Agenda Cities Forum 2023 Torino

1. Organized by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
and hosted by the City of Torino. Venue: OGR Torino
09:00 – 09:30 Registration & Coffee
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09:30 – 12:00 PARALLEL OPTIONS
09:30 – 12:00 SITE VISITS
In the city, departure from venue
10:30 – 11:30 ‘’Will beauty save the world?’’ The New
European Bauhaus Manifesto of the City of Torino
Room: Binario 3
09:30 – 13:00 EXHIBITION STANDS
Room: Sala Fucine
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 13:15 Artistic Opening: Bandakadabra,
in collaboration with Torino Jazz Festival
13:15 – 13:45 OPENING PLENARY……………
Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms,
European Commission
Stefano Lo Russo, Mayor of Torino (IT)
Ivan Bartoš, Deputy Prime Minister for Digitalization and
Minister of Regional Development (CZ)
Moderators: Eddy Adams and Sally Kneeshaw
13:45 – 14:00 Keynote speech ……………
Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director, European Environment
Agency
14:00 – 15:00 HIGH LEVEL PANEL
How to support the implementation of the European
Green Deal in cities while dealing with new challenges
Ovidiu Cîmpean, Secretary of State, Ministry of Investments
and European Projects (RO)
Clara de la Torre, Deputy Director-General DG CLIMA,
European Commission
Mihhail Kõlvart, Mayor of Tallinn (EE)
Minna Arve, Mayor of Turku (FI)
Anna Lisa Boni, Deputy Mayor of Bologna (IT)
Magdalena Młochowska, Director, Coordinator of Green
Warsaw (PL)
Simone Lammert, City of Solingen, Member of Eurotowns (DE)
Moderator: Sally Kneeshaw
15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:45 OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE EUROPEAN
URBAN INITIATIVE
Innovating, sharing and inspiring sustainable urban
development in Europe
Elisa Ferreira, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms,
European Commission
Daniel Leca, Vice-President, Hauts de France Region (FR)
Tim Caulfield, Director, European Urban Initiative
Normunds Popens, Acting Director-General DG REGIO, European
Commission
Kieran McCarthy, Cork City Councilor, European Committee of
the Regions
Dorthe Nielsen, Executive Director, Eurocities
Marie Zezůlková, Head of Urban Policy and Strategy Division,
Ministry for Regional Development, (CZ)
Teofil Gherca, Director, URBACT Programme
Moderator: Eddy Adams
16:45 – 17.00 Short Break
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17:00 – 18:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS………
1. Greening cities in the European Union: strategic
approaches to address climate and environmental
challenges
Room: Sala Fucine
2. Financing sustainable urban development in times of
crisis
Room: Duomo
3. The role and challenges of small and medium-sized
urban areas in bringing Europe closer to citizens and
driving the green and just transition
Room: Binario 3
18:30 – 19:30 Dinner
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19:30 – 22:30 Evening Entertainment: DJ Margiotta,
in collaboration with Torino Jazz Festival

2. Organized by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
and hosted by the City of Torino. Venue: OGR Torino
09:00 – 11:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS…………..
1. How can cities build their capacities on sustainable
urban development under the European Urban
Initiative?
Room: Sala Fucine
2. Urban Talk – Change the system not the climate
Room: Binario 3
3. Fostering socio-economic inclusion of marginalised
groups at local level
Room: Duomo
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 PARALLEL SESSIONS…………
1. A renewed Urban Agenda for the EU: implementing
the next generation of Partnerships for cities of all
sizes
Room: Sala Fucine
2. Innovating in cities
Room: Binario 3
3. New European Bauhaus: how can it bring a
difference to local development?
Room: Duomo
13:00 – 14.00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:15 Keynote speech
Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the
European Commission for the European Green Deal and
European Commissioner for Climate Action
14:15 – 15:10 MAYORS DEBATE:
Cohesion and recovery in cities
Stefano Lo Russo, Mayor of Turin (IT)
Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, Mayor of Gdansk (PL)
Alina Apostol, Mayor of Ciortești commune (RO)
Sylvain Godinot, Deputy Mayor of Lyon (FR)
Moderator: Sally Kneeshaw
15:10– 15:40 CLOSING REMARKS………………….
Vasco Alves Cordeiro, President, European Committee of
the Regions
Astrid Vital Durand, International Union for Conservation of
Nature Young Ambassador
Dario Nardella, Mayor of Florence (IT)
Moderators: Eddy Adams and Sally Kneeshaw
15:40 – 16:00 Coffee Break
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16:00 – 17:30 PARALLEL SESSIONS…………..
