We took part in the closing session of the online conversation cycle promoted by Observatorio 2030 del CSCAE, held at the Foro de las Ciudades in Madrid as the culmination of the series on integrated urban regeneration. The session opened with a panel on health as a driver of integrated urban regeneration, featuring case studies from Getafe, Ontinyent and the CGLU-UCLG Cities Countdown to 2030 initiative, followed by a second panel exploring housing as a vector for health and the common good from policy, lived experience and territorial perspectives. Mar Santamaria took part in dynamizing the sessions alongside the Observatorio 2030 team, closing the cycle with a set of shared conclusions.

Mar Santamaria moderated a session on innovation applied to public service management, organised by Asociación Nacional de Empresas de Medio Ambiente (ANEPMA) at the Foro de las Ciudades in Madrid. The session brought together public companies and experts in circular economy and technological innovation to discuss progress on circularity in urban services across different territories, along with the tools helping municipalities, provincial councils and inter-municipal associations respond to these challenges. Speakers shared experiences from Sagunto, the Generalitat Valenciana, the city of Brasília, and Madrid's new General Urban Development Plan office.

We participated in a seminar on climate and energy efficiency in the built environment, held at the Instituto Torroja–CSIC in Madrid. This first session presented our work developed within the European Horizon project Impetus4Change, in which experts in climate science, urbanism and social sciences collaborate to improve the quality and accessibility of climate information for cities and regions, working toward short-term predictions that can drive social transformation in response to climate change. The seminar's second part introduced the LIFE project OBSERVE, which supports six European countries in structuring data collection and governance to comply with the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive.

We took part in "Revealed Ecologies: From Data to Spatial Consciousness," a session within the Becoming Hyper-conscious track at the UIA World Congress of Architects, held on 1 July at CCIB in Barcelona. The session brought together researchers working through cartography, data analysis, digital mapping and spatial technologies to reveal interconnected patterns that often remain invisible to human perception. Alongside Limbo Accra and Studio SOC, we shared our work, offering new ways of understanding the relationships between space, ecology, climate, mobility and social dynamics. We also participated in the Open Forum, which brought together the speakers from each day's sessions, creating a space for cross-disciplinary dialogue and exchange around the key themes explored throughout the Congress.

We took part in the international congress organized by the Gender Equality Policies Service of the Diputació de Barcelona. The congress examined the current and future challenges of feminist urbanism through an intersectional and multilevel lens, addressing topics such as gender mainstreaming in urban planning, feminist governance, care work and the right to territory, and the use of data and artificial intelligence from a gender perspective. We joined the panel on data, tools and methodologies, reflecting on the role of digital tools and data analysis in urban studies from a feminist perspective.

We took part in the panel "The challenges of the housing market in Spain" in the context of the UIMP Conference on the Spanish Economy in Santander, organised by CEMFI Banco de España. Moderated by Olympia Bover (CEMFI), the panel brought together José García-Montalvo (Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Manuel Illueca (Instituto de Crédito Oficial) and Pablo Martínez (trescientosmil) to discuss the structural challenges facing housing in Spain, combining perspectives from academia, public credit institutions and urban practice.

Mar Santamaría took part in Seremos, an initiative by Cadena SER to reflect on the future of Spain, held on 4 June in Madrid. Within the panel "Where We Will Live," she joined a roundtable on emerging trends in urban planning and mobility, alongside José Manuel Vassallo, professor and director of the Transport Research Centre at the Technical University of Madrid. Moderated by Lourdes Lancho, the session explored how cities and the way we move through them are likely to change in the years ahead.

We were selected to take part in the ReACH workshop, organized by HLRS (High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart) within the framework of theGATE Festival and with the support of Acción Cultural Española. The workshop brought together artists and researchers to explore the artistic uses of supercomputing infrastructures, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence. Over five days, participants engaged with specialists in high performance computing, scientific visualization and AI, working to translate early concepts into structured projects through hands on sessions and collaborative feedback.

We are hosting a new cycle of conversations on integrated urban regeneration, promoted by Observatorio 2030 del CSCAE as a lead-up to the Foro de las Ciudades de Madrid. The series brings together architects, urbanists, sociologists, and public-sector practitioners to share experiences and discuss best practices that demonstrate the social, spatial, and environmental benefits of integrated regeneration, as explored in the report Ciudad y Territorio en Regeneración. Through a series of online conversations and a final in-person gathering, the cycle aims to strengthen a shared culture of regeneration and promote practical methodologies that help local administrations and technical teams address urban transformation with an integrated perspective. The discussions focus on real case studies that show how regeneration succeeds when architectural quality, institutional coordination, and the needs and aspirations of local communities are considered as part of the same process.

Together with Fundación Cotec para la Innovación, we presented the Local Innovation Index in Málaga, hosted at the historic production center of Mahou San Miguel. The Local Innovation Index is a new tool that evaluates the innovation ecosystems of Spain’s 59 functional regions. Rather than measuring only the resources available in each territory, it examines their capacity to transform those resources into tangible outcomes. Combining five key dimensions — investment, education, research, employment, and business activity — the index offers a local-scale picture of how innovation is produced and sustained across the country. The presentation also opened a broader conversation on the relationship between innovation and territory, bringing together perspectives from business and public administration. It was a reminder that local innovation is not built in isolation, but through collaboration across institutions, companies, and civic ecosystems.