of ideas from various research areas to improve the quality of life in cities at the International Urban Health Summit 2025 in Hanover from 9 to 11 April 2025.”

For the updated program: www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/events/international-urban-health-summit.

Cf.:

  • 6 Feb 2025, Φ Towards the International Urban Health Summit (IUHS), Hannover, 9-11 April 2025 – Draft program

1 Mar 2025, Φ BIÖG (ehemals: BZgA): Glossar Update „(Human-)Ökologische Gesundheitsperspektive“ / (Human) Ecologic health perspective

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1.3.2025, BIÖG (ehemals: BZgA): Glossar Update „(Human-)Ökologische Gesundheitsperspektive“ / (Human) Ecologic health perspective

Fehr, R. (2025). Ökologische und humanökologische Perspektive. In: Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit (BIÖG) (Hrsg.). Leitbegriffe der Gesundheitsförderung und Prävention. Glossar zu Konzepten, Strategien und Methoden. (In German / Most recent update: 1.3.2025).

Schlagworte: (Human-)Ökologie, Gesundheitsmodell, Integration, Nachhaltigkeit, Umwelt, Wandel / Keywords: (Human) ecology, health model, integration, sustainability, environment, change.

https://doi.org/10.17623/BZGA:Q4-i082-2.0: Zusammenfassung. Ökologie behandelt die Beziehungen von Lebewesen untereinander und zu ihrer Umwelt; Humanökologie legt den Akzent auf die Beziehungen zwischen Mensch und Umwelt. Viele weitreichende Entwicklungen in der Theorie und Praxis von Gesundheitsförderung gründen zu wesentlichen Teilen auf dieser breit und integrativ angelegten (human-)ökologischen Gesundheitsperspektive. Dazu gehören z. B die Ottawa-Charta, die Verbindung von Gesundheit und Nachhaltigkeit sowie aktuelle Ansätze wie One Health, Planetary Health, Global Health und Urban/Rural/Regional Health. Um für die Aufgaben künftiger Gesundheitsförderung möglichst gut gerüstet zu sein, ist es nützlich, die verschiedenen Gesundheitsperspektiven ins Spiel zu bringen, ihre Potenziale zu nutzen und ihre Konsequenzen zu reflektieren / [DeepL:] Summary. Ecology deals with the relationships between living beings and their environment; human ecology emphasizes the relationships between humans and their environment. Many far-reaching developments in the theory and practice of health promotion are largely based on this broad and integrative (human) ecological health perspective. These include, for example, the Ottawa Charter, the link between health and sustainability and current approaches such as One Health, Planetary Health, Global Health and Urban/Rural/Regional Health. In order to be as well equipped as possible for the tasks of future health promotion, it is useful to bring the various health perspectives into play, utilize their potential and reflect on their consequences.

Abschnitte / Sections:

  • Dynamik: Welt im Wandel / Dynamics: a changing world
  • Gerechtigkeit und Nachhaltigkeit: zentrale gesellschaftliche Werte / Justice and sustainability: central social values
  • Struktur- und Prozessmodellierung / Structure and process modeling
  • Settings, Lebensumwelten, HiAP / Settings, living environments, HiAP
  • (Human-)ökologisch orientierte Gesundheitsforschung und -praxis / (Human-)ecologically oriented health research and practice
  • Fazit / Conclusion.

Cf.:

  • 7 Dec 2016, Φ Urban Health as a key term of Health Promotion [Glossary entry]

25-26 Nov 2024, Φ♣ Wattenscheid: 10. Konferenz Stadt der Zukunft – Gesunde, nachhaltige Metropolen

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25.11.2024, Wattenscheid: 10. Konferenz Stadt der Zukunft – Gesunde, nachhaltige Metropolen

In der Konferenzreihe „Stadt der Zukunft – Gesunde, nachhaltigen Metropolen“: 10. Konferenz, 25.-26.11.2024 in Bochum-Wattenscheid. Leitung: Heike Köckler, Hochschule Gesundheit, Bochum. Tagungsort: Zeche Holland.

Text aus der Konferenzankündigung:

Tagungsprogramm: www.hs-gesundheit.de/fileadmin/user_upload/Veranstaltungen/Veranstaltungen_Programme/2024.11.16_final.Programm_digital10._Konferenz_Stadt_der_Zukunft.pdf

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Vgl.:

  • 8.10.2024, Zur 10. Konferenz Stadt der Zukunft
  • 21.-22.11.2023, 9. Konferenz („KIX“)
  • 17.7.23, Zur 9. Konferenz („KIX“)
  • 9.11.2022: 8. Konferenz Stadt der Zukunft, Essen
  • 26.10.2022: Zur 8. Konferenz Stadt der Zukunft
  • 17.-18.11.2021: 7. Konferenz Stadt der Zukunft / Digitale Tandemkonferenz “Nachhaltige StadtGesundheit“
  • Zur Konferenzserie auf der Projekt-Website, deutsch und englisch.

