03 · 11 · 2025

Final conference of the Liveability project

The final conference of the Liveability project “Together We Grow” will take place on 12-13 November in the Latvian Railway History Museum in Riga.

For three years the project has been exploring what makes a city truly liveable, testing new approaches in six pilot and six twin cities, and developing innovative tools such as the Charter for Designing Liveable Cities and the Liveable Cities Label.

In the final conference participants will share insights, exchange ideas, and reflect on the future of urban living.

10:35 – 11:45 Keynote conversation with

Tina Saaby– Director of the Danish Town Planning Institute and former City Architect of Copenhagen. A leading voice in urban planning, Tina has spent more than two decades shaping Danish cities around people, democracy, and design quality.
Renāte Lagzdiņa– Director of the University of Latvia Botanical Garden.
Renāte is a curator working at the intersection of art, placemaking, and community building. Her work explores how cultural and natural environments can foster community, creativity, and sustainable urban development.

15:00 – 16:15 Live sessions of Liveability Talks with

Nikolaj Sveistrup– Futurist, Founder of URBAN AGENDA, and Head of Development at the Brundtland ThinkTank, Kopenhagen. Nikolaj works at the crossroads of urban exploration, politics, and regenerative transformation – inspiring cities to act locally while thinking globally.
Caroline Paulick-Thiel & Blasius Walch– both from Politics for Tomorrow, Berlin.
Caroline is a strategic designer and public policy expert, driving transformative innovation in the public sector. Blasius is a strategic generalist connecting ethics, technology, and human-centered design to navigate complexity in governance and transformation. Together, they bring insights on democratizing systems change and building cities for the 21st century.

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