Program

09.00 - 09.15h
WELCOME PRESENTATION
Antonio Balmón
Antonio Balmón, Barcelona Metropolitan Area, Executive Vice-President.
09.15 - 10.00h
OPENING CONFERENCE "Metropolitan governance in european cities"
Jean Louis Cohen
 Jean Louis Cohen, Architect, historian of cities, professor at New York University.
Abstract
Paper
10.00 - 11.30h
ROUND TABLE: Towards a Metropolitan Europe / The cooperation between European metropolis.
Rudiger Ahrend
Rudiger Ahrend, Head of Urban Policy, OECD.
Aurelien Rousseau
Aurelien Rousseau, Deputy General Secretary Ville de Paris.
Omar Al-Rawi
Omar Al-Rawi, Member Vienna City Council.
François Chollet, Vice-President Toulouse Metropole.
Claudio Tolomelli
Claudio Tolomelli, METREX Vice President.
Jean-Luc Vanraes
Jean-Luc Vanraes, Parliament of the Flemish Community Commission Brussels-Capital, Region.
Wendy Simon
Wendy Simon, Councillor Liverpool City.
11.30-12.00h
COFFEE BREAK
12.00 - 13.30h
MAYORS ROUND TABLE: Metropolitan Visions/ Competitiveness and social inclusion in metropolitan areas.
Xavier Trias
Xavier Trias, Mayor of Barcelona and President of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area.
Piero Fassino
Piero Fassino, Mayor of Torino.
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Mayor of Warsaw.
Anette Solli
Anette Solli, Mayor of Akershus, Oslo-Region.
Emmanuel Couet
Emmanuel Couet, Mayor of Saint Jacques de la Lande  and President of Rennes Metropole.
Hermínio Loureiro
Hermínio Loureiro, President Porto Metropolitan Area.
Daniel Guiraud
Daniel Guiraud, Mayor Les Lilas and first Vice President Paris Metropole and Mayor Les Lilas.
13.30 - 13.45h
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY and LECTURE of the European Metropolitan Authorities (EMA) 2015 Declaration.
Xavier Trias
Xavier Trias, President of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB).
13.45 - 14.15h
Metropolis Barcelona Exhibition
Ramon Torra,
Barcelona Metropolitan Area General Manager.
Joan Busquets, Architect, Urbanist and Exhibition Curator
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