SPEAKERS .
CityChangers at #UFGC19 .
Around 250 of the most outstanding and inspiring CityChangers will speak at #UFGC19. Try our new search function and discover which sessions they will be rocking.
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Erion Veliaj
Mayor of Tirana | Albania
Daniel Tobin
Founder and Creative Director of UAP | Brisbane | Australia
Gabriella Gómez-Mont
Director of Urban Task Force | Mexico City | Mexico
Raymond Johansen
Governing Mayor of Oslo | Norway
Katharina Bramslev
CEO of Grønn Byggallianse (Norwegian Green Building Council) | Oslo | Norway
Anita Krohn Traaseth
Former CEO of Innovation Norway | Oslo | Norway
Mikael Colville-Andersen
Urban Designer & TV Host, Colville-Andersen Studio | Copenhagen | Denmark
Lene Conradi
Mayor of Asker Kommune | Norway
Caroline Palfy
Head of construction fields in "aspern Die Seestadt" Vienna & inventor of "HoHo Wien" | Vienna | Austria
Ola Elvestuen
Norwegian Minister of Climate and Environment | Oslo | Norway
Lisbeth Hammer Krog
Mayor of Bærum Kommune | Norway
Jörg Lamparter
Head of Mobility Services | Daimler Mobility Services GmbH | Stuttgart | Germany
Mary Skelton Roberts
Co-director of Climate at the Barr Foundation | Boston | USA
Jorn Wemmenhove
Creative Strategist & Co-founder Humankind | Rotterdam | Netherlands
Lior Steinberg
Urban Planner & Co-founder Humankind | Rotterdam | Netherlands
Erik Tetteroo
Director at APPM Management Consultants | Rotterdam | Netherlands
Alex Williams
Director of City Planning at Transport for London | UK
Sille Krukow
Founder and Behavioural Design Director at KRUKOW, Nudge & Behavioural Design Expert, Visiting Professor | Hellerup | Denmark
Majka Baur
Behaviour Change Strategist at Scaling4good | Berlin | Germany
John Judge
CEO of the Appalachian Mountain Club | Boston | USA
Eugen Antalovsky
Managing Director Urban Innovation Vienna | Vienna | Austria
Greg Clark
Chairman of The Business of Cities | London | UK
Justyna Król
CEO of Urban Workshop | Warsaw | Poland
Carolina Tohá
President of Fundación Instituto Ciudad and former Mayor of Santiago | Chile
Michael Münter
Head of Strategic Planning and Sustainable Mobility | City of Stuttgart | Germany
Gil Penalosa
Founder & Chair of 8 80 Cities, Chair of World Urban Parks, President of Gil Penalosa & Associates | Toronto | Canada
Elisabeth Meze
Sustainability Coordinator for Innsbrucker Immobilien (IIG) | Innsbruck | Austria
Hans Sakkers
Head of the Department of European and International Affairs | City of Utrecht | Netherlands
Heidi Sørensen
Director of the Climate Agency | Oslo | Norway
Gerald Babel-Sutter
Founder & CEO UFGC | Graz | Austria
Christa Clapp
Research Director, Climate Finance at CICERO | Oslo | Norway
Louise Firth
Lecturer in Marine Ecology at the University of Plymouth | Plymouth | UK
Mike Lydon
Founding Principal of Street Plans | New York | USA
Hanna E. Marcussen
Vice Mayor for Urban Development | City of Oslo | Norway
Brent Toderian
Founder & Director of TODERIAN UrbanWORKS | Vancouver | Canada
Anne Beate Hovind
Project Director of Bjørvika Utvikling & Manager of Bjørvikaforeningen | Oslo | Norway
Idar Kreutzer
CEO of Finans Norge | Oslo | Norway
Timo Hämäläinen
Urban Blogger | Urban Finland | Helsinki (Finland)
Håkon Iversen
Co-founder of SoCentral | Oslo | Norway
Jørgen Abildgaard
Project Director of Bjørvika Utvikling & Manager of Bjørvikaforeningen | Oslo | Norway
Alfred Bjørlo
Mayor of Eid | Norway
