Speakers

Ana Abrunhosa

- Câmbra Municipal de Coimbra

Coimbra, Portugal

Bibiana Aido

- UN Women for the Americas and the Caribbean

Panamá, Panama

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr

Mayor City of Freetown

Freetown, Sierra Leone

Anna Aleksandrzak

Managing director Poznan Metropolitan Area (Poznan CityLab)

Poznan, Poland

Kaspar Alev

Head of Housing Investments Ministry of Climate

Tartu, Estonia

Licinio Alfaro

Director de Proyectos de Innovación y Sostenibilidad ITEC (Institut de Tecnologia de la Construcció )

Barcelona, Spain

Esteve Almirall

- ESADE

Barcelona, Spain

Yosra Alsaleh

- Expo 2030 Riyadh

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Malin Andersson Broqvist

Program Director Drive Sweden Drive Sweden

Gothenburg, Sweden

Nico Anten

- Connekt

Oegstgeest, Netherlands

María José Aparicio Sanchiz

Mobility General Coordination Madrid City Council

Madrid, Spain

Aleix Arcarons Camps

- O-HB

Barcelona, Spain

Joaquim Arcas

Executive Director Cíclica

Barcelona, Spain

Lorena Baca

- WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities

Barcelona, Spain

Nikolas Badminton

Chief Futurist and Hope Engineer Futurist.com

Toronto, Canada

Sandra Baer

Brand Ambassador SmartCitiesWorld

Washington, United States of America

Meenaakshi Balakrishnan Meenuma

Founder, Director, Chairperson MarisRubra Foundation

Aravenu, Kotagiri, The Nilgiris, India

Romain Barbe

Cycle-logistics Expert FUB/SOFUB

Strasbourg, France

Bryan Barnett

- City of Rochester Hills

Rochester Hills, United States of America

Carlo Battisti

President Living Future Europe

Bolzano, Italy

Wido Beekman

- XPP

Netherlands

Jaromir Beranek

Deputy Mayor for Transportation City of Prague

Prague, Czech Republic

Anna Lisa Boni

- City of Bologna

Bologna, Italy

Marilina Borneo

General Director of Artificial Intelligence Attorney General’s Office of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Josep Borrell

Director IMPSOL

Barcelona, Spain

Lourdes Borrell

Directora de Programmes i innovación social Fundació Hàbitat3

Lolly Bowean

Program Officer The Ford Foundation

Chicago, United States of America

Vera-Karin Brazova

Head of Urban Policy Unit Ministry of Regional Development

Prague, Czech Republic

Silvia Breu

City Councilor Município de Oeiras

Oeiras, Portugal

Cristina Bueti

Counsellor on Internet of Things, digital twins and Smart Sustainable Cities (ITU-T Study Group 20) ITU

Geneva, Switzerland

Kristine Bull Sletholt

Innovation Manager City of Stockholm

Stockholm, Sweden

George Burciaga

- US Mayors Roundtable

Chicago, United States of America

Fernanda Burla

Director of the Project and Goals Monitoring Office Rio de Janeiro City Hall

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Juan Caballero

- Build Change

United States of America

Eduard Cabré

Responsable Relacions Internacionals IMHAB; Ajuntament de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

Cristian Canton

- Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Barcelona, Spain

Gerard Capó

Gerent d'habitatge; Gerent Ajuntament de Barcelona; IMHAB

Barcelona, Spain

Jane Castor

- City of Tampa

Tampa, United States of America

Cristhyano Cavali da Luz

Coordinador General Unilivre/City of Curitiba

Curitiba, Brazil

Amaia Celaya Alvarez

Urban Resilience Expert European Commission

Barcelona, Spain

Veronika Cerna

CEO Twenty Communications / Scalable cities (European Commission initiative)

Paris, France

Oscar Chamat-Nuñez

- Metropolis

Barcelona, Spain

Hélène Chartier

- C40 Cities

Paris, France

Juliet Chika Chinemelu

Urban Planner, Lecturer, and Executive Director, Women in Distress Organisation (WIDO) Federal Polythecnic Uwana Afikpo

