Event Program
1 October Wednesday
12:00 -
13:00
Library Talks: What Does It Take to Create a Building, a Neighborhood, a City…
C11-Creative Stage
Colours of Economy: Crises and Possibilities
C5-Room 5
Creative Industries as a Strategic Area for Development
C3-Room 3
The Data Has Spoken!
C6-Room 6
'Meme-tivism' for Urban Justice
C8-Urban Atelier 2
Urban Sketching 101
C9-Open Urban Atelier
Imagining & Resisting Through Cinema: A Selection of Films
D2-Urban Cinema
Coding Tomorrow’s Cities: Robotics and VR for Children
V2-Networking 1
12:00 -
19:00
50 Years of 'Union'
S1-MMU Stand&Exhibition
Drawings in the Footsteps of Heritage
D7-Exhibition
Local Governments and Urbanism in the 100-Year Journey of the Republic of Türkiye
C13-Exhibition
In the Footsteps of Two Little Urbanites: New Stories
C14-Exhibition
Uncover the Possible
S5-Collective Work
Seeing. Hearing. Narrating
C22-Collective Work 10
Meme Station
C15-Collective Work
14:00 -
15:00
Urban Wellbeing: Right or Privilige?
V1-MARUF Hall
Speak Up: Voices of Urban Publishers
C11-Creative Stage
Projects Meet Funds
V3-Networking 2
Creative Reading Workshop with Çiğdem Odabaşı: On Yaşar Kemal’s Novel 'The Sea-Crossed Fisherman'
C7-Urban Atelier 1
How Can Tech & AI Shape Cities?
C8-Urban Atelier 2
Start-up Showcase
S6-Showcase Stage
Cities Under Fire: Solidarity Through Cinema
D2-Urban Cinema
Elephant in the Room: Urban Poverty
D3-Room 2
15:00 -
15:20
Exhibition Break | Drawings in the Footsteps of Heritage Launch
D7-Exhibition
15:30 -
16:00
Challenges and Opportunities in Housing Management
D1-Room 1
15:30 -
16:10
Library Talks: RIBA Climate Guide
C11-Creative Stage
15:30 -
16:30
Crafting a Just City Together with Culture and Art
D3-Room 2
15:30 -
17:00
lmplementation of the SDGs in Elevating the Community Development
C3-Room 3
Istanbul on Film: Imagining the City, Envisioning Its Future
C7-Urban Atelier 1
Barometer: Data-Driven Urban Governance
V1-MARUF Hall
16:00 -
17:00
The Modern Prometheus: Locating the Watts and Whos of Energy
C6-Room 6
16:20 -
17:00
Library Talks: 'On the Field'
C11-Creative Stage
16:30 -
17:00
Kreşendo x Roof Coliving: Places That Bring Us Together
D3-Room 2
17:30 -
18:00
Kreşendo Live Performance
Shore-1-Shore Stage
17:30 -
18:30
Urban Library X Urban Cinema Special Screening & Director’s Talk: Manguel's Journey to Türkiye: In the Footsteps of Tanpınar
D2-Urban Cinema
18:30 -
18:45
Director’s Talk: 'Manguel’s Journey to Türkiye: In the Footsteps of Tanpınar' with Melik Külekci
D2-Urban Cinema
2 October Thursday
10:00 -
11:00
Library Talks: 'Legends of the Fish' with Faruk Duman
C11-Creative Stage
Cities that Shed Light on Children’s Imaginaires
C9-Open Urban Atelier
MARUF x Forum of Women Mayors in South-East Europe | Smart Financing for Equality: Advancing Fair and Inclusive Opportunities
D3-Room 2
Smart Cities and Innovation: University–Local Government Gathering
V3-Networking 2
10:00 -
19:00
Meme Station
C15-Collective Work
Seeing. Hearing. Narrating
C22-Collective Work 10
In the Footsteps of Two Little Urbanites: New Stories
C14-Exhibition
Uncover the Possible
S5-Collective Work
50 Years of 'Union'
S1-MMU Stand&Exhibition
Drawings in the Footsteps of Heritage
D7-Exhibition
Local Governments and Urbanism in the 100-Year Journey of the Republic of Türkiye
C13-Exhibition
10:30 -
13:00
Komm mit mir in das Cinema – Die Gregors
D2-Urban Cinema
11:30 -