22 Nov 2024, Φ Steering committee membership in 2 EUPHA sections expired; EUPHA retrospection

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22.11.2024, Steering committee membership in 2 EUPHA sections expired; EUPHA retrospection

My membership in the steering committees of 2 sections of the European Public Health Association (EUPHA) came to an end: (i) EUPHA section Health Impact Assessment (HIA), and (ii) EUPHA section Urban Public Health (UPH).

1) EUPHA section Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

https://eupha.org/section_page.php?section_ref=S_HIA

President: Piedad Martín-Olmedo, Vice President: Odile Mekel.

2) EUPHA section “Urban Public Health” (UPH)

https://eupha.org/urban-public-health

New president: Manuel Franco

Former president: Stefano Capolongo, former Vice Presidents: Evangelia Chrysikou and Greg Williams.

EUPHA personal retrospection:

On this occasion, here is my EUPHA retrospection, based on posts and portfolio entries:

  • 19 May 2021, European Public Health Week, 17-21 May, incl. “Your local community”, with Photo elicitation community project
  • 18 Jan 2021, EUPHA section “Urban Health” newsletter, incl. recent developments in Germany
  • (25 May 2020) (Greening scientific conferences: ISEE statement)
  • 12 Mar 2020, Greening the European Public Health (EPH) conferences. Report for the EUPHA Green Club
  • 22 Nov 2019, Marseille EPH Ws „Greening” incl. “CO2 emissions from EPH conf travel”
  • 22 Nov 2019, Marseille EPH conf contribut: “Health in EIA – … the Family of health assessments approach”
  • 20 Nov 2019, Marseille: Health Impact Assessment (HIA) preconference
  • 14 Nov 2019, Newsletter note: Extended Public Health reporting (and debate) for fostering Sustainable Urban & Regional Health [EUPHA Section “Public Health Monitoring and Reporting“, PHMR]
  • 13 Jun 2019, EPH conf Marseille: submissions accepted
  • 13 Jun 2019, EPH conf Marseille: HIA Preconference – contribution accepted
  • 22 Feb 2019, Population Health Monitoring (book) – Relating it to other types of health assessment (chapter) [with EUPHA sections]
  • 31 Aug 2018, Book chapter on Health Assessments, written with EUPHA sections: due in 2018
  • 20 Nov 2017, Greening the European Public Health (EPH) Conference
  • 11 Jun 2017, Altmetric Attention Score for recent “Health assessments” paper [with EUPHA sections]
  • 3 Jun 2017, „Health assessments for health governance” published online in EJPH
  • 25 Apr 2017, “Health assessments for health governance” accepted for publication by European J Public Health
  • 12 Nov 2016, Workshop: Health assessments in support of decision-making [9th EPH conf]
  • 12 Nov 2016, Double workshop: Health Impact Quantification for a culture of foresight? [9th EPH conf]
  • 11 Nov 2016, Workshop: Reducing the health and environment footprint of European Public Health conferences?
  • 10 Nov 2016, Health Impact Quantification meets Systems Science [Workshop in the context of the 9th EPH conf]
  • 10 Nov 2016, Wien/Vienna Pre-conference: Evidence-based Public Health [Preceding the 9th EPH conf]
  • 10-12 Nov 2016, Wien/Vienna: 9th European Public Health (EPH) conference
  • 26 Oct 2016, EUPHA: “Vienna 2016 – A green conference”
  • 7 Jul 2016, EUPHA 2016: Workshops update
  • 16 Jun 2016, EUPHA 2016: Workshop proposals accepted
  • 25 Feb 2016, Utrecht: Contributions to EUPHA Section Council meeting
  • 15-17 Oct 2015, Milano (IT): 8th European Public Health conf
  • 4-5 March 2015, Utrecht (NL): EUPHA Section Council meeting
  • 19-22 Nov 2014, Glasgow: 7th European Public Health conference
  • 14-16 Nov 2013, Bruxelles, European Public Health conference: Health in Europe: are we there yet?
  • (13-16 May 2013), (Calgary Alberta (CAN): IAIA13) [with EUPHA-related contribution]
  • 7-11 Nov 2012, Malta: European Public Health conference
  • 9-11 Jun 2012, Malta: EUPHA Sections Council retreat
  • 10-12 Nov 2011, Copenhagen: 4th European Public Health Conference: Public Health and Welfare
  • 10-15 Nov 2010, Amsterdam, 3rd European Public Health Conference: Integrated Public Health
  • 24-28 Nov 2009, Lodz (PL), 2nd European Public Health Conference (EUPHA & ASPHER): Human Ecology and Public Health
  • 21-29 Nov 2009, Poland / Polen, incl. Poznan, Borecznia, Lodz, Auschwitz [incl. EPH]
  • 20-22 Nov 2003, Rome: 11th Annual EUPHA conf, incl. HIA workshop
  • 28-30 Nov 2002, Dresden, 10th Annual EUPHA Meeting: Bridging the Gap between Research and Policy in Public Health – Information, Promotion and Training

In my „Portfolio“: