The second International Symposium “World’s Best Cities” was held in Tampere on 6-7 May, under the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Helsinki, which included the event as part of the 2026 Sustainable Development Festival promoted by ASviS.<\/p>\n
Smart cities, innovation, green transition, and quality of urban life were the central topics of the initiative, promoted by the Finnish Association of Local and Regional Authorities, the Kuntas\u00e4\u00e4ti\u00f6<\/em> Foundation, and the MDI think tank, which brought together institutional representatives, experts, and international stakeholders.<\/p>\n The 2026 edition had a strong Italian focus, with the City of Milan being presented during the event as a “case study” of sustainable urban transformation.<\/p>\n The Symposium’s keynote speaker was Marco Sammicheli, Curator of Design, Fashion and Craft at the Triennale Milano<\/em> and Director of the Italian Design Museum, who gave a presentation entitled “How Design Enrichs Cities,” dedicated to the role of design as a driver of innovation, inclusion and urban livability.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The second International Symposium “World’s Best Cities” was held in Tampere on 6-7 May, under the patronage of the Embassy of Italy in Helsinki, which included the event as part of the 2026 Sustainable Development Festival promoted by ASviS. Smart cities, innovation, green transition, and quality of urban life were the central topics of the […]","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":187171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-187238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retediplomatica","tag-europa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187240,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187238\/revisions\/187240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}