Time
Content
8.30 - 9.00
Participants log-in
9.00 - 9.10
Opening statement
Cheryl Jones-Fur, Deputy-Mayor of Växjö, ICLEI Regional Executive Committee Aleksandra Kazmierczak, Urban Climate Change Adaptation Expert, European Environment Agency
Facilitator
Holger Robrecht, Deputy Regional Director, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability
9.10 - 9.20
Welcome by the City of Malmö
Simon Chrisander, Deputy Mayor, City of Malmö
Keynote
Andries Gryffroy, member of the Flemish Parliament, member of the European Committee of the Regions
9.20 - 10:30
OPENING PLENARY

Part I: Coping, learning and building urban resilience
Confirmed speakers
Simon Chrisander, Deputy Mayor, City of MalmöEmilio Servera-Martinez, Research and Development Officer, Las Naves – City of ValenciaKathy Oldham, Chief Resilience Officer, Greater Manchester Sebastien Maire, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Paris
Facilitator
Holger Robrecht, Deputy Regional Director, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability
Part II: Towards a more ambitious EU adaptation strategy
Confirmed speakers
Elena Visnar-Malinovska, Head of Adaptation Unit, DG Clima, European Commission Stefania Manca, Coordinator, EU Urban Agenda Partnership for Climate Adaptation
Facilitator
Holger Robrecht, Deputy Director, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability
10.30 - 10.45
Break
10.45 - 12.15
SESSION 1A: Nature-Based Solutions for a better climate - seeking adaptation and mitigation synergies
Organised by
Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy
Confirmed speakers
Leszek Drogosz, City of Warsaw Sofia Asplund, City of VaxjöLene Vinther Larsen, City of Aarhus Luis Tejero, City of Madrid
Facilitator
Alis-Daniela Torres, Covenant of Mayors
Co-facilitator
Veronica Rebollo, ICLEI Europe
SESSION 1B: Connecting up the dots between science, municipalities, insurance and climate risk assessment
Organised by
Insurance2020/OasisHub project
Confirmed speakers
Christopher Genillard, Genillard & Co Dr. Fred Hatterman, Potsdam Institute for Climate ChangeDr. Martin Drew, DTU Radoica Stefanović, Head of development at Waterworks and Sewerage, Public Utility Company Waterworks and Sewerage, Novi Sad, Serbia Zsofia Hanza, City of BudapestMarc Chiappero, Aria Technologies, BrazilProf.Dr. Christian Witt, ChariteTracy Irvine, OasisHub
Facilitator
Dickie Whitaker, Oasis Loss Modelling Framework
12.15 - 13.00
Lunch break
13.00 - 14.15
SESSION 2A: Cities for a Resilient Recovery
Organised by
Global Resilient Cities Network and Nordic Urban Resilience Institute
Confirmed speakers
Stefania Manca, GenoaJulie Halkier Nilsson, VejleAnne-Marie Hitipeuw, The Hague
Facilitator
Lina Liakou, Global Resilient Cities Network
Session 2B: Financing resilient cities; beyond the EU Green Deal
Organised by
UFZ and PLACARD project
Confirmed speakers
Sophie Tremolet, The Nature ConservancyGerry Muscat, European Investment BankChristian Nussmueller, City of GrazPiero Pelizzaro, City of Milan Bernd Decker, EASME, European Commission Matthieu Collette, Moody’s Credit Agency
Facilitator
Oleksandr Sushchenko, UFZ
SESSION 2C: Leveraging public procurement for more resilient cities
Organised by
ICLEI Europe
Confirmed speakers
Kenza Khachani, OECD CitiesPaula Rodrigues, City of Torres Vedras Birte Detjen, City of BremenSanne van Kamp, City of HaarlemAlessandra Aires, City of Turin
Facilitator
Josefine Hintz, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability
14.15 - 14.30
Break
14.30 - 15.30
Closing plenary: Beyond resilience; outlook, future challenges and prospects
Organised by
ICLEI Europe, the European Environment Agency
Confirmed speakers
Wolfgang Teubner, Managing Director, ICLEI European SecretariatLina Liakou, Global Resilient Cities Network Cheryl Jones-Fur, , Deputy-Mayor of Växjö, ICLEI Regional Executive Committee Tadashi Matsumoto, Head of Unit, Sustainable Development and Global Relations, OECDAndrew McKay Bower, Programme Management Officer, UNDRR
Facilitator
Holger Robrecht, Deputy Director, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability
Rapporteur
Linda Romanovska, Expert on adaptation to climate change
15.30
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