1. Functional areas in the EU: from Cohesion Policy to
practice
Room: Binario 3
2. Coming out of the European Box: international
cooperation to inspire sustainable urban
transformation
Room: Duomo
3. Welcoming people with a migrant background at the
local level
Room: Sala Fucine
For description of sessions please access:
https://citiesforum2023.eu/en/workshops

3. Organized by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
and hosted by the City of Torino. Venue: OGR Torino
DAY 1. 09:30 – 12:30
1 / 09:30 – 12:00
1. 09:30 – 12:00 SITE VISITS
In the city, departure from venue
1. Urban Commons: citizens associations create value for
the place and the community: Torino was one of the first
cities in Italy to approve in 2016 the Urban Commons
Regulation. Through the “Pact of Collaboration”, associations
and single citizens are entitled to take care of urban
commons and create value for the place and the community.
Come discover some of them!
2. Reconversion: from industrial sites to green assets:
This visit displays two iconic examples of industrial
reconversion, starting from former areas that produced
automotive components.
3. Social innovation practices for urban regeneration:
This tour around the neighbourhoods of Aurora and Barriera
displays not only inspiring examples of urban regeneration,
but especially the social impact of this work on the
community involved.
4. Urban Food System & Circular Economy: These two sites
are experimenting a Circular Business Model with the support
of Slow Food’s University of Gastronomic Sciences, in the
framework of two HORIZON2020 projects: proGIreg and
FUSILLI.
5. Reconversion: From industrial sites into hubs for
innovation: This visit displays the transformation of two
industrial sites into hubs for innovation, start-ups, enterprises
and laboratories.
6. Community Hubs: providing community services in
neighbourhoods: This tour includes two different examples
of community hubs providing social services in
neighbourhoods characterized by relevant social and
economic urban challenges.
For description of site visits please access:
https://www.citiesforum2023.eu/en/visits
10:30 – 11:30: ‘’Will beauty save the world?’’ The
New European Bauhaus Manifesto of the City of
Torino
Room: Binario 3
Chiara Foglietta, Deputy Mayor of the City of Torino for Green
and Digital Transition, Environment and Innovation (IT)
Laura Fornaro, Networking Coordinator at Cooperativa Liberi
Tutti, project manager DESIRE for Cascina Falchera (IT)
Lavinia Chiara Tagliabue, Associate Professor, Computer
Science Department, University of Torino (IT)
Andrea Bocco, Head of Interuniversity Department of Regional,
Urban Studies and Planning, Politecnico of Torino (IT)
Simone D’Antonio, ANCI - National Association of Italian
Municipalities (IT)
Elena Miglietti, Representative of the NEBTO Committee
(IT)
Moderator: Fabio Sgaragli - FGB, Head of innovation at Open
Incet, the Open Innovation Center of the City of Torino
3. 09:30 – 12:00 EXHIBITION STANDS
Room: Sala Fucine
• Directorate General for Regional and Urban Policies (DG
REGIO), European Commission
• Joint Research Center (JRC), European Commission
• European Urban Initiative
• URBACT Programme
• ESPON Programme
• Covenant of Mayors
• The Smart Cities Marketplace
• Directorate-General for the Environment (DG ENV),
European Commission
• EU Missions: the 100 Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities
Mission & the Mission Adaptation to Climate Change
• European Economic and Social Committee
• City of Torino
• Italian National Agency for Territorial Cohesion
• CITIES4CITIES | UNITED 4 UKRAINE
For description of exhibition please access:
https://www.citiesforum2023.eu/en/exhibition
PARALELL SESSIONS AGENDA SUPPLEMENT

4. Organized by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
and hosted by the City of Torino. Venue: OGR Torino
DAY 1. 17:00 – 18:30
1.Greening cities in the European Union:
strategic approaches to address climate and
environmental challenges
Room: Sala Fucine
Benjamin Caspar, Policy Officer for Natural Capital &
Ecosystem Health, DG ENV, European Commission
Irene Bonvissuto, Policy Officer Policy development and
implementation - Adaptation to climate change, DG CLIMA,
European Commission
Gitty Korsuize, Urban ecologist, Utrecht (NL)
Imanol Zabaleta Altuna, Director of the Environmental Studies
Center of Vitoria-Gasteiz (ES)
Susa Eräranta, Project Director, Climate Unit, Helsinki (FI)
Normunds Popens, Acting Director-General DG REGIO,
European Commission
Moderator: Anna Gumbau
2.Financing sustainable urban development in
times of crisis
Room: Duomo
Leonor Berriochoa, Senior Specialist of Urban Development
Division, European Investment Bank
Ivone Pereira Martins, Urban Sustainability Strategic
Coordinator, European Environment Agency
Raffaele Barbato, Managing authority - funding sources, Roma
Capitale (IT)
Fabrizio Rossi, Secretary General, CEMR
Moderator: Eddy Adams
3.The role and challenges of small and
medium-sized urban areas in bringing Europe
closer to citizens and driving the green and
just transition
Room: Binario3
Marek Teplansky, Head of Unit Inclusive Growth, Urban and
Territorial Development, DG REGIO, European Commission
Carlotta Fioretti, Project Officer Urban Development
Strategies and Researcher, JRC, European Commission
Carolina Perpiña, Analyst, Territorial Development Unit, JRC,
European Commission
Teresa Alonso Montejo, Deputy Mayor, Lucena (ES)
Helene Stanger, Innovation Manager, Startup Village Kitzbühel
(AT)
Kieran McCarthy, Cork City Councillor, Member of the European
Committee of the Regions
Irene McMaster, Senior Knowledge Exchange Fellow, European
Policies Research Centre, University of Strathclyde (UK)
Vitor Paulo Pereira, President, Paredes de Coura (PT) (TBC)
Laura Čodere, UIA Project Manager, Ventspils City Council (LV)
Moderators: Alessandro Rainoldi and Giulia Testori, JRC,
European Commission
DAY 2. 09:00 – 11:00
1. How can cities build their capacities on
sustainable urban development under the
European Urban Initiative?
Room: Sala Fucine
Normunds Popens, Acting Director-General DG REGIO
Aša Rogelj, Deputy Director-General at the Ministry of the
Environment and Spatial planning (SI)
Hanna Zdanowska, Mayor of Łódź (PL)
Eilish O’Loughlin, Head of Capacity Building Unit, European
Urban Initiative Permanent Secretariat
Clémentine Gravier, Capacity-Building Officer, URBACT
Aleksi Jäntti, Deputy Mayor, Tampere (FI)
Jordi Mazon, Deputy Mayor on Energy Transition, Mobility and
Waste Management, Viladecans (ES)
Moderators: Eddy Adams and Sally Kneeshaw
2. Urban Talk – Change the system not the
climate
Room: Binario 3
Edoardo Croci, Professor and Sustainable Urban Regeneration
Lab Director, Bocconi University (IT)
Patrick Child, Deputy Director-General, DG ENV, European
Commission
Clara de la Torre, Deputy Director-General Innovation,
adaptation and resilience, stakeholder relations, DG CLIMA,
European Commission
Cristina Martinez, Deputy Head of Unit Technologies for Smart
Communities, DG CNECT, European Commission
Eero Ailio, Adviser for Energy transition and local governance,
DG ENER, European Commission and Covenant of Mayors
Dana Eleftheriadou, Team Leader Proximity and Cities, DG
GROW, European Commission
Stefania Manca, Coordinator - City of Genoa, UAEU Partnership
on Climate Adaptation (IT)
Moderator: Anna Gumbau
3. Fostering socio-economic inclusion of
marginalised groups at local level
Room: Duomo
João Medeiros, Councillor´s Advisor for Education, Innovation
and Social Cohesion, Braga (PT)
Michaela Kauer, Head of the Liaison Office of the City of
Vienna to the EU (AT)
Jérôme Pianezza, Vice-Mayor in charge of International and
European affairs, Lille (FR)
Dana Lazăr, Directorate of Social Assistance, Timișoara (RO)
Magdalena Karvayova, Co-Founder of NGO “Awen Amenca”
(CZ)
Dejan Crnek, Deputy Mayor of Ljubljana (SI)
Moderator: Ali Al-Jaberi
PARALELL SESSIONS AGENDA SUPPLEMENT

5. Organized by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy
and hosted by the City of Torino. Venue: OGR Torino
DAY 2. 11:30 – 13:00
1. A renewed Urban Agenda for the EU:
