imagine_sem2009_think-tank_memorandum

IMAGINE THINK-TANK IMAGINE THINK-TANK

MEMORANDUM

Wrap-up - Report of new items

THE CHALLENGE OF LOW-

ENERGY CITY

� Imagination - Shared vision - Collective intelligence -

Responsability - Mutiple time and space scales – Democracy

� Hum hum, blop blop, ouch!, Pff..., Whao!, fouiiiiii..., Oh

lala.... Perplexity? Incredulity? Anxiety? lala.... Perplexity? Incredulity? Anxiety?

Powwerlessness feeling?

� Are we sure that we share the same vision ?

� Let us really overlap our own perspectives!

TOWARD the LOW-ENERGY city

Key points

Partnerships

InnovationInnovation

Funding

For me, what does it mean, to be committed, with all of you, in the

PARTNERSHIPS

Inventing something that does not exist

� For me, what does it mean, to be committed, with all of you, in the

coproduction and the protection of our public capital?

� How will a public actor, a private actor, a NGO look like in 40 years?

� Sharing vs. Division... of responsibilities !

� Which actor has to take the leadership?

� Your common sense + my common sense = a same direction? Local

optima vs. Global optimum

INNOVATION

Inventing something that does not exist

What about our collective intelligence ?

A social innovation issue!A social innovation issue!

The vision of ourselves and of our partners

Systemic vs. sectoral governance?

Needs – Prosperity – Scarcity

INNOVATION = MUTATION

FUNDING

Inventing something that does not exist

The funding and the virtue

Matching needs and available ressources

What is money ?

ENERGY and TERRITORIES

� Before: an economical, technological issue + « top-down » approach

+ supply side oriented

� From now on: « energy subsidiarity » + locally integrated solutions +

« bottom-up » approach + Demand side oriented

� Other ideas � Other ideas

FORESIGHT

� Today –> 2020 –> 2050

� Backcasting instead of forecasting

� Building strategies within a broader timeframe

GOVERNANCE and

QUALITY OF LIFE

� Overcoming a sector-centric logic

� The territory as a place for integration

� Engaging stakeholders

� Quality of life