Maarit Kahila
CEO & Co-founder of Mapita Oy | Helsinki | Finland
Kjetil Kristensen
Associated Partner of SoCentral | Oslo | Norway
Even Lauritzsen
CEO Lohne & Lauritzsen AS | Oslo | Norway
Isabel Loureiro
General Coordinator of the Mission Structure 2030 – Sustainable Development of Guimarães | Portugal
Monica von Schmalensee
Architect, Partner & Senior Advisor at White Arkitekter | Stockholm | Sweden
Janez Potočnik
Co-chair of the UNEP International Resource Panel | Ljubljana | Slovenia
Jeff Risom
Chief Innovation Officer at Gehl | Copenhagen | Denmark
Isabel Seifert-Dähnn
Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of Water Research | Oslo | Norway
Nancy Shoiry
CEO of SHDM | Montréal | Canada
Anne Solgaard
Head of Competence at Norwegian Green Building Council | Oslo | Norway
Betina Bergmann Madsen
Senior consulant at Municipality of Copenhagen | Denmark
Stein Stoknes
Program Director at Futurebuilt in Oslo | Norway
Birgit Rusten
Program Director at FutureBuilt in Oslo | Norway
Robert Steen
Vice Mayor of Finance in Oslo | Norway
Sacha Stolp
Director of Innovation at Future Proof Assets in Amsterdam | The Netherlands
Jason Thorne
General Manager of Planning & Economic Development at the City of Hamilton | Canada
Mark Watts
Executive Director at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group | London | UK
Janne Wilberg
Director of Cultural Heritage at the City of Oslo | Norway
Anna Theodora Barnwell
Marketing Manager for builidings and households at Enova SF | Trondheim | Norway
Joke Dufourmont
Project Manager at Circle Economy | Amsterdam | The Netherlands
Erik Dugstad
Area Manager for Nordics & Baltics at DNV GL | Oslo | Norway
Henning Fjeldheim
Senior Advisor for construction products and sustainability | Oslo | Norway
Nadine Galle
Managing Director at Green City Watch | Amsterdam | The Netherlands
Ladeja Godina Košir
Founder and Executive Director at Circular Change | Ljubljana | Slovenia
Thomas Berman
Co-founder and CEO of SoCentral | Oslo | Norway
Trygve Mellvang-Berg
Head of Communications at the Norwegian District Heating Association | Oslo | Norway
Hubert Rhomberg
CEP & founder of Cree | Bregenz | Austria
Adam Stones
Communications & Strategy Director at BYCS | Amsterdam | The Netherlands
Julia Thrift
Project Director at TCPA | London | UK
Ron van Erck
Co-founder of Energiesprong | Amsterdam | Netherlands
Hege Westskog
Research Director of the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CISCO) | Oslo | Norway
Christina Salmhofer
Sustainability Strategist at Stockholm Royal Seaport | Sweden
Hege Schøyen Dillner
Chief Sustainability Director at Veidekke ASA | Oslo | Norway
Tine Hegli
Senior Architect at Snøhetta | Oslo | Norway
Ingrid Kleiva Møller
Sustainability Manager at Øyafestivalen | Oslo | Norway
Andrew Steer
President & CEO of the World Resources Institute | Washington DC | USA
Gilles Gantelet
Director of Policy, DG Environment at the EU Commission | Brussels | Belgium
Martin Vik
Head of Communications & Digitalization at the municipality of Halden | Norway
Ivo Cré
Director of Policy & Projects at Polis | Brussels | Belgium
Inger Andresen
Professor at NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology | Trondheim | Norway
Ruth Astrid Sæter
Moderator at Sæter Media | Oslo | Norway
Anna Lisa Boni
Secretary General at EUROCITIES | Brussels | Belgium
Aasmund Bunkholt
Managing Director at TreFokus - Wood Focus Norway | Oslo | Norway
