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Newsletter "Infrastructure for the crisis" - A Side / 14 April 2020

   

NEWS

Tune in – Construction work is restarting and keeping workers safe and healthy has become the decisive factor. Kenzen, a startup from our Catalyst programme, could play a role alongside next-generation PPE. Heidi Lehmann, Kenzen’s COO, tells us more in the 3rd episode of our Fondations podcast


In transition – Renewables, energy efficiency and energy sobriety are the three pillars that can make a big difference in a geography’s energy transition. And here’s the account of our 1 April talk with four experts who told us how these three angles can complement each other.

Enjoy, and let’s stay in touch during confinement!

   

SAVE THE DATE 


Financing the transition in cities and regions: heading for a new Marshall Plan

   

22.04

Public and private players are embarking on moreand more concrete initiatives to foster environmental transition. And thechallenge they’re taking on is big: shifting our societies, collectively and equitably,away from a model fuelled by exponential growth in resource depletion to a moresustainable paradigm. 


But there are still several unanswered questions:how much can the New Green Deal accomplish, really? Then, where will the moneycome from? And, most importantly, can the plans to jump-start the economy assoon as the health crisis is behind us and the lockdown eases line up with theplans to revert climate change? (in French)


This event will be held byvideoconference. 

   
   
   
   

The A-Side

Infrastructure for the crisis 


Just like good old vinyl records, our newsletters now have two sides: the A-Side provides a choice of articles revolving around a central theme that is changing the way we design, build and operate cities and infrastructure — and the B-Side provides suggestions for further reading on the same topic. 


This month, as the health crisis seems to be settling in for longer than we’d expected, we look at infrastructure and how it can cope with, cushion and adapt to emergencies.

   
   

Market

Network resilience and the lessons for the future

Networks are taking on the challenge the pandemic is facing them with – and testing their ability to withstand powerful shocks. What can this experience teach us about resilience of our cities and regions?

     

Analysis

Covid-19 and resilience in cities and regions: it’s about people

As the pandemic continues to rage, the notion of resilience is also spreading to initiatives to help others and show support. The next question is how much of that will remain when the crisis is over.

     

Forecasts

What if versatility became the new normal?

Some infrastructure can be flexible, adaptable, reversible or as big or small as it needs to be. It can also be ephemeral or even soluble. We look at infrastructure designed to self-reinvent.

   
   
   
   
   

RADAR

Our selection of innovative businesses #11

China is tracking people to contain the epidemic and lift the lockdown sooner. 

Europe wants to invent its own digital tracking system to fight the virus without impinging on privacy.

Big Tech is flying to the rescue in the US, to help the country get a grip on the coronavirus. 


   
   
   

Agenda

We have adjusted to keep our conversations interactive and creative – and are now online every day. We will be holding short live conferences with the Fondation VINCI pour la Cité, Fabrique de la Cité and VINCI ParisTech Lab Recherche Environnement at 2:00 every afternoon this week.

15.04

2:00-2:30 PM – ONLINE 
FONDATION VINCI POUR LA CITÉ
A journey to welcoming lands
ENTERPRISING FOR GOOD
Guillaume Capelle founded Singa tocreate opportunities for refugees to become involved in and engage with theirhost societies. He talks about reaching out, community spirit, culturalenrichment and creating jobs, and how they are the starting point to nurture awarenessand take apart the prejudice surrounding asylum (in French).

16.04

2:00-2:30 PM – ONLINE 
VINCI PARIS-TECH LAB RECHERCHE & ENVIRONNEMENT
Smart Mobility: the opportunities for sustainable mobility 
THE BIG TRANSITION 
Digital transformation is reshaping the technicaland commercial ecosystem surrounding mobility. And the new possibilities it isopening up are sweeping across vehicles, infrastructure, mobility services andhabits. Fabien Leurent, a professor and research director at École desPonts ParisTech, explains why public authorities need to harness this momentumto speed up ecological transition in their geographies (in French). 

17.04

2:00-2:30 PM – ONLINE 
AI-assisted architects? 
DIGITAL JOURNEYS 
Stanislas Chaillou, an architect and data scientist at Spacemaker AI, has no doubt that artificial intelligence is providing new resources and angles to answer questions that hadn’t been addressed before. One of the technologies is generative design and he tells us how it can reshape designers’ work (in French).
   
   

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