Abuja, Nigeria

Greg Clark

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London, United Kingdom

Chloe Clavell

Deputy Regional Lead, Government Relations, Iberia Micro-Mobility for Europe

Madrid, Spain

Karl-Filip Coenegrachts

Chair & Executive Director Open & Agile Smart Cities

Ghent, Belgium

Chiara Corazza

President Women Economic Forum (WEF) and Member of the Gender Equality Advisory Council of the G7

Paris, France

Cristofer Correia

Co-founder & CEO GobernAI

Madrid, Spain

Juan Corro Beseler

- Madrid City Council

Madrid, Spain

Roberta D’Angiolella

- Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy

Rome, Italy

Klara Danilović

advisor for urban planning Standing Conference of Towns and Municipalities (SCTM)

Belgrade, Serbia

Marthe Daubanton

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Spain

Raul Daussà

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Spain

Michela De Biasio

Digital Transformation Design Manager Lepida

Bologna, Italy

Fernando de Pablo Martín

- Madrid City Council

Madrid, Spain

Andy Deacon

- Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM)

Brussels, Belgium

Lea Decker

Strategy and Project Management New Mobility Solutions Hamburg GmbH

Hamburg, Germany

Josefina del Rio

President of the public housing and habitat service Municipalidad de Rosario

Rosario, Argentina

Tanguy Desrousseaux

Head of Housing, Cities & Regions Department, Project Directorate European Investment Bank (EIB)

Weiyi Ding

Senior (geo)AI/Data Scientist City of Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Michael Donaldson

Chief Innovation Officer; General Director Ajuntament de Barcelona; BIT Habitat

Barcelona, Spain

ElsaMarie DSilva

Founder Red Dot Foundation

Mumbai, India

Ievgeniia Dulko

Foresight Manager American Planning Association

Chicago, United States of America

Raphael Eder

Co-Founder & CEO goNEON Agentic Systems AG

Zurich, Switzerland

Sila Egridere

Urban Development Director Alliance of European Mayors - Mayors of Europe

Stuttgart, Germany

Jeanne-Marie Ehbauer

- City of Munich

Munich, Germany

Michelle Escalante Mendivil Perino

Co-CEO Policy Hub for Inclusive Development

São Paulo, Brazil

Oriol Estela

Coordinador General Associació Pla Estratègic Metropolità de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

Henna Fabritius

Senior Researcher FinEst Centre for Smart Cities, Tallinn University of Technology

Estonia, Estonia

Nuria Felipe Soria

Especialista regional de alianzas y movilización de recursos ONU Mujeres

Ciudad de Panamá, Panama

Trinidad Fernandez

Head Climate Transition Strategies Fraunhofer IAO

Stuttgart, Germany

Pedro Javier Fernandez Lopez

Head of Department for International Mobility Projects and Networks Madrid City Council

Madrid, Spain

Zoe Fitzgerald

- C40 Cities & GCoM

United Kingdom

Michael Flynn

- Deloitte

Dublin, Ireland

Anna Font

Cap de Rehabilitació Ajuntament de Barcelona; IMHAB

Francisco Forbes

- PRODAM-SP

São Paulo, Brazil

Jordi Gálvez

President Habicoop (Federació de Cooperatives d’Habitatges de Catalunya)

Barcelona, Spain

Ramón García

Director General CITET

Madrid, Spain

Irene Garcia

Built Environment Lead The Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance

Berlin, Germany

Gustavo Garcia Vieira de Almeida

Director Invest Minas

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Ramón García-Bragado

Urban planning lawyer; former Deputy Mayor for Urban Planning, Housing and Infrastructure Brugueras, Alcántara & García-Bragado Abogados

