This forum will put the lime light on the cities’ important role in finding sustainable solutions to many of our environmental problems. It is a high-level, by invitation only seminar co-hosted by the Swedish Government and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the P.R. China. The SymbioCity Forum is part of the Swedish Government’s efforts to strengthen the development towards a sustainable, low-carbon, society and an eco-efficient economy.

Cooperation between public and private sector, and academia in the transition towards a sustainable and harmonious society is paramount. The seminar therefore aims at bringing decision makers from cities, provinces and the state together with universities, environmental technology companies and developers to create a hot-pot of ideas, experience and innovations within the field of sustainable urban development.

The programme in brief:

1 of July

-Key note speeches by State Secretary Elisabet Falemo, The Swedish Ministry of the Environment and by a representative from the Ministry for Housing and Urban-Rural Development


-Workshop on environmental criteria hosted by the Swedish Delegation for Sustainable Cities

-The Sino-Swedish Student Competition – Proposals for a Sustainable Urban Future

2 of July

-secretary Ola Alterå, The Swedish Ministry for Energy and Communications (TBC)

-Costs and benefits of sustainable investments in urban infrastructure. A study presented by the ÅF Group and Tsinghua Universit y

-SymbioCity – A holistic approach for sustainable urban planning and development

-Technical seminars presenting advanced environmental and energy technology solutions

-Match-making between Chinese cities and developers, and Swedish and Chinese companies

Links

-The Government and the Government Offices of Sweden
http://www.sweden.gov.se/ �

-The Committee for Sweden’s Participation in World Expo 2010 in Shanghai
http://www.swedenexpo.cn/en

-The delegation for sustainable cities http://www.hallbarastader.gov.se/bazment/hallbarastader/en/start.aspx

-The Embassy of Sweden in
http://www.swedenabroad.com/Start____20659.aspx

-The Consulate General of Sweden in Shangahi
http://www.swedenabroad.com/Start____19591.aspx

-The Swedish Trade Council
http://www.swedishtrade.se/tradewithsweden

-The Swedish Energy Agency
www.swedishenergyagency.se

-The SymbioCity Scenarios (English only) http://www.btslearning.com/app/eBS/symbiocity/index.asp

-The SymbioCity
http://lang.symbiocity.org/default.aspx?langId=2