The keynote speakers will address different aspects of the question of sustainability

• Urban development and the challenge of creating sustainable cities
  Joel Outtes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil:
  (Un)sustainable Latin America: The Case of the Curitiba Metropolitan Region, 
  
  
• Cultural policy and the role of culture in sustainable futures
  Nancy Duxbury, University of Coimbra, Portugal:
  On culture’s role in sustainable local futures: Learning from experimental and emerging practices
  
  
• Sustainable heritage
  Nick Shepherd, University of Cape Town, South Africa:
  Transgenerational time. Archaeology and cultural sustainability in the city of Cape Town, South Africa

• Environmental awareness and democracy
  Noortje Marres, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK:
  Material Participation and the Democracy Test: On the Internet of Things,

• Circular economy in a regional and global perspective
  Hanne Juel, the Central Denmark Region