Barcelona, Spain

Cristina Garrido

- Anteverti

Spain

Simon Giles

Co-founder The Field

Lington Langley, United Kingdom

Anna Gimenez

- Barter

Andrew Glass Hastings

- Open Mobility Foundation

Seattle, United States of America

Milnael Gomez

Data Expert & Project Manager UITP

Brussels, Belgium

Brayan Gonzalez-Hernandez

Partner CTLup

Rome, Italy

Ulrich Graute

Senior Advisor Academy of Social Sciences AcSS

Berlin, Germany

Boen Groothoff

Product Owner Smart Mobility City of Amsterdam

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abdiel Gutierrez Coronado

- City Council of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico / Ayuntamiento de Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Tijuana, Mexico

Clare Hart

Vice President for International Relations and European Commission Montpellier Mediterranean Metropolis

Montpellier, France

Md Sahariar Hasan

National Consultant a2i, ICT Division, Bangladesh Government

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Rochelle Haynes

Senior Vice President and Managing Director Bloomberg Philanthropies What Works Cities

New York, United States of America

Jen Heemann

- Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy (IEECP)

Spain

Emily Heintz

Executive Director Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners

Peachtree Corners, United States of America

Armando D Hernández Lugo

Technical Director CLIME - Cluster de Innovacion para la Micromovilidad Eléctrica

Madrid, Spain

Ane Miren Ibañez Zugazaga

Modernization Director Ayuntamiento De Bilbao

Bilbao, Spain

Hiroshi Ishiguro

Professor Osaka University and ATR Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories

Osaka, Japan

Denís Itxaso

Consejero de Vivienda Gobierno Vasco

País Vasco, Spain

Jennifer James

Board Member Leading Cities

Boston, United States of America

Keith A. James

- City of West Palm Beach

West Palm Beach, United States of America

Bilel Jamoussi

Deputy Director ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau

Geneva, Switzerland

Mar Jiménez

Comissionada d'Afers Europeus Ajuntament de Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain

Elizabeth Johnston

- European Forum for Urban Security (EFUS)

Paris, France

Laura Jones

Global Head of Health and Wellbeing & Founder Save the Children International and Almas Libres

Barcelona, Spain

Helle Juul

- Juul Frost Architects and INTA

Copenhagen, Denmark

Juha Kaakinen

Former CEO Y-Foundation (Finland Housing First model)

Finland

Irene Kaggwa

- International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Ginebra, Switzerland

Mehmet Kalyoncu

Founder Humane Urbanism Foundation

London, United Kingdom

Alan Luis Lacey Raposo

Project Coordinator International Federation of Pedestrians

Brussels, Belgium

Michael Lake

President and CEO Leading Cities

Boston, United States of America

Glaucio Lamarca Rocha

Secretary of Urban Mobility Urban Moblility Department - Ciudad de Sao Jose dos Campos

São José dos Campos, Brazil

Bo-ok Lee

Principal Manager, AI Policy & Data Governance Seoul AI Foundation

Seoul, South Korea

Christine Lemaitre

Chief Executive Officer Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen - DGNB - German Sustainable Building Council

Stuttgart, Germany

Loreta Levulytė-Staškevičienė

CEO JUDU - Vilnius mobility services company

Vilnius, Lithuania

Jenny Lindström Beijar

Founder and Managing Director Our Normal Association

Gothenburg, Sweden

Carolina Londoño

Executive Director Ruta N

Medellin, Colombia

Julia López

- C40 Cities

Barcelona, Spain

Jacqueline Lu

Urbanist-in-Residence // CEO and Founder School of Cities University of Toronto; Helpful Places

Toronto, Canada

Aline Machado Da Matta

Head of UNITAC UN-Habitat

Hamburg, Germany

Elisabeth Maigler

- Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom

Mexico City, Mexico

Joanna Majdecka

Main Specialist Municipality of Kraków

Krakow, Poland

Kelly Marchese

- Deloitte

Durham, United States of America

Vlaho Margaretic

Senior Advisor Specialist City of Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Josep Antoni Martínez Zaplana

