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Frans
Timmermans
Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
Elisa
Ferreira
Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, European Commission
Vasco Alves
Cordeiro
President of the European Committee of the Regions
Stefano
Lo Russo
Mayor of Turin, Italy
Sónia
Pereira
High Commissioner for Migration of Portugal
Hans
Bruyninckx
Executive Director of the European Environment Agency
Normunds
Popens
Acting Director-General - DG REGIO, European Commission
Patrick
Child
Deputy Director General, DG Environment, European Commission
Clara
de la Torre
Deputy Director-General Innovation, adaptation and resilience, stakeholder relations – DG CLIMA, European Commission
Maria
Zezulkova
Czech Republic Ministry of Regional Development
Bart
Somers
Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of Flanders and Flemish Minister of the Interior, Administrative Affairs, Civic Integration and Equal Opportunities
Kieran
McCarthy
Independent member of Cork City Council and Irish member on the European Committee of the Regions
David
Sventek
Confederation of Industry of the Czech Republic, European Economic and Social Committee
Daniel
Leca
Vice-President for Europe, Hauts de France Region
Ann
Rodenstedt
Rodenstedt
Jan
Schultheiß
Coordinator of the UAEU partnership on Culture and Cultural heritage
Fabrizio
Rossi
CEMR Secretary General
Aikaterini
Dimitrakopoulou
Head of Sector for integration, DG HOME, European Commission
Marek
Teplansky
Head of Unit Inclusive Growth, Urban and Territorial Development - DG REGIO, European Commission
Thomas
de Béthune
Team Leader Urban Policy - DG REGIO, European Commission
Dana
Eleftheriadou
Head of Cities and Proximity Team, DG GROW (Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs), European Commission
Alessandro
Rainoldi
Head of Unit – Territorial Development, JRC, European Commission
Cristina
Martinez
Deputy Head of Unit, Technologies for Smart Communities, DG CNECT, European Commission
Giulia
Testori
Project Officer, Territorial Development Unit – JRC, European Commission
Carlotta
Fioretti
Scientific Officer – JRC, European Commission
Borislava
Woodford
Policy Analyst, New European Bauhaus Initative – JRC, European Commission
Benjamin
Caspar
Policy Officer for Natural Capital & Ecosystem Health, DG ENV, European Commission
Irene
Bonvissuto
Policy Officer, Policy development and implementation - Adaptation to climate change , DG CLIMA, European Commission
Carolina
Perpiñá Castillo
Territorial and geospatial analyst – JRC, European Commission
Eero
Ailio
Adviser - Energy transition and local governance - DG ENER, European Commission and Covenant of Mayors
Tim
Caufield
Director, EUI Permanent Secretariat
Eilish
O’Loughlin
Head of the Capacity Building Unit, EUI Permanent Secretariat
Teofil Oliver
Gherca
URBACT Programme Director
Wiktor
Szydarowski
Director of Espon EGTC
Aziza
Akhmouch
Head of Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development division, OECD
Sandra
Marin
Coordinator of the International Urban and Regional Cooperation (IURC) Programme
Margit
Noll
CEO of the European Partnership Driving Urban Transitions, JPI Urban Europe
Aleksandra
Dulkiewicz
Mayor of Gdańsk
Dario
Nardella
Mayor of Florence and President of EUROCITIES
Hanna
Zdanowska
Mayor of the City of Łódź, Poland
Vladimir
Svet
Deputy Mayor of Tallin, Estonia
Minna
Arve
Mayor of Turku, Finland
Alina
Apostol
Mayor of Ciortesti Commune, Iasi County
Chiara
Foglietta
Deputy Mayor of the City of Torino
Dejan
Crnek
Deputy Mayor of Ljubljana
Aleksi
Jäntti
Deputy Mayor of Tampere
Teresa
Alonso
Deputy Mayor of Lucena, Spain
Anna Lisa
Boni
Deputy Mayor for EU/Recovery funds, Ecological transition and International relations, City of Bologna, Italy
Jérôme
Pianezza
Deputy Mayor of the City of Lille, in charge of International and European Affairs and Fight against Discrimination
