Know-How-Transfer
Once a year, the Foundation organises a symposium focusing on topical issues relating to the cities. Future issues, approaches to solving current problems, and the result of the surveys conducted by the Foundation are discussed by representatives from the worlds of culture, politics, business and society. These fruitful discussions are made available to a wide specialist readership through the “Lebendige Stadt” journal.

Congress 2024
The Immigration city: Integration as a Key
April 10, 2024 Foundation Award Ceremony
April 11, 20024 Foundation Congress “The city of immigration: Integration as the key”

Online-Fachforum 2023
Wie schaffen Städte Sicherheit und Ordnung in Bahnhofvierteln
5. September 2023
Online 5 - 6:45 p.m.

Congress 2022
CITIES IN TRANSFORMATION
Presentation of the Foundation Award: The Engaged Urban Community
September 28-29

Online Fachtagung 2021
Stellplatzsatzungen als Schlüssel zur Mobilitätswende
20. September 2021,
online 5 – 7 p.m.


Congress 2018
THE CLIMATE-SMART CITY
Presentation of the Foundation Award: The Most Digital City
September 19-20

Congress 2017
CULTURES MEETS URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Foundation Award Ceremony: The Most Vibrant Twinning Partnership
September 27-28

Congress 2016
THE CITY AS A BRAND
FOUNDATION AWARD 2016: “The inclusive Sport City cosmopolitan – active – intercultural“
September 14-15 | Hyatt Regency, Düsseldorf

Congress 2015
THE ELECTROMOBILE CITY
Foundation Award Ceremony: the most exemplary public construction project
September 19-20

Congress 2014
THE INTELLIGENT CITY
Energy - mobility - adminstration
September 17-19
Thyssenkrupp Quartier, Essen

Congress 2013
THE CITY AS FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH
becoming old - being old - considering as old
June 10-12, Gasometer, ERUEF-Campus Berlin

Congress 2012
CITY LIFE IN 3D
living - working - being?
September 5-7
The Squaire, Frankfurt Airport

Congress 2011
THE NEW CITY
new utilizations - new infrastructure - new culture of Paricipation?
November 9-11 | Dortmunder U, Dortmund

Congress 2010
PULSATING CITY
ideas - money - noise
November 3-5 | BMW World, Munich

Congress 2009
COLORFUL CITY
children - media - cultural diversity
September 9-11 | WDR Studios, Köln-Bocklemünd

Congress 2008
RESOURCES OF THE CITY
climate protection - urban green spaces - quality of life

Congress 2007
BEWEGTE STADT
Städtepartnerschaft, Verkehr, Stadtwachstum
September 19-17 | Airport Tempelhof, Berlin

Congress 2006
STADT IM WANDEL
Stadtumbau, Tourismus, Bildung
14. - 15. September 2006 | Colosseum Theater, Essen

Congress 2005
STADTKULTUREN
Sport, Kultur, Wohnen
26. - 28. Oktober 2005 | Allianz Arena, München

Congress 2004
LEBEN IN DER STADT
Neue Orte, neue Wege, neue Perspektiven
September 1-3

Congress 2003
STADTGESTALTUNG
innovativ, intelligent, kostengünstig
9. und 10. Oktober 2003 im Congress Centrum Leipzig


Congress 2001
DIE STADT ALS BÜHNE
Erster Deutscher Innovationskongress in Düsseldorf
18. - 19. September 2001