EURESFO24 programme

26. June 2024

Time
Content
8.30 - 9.30

Registration

Location
Lobby
9.30 - 9.45

Welcome to EURESFO24

Location
Sala José Iturbi
9.45 - 10.45

Opening Plenary

Transforming Europe together: mayors for integrated climate action
Location
Sala José Iturbi
Speakers
Harriët Tiemens (Metropolitan Region of Arnhem-Nijmegen, ICLEI Europe) Jevgeni Ossinovski (City of Tallinn) Nadezhda Bobcheva (City of Sofia) Mohamed Ridouani (City of Leuven) Eckart Würzner (City of Heidelberg)
Moderator
Rosalinde Van Der Vlies (European Commission)
10.45 - 11.15

Coffee break & Marketplace

Location
Hall Naranjos
11.15 - 12.15

Valencia Cities Climate Week: Unlocking Climate Finance for Urban Transformation

Location
Sala José Iturbi
Speakers
Jaana Kiiski (City of Lappeenranta) Nadia Calviño (European Investment Bank) Patrick Child (European Commission) Teresa Czerwińska (European Investment Bank) Allison Lobb (Bankers without Boundaries) Fabien Perez (City of Marseille) Jesús Julio Carnero (City of Valladolid)
12.30 - 13.30

Valencia Cities Climate Week: Leveraging multi-level governance for climate action: national, regional and local cooperation

Location
Sala José Iturbi
Speakers
Elina Bardram (European Commission) Patrick Child (European Commission) Ovidiu-Vasile Cîmpean (State Secretary, Romania) Elina Rantanen (City of Turku) Maider Etxebarria (City of Vitoria-Gasteiz)
Moderator
Lina Liakou (Resilient Cities Network) Holger Robrecht (ICLEI Europe)
13.30 - 14.30

Lunch & Marketplace

Location
Hall Naranjos
14.30 - 15.45

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Valencia Cities Climate Week:
Breakout Session By EURESFO24

Our common Mission: collaboration for a resilient and climate-neutral future
Location
Sala José Iturbi
Speakers
Irene Bonvissuto (European Commission) Maria Ximena Michemberg Conti (Ricardo Consulting) Wiebke Pankauke (European Commission) Thomas Koetz (Climate-KIC) Stella Psaropoulou (City of Thessaloniki) Marie-Caroline Vallon (Province-Alpes-Cote d’Azur) Thomas Osdoba (Net Zero Cities)
Moderator
Luca Arbau (ICLEI Europe)

Valencia Cities Climate Week:
Breakout Session By EURESFO24

Adaptation Finance: Bridging the Gap Between Financiers and Cities climate-neutral cities and regions.
Location
Sala Lucrecia Bori
Speakers
Leon Kapetas (R-Cities) Duncan Booker (City of Glasgow) Conrad Landis (AUEB) Stéphane Simonet (TransformAr) Laura Armayones Carranza (IMPETUs/Eurecat) Alexandra Jaunet (ACTIERRA/CLIMATEFIT)
Moderator
Nuha Eltinay (ICLEI Europe)

Valencia Cities Climate Week:
Breakout Session By Cities Mission Conference 2024

All hands on deck: how do national platforms help cities go climate neutral?
Location
Patio de los Bambúes

Valencia Cities Climate Week:
Breakout Session By Energy Cities Annual Forum

Decarbonisation of Heating and Cooling
Location
Sala Martín y Soler

Valencia Cities Climate Week:
Breakout Session By Energy Cities Annual Forum

Waste Management and Circularity
Location
Sala de Exposiciones
15.45 - 16.15

Coffee break & Marketplace

Location
Hall Naranjos
16.15 - 17.45

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Valencia Cities Climate Week:
Breakout Session By EURESFO24

Multi-level governance: coordinating for climate adaptation
Location
Sala José Iturbi
Speakers
Jen Heemann (IEECP) Miljenko Sedlar (REGEA) Toomas Toodu (Pärnu County Development Centre) Yann Francoise (City of Paris) Emilia Botezan (Cluj Napoca) Jordi Peris Blanes (Universitat Politècnica de València)
Moderator
Federico Aili (R-cities) Erica Manuelli (ICLEI Europe)

Valencia Cities Climate Week:
Breakout Session By EURESFO24

Navigating Forward: Policies for a Water-Resilient Europe
Location
Sala Lucrecia Bori
Speakers
Luis Capao (City of Cascais) Roos Meilink (City of the Hague) Alfonso Alcolea (European Commission) Loïc Charpentier (WaterEurope) Marc Serra (Barcelona Province)
Moderator
Goksen Sahin (ICLEI Europe)

Valencia Cities Climate Week:
Breakout Session By Cities Mission Conference 2024

Engaging Stakeholders: Innovations for Climate Action
Location
Patio de los Bambúes

Valencia Cities Climate Week:
Breakout Session By Energy Cities Annual Forum

Building National Climate Strategies with a Bottom-Up Approach
Location
Sala Martín y Soler

