The Many Possible Cities festival was founded by LAMA in 2018 at Manifattura Tabacchi, with the aim of creating an open and heterogeneous space for relations and thinking about urban transformations and challenges. The festival, at its fifth edition, is a place in which to ask the why and how of urban challenges and changes, finding the answer in a multistakeholder platform, intended for professionals, operators, administrators, practitioners, students, academics and citizens with different perspectives, skills and points of view, capable of restoring meaning to complexity. Every year, the festival hosts 3 guiding themes, 3 pillars: policy, practice, inspiration, and 3 formats: talk, workshops, and extras.

On September 28, Manifattura Tabacchi Firenze will host the first policy event of the T-Factor Roadshow. Policy-makers, practitioners, researchers and other experts will gather together to discuss options and possibilities to support temporary uses as viable practices for inclusive and sustainable urban regeneration. In particular, we will discuss:

• Policies and regulations governing temporary uses
• Urban agencies for the reuse of abandoned or disused spaces
• Financial instruments to support the adoption of temporary uses in urban regeneration
• Opportunities offered by the re-use of spaces in Social Housing and Reception
• Synergies between ESF and ERDF funding for temporary management of buildings within urban regeneration pathways