ASCEND General Assembly: Charleroi, 1 - 3 April 2025
Location
Igretec, Boulevard Mayence 1, 6000 Charleroi, Belgium
Registration form
Accommodations
As there are not a lot of hotels in Charleroi, we advise you to book early in advance.
Hotel located close to the place of the event is
Novotel Charleroi Centre
50 rooms have been pre-booked for the participants of the ASCEND General Assembly (but each participant should finalise and pay for their own booking) before the 1st of March.
Hotel located outside the city centre (near the airport)
Valk Verrast
It is possible to travel from the airport to the city centre by public transport.
Thirty rooms have been pre-booked for the participants of the ASCEND General Assembly (but each participant should finalise and pay for their own booking) before the 17th of March.
Registration codes for booking will be provided to registered participants.
If there is no room left from the pre-booking, you can try to book at the hotel without the reservation codes (like any other visitor).
Agenda
Monday, 31 March 2025
9:00 – 18:00
Business models workshop
Participants : University of St Gallen, R2M, Prague, Budapest, Charleroi, Alba Iulia
Participants : University of St Gallen, R2M, Prague, Budapest, Charleroi, Alba Iulia
Tuesday, 1 April 2025
9:00 – 11:00
Core group meeting
Participants: coordination team, work package leaders, multiplier cities
Participants: coordination team, work package leaders, multiplier cities
11:00 – 12:00
Steering committee meeting
Participants: coordination team and 1 representantive per partner of the consortium.
Participants: coordination team and 1 representantive per partner of the consortium.
13:30 – 14:00
Welcome coffee
14:00 – 14:15
Welcome speeches & introduction
14:15 – 14:45
ASCEND “one year in short
and 3 years in perspective”
and 3 years in perspective”
14:45 – 15:45
Solution packages outcomes:
SP2: Deployment of energy communities and prosumers services
SP3: Deployment of energy-efficient buildings integrating RES and storage, including frugal solutions
SP5: Citizen-centred solutions, co-creating along the governance value chain
15:45 – 16:15
Monitoring & Evaluation
16:15 – 16:45
Break
16:45 – 17:15
NEUTRALPATH - A sister project of ASCEND
17:15 – 18:15
Presentation of the Climate Cities Impact Investment Fund (Scalable Cities)
& Round table
& Round table
19:00
Dinner
Wednesday, 2 April 2025
9:00 – 12:00
Presentation and site visit of the ‘Porte Ouest area’
12:00 – 14:00
Lunch
13:00 – 14:00
City Alliance Network - Part 1
Restricted
Restricted
14:45 – 15:45
Solutions packages outcomes:
SP1: Digital Infrastructure and ICT tools to support flexible energy systems and PCEDs
SP4: Decarbonized mobility/freight
Two parallel sessions
Parallel session 1: Plenary
14:45 – 15:15
Communication, Dissemination, Events & Collaboration with projects, cities, networks
15:15 – 15:45
Communities of Practices & Action Plan
for 2025
15:45 – 16:15
Break
Parallel session 2: Side meeting
14:45 – 16:15
Learning session with Charleroi and Scalable Cities
Peer-to-peer exchange only for Charleroi & visitor cities of Scalable Cities
Three parallel sessions
16:15 – 17:45
Parallel session 1: Knowledge platform & Multicriteria Decision Analysis
Opened to all
16:45 – 18:00
Parallel session 2: City Alliance Network
Restricted
16:45 – 18:15
Parallel session 3: WP 6: Monitoring, Evaluation, KPI engine
Restricted
18:15 – 18:45
Conclusion by the ASCEND Advisory Board
19:00
Dinner
Thursday, 3 April 2025
Two parallel sessions
9:00 – 10:30
Parallel session 1: Upscaling strategy of the ASCEND Positive & Clean Energy Districts
Restricted
9:00 – 10:30
Parallel session 2: Decarbonisation of buildings and heating systems
Plenary
10:30 – 11:00
Break
11:00 – 11:30
Urban Oasis, a sustainable
and low-carbon district
and low-carbon district
11:30 – 12:00
Wrap-up, conclusion, roadmap 2025-2026
12:00
Lunch