President Gremi Constructors

Barcelona, Spain

Giuseppe Masanotti

Engineer Ing. Giuseppe Masanotti

Turin, Italy

Hernán Matías Perin

Graduate in Political Science CORLAB

Córdoba, Argentina

Xavier Mauri

- Gestors d’Habitatge Social de Catalunya (GHS)

Barcelona, Spain

Jaana Merisaar

Early Stage Researcher Tallinn University of Technology

Tallinn, Estonia

Markus Mohl

Head of Geoservices and Digital Twin Munich City of Munich

Munich, Germany

Nilla Möller

Project Manager Forum Virium Helsinki

Helsinki, Finland

Alex Montes

Director General Foment de Ciutat

Ayumi Moore Aoki

Founder and CEO Women in Tech Global

Paris, France

Dario Moreno

Mayor of Sagunto Sagunto City Council (Ajuntament de Sagunt)

Sagunto, Spain

Charline Mougin

Senior Project Coordinator NetZeroCities

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Francesco Mureddu

Vice President for Development and Senior Researcher The Lisbon Council

Brussels, Belgium

Lukas Neckermann

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London, United Kingdom

Mila Nikolić

Associate Professor / Founder Alfa BK University / Monuments

Belgrade / Barcelona, Serbia

Hamid Nikvan

NMB Water Director City of North Miami Beach

North Miami Beach, United States of America

Yuriko Oda

Founder and CEO Non-Profit Organization WheeLog

Tokyo, Japan

Femi Oke

- Moderate the Panel

London, United Kingdom

Sergio Oliete Josa

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Brussels, Belgium

Natalia Olson-Urtecho

- Repscan, Rapid Scale VC & IDEADED

Palo Alto, United States of America

Mireia Omedes

- Barter

Spain

José Antonio Ondiviela García

Director Citizen-Centric Inteligent Cities Research Institute University Francisco Vitoria

Madrid, Spain

Elena Orellana

- BARTER

Layanne Paixão

- TETO Brazil

Brazil

Tuija Pakkanen

Lead, Sustainable Built Environment VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Helsinki, Finland

Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway

Co-directora Càtedra Barcelona Estudis Habitatge, UB

Barcelona, Spain

Dragoslav Pavlović

Mayor of the City of Nis City of Niš

Nis, Serbia

Paula Payés

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Sandra Pérez

- ACCIÓ

Barcelona, Spain

Dmytro Petsiy

Deputy Director of the Department of Urban Mobility and Street Infrastructure Lviv City Council

Lviv, Ukraine

Luisa Fernanda Pinto Rodríguez

- Pla Estratègic Metropolità de Barcelona (PEMB)

Barcelona, Spain

Michael Prange

Professor of Data Science Kiel University of Applied Sciences

Kiel, Germany

Queena Qian

Coordinator & Associate Professor 4TU Built Environment Energy Transition Domain Acceleration Theme (DAT)

Delft, Netherlands

Giorgia Rambelli

Director Urban Transitions Mission

Brussels, Belgium

Sarah Raniero

Project Manager Italian Presidency of the Council of Ministers - Digital Transformation Department

Verona, Italy

Babak Ravanbach

Innovation Manager DLR Institute of Networked Energy Systems

Oldenburg, Germany

Joan Recasens

Secretari CHSB (Consell Habitatge Social de Barcelona)

Mariana Reutemann

General Coordinator, Rosario Digital Modernization Agency Municipality of Rosario

Rosario, Argentina

Teresa Riesgo Alcaide

- Government of Spain

Madrid, Spain

Rita Rinaldo

Head of Projects and Studies Implementation Division European Space Agency

Noordwijk, Netherlands

Pamela Robinson

Professor School of Urban and Regional Planning at Toronto Metropolitan University

Toronto, Canada

Manel Rodríguez

CEO SALAS

Barcelona, Spain

Regiane Relva Romano

Head Smart City FACENS | VIP-Systems

Sorocaba, Brazil

Orna Rosenfeld

- Dr Orna Rosenfeld & Associates

Paris, France

Jim Ross

- City of Arlington

Arlington, United States of America

Silvia Rossi

General Director Clust-ER Build

Bologna, Italy

Marc Rozendal

- EIT Urban Mobility

Barcelona, Spain

Tifani Sadek

Professor University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, United States of America