Valencia Cities Climate Week:
Breakout Session By Energy Cities Annual Forum

Cities and Energy Communities: Working Together for a Fairer Energy Transition
Location
Sala de Exposiciones
17.45 - 18.30

Valencia Cities Climate Week: Closing Pleanary

Location
Sala José Iturbi
Speakers
Patrick Child (European Commission) Claire Roumet (Energy Cities) Wolfgang Teubner (ICLEI Europe)
Moderator
Jennifer Baker
20.00

Dinner

Location
Hemisfèric

27. June 2024

8.30 - 9.00

Registration

Location
Lobby
9.00 - 10.45

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

City Workshop: Sustainable Reconstruction

Location
Sala Lucrecia Bori
Speakers
Vasileios Latinos (ICLEI Europe) Olha Ovchynnikova (City of Horishni Plavni) Andrii Ocheretnyi (City of Vinnytsia) Tetiana Shulichenko (Mykolaiv) Oleh Frolov (City of Pokrovsk) Yuliia Boiarchuk (BDO) Kateryina Khlivna (City of Ostroh) Alla Lutska (City of Mykolaiv)
Moderator
Silvia Haslinger Olsson (Nordic Urban Resilience Institute) Magnus Qvant (Nordic Urban Resilience Institute) Étienne Métais (CDP)

City Workshop: Energy Resilience

Location
Sala Martín y Soler
Speakers
Imanol Ugalde (ICLEI Europe) Maksym Terletsky (City of Lviv) Yuliia Meleshko (City of Chornomorsk) Sofiia Kravchuk (City of Ovruch) Sergii Bychkov (City of Ochakiv) Svitlana Samsonenko (City of Konotop) Liudmyla Hapieieva (City of Konotop) Bogdan Galkin (City of BDO)
Moderator
Stanislav Kim (UNDP)

City Workshop: Socio-Economic Recovery

Location
Sala Multiusos
Speakers
Nuha Eltinay (ICLEI Europe) Iryna Knyzhnikova (BDO) Kristina Akhtyrska (City of Svitlovodsk) Maryna Ivanenko (City of Sursko-Lytovske) Olena Korovina (City of Brovary) Alina Semenenko (City of Korosten) Tetyana Simchuk (City of Rivne)
Moderators
Haris Piplas (DRESO) Yaera Chung (UNDP)
9.00 - 10.45
Parallel Session

Just Resilience across Europe – Building our collective capacities on the ''what, why and how''

Location
Sala de Expocisiones
Speakers
Hanne van den Berg (EEA Just Resilience Lead) Ludwig Sonesson (City of Malmö) Emilio Servera (City of Valencia) Andreea Vornicu (Center for Study of Democracy, Romania)
Moderators
Alison De Luise (Climate Alliance) Kaisa Schmidt-Thome (Demos, Helsinki)
10.15 - 11.15

SPIN4EIC Pitch session

As cities and regions continue to face increasingly complex adaptation and resilience challenges, the demand for new and innovative solutions continues to grow. The SPIN4EIC Pitch Slam will feature a range of cutting-edge technologies by leading European Innovation Council startups.
Location
Sala José Iturbi
10.45 - 11.15

Coffee break & Marketplace

Location
Hall Naranjos
11.15 - 13.00

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

Co-creating inclusive climate adaptation solutions: an interactive workshop on citizen engagement

Location
Sala Lucrecia Bori
Speakers
Eulalia Baulenas (BSC) Samuel Pickard (BSC) Alain Denis (Yellow Window)
Local Experts facilitating the case studies
Ludwig Sonesson (City of Malmö) Marit Gronwald (City of Dresden) Edoardo Zanchini (City of Rome) Elena Tzamouranou (Messinia region) Albin Hunia (City of Utrecht) Emanuel Toft (City of Malmö)
Moderators
Jannis Niethammer (ICLEI Europe) Benedetta Buccolini (ICLEI Europe) Erica Manuelli (ICLEI Europe)

Climate services towards better informed policies and decisions for climate-resilient development

Location
Sala Martín y Soler
Speakers
Emmy Papazoglou (City of Athens) Simone Nardicchia (City of Milan) Denise McCullagh (University College Cork) Hasse Goosen (CAS)
Moderators
Leon Kapetas (R-Cities) Hasse Goosen (CAS) Saioa Zorita (TECNALIA) Efren Feliu (TECNALIA)

Bridging the Gap: Mobilizing Local Resources for Climate Resilience Through Public-Private Partnerships

Location
Sala Multiusos
Moderators
Felicity Spors (Gold Standard Foundation) Konstantina Karydi (Resilient Cities Catalyst) Caitlin Drake (The Gold Standard Foundation) Allison Ahern (Resilient Cities Network) Federico Aili (Resilient Cities Network)
11.45 - 13.00
Plenary

The Roadmap from Humanitarian Response to Post-conflict Resilience and Recovery - Focus on Ukraine

Location
Sala José Iturbi
Speakers
Nicholas Joseph Ramos (UNDRR) Gerry Muscat (European Investment Bank) Ihor Knyazev (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) Yaera Chung (UNDP) Yuliia Helazhys (UN Global Compact Network in Ukraine) Andriy Ocheretny (City of Vinnytsia)
Moderator
Holger Robrecht (ICLEI Europe)
13.00 - 14.00

Lunch & Marketplace

Location
Hall Naranjos
14.00 - 15.45

PARALLEL WORKSHOPS

What kind of tools and practices do city and regional administrations need to make urban resilience a reality?