James Drinkwater
European Director at World Green Building Council | London | UK
Eli Grimsby
CEO at the Department for Culture and Sports Facilities | Oslo | Norway
Per Harbø
Programme Director at Programme for Innovative Procurement Norway | Oslo | Norway
Gørild Heggelund
Senior Research Fellow at Fridtjof Nansen Institute | Oslo | Norway
Wayne Hubbard
CEO of the London Waste and Recycling Board | London | UK
Mervyn Jones
Specialist Advisor on Circular Procurement at Rijkswaterstaat | Shipton on Stour | UK
Sofia Lettenbichler
Policy & Project Manager - Sustainable Cities at Euroheat & Power | Brussels | Belgium
Alison McRae
Senior Director at the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce | Glasgow | UK
Birgitte Molstad
Environmental Director at OBOS | Oslo | Norway
Manuela Ojan
Sustainable Construction Manager at Heidelbergcement | Heidelberg | Germany
Timo Perälä
President of the Winter Cycling Federation | Oulu | Finland
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen
Founding Partner at Snøhetta | Oslo | Norway
Sasja Beslik
Head of Sustainable Finance at Nordea | Stockholm | Sweden
Maren Bjerkeng
Chief Development Officer at Aspelin Ramm | Oslo | Norway
Magne Aanstad Bjertnæs
Team Leader at Sweco | Oslo | Norway
Ellen de Vibe
Chief City Planner at the City of Oslo | Norway
Marloes Gout
Sustainability Consultant at City of Rotterdam | The Netherlands
Jakob Schoof
Deputy Editor-in-chief at DETAIL | Munich | Germany
Klaus Klaas Loenhart
Founder of of terrain: integral designs LandLab at Graz University of Technology | Austria
Rainer Strauch
CTO | Cree by Rhomberg | Dornbirn | Austria
Ashima Sukhdev
Government & Cities Programme Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation | Cowes | UK
Øystein Thorup
CEO | Avantor | Oslo | Norway
Todd Gartner
Director of Cities4Forests & Natural Infrastructure Initiative at WRI - World Resources Institute | Portland | USA
Josephine Yilan Liu
Founding Partner of URBAN FUTURE Global Conference & URBAN FUTURE Project | Vienna | Austria
Tiina Kähö
Executive Director at Helsinki Metropolitan Smart & Clean Foundation | Finland
Igor Kos
Consultant at WCYCLE Institute Maribor | Slovenia
Gaute Hagerup
Head of Smart Cities & Innovation at Innovation Norway | Oslo | Norway
David Berg
Managing Director Circular at the City of Rotterdam | Netherlands
Ninna Hedeager Olsen
Mayor of Technical and Environmental Affairs at the City of Copenhagen | Denmark
Miranda Schnitger
Cities Project Lead at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation | Isle of Wight | UK
Daniel Kjørberg Siraj
CEO of OBOS | Oslo | Norway
Lars Sveen
Head of Domestic Land Transport at DB Schenker | Oslo | Norway
Liv Eva Wiedswang
Special Advisor at Bærum Municipality | Norway
Clara Muzzio
Undersecretary of Pedestrian Ways at the City of Buenos Aires | Argentina
Jon Søland
Head of Legal and Public Procurement Department at Omsorgsbygg | Oslo | Norway
Matthias Vetter
Head of Department Electrical Energy Storage at Fraunhofer ISE | Freiburg | Germany
Fabian Dattner
Founder of Dattner Grant | Melbourne | Australia
Øystein Berge
Senior Consultant at COWI | Oslo | Norway
Annerieke Douma
Director of Programme and Business Development at Circle Economy | Amsterdam | Netherlands)
Kirsten Dunlop
CEO of EIT Climate-KIC | Utrecht | Netherlands
Daniela Gerd tom Markotten
CEO of moovel Group (becomes REACH NOW) | Stuttgart | Germany