12:00
Library Talks: The Car That Wanted to Be a Bike
C11-Creative Stage
Urban Basics: Digital Inequalities
V1-MARUF Hall
11:30 -
13:00
MARUF x CIVICSHIP FORUM | Best Practices and Insights from THE:PLACE Program
C4-Room 4
Co-creating Sustainable Urban Environments: An AR / VR Experience
C9-Open Urban Atelier
12:00 -
13:00
Before AI, After AI
V1-MARUF Hall
Marmarathon: 'Two Little Urbanites' Grand Finale
C11-Creative Stage
13:15 -
13:45
Half Break: Solo Jazz Dance
S6-Showcase Stage
14:00 -
15:00
Audience Emancipated: The Struggle for the Emek Movie Theater
D2-Urban Cinema
Taste the Sound! – Experience of Sound, Taste, and the City
C3-Room 3
The Past is Digital: New Approaches Reshaping Cultural Heritage
D1-Room 1
We Only Live Once: Improving Quality of Life in Cities
D3-Room 2
Citizen Science Methods for Tackling Urban Heat
C9-Open Urban Atelier
Writing the City While Drawing / Drawing the City While Writing
C11-Creative Stage
14:30 -
15:00
How Scientific Knowledge is Applied on the City
C7-Urban Atelier 1
15:30 -
16:15
Cinema Cities, Cinematheques, and Community Cinemas
D2-Urban Cinema
15:30 -
17:00
Metropolitan Financing for Large-Scale Housing Solutions
C10-Roundtable
At the Heart of Creativity: City and Culture Network Gathering
V2-Networking 1
Good Public Space in Istanbul
C9-Open Urban Atelier
Libraries as Public Space
C11-Creative Stage
16:15 -
17:00
Film Culture in Türkiye: Past and Present
D2-Urban Cinema
17:45 -
18:45
Urban Talk: Tracing Urban Memory
V1-MARUF Hall
19:00 -
19:30
Urban Rythm Concert: Peradi Ensemble
Shore-1-Shore Stage
3 October Friday
10:00 -
11:00
Creative Reading Workshop with Çiğdem Odabaşı: On Marianne Brooker's 'Intervals'
C8-Urban Atelier 2
Knowledge and History: How Water Shaped Our Cities
V3-Networking 2
Listening to Urban Space, Designing Sonic Refuge
C7-Urban Atelier 1
From Consumption to Conservation: Rethinking Tourism in Heritage Sites
D3-Room 2
Seeds and the City: Food Provision in Metropolises
C6-Room 6
Kreşendo x Roof Coliving | 'The Image of the City'
C9-Open Urban Atelier
Library Talks: 'The Quotidian, Quality of Life, and Locality' with İlhan Tekeli
C11-Creative Stage
Architecture: Wall Building or Well-Being?
D1-Room 1
Common Use Facilites: A Model for Inclusive Local Economic Development and Shared Futures
C4-Room 4
10:00 -
14:00
Local Governments and Urbanism in the 100-Year Journey of the Republic of Türkiye
C13-Exhibition
50 Years of 'Union'
S1-MMU Stand&Exhibition
In the Footsteps of Two Little Urbanites: New Stories
C14-Exhibition
Drawings in the Footsteps of Heritage
D7-Exhibition
Uncover the Possible
S5-Collective Work
Seeing. Hearing. Narrating
C22-Collective Work 10
14:00 -
17:00
Istanbul Modern: Floating Islands Exhibition
The Seventh Hill of Istanbul: Pashas and Saints
City Panels as the Intersection of Architecture and Art: Istanbul Textile Traders’ Market
City Panels as the Intersection of Architecture and Art: Kadıköy
Walkshop | Discovery of Safe Walking Areas
Grand Bazaar and Hans of Historic Peninsula
Historical Traces, Vibrant Streets: Cibali-Fener-Balat
Apartments, Hans and Tales: Galata-Pera-Beyoğlu
The Roof of the Grand Bazaar and Han’s
Walkshop | O'film Route: In the Footsteps of Muhsin Bey
Eyüpsultan Cultural Heritage
Walking Through Urban Memory
Golden Horn Labor and Industry Collective Memory Route
18th Istanbul Biennial: Galata Greek School and Zihni Han