Keynote speakers and panelists
Information on speakers and activities taking place at the OPEN ARENA on the first day will be continuously updated starting in January.
Francesc Baró
Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, COOLSCHOOLS: Realizing potentials of nature-based climate shelters in school environments for urban transformation

Thomas Osdoba
Programme Director of NetZeroCities

Sophia Silverton
ICLEI Europe Officer

Tim Taylor
Thriving Communities Initiative. Specialist in supporting organisations and communities to shape, develop and deliver transformative social, economic and environmental change initiatives.

Gerfried Ambrosch
Grassroots environmentalist, Munich, Germany

Johan Kuylenstierna
Director General of Formas, Sweden

Patrick Child
European Commission,Directorate-General for Environment

Rosalinde Van Der Vlies
Clean Planet Director, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation

Elena Simion
International Projects Expert, UEFISCDI (Executive Agency for Higher Education,
Research, Development and Innovation Funding), Romania

Anna Wang
Expert Advisor, BMVT (Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology), Austria

Margit Noll
CEO DUT partnership, Head of Departement European and International Programmes, FFG

Sampo Rouppila
University of Turku, Research Director, Department of Social Research
PhD, Research Director of Urban Studies, Director of Turku Urban Research Programme
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Tobias Arnoldussen
Tilburg University, CONTRA: Drama labs to handle conflicts in Transformations

Marie-Carmen Bex
Deputy Director-General, Innoviris, Belgium
Joanna McIntyre
University of Nottingham, The Art of Belonging: Social integration of young migrants in urban
Ovidu Cîmpean
City of Cluj, Romania

Lisa De Roeck
Tilburg University, CONTRA: Drama labs
to handle conflicts in Transformation.

Johannes Riegler
DUT Partnership

Anna Lisa Boni
Deputy Mayor City of Bologna, Italy
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