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P1- Opening Plenary
(Wednesday 19 May, 9.30-11.00)

Michel Delebarre, Former Minister of State, Mayor of Dunkerque, President of the Metropolitan Council of Dunkerque, Chair of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion (COTER), Committee of the Regions, France ; Myriam Cau, Vice-President responsible for Sustainable Development, Regional Council Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ; Michèle Pappalardo, Commissionner for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Ecology, France ; Gino Van Begin, Regional Director for Europe, Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI -Local Governments for Sustainability ; Emanuele Burgin, Province of Bologna; President of Agende 21 Locali Italiane, Italy ; Jeb Brugmann, Urban Strategy and Innovation Consultant; Initiator of Local Agenda 21; Author, Canada

P2- Climate change, economic crisis and social challenges
(Wednesday 19 May, 11.30-13.00)

Steve Waller, Sustainability Advisor, Improvement & Development Agency for Local Government, UK ; Katherine Richardson, Chairperson of the Danish Commission on Climate Change Policy; Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark ; Jeremy Rifkin, President of the Foundation on Economic Trends; Bestselling author, USA ; Dominique Voynet, Former Minister of Environment, Mayor of Montreuil, France ; Manuela Rottmann, Councillor, City of Frankfurt, Germany ; Fabrizio Barbaso, Deputy Director General, DG Energy, European Commission

P3- Interactive debate: Turning Challenges into solutions
(Wednesday 19 May, 14.30-16.00)

Sub-Plenaries C1 - C2 - C3 : Cooperation on Eco-efficient and resilient Urban Infrastructure

(Thursday 20 May, 11.30-13.00)

C1  - Building and Construction

Augustin De Romanet, General Director, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, France ; Stéphane Quéré, Senior Vice President, Sustainable Urbanization, GDF Suez ; Antoine Frérot, CEO, Veolia, France ; Lars Tveen, CEO, Danfoss District Energy, Denmark ; Carl  Cederschiöld, Mayor Emeritus; President of CEEP (European Centre of Employers and Enterprises providing Public services), Stockholm, Sweden ; Flo Clucas, CoR Member; Deputy Council Leader, Liverpool, UK ; Khaled Awad, Founder of Grenea, CEO of Advanced Construction Technology Services, Former Director of Property Development, Masdar City Initative, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ; Norbert Schröder-Klings, Head, Urban Planning and Development, Freiburg, Germany

C2  - Utilities: Energy and Water
Henri Proglio, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Electricité de France, France ; Anne Le Strat, Deputy Mayor in charge of water, Paris, France ; Atanaska Nikolova, Deputy Mayor, Burgas, Bulgaria ; Ziad Tassabehji, Founder of Grenea, Former Director of Utilities and Asset Management, Masdar City Initative, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates ; Tommy Eggers, Alderman for The Public Utility Department,Aalborg,Denmark ; Jeb Brugmann, Urban Strategy and Innovation Consultant; Initiator of Local Agenda 21; Author, Canada ; Alison Hay, Councillor, Argyll and Bute, UK; Spokesperson for Environment and Sustainability, COSLA

C3  - Mobility and Logistics

Sherif El Diwany, Director, Head of Middle East and North Africa and Arab Business Council,World Economic Forum ; Zvonimir Mršić, Mayor, Koprivnica, Croatia ; Patxi Lazcoz, Mayor, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain ; Cyrille du Peloux, CEO, Veolia Transport, France ; Bernard Emsellem, Director General for Ecomobility, SNCF (French National Railways), France ; Andrée Buchmann, Vice President of the Metropolitan Council of Strasbourg, Regional councillor for Alsace, France

P4- Connected and committed - Progress of local sustainability in Europe
(Thursday 20 May, 14.30-16.00)

Maria Berrini, President of the Ambiente Italia Research Institute, Milan, Italy ; Henning G. Jensen, Mayor of Aalborg, Denmark ; Thomas Kastrup-Larsen, Alderman for Health and Sustainable Development, Aalborg, Denmark ;  Joan Antoni Baron, Mayor of Mataró; Environmental Councillor, Barcelona Provincial Council, Spain ; André Rossinot, Mayor of Nancy, President of the Metropolitan Community of the Larger Nancy, France ; Klaus Bondam, Deputy Mayor of Copenhagen, Denmark

P5- Champion and newcomers
(Thursday 20 May, 16.30-17.30)

Bob Evans, Professor at the Sustainable Cities Research Institute and the School of the Built Environment; Former Director of the Sustainable Cities Research Institute, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK ; Jüri Ratas, Vice-President of the Riigikogu (National Parliament), Estonia ; Carl Cederschiöld, Mayor Emeritus of Stockholm; President of CEEP, Sweden ; Stephan Hugo Winters, State Secretary, Hamburg, Germany ; Henning G. Jensen, Mayor of Aalborg, Denmark

Aalborg signatories

Ismael A. Seguí Hernández, Ajuntament de Gaianes, Spain ; Franco Loris Greco, Comune di Cerisano, Italy ; Vincent Allier, Nimes Metropole, France ; Agim Veliu, Komuna e Podujeves, Kosovo ; Gaspar Pérez Fuster, La Font d'en Carròs, Spain ; Ousmane Dramé, Municipality of Nioro du Rip, Senegal ; Marco Falvio Cirillo and Paolo Malknecht, Comune di Basiglio - Milano 3, Italy ; António Gamito Chaínho, Municipio de Grândola, Portugal ; Jean-Paul Martinerie, Ville de Châtenay-Malabry, France ; André Rossinot, Communauté Urbaine du Grand Nancy, France ; Perry Nativ, Raanana Municipality, Israel ; Ciaran Byrne, Fingal County Council, Ireland ; Mongiardo Giuseppe, Comune di Bareggio, Italy ; Stephan Hugo Winter, Hanseatic City of Hamborg, Germany ; Rua Lino de Carvalho, Camara Municipal do Seixal, Portugal ; José Ramón Martinez Perea, Ajuntament de Rivas Vaciamadrid, Spain

P6- Next Climate Conference – COP16 in Mexico: Responsibilities ahead for local and national governments
(Friday 19 May, 9.30-11.00)

Alex Taylor, Journalist and professional moderator ; István László Bart, Policy Officer, Adaptation unit, DG Climate Action; Michel Delebarre, Former Minister of state: Mayor of Dunkerque; President of the Metropolitan Council of Dunkerque; President of the Coter Commission of the Committee of the Regions ; Ronan Dantec, Deputy Mayor of Nantes; President of working group on climate change, Eurocities, France ; Michel Destot, President of AMGVF; Mayor of Grenoble, France ; Yunus Arikan, Director, Cities Climate Center; Focal point for local governments at the UNFCCC, Bonn, Germany

P7- A Europe of sustainable cities
(Friday 19 May, 9.30-11.00)

Michel Delebarre,  Former Minister of State; Mayor of Dunkerque; President of the Metropolitan Council of Dunkerque; Chair of the Commission for Territorial Cohesion (COTER), Committee of the Regions ; Gaye Doganoglu, Chair of the Committee on Sustainable Development, Congress of Local and Regional Authorities, Council of Europe ; Francisco Cadarso, Senior Advisor, Spanish Ministry for the Environment ; Jo Leinen, Member of European Parliament ; Janez Potočnik, Commissioner for Environment, European Commission ; Johannes Hahn, Commissioner for Regional Policy, European Commission