Jan Christian Vestre
CEO of Vestre | Oslo | Norway
Johanna Palomäki
Master Planning Architect at the City of Lahti | Finland
Fritz Kuhn
Mayor of the City of Stuttgart | Germany
Christian Ringnes
CEO of Eiendomsspar AS | Oslo | Norway
Scott Francisco
Co-founder | Cities4Forests | New York City | USA
Per Steen Boesgaard
Sector Counsellor | Sustainable City Development | The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark | Royal Danish Embassy | Beijing
Michael Damm
Head of Sustainable Development | Aalborg Municipality | Aalborg
Erling Fossen
CEO of Oslo Metropolitan Area | Oslo | Norway
Frode Hvattum
Chief of strategy | Ruter | Oslo | Norway
Uwe Müller
Program Manager Commercial Pilots | Volvo Construction Equipment | Eskilstuna | Sweden
Philippe Micheaux Naudet
Deputy Secretary General | ACR+ Association of Cities and Regions for sustainable Resource management | Brussels | Belgium
Boris Palmer
Lord Mayor of Tübingen | Tübingen | Germany
Bernt Reitan Jenssen
CEO of Ruter | Oslo | Norway
Harald Vaagaasar Nikolaisen
Director General | Statsbygg | Oslo | Norway
Cristina Gamboa
CEO | World Green Building Council | London | UK
Liv Jorun Andenes
Acting Director of the Department for walking and cycling | Agency for City Environment (The City of Oslo) | Oslo | Norway
Päivi Kynkäänniemi
Lawyer | Association of Finnish Local and Regional Authorities (Public Procurement Advisory Unit) | Helsinki | Finland
Glen Peters
Research Director | CICERO (Center for International Climate Reseach) | Oslo | Norway
Simone Raskob
Debuty Mayor for Environment, Construction And Sports | City of Essen | Germany
Eugene Quinn
Co-Founder | space and place | Vienna | Austria
Gro Sandkjær Hanssen
Researcher/Professor | Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet)/ University of Life Science | Oslo | Norway
Rigmor Helene Hansen
CEO of Undervisningsbygg Oslo KF | Oslo | Norway
Nicolas Ziesel
Co-Founder of KOZ architectes | Paris | France
Sergio Fernández Balaguer
Coordinator of the Research and Innovation Projects Department | EMT Madrid | Madrid | Spain
Endre Angelvik
Vice President Mobility Services | Ruter AS | Oslo | Norway
Olivier Reppert
CEO | SHARE NOW | Berlin | Germany
Jens Wohland
Manager Ecosystem eMobility Daimler Buses | Daimler Buses EvoBus GmbH | Suttgart | Germany
Panu Pasanen
CEO | One Click LCA | Helsinki | Finland
Glenn Llewellyn
General Manager, Electrification | Airbus | Toulouse | France
Mark Hidson
Deputy Regional Director | ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability | Freiburg | Germany
Karolina Pamp Sandgren
Strategist Combined Mobility | ÅF | Stockholm | Sweden
Hege Hofstad
Research Professor | Norwegian Institute of Urban and Regional Research (Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet)) | Oslo | Norway
Lukas Foljanty
Senior Manager Smart Cities | moovel Group GmbH (becomes REACH NOW) | Berlin | Germany
Derek Cheng
Head of Asia-Pacific of Airbus Urban Air Mobility | Airbus | Toulouse | France
Steffen Raiber
Manager Solution Consulting + Industry Management CEP | Daimler AG – Mercedes-Benz Vans | Stuttgart | Germany
Grete Aspelund
President | Sweco Norway | Oslo | Norway
Daniel Deparis
Head of Urban Mobility Team at Daimler Mobility Services | Stuttgart | Germany
Aud Tennøy
Chief Researcher Sustainable Urban Development and Mobility | Institute of Transport Economics | Oslo | Norway
Florijn De Graaf
