In the discussion with international and local experts from the fields of urban and regional planning, urban governance, political science and urban sociology „What is the new role of metropolitan areas?“ serves as a guiding question to get to the bottom of the challenges of cross-border cooperation in the Wien-Wiener Neustadt-Bratislava metropolitan region. What constitutes the identity of this holistically considered area and what role do individual places and regions play in it? From which intra-regional synergies can sustainable spatial development benefit and what does this mean for the attractiveness and competitiveness of the metropolitan region?

In addition to the international lectures and the panel discussion, a metropolitan walkshop through Siebenhirten and Vösendorf will provide an in-depth insight into the connections between regional cooperation and the identity of the (sub-)urban. The exhibition of the design projects created in the framework of the Urban Design Studio „MetroLab Delta Program“ in cooperation with the Institute for Urban Design (Vienna University of Technology) and a movie night round off the two-day programme.


PROGRAM

Day 1: Mo, 08.11.2021
17:00-20:00 International Lectures & Forum Discussion (Galerie Die Schöne)

Day 2: Tue, 09.11.2021
09:30-12:00 Metropolitan Walkshop through Siebenhirten & Vösendorf (Meeting Point: U6 Siebenhirten)
18:00-19:00 Design Studion Exhibition (Galerie Die Schöne)
19:00-20:30 Movie Night & Discussion (Galerie Die Schöne)