Speakers

Alain Le Saux
General Secretary of Metropolis
Bianca Debaets
State Secretary of the Brussels-Capital Region
Daniel Chain
Minister of Urban Development of the City of Buenos Aires
Daniely Votto Fontoura
Strategic Relations Manager at EMBARQ Brasil
David Mora
Director of the Sport and Recreation Institute INDER
Edson Aparecido
Chief of Staff of São Paulo State’s government
Eduard Saurina
Management Assistant of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
Estel Crusellas
Coordinator of the Centre for Equality and Resources for Women in Barcelona
Félix Manito
Chief of the Kreanta Foundation
Francisco Irarrazábal
Sports Undersecretary of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires
Hossein Kashiri
Head of METROPOLIS Youth and Director of International Relations of the Municipality of Mashhad
Iolanda Latorre
Manager of the Barcelona Sports Institute of the City Council of Barcelona
Jorge Melguizo
Social Communicator - Journalist
Josep Roig
Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)
Juan Carlos Villalonga
President of the Environmental Protection Agency of the City of Buenos Aires
Lisa Seftel
Executive Director for Transport in the City of Johannesburg
María de las Mercedes Aranguren
President of the “Fundación Convivir”
Mariano Mayer
General Director of Entrepreneurs of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires
Marina Klemensiewicz
Secretary for Habitat & Inclusion for the City of Buenos Aires
Omar Rocha
Mayor of La Paz
Paul James
Professor of Globalization and Cultural Diversity in the Institute for Culture and Society at the University of Western Sydney
Pierre Desrochers
Chair of the executive committee - Ville de Montréal
Ricardo Mena
Head of the Regional Office for the Americas of UNISDR
Rodrigo Silvosa
Deputy Secretary of Maintenance for Public Space of the Ministry of Environment and Public Space
Rudi Borrmann
Director of Innovation and Open Government of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires
Solat Mortazavi
Mayor of Mashhad
Sunil Dubey
Professor of the University of Sydney
Victor Said
Architect and urban planner of IAU - IDF
Daniela Chacón Arias
Vice Mayor, Municipality of Quito
Denis Coderre
Mayor of Montreal
Ensieh Ghafouri Sharbaf
Mashhad City Council
Jean-Paul Huchon
President of the Ile-de-France Regional Council & President of METROPOLIS
Renu Khosla
Director of the Centre for Urban and Regional Excellence (CURE)
Miguel Lifschitz
Senator of the Province of Santa Fe
João Octaviano Machado Neto
Executive Secretary for Public-Private Partnerships of the Housing Secretariat of the State of São Paulo
Juanjo Mendez
Chief of the Staff of the Transport Secretariat of GCBA
Michael Müller
Berlin Mayor
Horacio Muratore
President of FIBA
Franklyn Parks Tau
Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg
Kadir TOPBAŞ
Mayor of Istanbul and President of UCLG
Raquel V. Munt
Directora General de Inclusión
Jorge Yoyo Riva
professor of Philosophy at the Catholic University of Argentina (UCA)
Mauricio Macri
Chief of Government of Buenos Aires City

Program

Browse through the four days of the event by clicking on the arrows. Event will be held From May 18th to May 21th

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  • Statutory meetings

  • Thematic sessions

  • Political plenary sessions

  • Real-life experiences on the urban ground

  • Social events