Confirmed Speakers
Charlotte Beerten
Climate & Sustainability Expert
Municipality of Alken
Max Beijneveld
EU Policy Coordinator
Climate Alliance
Frederik Ceulemans
Alderman, Urban Renewal, Climate and Citizen Participation
City of Brussels
Ana de Miguel
CEO
EMVS Madrid
Eric Dessaer
Landscape Architect
SWECO
Lies Eeckman
Managing Director
Polestar Belgium & Luxembourg
Pieter Flamand
Senior Managing Consultant
South Pole
Kris Geuens
Project Engineer
Flemish Environment Agency
Solveig Honoré Hatton
Senior Vice President, Public Sector Europe
Mastercard
Ellen Jackowski
Chief Sustainability Officer
Mastercard
Yu-Chun Liao
Councillor
City of Leuven
Krzysztof Kuik
Director, Clean Planet, DG RTD
European Commission
Aino Kulonen
Senior Climate Policy Adviser
Association of Finnish Cities and Municipalities
Agathe Legond
Director, European Strategy
Île-de-France Region
Valérie Libert
Alderwoman for Smart City
Municipality of Ixelles
Anaïs Maes
Alderwoman, Town Planning, Public Spaces and Mobility
City of Brussels
Veronica Manfredi
Director, Zero Pollution, Water Resilience & Green Urban Transition, DG ENV
European Commission
Federico Merino
Senior Advisor
Buenos Aires City Government
Anton Nikitin
Chief Sustainability Officer
City of Vilnius
Liazzat Rabbiosi
Chief of Montreal Protocol
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Hubert Rahier
Professor
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Isabel Rodríguez García
Minister of Housing and Urban Agenda
Government of Spain
Claire Simpson
Deputy Head, Climate and Transition City Unit
City of Brussels
André Sobczak
Secretary General
Eurocities
Niels Souverijns
R&D Land Use & Climate Impacts
VITO
Barbara Stoll
Senior Director, Clean Cities
Transport & Environment
Dr Axel Volkery
Head of Unit – Innovation & Urban Mobility, DG MOVE
European Commission
Lampros Yfantis
Senior Manager
ERTICO – ITS Europe
Partners
Host City
Founding Partner
Strategic Partners
Theme Partners
Agenda
Draft agenda — final speakers and timings to be confirmed.
Opening Keynote
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Session 1: Urban Resilience Through Design
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Cities as Partners: Scaling Urban Resilience through Collaboration
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District Cooling as a Vital Component of Sustainable Urban Planning
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Session 2: Housing and the Built Environment
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Afternoon Keynote Fireside Discussion — City of Brussels
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Session 3: Clean Energy & Infrastructure
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Session 4: Transport & Infrastructure
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