Trends And Development
Speakers:
Metropolitan trends and scenarios by Lewis Dijsktra, Deputy Head of the Analysis Unit, Directorate-General for Regional Policy, European Commission
Metropolitan regions in Europe by Karl Peter Schön, Head of the European Spatial and Urban, Development Unit within the German Federal, Office for Building and Regional Planning, Bonn
Development trends in large European metropolitan areas by Joost Van Iersel, Member of the European Economic and Social Committee, Chair of the Europe 2020 Steering Committee
Debate
Mega-regions
Speakers:
Local economic drivers in European mega-regions by Jeremy Smith, Director Advocacy International, Former Secretary, General of CEMR
Mobility in Europe: choosing the right regional models by Nadine Cattan, Research Director CNRS, Director of UMR Géographie-cités
Debate
Benchmarking performances between European metropolises by Christian Vandermotten, Former President of IGEAT, Brussels
Debate
Macro-regions
Speakers:
The driving forces behind macro-regions by Peter Mehlbye, Director of the Coordination Unit, ESPON Programme
Macro regions in Europe, the Ile-de-France, a fluid region by Kathy Pain, Professor, Director of Research, University of Reading, Associate Director, Globalisation and World Cities (GaWC) Research Network
Metropolises and urban systems in Europe and France by Philippe Matheron, Head of the Mission on Metropolises, Interministerial delegation for land planning and regional attractiveness (DATAR), Paris
Debate
Governance
Speakers:
The benefits of governance by Lamia Kamal Chaoui, Head of the Urban Development Programme, OECD
Different approaches to governance and best practices by Ivan Tosics, Institute of Metropolitan Research, Budapest, Hungary
Conclusions of the Eurocities’ working group on governance in metropolitan areas by Thierry Baert, Director of Development and Urbanism, Metropolitan Lille Urban Development & Planning Agency
