[EN] EmPowerIngUs - Getafe 2026 | Day 1 Afternoon - Innovation & Communication as Legacy

[EN] Final Event EmPowerIngUs - Getafe 2026 | Day 1 Afternoon - Innovation & Communication as Legacy Afternoon session of the EmPowerIngUs Final Event, held at Espacio Mercado in Getafe (Madrid) on 1 July 2026. This block focuses on local energy innovation and on communication as the project's legacy: building meaning over time and laying the groundwork for future developments. Project co-funded by the European Union (URBACT / Interreg). Organised by the City Council of Getafe and EMSV. AFTERNOON SESSION INDEX 0:00 Welcome back from lunch — Chiara Lucchini (URBACT ad hoc expert, moderator) 1:26 Lead Expert observations: the human side of URBACT projects — Klemen Strmsnik (EmPowerIngUs Lead Expert) 3:03 We were all guinea pigs: innovating, transferring, leaving the comfort zone 5:50 Daring to dream big: the URBACT method as support 8:29 "People work with people": bonds that outlive the project 10:03 Q&A: what to improve when accompanying cities — Klemen Strmsnik 12:02 The role of ad hoc experts — Teofil Gherca (URBACT), Klemen Strmsnik and Fernando González Ferreira (EMSV Getafe) 17:32 Expertise framework and the programme's midterm reflection — Irina Rotaru (URBACT) 20:02 "In love with the URBACT methodology" — Fernando González Ferreira INNOVATION IN GETAFE · EMSV PROJECTS 21:50 Introduction: projects evolving into projects — Chiara Lucchini 24:04 EmPowerIngUs as a prequel: EMSV's map of initiatives in 4 blocks (energy poverty & data, renovation & comfort, citizen energy, demand flexibility) — Fernando González Ferreira 29:08 EPIU: detecting hidden energy poverty through data 30:58 EmPowerIngUs: transferring the Healthy Homes Office 31:56 FE Comfort: comfort as a service, with Ljubljana 33:44 LIFE ECOSS: public enabling structures for energy communities 35:00 European Energy Communities Facility: professionalising communities 37:26 The Citizen Energy Panel: a citizen roadmap for the Urban Agenda 39:18 Next challenges: RenewIT, EPAH3, Horizon SETH Pilot and ALFA; the sixth scale: the distribution grid 40:34 A coherent portfolio for the just transition 41:11 Mentimeter: what did you find interesting today 45:43 Mentimeter: what will you bring home COMMUNICATION WORKSHOP · COMMUNICATION AS LEGACY 49:54 The communication plan as the network's collective work — Chiara Lucchini 54:59 Why do we do projects? The Yellow Bird tale (Olga de Dios) 57:33 Communicating "fuzzy" topics like energy and water 1:01:47 Mentimeter: what is communication to you? 1:04:36 Communication as an asset: micro-alliances, honesty and accountability 1:09:42 How we frame problems shapes the solutions ("energy richness") 1:16:26 The power of stories: telling energy poverty without stigma 1:19:11 Mentimeter: who do we want to talk to? Titles for a story about energy 1:24:17 Conclusions: communication is the use you make of it; legacy and scaling up 1:31:18 Mentimeter: what should good communication leave on the ground? 1:35:20 Closing: "We choose these projects because they are difficult" (Kennedy and the Moon) — Ángel Fernández (General Manager, EMSV Getafe) 📍 Espacio Mercado, Pl. de la Constitución 5, 28901 Getafe, Madrid