Joep Sanderink

Regional Manager New Energy Coalition

Groningen, Netherlands

Mar Santamaría

- Trescientosmil

Barcelona, Spain

Barbara Santi

Senior Policy – Digital Inclusion and Innovation Regione Emilia-Romagna

Bologna, Italy

Ivan Selednikov

Senior Expert in Sustainable Mobility and Urban Development UnternehmerTUM GmbH

Munich, Germany

Rikesh Shah

Head of Innovation Procurement Empowerment Centre Connected Places Catapult

London, United Kingdom

Umar Shavurov

Co-Managing Director Asia Strategy and Policy

Seattle, United States of America

Mustafa Sherif

Studio Manager, Urban Planner and Placemaker AFRY & Placemaking Sweden

Stockholm, Sweden

Tamlyn Shimizu

- Bable Smart Cities

Kim Siew Hew Sam

- NET POSITIVE LABS

Alicante, Spain

Dimitra Simeonidou

Director and Chief Scientific Advisor Smart Internet Lab at the University of Bristol and European Commission

Bristol, United Kingdom

Barbara Steenbergen

Head, Director of the Brussels Office International Union of Tenants (IUT)

Brussels, Belgium

Anastasia Sukhoroslova

Founder & CEO All Things Urban

Berlin, Germany

Hiroyuki Suzuki

- Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International-Japan (ATR)

Tokyo, Japan

Henk Swarttouw

President European Cyclists' Federation

Brussels, Belgium

Aarti Tandon

- Tomorrow.City USA

New York City, United States of America

UNICEF TBC nom

- Unicef

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Marie-Christine Therrien

Full Professor & Director, Cité-ID Living Lab on Urban Resilience Governance École nationale d'administration publique

Montréal, Canada

Megha Tyagi

Postdoctoral Researcher Aalto University

Espoo, Finland

Akeeya Umstead

Founder Misstakenid Gives Back Foundation

Durham, United States of America

Ugo Valenti

- Smart City Expo Word Congress

Barcelona, Spain

Jordi Valls

Deputy Mayor Ajuntament de Barcelona

Jasmine van der Pol

General Director of LUCI Association LUCI Association

Lyon, France

Peter van Waart Waart

Senior researcher Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences

Rotterdam, Netherlands

James Van Zandweghe

Program Manager IT Stad Roeselare

Roeselare, Belgium

Karen Vancluysen

Secretary General POLIS

Brussels, Belgium

Jordi Vaquer

Secretary General Metropolis

Barcelona, Spain

Aino-Maija Vaskelainen

Project Lead City of Tampere

Tampere, Finland

Blanche Vaumousse

Project manager EONA-X

Paris, France

Chiara Venturini

- Eurocities

Brussels, Belgium

Patricia Vicente Sáenz de Juano

- UNICEF

Spain

Maiju Viiki

Account Manager City of Tampere

Tampere, Finland

Shefali Virkar

Assistant Professor WU Vienna University of Economics and Business

Vienna, Austria

Joris Voets

Member of staff Kenniscentrum Vlaamse Steden

Brussels, Belgium

Michael Wambugu

C.E.O Expendo! Limited

Nairobi, Kenya

Michael Wanyama

Team Leader Wanyama Autosafety Initiatives (Autosafety Uganda)

Kampala, Uganda

David Weber

- City of Zurich

Zurich, Switzerland

Sophie Woodville

Digital Program Manager Bordeaux Métropole

Bordeaux, France

Christina Yan Zhang

CEO The Metaverse Institute

London, United Kingdom

Shuo Yang

- Cities Alliance

Brussels, Belgium

Lorena Zurrón Hidalgo

Sustainable Mobility Engineer Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB)

Barcelona, Spain

Naroa Zurutuza

- Giga Barcelona Technology Centre, UNICEF

Barcelona, Spain