Sustainable Places 2025
8 – 10 October 2025
Milan
Monte Rosa 91 Conference Centre
In collaboration with the Comune di Milano, we are excited to announce that Sustainable Places 2025 (SP25) will be held in the wonderful city of Milan, which has a robust real-estate market and thriving professional community in design, architecture, construction, built environment transformation, etc. We invite SP25 participation from industry, policy, media and other stakeholders.
SP25 co-design begins!
The venue will allow us to co-design the event leveraging a 300 person amphitheater, 4 fully instrumented meeting rooms, open spaces, and dedicated networking areas.
Sponsorship opportunities
We again welcome and invite sponsorship at SP25. For organizations looking to increase brand exposure and visibility to Europe’s top R&D performers, sponsorship offers an excellent mechanism to do that. Sponsors can count on excellent visibility, assistance with networking, the opportunity to exhibit and the opportunity to co-create moments that meet their specific objectives. SP24 in Luxembourg concluded with 14 sponsoring organizations which facilitated the excellent program and experience we were able to offer. Explore / download the SP25 Sponsorship Brochure and feel free to pass along to your contacts that might be interested / benefit.
Discover the SP25 Thematic Tracks
For the first time, SP is very proud to present a dedicated brochure outlining the SP25 Thematic Tracks. These curated sessions aim to be the scientific and collaborative heart of the conference, hosted in Milan’s Monte Rosa 91 auditorium and designed to connect research, policy, and market actors around urgent sustainability challenges.
Each session is a unique opportunity to engage with real-world case studies, institutional stakeholders, and industry leaders, all in a high-visibility format supported by strategic sponsorships. Explore the full lineup and discover how your project or organisation can contribute to shaping Europe’s sustainable future.
Workshops are still being scheduled, pending the completion of the Call for Proposals. In the meantime, the first session (pre-opening ceremony) will begin at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, October 8. The final session, focused on territory transition, capacity building, and innovative finance, will wrap up at 6:00 PM on Friday, October 10.
Explore the evolving SP25 agenda
The SP25 agenda will be continuously updated as workshops are confirmed and paper sessions are formed. Each confirmed session will have its own dedicated webpage, and participants are encouraged to use these pages to promote their upcoming contributions and engage their networks in advance of the event.
Registration
SP25 will maintain the same structure as previous years. The fees on this page are excluding VAT (22%)*. Rates and timeframes are as follows:
| Category | Dates | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Early Bird | Until 31 July | 550 € + VAT |
| Standard | 1 August – 14 September | 650 € + VAT |
| Event Close | 15 September through event | 750 € + VAT |
| Online | N/A | 150 € + VAT |
* Italy requires the collection of VAT for conference registration regardless of country of origin. VAT refund applications are handled through each registrant country’s tax authority’s electronic portal under Directive 2008/9/EC.
Travel and accommodation
If you have questions about which airport to select, here are three good options – all with convenient connections to Milan in under an hour:
- Linate (LIN): The closest option, now directly connected to the Milan metro system via the new M4 line. You can reach most parts of the city in just 15–30 minutes.
- Malpensa (MXP): Well connected via the Malpensa Express train, with two arrival stations — Milano Centrale and Milano Cadorna — both linked to the metro. Travel time: about 30 minutes.
- Bergamo (BGY): Served by frequent shuttle buses departing just outside the terminal. They reach Milano Centrale in around 1 hour.
Below are five “getting to the venue” friendly options. Milan offers a lot, so people may want to stay in different places for various reasons.
| Hotel | Address | Distance from MonteRosa 91 | Website | EUR/night | Total rooms |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel Lido | Via R. Galli 8, 20148 Milano, Italia | 800m | Visit site | Single 112€ Double 129€ | 27 |
| B&B Hotel Milano Portello | Via Guglielmo Silva, 12, 20149 Milano, Italia | 500m | Visit site | Single 176€ Double 194€ | 96 |
| Hotel Campion | Viale Berengario 3, 20149 Milano, Italia | 700m | Visit site | Single 131€ Double 174€ | 27 |
| Hotel des Estrangers | Via Sirte, 9 – 20146 Milano, Italia | 3.2km (Bus line 90) | Visit site | Single 108€ Double 130€ | 94 |
| Hotel Wagner | Via M. Buonarroti 13, 20149 Milano, Italia | 1.4km (Metro Red Line) | Visit site | Single 157€ Double 185€ | 50 |
SP25 newsletters
SP scope
Sustainability targets and climate change objectives cannot be met without addressing buildings and the built environment at the building, district and urban scale to include our transport and energy infrastructures. Renowned for showcasing results coming out of the EU Horizon 2020 and EU Horizon Europe Framework Programmes via the participation of cutting-edge research and innovation projects, the scope of SP is captured directly in its name. It involves designing, building and retrofitting the places we live and work in a more sustainable way.
SP concept
SP prides itself on being an ideal platform for the dissemination of research, the conduct of workshops, EU project clustering and networking between stakeholders of all types. SP24 was held over three days in a hybrid (digital + in-person) event format. Between opening and closing keynote sessions, parallel technical sessions and project-organized workshops explored the various conference themes. Given world events we encouraged submissions on technology transfer, renewable energy implementations and energy security with the aim of facilitating actions that increase the rate of renovation and renewable energy implementations.
SP themes
Each year, Sustainable Places features topics that are shaping how we think about cities and the built environment. Across all editions, Sustainable Places is open to all topics related to building sustainability and most often reflect priorities described in the European Commission Societal Challenges and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
For SP25, we propose the list of themes shown to the right. These themes are non-exhaustive and proposals received on other topics related to sustainability will certainly be considered for acceptance.
- Energy communities, smart cities & urban transition
- Sustainable construction & renovation
- Climate change mitigation & adaptation
- Facilitating the energy transition: policy, finance, training
- Sustainable urban renewal & cultural transformation
- Renewable energy technologies
- Decarbonisation & circularity
- Resilience & energy security
- Data centres, digital twins & artificial intelligence for sustainability
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