Sharing Perspectives: Women in politics: Challenges, obstacles and strategies

Gender equality can only be achieved with women in the power structures: What does it mean to be a woman in politics? What influences come from the political environment?
Thursday, 8 June 10:00 a.m – 11:30 a.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

Social security and food: Water shortages, food supply and the role of cities

Agricultural policies were designed to ensure security of supply but do not guarantee quality and financial accessibility. Does the agricultural system need to be oriented towards sustainability and climate neutrality? What is the role of cities?
Thursday, 8 June 3:30 p.m – 5:30 p.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

Launch of the Biennial of Cities in Transition

Opening address
Screening of the film “Pourquoi on se bat” (“Why we fight”)
Followed by a discussion with the film-makers

What if the climate crisis was first and foremost a crisis of awareness? Screening of the film “Pourquoi on se bat” (“Why we fight”) followed by a discussion with the director Solal Moisan and Jade Vergnes.
Thursday, 8 June 8:00 p.m – 10:30 p.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

Sharing Perspectives : For ecological agricultural practices!

What effect can more ecological agricultural practices have on social, economic and environmental challenges? How to promote agroecology when the model of industrial agriculture dominates?
Friday, 9 June 9:30 a.m – 11:00 a.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

Fishbowl: The power of Cities in Transition Networks

The City of Grenoble offers an interactive conversation (fishbowl) in the presence of representatives of European and international networks of cities in transition. Come and find out how to work together to shape the cities of tomorrow!
Friday, 9 June 11:30 a.m – 12:30 p.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

Sustainable tourism: Trekking, involvement of communities and local development

Trekking and hiking are a wonderful way of discovering isolated places and their cultural and natural features. It is also a source of hope and development for their inhabitants.
Friday, 9 June 1:30 p.m – 3:00 p.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

Biergarten: Franco-German discussion about food policies

What are French and German cities doing to provide healthy and sustainable food? A Franco-German discussion about local food policies.
Friday, 9 June 3:30 p.m – 5:00 p.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

A new compass for the 21st century

How can we meet humanity’s basic needs while respecting the finite limits of our planet? Come and find out about the Doughnut Theory with its author, British economist Kate Raworth!
Friday, 9 June 7:00 p.m – 8:00 p.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

Let’s talk about migrations : Hospitality is possible...

Conference and discussion at the initiative of the Migrants en Isère group.
Saturday, 10 June 5:30 p.m – 7:00 p.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

Sharing Perspectives: Long live nature in the city!

Giving space back to nature in cities, a source of inspiration to transform how we think about cities and the urban experience of their residents?
Saturday, 10 June 10:00 a.m – 11:00 p.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

Women’s appeal for the land: Dialogues with women of the Sarayaku people, Ecuadorian Amazonia

The Sarayaku people live in balance with the forest which they defend peacefully against any commodification of the living environment. At the conference, a delegation of women will relate their experiences.
Saturday, 10 June 11:30 a.m – 12:30 p.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

From the Equator to the Alps, let's make a common cause and preserve our threatened common goods (water, soil, biodiversity,...)

In Ecuador or in the Alps, the commons goods (water, land, biodiversity, etc.) are in danger. Their preservation through more democratic and open to the living forms, opens up new perspectives.
Saturday, 10 June 1:30 p.m – 3:00 p.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

Discussion with Coline Serra and Nadim Bel Lallahom on citizen engagement

Come and talk with Coline Serra and Nadim Bel Lallahom about re-engagement by addressing democratic challenges and the convergence of civic society’s struggles.
Saturday, 10 June 4:00 p.m – 5:00 p.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

Carrying voices to the international scale: contemporary struggles of indigenous people

Discussions and eye-witness accounts by indigenous delegations to understand the challenges of national and international recognition of Indigenous Peoples in several countries around the globe.
Sunday, 11 June 10:30 a.m – 12:00 p.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

Taking action thanks to an app? Discussion about the Climate Campaigners experiment

To clear the way for collective action in favour of sustainable lifestyles, 16 cities from across the globe, including Grenoble, have joined Climate Campaigners, a global and innovative approach you can find out about here.
Friday, 9 June 9:00 a.m – 11:00 a.m
Maison de l’International ‘(House of the International’)
1 Rue Hector Berlioz, 38000 Grenoble

Conversation congress!

A game in which you move around a tabletop landscape asking what tomorrow will look like. No future without discussion, with decks of cards, images and hypothetical questions in your hands!
Thursday, 8 June 10:00 a.m – 6:00 p.m
Friday, 9 June 10:00 a.m – 6:00 p.m
Saturday, 10 June 10:00 a.m – 6:00 p.m
Sunday, 11 June 10:00 a.m – 6:00 p.m
Georges Pompidou Park
39 Rue Général Mangin, 38100 Grenoble

Botanic gardens, biodiversity, climate change and popularisation of science

Panel discussion with representatives from European botanic gardens on biodiversity and climate change with a focus on raising awareness among young people.
Friday, 9 June 6:30 p.m – 8:00 p.m
Museum of Grenoble
1 Rue Dolomieu