How can collaborative vision-building re-unite city and countryside? The Sino-German research project Urban-Rural Assembly has developed the “Co-Visioning methodology” to strengthen integrated and sustainable urban-rural planning. It encourages community-driven transformation to enhance resource efficiency, reinforce regional circular economies, promote social inclusion, preserve cultural heritage and restore ecosystems. The collaborative planning process is presented in a film of appr. 15 min as means of inter-cultural dissemination, communicating the major ideas, methods and benefits of “Co-Visioning” urban-rural regions.
Event Format
Film screening and discussion
Moderation:
Prof. Dr. Anke Hageman
Prof. Dr. Anke Hagemann, Acting Professor, Chair of International Urbanism and Design (Habitat Unit), Technische Universität Berlin 
Anke Hagemann is an acting professor at the Chair of International Urbanism, TU Berlin, where she heads the Urban Rural Assembly research consortium. She taught at ETH Zurich, HCU Hamburg and BTU Cottbus. Her research topics include global commodity circulation and urban space, urban-rural development, co-creation in strategic planning processes.
Speaker:
Dr. Remy Sietchiping
Dr. Remy Sietchiping, Chief of the Policy, Legislation and Governance Section within the Urban Practices Branch of UN-Habitat 
Remy Sietchiping is the Chief of the Policy, Legislation and Governance Section within the Urban Practices Branch of UN-Habitat. He oversees the agency’s programs, including National Urban Policy, legislation, governance, urban-rural linkages, and metropolitan development.
Lukas Pappert
Lukas Pappert, Researcher, Chair of International Urbanism and Design (Habitat Unit), Technische Universität Berlin 
Lukas Pappert is a Researcher at Habitat Unit, Technische Universität Berlin. His scientific and practical activities focus on the investigation and further development of tools for the sustainable and cooperative transformation of urban-rural regions.
Katharina Borgmann
Katharina Borgmann, Post-Doc Research Associate, Digital City Science Chair, HafenCity University Hamburg 
Dr Katharina Borgmann is the SURE Facilitation &Synthesis Research Project Lead, researching on urban patterns in Asia and cross-cultural transfer processes of sustainable urbanisation strategies. She taught in Asia and Europe, and worked as an urban designer and architect in Israel, China, and India.
Fred Plassmann
Fred Plassmann (film maker, Berlin, tbc.)