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Last update: 13/03/2009Thursday, 12 March 2009 |
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| 13:00 | Welcome Lunch | |
| 14:00 | Welcome address: • Philippe Maystadt, President, EIB [Speech EN] Opening address: Keynote speech: |
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| 15:00-16:30 |
Panel I - Making connections: inter-city and inter-regional transport |
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| Moderator: • Greg Clark, International adviser on city and regional development |
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| 16:30-17:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 17:00-18:30 |
Panel II: Coming Together - Metropolitan and Urban Infrastructure |
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| Moderator: • Greg Clark, International adviser on city and regional development |
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| Ponentes: • Jordi Hereu i Boher, Mayor of Barcelona, Spain • Nikitas Kaklamanis, Mayor of Athens, Greece [Speech EL] • Mesut Pektaş, Secretary General of the City of Istanbul, Turkey • Luisa Todini, Vice-President, European Construction Industry Federation (FIEC) [Presentation] • Jeremy Smith, Secretary General, Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) |
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| 18:30 | Closing Remarks: • Ms Magdalena Álvarez, Minister for Infrastructure, Spain |
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| 20:00 | Forum cocktail - dinner at the CosmoCaixa | |
Friday, 13 March 2009 |
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| 08:00 | Welcome coffee | |
| 09:00 |
Plenary opening address: Keynote speech: |
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| 09:30-10:45 |
Parallel panels 1 and 2Panel 1: Getting there - inter-city and inter-regional transport: environmental imperatives |
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| Moderator: • Jan Maarten De Vet, ECORYS Group, Belgium |
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| Speakers: • Antonio González Marín, President, ADIF, Spain • Jeremy Drew, Senior Policy Adviser, Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) [Presentation] • Jos Dings, Director, European Federation for Transport and Environment • Jeff Huntington, Head of Programme Air and Climate Change, European Environment Agency [Presentation] |
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Panel 2: Mind the gap - urban and metropolitan infrastructure: environmental and policy requirements |
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| Moderator: • Andrew Carter, Director of Rocket ScienceUK Ltd., United Kingdom |
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| Ponentes: • Fernando Gimeno, Vice-Mayor of Zaragoza, Spain • Philippe Thines, Deputy Mayor of Montpellier, France • Judith Borsboom, Environmental Assessment Agency, The Netherlands [Presentation] • Stellan Fryxell, Project developer of Hammarby Sjöstad Stockholm, Sweden [Presentation] |
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| 10:45-11:15 | Coffee break | |
| 11:15-12:30 |
Parallel panels 3 and 4Panel 3: Places for people - urban and metropolitan development: social imperatives |
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| Moderator: • Jan Maarten De Vet, ECORYS Group, Belgium |
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| Speakers: • Mercedes Bresso, President, Piemonte Region, Italy • Josep Maria Pascual Esteve, Latin America - Europe Network of Cities and Regions (AERYC) [Presentation] • Hamit Karakus, Deputy Mayor of Rotterdam, The Netherlands • Susan Bird, Policy Coordinator, DG Employment, European Commission [Presentation] |
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Panel 4: Asset rich - regional, urban and metropolitan transport infrastructure: financing opportunities and challenges |
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| Moderator: • Andrew Carter, Director of Rocket ScienceUK Ltd., United Kingdom |
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| Ponentes: • Eva Molnar, Director of Transport Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) • Enrique Fuentes, Director, Market Analysis and Development Division, Grupo Ferrovial, Spain [Presentation] • Jordi William Carnes, Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, Spain [Presentation] • Jürgen Bruns-Berentelg, Chief Executive Officer, HafenCity Hamburg, Germany • Menno Maas, Member of the Management Board, ING Real Estate Development, The Netherlands |
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| 13:00 | Forum Concluding Remarks: • Carlos da Silva Costa, Vice-President, EIB |
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| 13:30 | Lunch | |
Forum 2009: Speeches, Presentations and Photos
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