Sylvain
Godinot
Deputy-Mayor of Lyon, in charge of the Ecological Transition and Heritage
Michaela
Kauer
Head of the Liaison Office of the City of Vienna to the EU
Edoardo
Croci
Professor and Sustainable Urban Regeneration Lab Director, Bocconi University
Irene
McMaster
Senior Knowledge Echange Fellow at European Policy Research Centre, University of Starthclyde
Xavier
Tiana
Head of International Relations, Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
Claudio
Bordi
Head of EU Unit at Risorse per Roma, Municipal Agency of the City of Rome
Elisa
Limbacher
Coordination of the Lord Mayor's Affair, Trier (DE)
Fabrizio
Barbiero
Project Leader, UrbAct Transfer Network Innovato-R and UIA project ToNite, City of Torino
Konrad
Młynarczyk
Chief Designer, Settlement and Cultural Heritage Unit, Pomorskie Office for Regional Planning in Gdańsk
Annika
Dalén
Strategic development and gender equality officer, Municipality of Umeå
Diana
Botescu
Interim Head of Unit for Migration and Refugee Policies, Berlin Commissioner´s Office for Integration and Migration of the Berlin Senate
Simone
Lammert
Representative of the City Solingen for the Eurotowns network and City Councillor of Solingen
Leonor
Berriochoa Alberola
Urban Specialist and Senior Engineer, European Investment Bank
Marcel
Ionescu-Heroiu
Senior Urban Development Specialist, World Bank Group
Julita
Ewert-Stawowy
Deputy Director in the office of the Kraków Metropolis Association
Iulian
Mares
City Manager of Fierbinți-Targ Municipality and coordinator of West Ialomita Functional Area
Moskos
Diamantopoulos
General Director, West Athens Development Association
Soňa
Raszková
Officer, Department of ITI management and metropolitan cooperation, City of Brno
Philip
Näslund
Strategic Development Officer, City of Umeå, Sweden
Marion
Glatron
Director of Data and green transition, Rennes Metropole, UIA project RUDI
Gitty
Korsuize
Urban Ecologist, City of Utrecht
Helene
Stanger
Innovation Manager, Startup Village Kitzbühel
Susa
Eräranta
Project Director Climate unit, City of Helsinki
Stefania
Manca
City of Genoa, UAEU Partnership Climate Adaptation Coordinator
Laura
Čodere
Project and innovation manager, representative of Ventspils local government of State city
Geti
Mubeenová
Strategic Management Coordinator for Refugees, Prague City Hall
Oihana
Eizmendi
Coordinator of the Strategic Sectors Unit of Bilbao Ekintza, economic promotion agency from Bilbao City Council
Dana
Lazar
Directorate of Social Assistance, City of Timișoara
João Miguel
Medeiros
Councillor for Education, Innovation and Social Cohesion in the Municipality of Braga
Renata
Lopez
Head of urban Planning, City of Pozzuoli, Italy
Natasa
Christou
Innovation Entrepreneur, Co-founder Gardens of the future
Magdaléna
Karvayová
Co-Founder of Roma NGO “Awen Amenca”
Syed
Hasnain
Co/Founder and president of UNIRE (Italian National Union of Refugees and Exiles)
Roxana Maria
Triboi
Expert, Ex Ante Assessment of the UAEU Food theme
Orna
Rosenfeld
Expert, Ex Ante Assessment of the UAEU Cities of Equality theme
Simone
d’Antonio
ANCI – National Association of Italian Municipalities
Andrea
Bocco
Professor of Architectural Technology at the Inter-University Department of Urban Studies and Planning of the Politecnico di Torino (DIST)
Elena
Miglietti
Representative of the NEBTO Committee
Fabio
Sgaragli
Head of Innovation of Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini
Lavinia Chiara
Tagliabue
Associate Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Torino, Italy
Laura
Fornaro
Vice-Rector for digitalization, planning and development of the building heritage of the University of Torino
Imanol
Zabaleta
Director of the Centre for Environmental Studies, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spanish Basque Country
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