Energy Systems Engineer | Spectral | Amsterdam | Netherlands
Pandora Batra
Senior Engagement Officer | CDP | London | UK
Helge Brattebø
Professor | Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | Trondheim | Norway
Karl-Filip Coenegrachts
Director | citiesofpeople | Ghent | Belgium
Marcus Willand
Head of Mobility Strategy & Services | MHP – a Porsche company | Ludwigsburg | Germany
Andreas Gyllenhammar
Chief Sustainability Officer | Sweco | Stockholm | Sweden
Erik Aasheim
CEO | Primus Production | Oslo | Norway
Harald Justnes
Chief Scientist | SINTEF AS | Trondheim | Norway
Maria Meland Christensen
City Architect | City of Trondheim | Trondheim | Norway
Sture Portvik
Manager Electro mobility | City of Oslo | Norway
Frank Jensen
Lord Mayor | City of Copenhagen | Copenhagen | Denmark
Dagny Thurmann-Moe
Colour Design & Colour Planner for City Development | Dagny Fargestudio AS | Oslo | Norway
Sonja Horn
Executive Vice President Property Management | Entra ASA | Oslo | Norway
Pierfrancesco Maran
Deputy Mayor for Urban Planning, Green Areas and Agriculture of the City of Milan | Milan | Italy
Paul Gauthier
Associate Research Scholar | Princeton University | Princeton | USA
Vassilis Agouridas
Strategic Innovation Senior Manager | Airbus | Marseille | France
Sam Chase
Metro Councillor | Metro Council | Portland | USA
Christoph Kirchberger
Lab Coordinator of aspern.mobil LAB | Vienna | Austria
Gerhard Schuster
CEO of Wien 3420 aspern development | Vienna | Austria
Vincent Loubière
Director City Integration and Infrastructure Development at Airbus Urban Air Mobility | Toulouse | France
Guanghua Song
Principal Staff Member of Transport Construction at Shanghai Municipal Transportation Commission | Shanghai | China
Heinrich Strößenreuther
CEO at Smart City Agency Berlin | Berlin | Germany
Silvia Villacañas
Director of Strategic Planning for Sustainable Urban Development at the City of Madrid | Madrid | Spain
Anna König Jerlmyr
Mayor of the City of Stockholm | Sweden
Scott Cain
Founder and CEO | RunFriendly | London | UK
Doug Smith
Director of Sustainability | City of Vancouver | Canada
Amanda Ngabirano
Lecturer for Urban & Regional Planning at Makerere University | Kampala | Uganda
Sara Polle
Group Leader Trafic at Sweco Norway | Oslo | Norway
Lasse P. N. Olsen
Mayor for Energy and Environment at the City of Aalborg | Denmark
Dagur B. Eggertsson
Mayor of the City of Reykjavik | Iceland
Bertram Werle
Director for Urban Planning, Development and Construction at the City of Graz | Austria
Lars Wang
Managing Director of insam societal innovations | Drammen | Norway
Johan Verlinde
Programme Manager Rotterdam Climate Adaptation Plan at the City of Rotterdam | Netherlands
Patrick Van Den Abeele
Project Manager at Brussels Environment Department | Belgium
Ketil Stoknes
Project Leader R&D at Lindum | Oslo | Norway
Anja Koller
Journalist for topos - the international review for landscape architecture, urban design & urban development | Munich | Germany
Michael Kodransky
Director for Global and US Initiatives at ITDP - Institute of Transportation & Development Policy | New York City | USA
Øyvind Arntsen
Development Director at Mustad Eiendom | Oslo | Norway
Peter Austin
Planning Advisor at City of Oslo | Norway
Minna Arve
Mayor of the City of Turku | Finland
Jonna Pöllanen
Head of Early Markets at MaaS Global | Helsinki | Finland
Gunnar Crawford
Head of Stavanger Smart City at the City of Stavanger | Norway
