Belgrade, Serbia
Prostor Miljenko Dereta
URBANFEST 10.01

offline festival about cities and citizens in a global changing era
speakers
  • Egor Muleev
    Research Associate at the Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, Germany. Transportation and Mobilities Scholar
  • Maria Tinika
    Urban expert, head of public campaigns “Arbor of Petersburg”
  • Ilya Birman
    Art director at Artem Gorbunov Design Bureau
  • Vladimir Kumov
    Leader of the Russian urban cycling advocacy project Let's bike it!
  • Stefan Radaković
    Freelance administrative and economic analyst for the rail industry, founder of SR Rail
  • Oksana Zaporozhets
    Senior research fellow, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (Leipzig, Germany)
  • Ekaterina Seredniakova
    Second year Urban Planning student at the Paris School of Urban Planning
  • Xeniya Chepurchenko
    Head of GIS services for decision-making in real estate development
  • Ana Šabanović
    Research assistant at the faculty of architecture in Belgrade
  • Elvira Ibragimova
    Historian, who researches connections between architecture and politics in Yugoslavia, PhD in Comparative History
program
10 Jan
12:00 - 20:00
lectures will be held in English and Russian.
some changes in the schedule are possible
12:00
12:00
Maria Tinika
ecology
How to make a street feel homely and welcoming. Amsterdam’s recipe
12:30
12:30
Ana Šabanović
ecology
Green Infrastructure as a Strategic Tool for Compact and Resilient Cities
13:00
13:00
Ekaterina Seredniakova
transport, public spaces
Soft mobility as a lever for neighbourhood regeneration: policy and place based approaches
13:30
13:30
Vladimir Kumov
transport
Uncovering hidden patterns: an analysis of 90,000 traffic accidents in Moscow over 10 years
14:00
14:00
Egor Muleev
transport
Knowledge about transport: between science and intuition
14:30
14:30
Ilya Birman
design
Start with the map: three reasons to do the map first, then move on to the rest of wayfinding
15:30
15:30
break
16:30
16:30
Xeniya Chepurchenko
data
Finding a needle in a haystack: how GIS and data support decision-making in land asset management
17:00
17:00
Oksana Zaporozhets
sociology
Unconventional cities and their futures
17:30
17:30
Stefan Radaković
transport
The Belgrade Tram System – a forgotten or key mode of transport for the capital?
18:00
18:00
Elvira Ibragimova
architecture
General Staff of Dobrovich: the building history
workshops
  • 12:30-15:00
    Belgrade: city of collage
    Together with the participants, we will create a zine about the key images and elements associated with Belgrade. We will try to reflect on our experience of living in the city and convey it through images, texts, and other artistic and visual forms

    Semyon Gudkov – urbanist, founder of the NGO “Pulse Urban Alliance”
    Maria Khomutskikh – graphic designer
  • 16:00-18:00
    Crafting Belgrade’s transport network with our own hands
    We will try to rethink, improve, and create Belgrade’s transport network, taking into account traffic load, terrain, and infrastructure. We will use expert materials about the current state of the network and the city’s future transport and development plans

    Fedor Dokukin – urbanist, sociologist, Belgrade University student
  • 12:30-17:30
    Designing a road sign
    Creating your own road sign that draws attention to the details you consider most important in the urban environment

    Elizaveta Globus
  • 12:30-17:30
    Junction redesign
    Reimagining one of Belgrade’s road interchanges to make it clearer, safer, and more effective

    Georgii Stetsko
about

UrbanFest is an informal city association of urban enthusiasts


we aim to bring together people who care about cities and the environment around us. Inspired by the wonderful City of Belgrade, we believe that together we can find a way to benefit the city


our team is made up of urbanists, architects, sociologists, designers and simply concerned citizens. this allows us to look at the city from all sides


follow us on Instagram: @urbanfest.belgrade

as it was in 2023–2024
address
Prostor Miljenko Dereta
Dobračina 55, Beograd
contact
if you have any questions, feel free to contact us
  • Polina
    paulinaspp@gmail.com
    @Paulina_SPb
  • Tim
    tchurovtim@gmail.com
    @tchurovtim
  • Semyon
    semgudd@gmail.com
    @SeMuzG
  • Alex Radchenko
    radchenko.alex@gmail.com
    @alexradchenko2
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