Georg Houben

Policy Officer | European Commission, DG ENER, Unit B1 – Consumers, Local Initiatives & Just Transition Geilenkirchen, Germany
Georg Houben

Biography

Georg Houben is Policy Officer at the EU Commission’s Directorate General for Energy, where he is responsible for the Smart Cities Marketplace, the EU Covenant of Mayors and the Covenant of Companies. Georg is involved in urban matters since 2011, an area of pivotal impact for most major EU policies.

Sessions

12:30h
Thematic Roundtable | TOMORROW.BUILDING

Beautiful and Inclusive Transitions to Resilient, Climate-neutral Cities and Communities Driven by Radical Collaboration

Elisa Junqueira de Andrade
Elisa Junqueira de Andrade CrAFt - NTNU Project Manager Master of Ceremonies
Georg Houben
Georg Houben European Commission, DG ENER, Unit B1 – Consumers, Local Initiatives & Just Transition Policy Officer Chair
Annemie Wyckmans
Annemie Wyckmans CrAFt – NTNU Professor / Project coordinator Speaker
Diogo Ribeiro
Diogo Ribeiro EDPL R&D Engineer Speaker
Joep Sanderink
Joep Sanderink New Energy Coalition Project Manager Speaker
Trygve Meyer
Trygve Meyer Nordic Edge Head of Nordic Edge Smart City Innovation Cluster Speaker
Malin Kock Hansen
Malin Kock Hansen DOGA Senior Advisor Speaker
João Dinis
João Dinis Cascais Ambiente Office Coordinator Speaker
Mar Muñoz Aparici
Mar Muñoz Aparici digiNEB – TU Delft Speaker

08-11-2023 12:30 08-11-2023 13:20 Europe/Madrid Beautiful and Inclusive Transitions to Resilient, Climate-neutral Cities and Communities Driven by Radical Collaboration

In this session, 5 projects will have an interactive discussion with the audience on what a successful transition into resilient and climate-neutral cities will look like, and how we are working to achieve this by 2030. Participants will debate how the NEB values come together in these transformations and how the collective expertise of different initiatives can support them into being more beautiful, truly inclusive, and highly collaborative.

Hall 2 | Congress Room: Tomorrow.Building
Wed 8 12:30h - 13:20h Hall 2 | Congress Room: Tomorrow.Building Tomorrow.Building & Full Congress Passes
11:45h
Open Side Events | TOMORROW.MOBILITY

Cities’ Challenges 2023!

Georg Houben
Georg Houben European Commission, DG ENER, Unit B1 – Consumers, Local Initiatives & Just Transition Policy Officer Master of Ceremonies
Adriane Lopes
Adriane Lopes Municipality of Campo Grande Mayor Speaker
Aruj Haidar
Aruj Haidar Westminster City Council Chief Digital and Innovation Officer Speaker
Luís Eduardo Falcão
Luís Eduardo Falcão Municipality of Patos de Minas Mayor Speaker
Martin Murrack
Martin Murrack City of Duisburg Vice Mayor Speaker
Sangchul Kim
Sangchul Kim Chungbuk National University Hospital Professor Speaker
Rocio Martinez Bibiano
Rocio Martinez Bibiano Municipality of Chihuahua Chief of Technological infrastructure at the Institute of Integral planning Speaker
Luigi Lo Piparo
Luigi Lo Piparo Technopolis Group/Bydgoszcz Partner Speaker
Pablo Rosa Casado
Pablo Rosa Casado Don Cicleto/El Escorial CEO Speaker

#Active Mobility, #Intelligent Mobility, #Intelligent Transport Systems, #Public Transport, #Railway Transport, #Smart Parking, #Traffic Management, #Transport Networks

09-11-2023 11:45 09-11-2023 12:30 Europe/Madrid Cities’ Challenges 2023!

Following last year’s successful pitch session, we will gather city officers from all over the world to the wider audience of the Agora space. 8 pitches from municipalities and regions from Latin America to Europe and Asia, selected this year by the partnership between ACCIÓ/GOOSE and the Smart Cities Marketplace.

 
Hall 2 | Plaza: Central
Thu 9 11:45h - 12:30h Hall 2 | Plaza: Central
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