Speakers
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
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Maria Berrini Chairperson of Ambiente Italia Research Institute |
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Jeb Brugmann Urban Strategy Expert; Innovation Consultant; author |
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Bob Evans Professor at the Sustainable Cities Research Institute and the School of the Built Environment; Former Director of the Sustainable Cities Research Institute |
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Jean-Marc Fleury Executive Director of the World Federation of Science Journalists |
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Bruno Lanvin Executive Director, eLAB, INSEAD, France; Chair, Global Agenda Council on the Future of Government |
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Ken Livingstone Urban adviser, United Kingdom |
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Rejendra Pachauri Chairman, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Nobel Peace Prize winner 2007 |
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Jeremy Rifkin President, Foundation on Economic Trends; best-selling author |
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Katherine Richardson Chairperson of the Danish Commission on Climate Change Policy; Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen |
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Gino Van Begin Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI; Regional Director, ICLEI European Secretariat |
Local Leaders
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Joan Antoni Baron Deputy Mayor for Environment of Barcelona Province, Spain |
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Klaus Bondam Deputy Mayor, Copenhagen, Denmark |
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Emanuele Burgin President of Coordinamento Local Agenda 21 Italy |
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Abel Caballero Mayor of Vigo, Spain ; President of the Spanish Cities for Climate |
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Carl Cederschiöld Mayor Emeritus of Stockholm, Sweden |
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Gerard Collomb Senator-Mayor of Lyon, President of the Lyon Urban Community, France |
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Michel Destot Member of French Parliament, President of the AMGVF (Association des Maires de Grandes Villes de France), Mayor of Grenoble,France |
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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 |
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Tommy Eggers Alderman for the Public Utility Department, Aalborg, Denmark |
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Lisbeth Iversen |
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Henning G. Jensen Mayor of Aalborg, Denmark |
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Alain Juppé Former Prime Minister, Mayor of Bordeaux, France |
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Thomas Kastrup-Larsen Alderman for Health and Sustainable Development, Aalborg, Denmark |
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Imma Mayol Beltran Deputy Mayor, Barcelona, Spain |
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Alfredo Sánchez Monteseirín Mayor of Sevilla, Spain |
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Juri Ratas Vice- President of the Riigikogu (parliament), Estonia |
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André Rossinot Mayor of Nancy, Former Minister, President of the Metropolitan Community of the Larger Nancy, France |
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Manuela Rottmann Councillor, City of Frankfurt, Germany |
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Dominique Voynet Former Minister of Environment; Mayor, Montreuil, France |
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Stephan Hugo Winters State Secretary, Hamburg, Germany |
National government and EU institution representatives
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Jean-Louis Borloo Minister of the Environment, Energy, Sustainable Development and Spatial Planning, France |
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Mercedes Bresso President of the Committee of the Regions; President of the Piemont Region, Italy |
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Johannes Hahn Commissioner for Regional Policy, European Commission |
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Ian Micallef President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe |
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Dubravka Šuica Vice-President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe |
