#EuropeTogether city festival - What if sustainable cities can save Europe?
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DRAFT AGENDA
17.00-18.00 – Registration at Horta venue & refreshments
18.00-18.10 – Opening with “TOGETHER” video presentation and introduction by the moderator Francesca Vanthielen
18.10-18.20 – Welcome speeches
Gianni Pittella, S&D Group President
Kathleen Van Brempt, S&D Group Vice-Presdient
18.20-18.35 – Keynote speech by Eric Corijn, Professor of Social and cultural geography, Free University of Brussels, Director of COSMOPOLIS City, Culture & Society research group on “Can Cities save Europe: Urbanity as a post-national challenge”
18.35-19.10 – I. Panel debate: How to increase involvement of cities in decision-making processes in the EU
· Eric Corijn, Professor of Social and cultural geography, Free University of Brussels, Director of COSMOPOLIS City, Culture & Society research
· Agnes Jongerius, MEP, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
· Michaela Kauer, Director, Vienna House,Brussels Liaison Office of the City of Vienna
· Daniël Termont, Mayor of Ghent, President of Eurocities group
Followed by questions & answers session from the audience and via Twitter
19.10-19.25 – Keynote speech by Prof. Jan Rotmans, Professor of Transitions and Transition Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam on “Port Transitions”
19.25-19.55 – II. Panel debate: Ports as vectors for an efficient and ambitious European green economy
· Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam
· Eva Pérez García, Director of Transport Economics, Fundación Valenciaport
· Prof. Jan Rotmans, Professor of Transitions and Transition Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam
Followed by questions & answers session from the audience and via Twitter
19:55-20:05 – Presentation of the “TOGETHER” Ambassadors
20:05-20:15 – Presentation of the Statement by Vice-President Kathleen Van Brempt and its adoption
European Anthem
20:15 – Walking dinner
