We are very pleased to share the world-class line up of speakers who will contribute to 6th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns.

Speakers were selected to represent a wide range of leading edge knowledge and experience related to urban sustainability and local government commitments:

For more information on the speaker and his/her program contribution, please click on their pictures.
The list of conference speakers will be continuously developed in the coming months.

International Experts

		Maria Berrini Chairperson of Ambiente Italia Research Institute		Jeb Brugmann Urban Strategy Expert; Innovation Consultant; author

		Bob Evans Professor at the Sustainable Cities Research Institute and the School of the Built Environment; Former Director of the Sustainable Cities Research Institute		Bruno Lanvin Executive Director, eLAB, INSEAD, France; Chair, Global Agenda Council on the Future of Government

		Konrad Otto Zimmerman Secretary General, ICLEI		Yann Arthus-Bertrand Photographer; Film-maker (“Home”), France

		Jeremy Rifkin President, Foundation on Economic Trends; best-selling author		Katherine Richardson Chairperson of the Danish Commission on Climate Change Policy; Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen

		Gino Van Begin Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI; Regional Director, ICLEI European Secretariat		Steve Waller Sustainability Advisor, Improvement & Development Agency for Local Government, UK

Local Leaders

	Joan Antoni Baron Deputy Mayor for Environment of Barcelona Province, Spain		Klaus Bondam Deputy Mayor, Copenhagen, Denmark

	Emanuele Burgin President of Coordinamento Local Agenda 21 Italy		Andrée Buchmann Vice President of the Metropolitan Council of Strasbourg, Regional councillor for Alsace, France

	Myriam Cau Vice-President responsible for Sustainable Development, Regional Council Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France		Carl Cederschiöld Mayor Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden

	Gerard Collomb Senator-Mayor of Lyon, President of the Lyon Urban Community, France		Flo Clucas CoR Member; Deputy Council Leader, Liverpool, UK

	Ronan Dantec Deputy Mayor of Nantes; President of working group on climate change, Eurocities		Michel Destot Member of French Parliament, President of the AMGVF (Association des Maires de Grandes Villes de France), Mayor of Grenoble, France

	Michel Delebarre Former Minister of State; Mayor of Dunkerque; President of the Metropolitan Council of Dunkerque; Chair of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion (COTER), France		Tommy Eggers Alderman for the Public Utility Department, Aalborg, Denmark

	Alison Hay Councillor, Argyll and Bute, UK; Spokesperson for Environment and Sustainability, COSLA		Henning G. Jensen Mayor of Aalborg, Denmark

	Alain Juppé Former Prime Minister, Mayor of Bordeaux, France		Thomas Kastrup-Larsen Alderman for Health and Sustainable Development, Aalborg, Denmark

	Zvonimir Mršić Mayor, Koprivnica, Croatia		Patxi Lazcoz Mayor, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain

	Anne Le Strat Deputy Mayor of Paris responsible for water, France		Atanaska Nikolova Deputy Mayor, Burgas, Bulgaria

	Juri Ratas Vice- President of the Riigikogu (parliament), Estonia		André Rossinot Mayor of Nancy, Former Minister, President of the Metropolitan Community of the Larger Nancy, France

	Manuela Rottmann Councillor, City of Frankfurt, Germany		Dominique Voynet Former Minister of Environment; Mayor, Montreuil, France

	Stephan Hugo Winters State Secretary, Hamburg, Germany

National government and EU institution representatives

	Johannes Hahn Commissioner for Regional Policy, European Commission		István László Bart, Policy Officer, Adaptation unit, DG Climate Action, European Commission

	Gaye Doganoglu Chair of the Committee on Sustainable Development, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of Council of Europe		Michèle Pappalardo General commissioner for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Ecology, France

	Fabrizio Barbaso Deputy Director General, DG Energy, European Commission		Janez Potočnik Commissioner for Environment, European Commission

	Jo Leinen Member, European Parliament

Business representatives

		Khaled Awad Founder of Grenea, CEO of Advanced Construction Technology Services		Stéphane Quéré Senior Vice President, Sustainable Urbanization, GDF Suez

		Antoine Frérot CEO, Veolia, France		Cyrille du Peloux CEO, Veolia Transport

		Henri Proglio Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Electricité de France		Augustin De Romanet General Director, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations

		Lars Tveen, CEO, Danfoss District Energy, Denmark		Ziad Tassabehji CEO, Windcliff Group