Location
Sala Lucrecia Bori
Speakers
Fabian Reitemeyer (Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg/Berlin) Ramon Canal Oliveras (City of Barcelona) Elena Lacort Maza (Barcelona Metropolitan Area)
Moderators
Tobias Gralke (Climate Media Factory) Maxie Riemenschneider (ÖGUT) Jordi Pascual (IREC)

Rising to the Challenge: Nature-Based Solutions for Water Resilience in Europe

Location
Sala Martín y Soler
Speakers
Fabio Masi (IRIDRA) Stina Kaisa Karlstrøm (City of Oslo) Marie-Caroline Vallon (Marseille) Tadej Stepisink (NTUA) Elisa Nika (Imperial College) Natalie Mueller (ISGLOBAL) Aino Kulonen (Municipality of Lahti) Paola Lepori (European Commission) Arnoud Molenaar (City of Rotterdam)
Moderator
Elena Petsani (ICLEI Europe)

Unlocking Finance for Smart Resilient Cities

Location
Sala Multiusos
Speakers
Isabel Maria Pereira Leite Freitas Loureiro, City of Guimarães Marcin Grądzki (City of Warsaw)
Moderator
Grace Sly (ICLEI Europe)
Facilitators
Alis-Daniela Torres (ICLEI Europe) Xavier Casanova (ICLEI Europe) Tommaso Buso (Bankers without Boundaries) Rafael Afonso (EIT Urban Mobility Foundation) Cristina Garzillo (ICLEI Europe)
14.30 - 15.45
Parallel Session

Communities as Active Partners to Enable Urban Climate Resilience

Location
Sala Joaquín Rodrigo
Speakers
Kathy Oldham (Greater Manchester) Francisco Lisbona (ZRS) Esther Triviño Triviño (Spanish Red Cross) Ana Merenciano Gonzalez (Spanish Red Cross) Kemal Kılıç (Izmir Municipality) Kristen Guida, (Greater London Authority)
Moderators
Karl Astbury (Resilient Cities Network) Nuha Eltinay (ICLEI)
15.45 - 16.15

Coffee break & Marketplace

Location
Hall Naranjos
16.15 - 17.30

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Digitalization for Climate Action: Co-Creation, Collaboration, and Just Transitions

Location
Sala Joaquín Rodrigo
Speakers
Pourya Salehi (ICLEI World)
Joanna Heyda (City of Warsaw) Alison Gilliland (City of Dublin) Roos Meilink (City of The Hague)
Moderators
Selene Angelone (ICLEI Europe)

Does Culture Count for Resilience? Opportunities and Challenges for More Resilient Cultural Landscapes

Location
Sala Lucrecia Bori
Speakers
Aitziber Egusquiza (TECNALIA) Tina Katika (ICCS) Lola Almazan (Las Naves) Chema Segovia (PALIMPSEST)
Moderators
Cristina Garzillo (ICLEI Europe)

Advancing coastal and water resilience in the EU: encouraging the implementation of multi-level Decision-making frameworks

Location
Sala Martín y Soler
Speakers
Bernarda Matijević (Municipality of Draz) Lucia Cuesta Fernandez (Barcelona ) Paul Sayers (Sayers and Partners) Etiënne Kras (Deltares) Charlotte Rosenkilde Sørensen (Kilmatorium)
Moderators
Karen Naciph Mora (ICLEI Europe) Carme Machí Castañer (ICLEI Europe)

AI and innovation for resilience

Location
Sala José Iturbi
Speakers
Tom George (Google) Elina Seppänen (City of Tampere) Emmy Papazoglou (City of Athens) Bettina Tratz Ryan (Gartner) Shaojuan Xu (Research Institute for Regional and Urban Development)
Moderator
Alis Daniela Torres, ICLEI Europe Julen Imana (ICLEI Europe)
17.45 - 18.30

EURESFO24 Closing Plenary

Location
Sala Joaquín Rodrigo
Speakers
Esteban Leon (UN-Habitat) Iva Bedenko (City of Zagreb) Wolfgang Teubner (ICLEI Europe) Eleni "Lenio" Myrivili (EU Mission for Adaptation, Board Member Global Chief Heat Officer, UN-Habitat and Atlantic Council) Arnoud Molenaar (City of Rotterdam)
Moderator
Vasileios Latinos (ICLEI Europe)
18.30

Cocktail hour

Location
Hall Naranjos

28. June 2024

10.00 - 12.00

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