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
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 urbanOvidu 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