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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 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