7th EC2U Forum: celebrating 3 years of collaboration and looking towards a joint future
The member universities of this European Alliance will meet in Poitiers from the 17th to the 19th of October.
Translation by Diana Taborda
"Moving Forward Together" is the motto of the 7th EC2U Forum, bringing together the members of the European Campus of University Cities (EC2U) once again.
The University of Poitiers (France) will host students, teachers, researchers and staff from 9 European institutions: University of Coimbra, University of Poitiers, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (Germany), Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (Romania), University of Salamanca (Spain), University of Pavia (Italy), University of Turku (Finland), Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine) and Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria). Besides the university communities, several municipalities and strategic partners from each university will also be present.
The 7th edition of the bi-annual EC2U meeting will focus on celebrating three years of collaboration and reflecting on the future together. A future that will kick off in November 2023.
The Alliance successfully applied to the European Commission's 2023 Call of the European Universities initiative and secured funding of €14.4 million, which will allow the launch of the second phase of EC2U.
The 7th edition of the EC2U meeting will feature roundtables on topics related to higher education and sustainability in different areas - namely those related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3), Quality Education (SDG 4), Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11), and Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (SDG 16). The event will also host the Science Battle final, a scientific promotion initiative that will gather 12 scientists from two universities to answer questions posed by the public in a simple and fun way. This grand final will be held between the University of Pavia and the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena on the 18th of October at 3.30pm (Portugal time) and will be live-streamed on the EC2U YouTube channel.
Learn more about other activities that will be live-streamed here.
More information on the 7th EC2U Forum is available here.
About the EC2U Alliance
The European Campus of City-Universities is a multicultural and multilingual European university alliance coordinated by the University of Poitiers, which aims to develop an open and innovative space that allows free mobility between universities and cities. The Alliance is based on a unique cooperation involving academic communities, municipalities, local authorities, economic and social stakeholders, and citizens. EC2U is currently comprised of the University of Coimbra, the University of Poitiers (France), the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany), the Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi (Romania), the University of Salamanca (Spain), the University of Pavia (Italy) and the University of Turku (Finland). The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv (Ukraine) became an EC2U partner in April 2022, and the Johannes Kepler University Linz (Austria) will join the consortium in November 2023.