Cittàmetropolitana di Torino

EUROPEAN METROPOLITAN AUTHORITIES (EMA) FORUM
TORINO 12 FEBRUARY 2016

“TOWARDS A COMMON EUROPEAN METROPOLITAN AGENDA”
DRAFT PROGRAMME

Friday 12th February 2016
Sala Agorà, Unimanagement, via XX Settembre 29, Torino

• 8.30-9.30: REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE
• 9.30-10.00: WELCOME AND GREETINGS
  • Piero Fassino, Mayor of the City Torino and President of the Metropolitan City of Torino
  • Alfred Bosch, Vice President of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
• 10.00-10.30: KEYNOTE ADDRESS: THE METROPOLITAN CHALLENGE IN EUROPE
  • Michael Parkinson, Professor at University of Liverpool
• 10.30-12.00: EFFECTIVE METROPOLITAN SOLUTIONS FOR GOVERNANCE AND INVESTMENT
  • Moderator:
  • Rudiger Ahrend, OECD
  • Panel:
  • Annette Solli, County Mayor of Akershus
  • Hanna Elise Marcussen, Vice Mayor of the City of Oslo
  • Gábor Bagdy, Deputy Mayor of the City of Budapest
  • Hélder de Sousa Silva, Vice-president of the Lisbon Metropolitan Area
  • Jean-Yves Sécheresse, Deputy Mayor of the City of Lyon and Councillor of the Metropolitan Area of Lyon
  • Pierre Mansat, Head of Metropolitan issues at Grand Paris, City of Paris
  • Eugenio Comincini, Vice Mayor of the Metropolitan City of Milano
• 12:00-12.30: THE EU URBAN AGENDA, TOWARDS THE PACT OF AMSTERDAM
  • Nicolaas Beets, Dutch Urban Envoy, Dutch Ministry of Interior and Kingdom Affairs
• 12.30-14.00: LUNCH (AND PRESS CONFERENCE)
• 14.00-15.00: EU, NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLICIES FOR METROPOLITAN AREAS
  • Moderator:
  • Marco Cremaschi, Professor at Sciences Po, Paris
  • Panel:
  • Nicola Schelling, Director of Stuttgart Region and President of Metrex
  • Christian Tordo, Deputy Mayor of the City of Nice
  • Michal Olszewski, Deputy Mayor of the City of Warsaw
  • Raffaele Cattaneo, Member of the Committee of the Regions and President of the Regional Council of Lombardy
  • Alfred Bosch, Vice President of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
• 15.00-16.00: METROPOLITAN INNOVATIONS: MODELS FOR AN EU METROPOLITAN AGENDA (PANEL I)
  • Moderator:
  • Peter Austin, Planning Advisor and Chair of Eurocities Working Group
  • Panel:
  • Enzo Bianco, Mayor of the City of Catania and Chief of the Italian Delegation at the Committee of the Regions
  • Thomas Hermann, Mayor of the City of Hannover
  • Jacek Jaskowiak, Mayor of the City of Poznan
  • Lina Liakou, Councillor of ther City of Thessaloniki
  • Asier Abaunza Robles, Councillor for Urban Planning of the City of Bilbao
• 16.00-17.00: METROPOLITAN INNOVATIONS: MODELS FOR AN EU METROPOLITAN AGENDA (PANEL II)
  • Moderator:
  • Iván Tosics, URBACT Programme Expert and Director of Metropolitan Research Institute of Budapest
  • Panel:
  • Dario Nardella, Mayor of the City of Florence and President of the Metropolitan City of Florence
  • Erion Veliaj, Mayor of the City of Tirana
  • Ernest Sultanov, Coordinator of MIR-initiative
  • Hermínio Loureiro, President of the Metropolitan Area of Porto
  • Omar Al-Rawi, MP of the City of Vienna
• 17.00-17.30: WRAP UP, NEXT STEPS
  • Piero Fassino, Mayor of the City Torino and President of the Metropolitan City of Torino

(01 febbraio 2016)