implementing the next generation of
Partnerships for cities of all sizes
Room: Sala Fucine
Thomas de Béthune, Team Leader Urban policy, DG REGIO,
European Commission
Roxana Triboi, Expert for Ex Ante Assessment of the UAEU
Food theme
Renata Lopez, Head of Urban Planning, Pozzuoli (IT)
Orna Rosenfeld, Expert for Ex Ante Assessment of the UAEU
Cities of Equality theme
Annika Dalén, Strategic development and gender equality
officer, Umeå (SE)
Jan Schultheiss, Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban
Development and Building, Co-coordinator of the UAEU
Partnership on Culture and cultural heritage(DE)
Ann Rodenstedt, Desk officer, Ministry of Rural Affairs and
Infrastructure (SE)
Alessandro Rainoldi, Head of Unit Territorial Development,
JRC, European Commission
Dorthe Nielsen, Executive Director, Eurocities
David Sventek, Confederation of Industry of the Czech
Republic, European Economic and Social Committee
Moderator: Sally Kneeshaw
2. Innovating in cities
Room: Binario 3
Aziza Akhmouch, Head of Cities, Urban Policies and
Sustainable Development division, OECD
Margit Noll, CEO of the European Partnership Driving Urban
Transitions, JPI Urban Europe
Fabrizio Barbiero, Head of Innovation and EU Funds Office,
Torino (IT)
Marion Glatron, Director of Data and green transition, Rennes
Metropole, UIA project RUDI (FR)
Oihana Eizmendi Sasiain, Coordinator of the Strategic Sectors
unit of Bilbao Ekintza, economic promotion agency of the Bilbao
City Council (ES)
Moderator: Anna Gumbau
3. New European Bauhaus : how can it bring a
difference to local development?
Room: Duomo
Eva Nussmueller, Deputy Head of Unit, Coordination of
programmes, DG REGIO, European Commission
Borislava Woodford, Policy Analyst New European Bauhaus,
JRC, European Commission
Kristian Keinänen, Head of Strategic Enterprises, Riihimaki (FI)
Mato Franković, Mayor of Dubrovnik (HR)
Natasa Christou, Innovation Entrepreneur, Co-founder Gardens
of the future (CY)
Konrad Mlynarczyk, Chief Designer Settlement and Cultural
Heritage Unit, Pomorskie Regional Planning Office (PL)
Moderator: Eddy Adams
DAY 2. 16:00 – 17:30
1. Functional areas in the EU: from Cohesion
Policy to practice
Room: Binario 3
Marek Teplansky, Head of Unit Inclusive Growth, Urban and
Territorial Development, DG REGIO, European Commission
Wiktor Szydarowski, Director, ESPON EGTC
Sona Raszkova, Specialist in International cooperation, Brno
Metropolitan Area (CZ)
Iulian Mareș, President, West Ialomița Functional Area (RO)
Moskos Diamantopoulos, General Director, West Athens
Development Association (EL)
Julita Ewert-Stawowy, Deputy Director, Kraków Metropolis
Association (PL)
Moderator: Marcel Ionescu-Heroiu, Senior Urban Development
Specialist, World Bank
2. Coming out of the European Box:
international cooperation to inspire
Sustainable Urban Transformation
Room: Duomo
Xavier Tiana, Head of International Relations, Metropolitan
Area of Barcelona (ES)
Claudio Bordi, Urban Planner head of European Unit at Risorse
per Roma SPA, City of Rome/Anci Lazio (IT)
Philip Naslund, Strategic Development Officer, Umeå (SE)
Elisa Limbacher, Coordination of the Lord Mayor's Affair,
Trier (DE)
Moderator: Sandra Marin, IURC Central Coordination Service
Team Leader, IURC
3. Welcoming people with a migrant
background at the local level
Room: Sala Fucine
Sonia Pereira, High Commissioner for Migration of Portugal
Syed Hasnain, Founder and president of UNIRE (Italian National
Union of Refugees and Exiles)
Bart Somers, Deputy Prime Minister of the Government of
Flanders and Flemish Minister of the Interior, Administrative
Affairs, Civic Integration and Equal Opportunities (BE)
Aikaterini Dimitrakopoulou, Head of Sector for Integration,
DG HOME, European Commission
Diana Botescu, Interim Head of Unit for Migration and Refugee
Policies, Berlin Commissioner´s Office for Integration and
Migration of the Berlin Senate (DE)
Geti Mubeenová, Strategic Management Coordinator for
Refugees, Prague City Hall (CZ)
Moderator: Ali Al-Jaberi
PARALELL SESSIONS AGENDA SUPPLEMENT