French-Swiss meeting of urban planners

Within a context marked by the emergence of new synergies for territorial development, considerations related to the creation of public equipment occupy central stage. Bringing together practitioners, researchers and elected representatives in Divonne-les-Bains (France) on July 4, the 11th French-Swiss meeting of urban planners was dedicated to this current issue. Among the experts invited on this occasion, Emmanuel Rey gave a lecture presenting territorial synergies for the creation of places of knowledge based on the strategies experimented within the creation of Microcity in Neuchâtel. Indeed, from political birth to concrete realization, this new branch of EPFL is based on the creative search for partnership, optimization and innovation.