As part of Climate Diplomacy Week, The Delegation of the European Union to the United States and The Embassy of Sweden in Washington, D.C are pleased to invite you to Creating The Cities of The Future - How do we use Technological Advancements and Citizen Engagement in Planning the Smart, Sustainable, Attractive and Viable Cities of the Future?
8:30 a.m. – Breakfast and Registration
Anna Lindh Hall
9:00 a.m. – Welcome remarks
HE Karin Olofsdotter, Ambassador of Sweden to the United States
Video Messages from youth activists and Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission for the Energy Union
Fireside chats and panel discussions moderated by David Livingston, Deputy Director, Climate and Advanced Energy, Atlantic Council
9:15 a.m. – Opening Fireside Conversations
Jakub Gibek, Head of Climate Policy Unit, Ministry of the Environment, Poland, & Bureau of COP24 Presidency
Ana Unruh Cohen, Staff Director, Select Committee on Climate Crisis, US House of Representatives
Mayor Eugene W. Grant, Seat Pleasant, MD
10:00 a.m. – Panel 1 – Sustainability Matters for Cities & the Planet
Chuck Bean, Executive Director, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
Henrik Frindberg, Environmental Director, City of Helsingborg
Elizabeth Heider, Chief Sustainability Officer, Skanska USA (invited)
Daniel P. Conner, Senior Advisor, D.C. Department of Energy & Environment
10:40 a.m. – Panel 2 – Planning the Cities of the Future
Mina Marefat, Adjunct Lecturer- SCS MPS Urban and Regional Planning, Georgetown University
Manuel Pérez Romero, Founding Partner nodo17 group, Professor at the Instituto de Empresa in Spain
Lisa McNeilly, Director of Sustainability, City of Baltimore
11:20 – Closing Remarks
HE Stavros Lambrinidis
Ambassador of the European Union to the United States