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26 June

Registration (8.00 – 9.30)

 

Opening Plenary Part 1 (9.30 - 10.30)
Opening Plenary Part 1

Room number: S29-32

Welcome and opening remarks

Moderator: Gino Van Begin, Secretary General, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

Ashok Sridharan, Mayor of Bonn, Germany; President, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, United Nations Climate Change; Co-Patron of Resilient Cities 2019 Congress

Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN‐Habitat); Co-Patron of Resilient Cities 2019 Congress (video message)

Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction; Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR); Co-Patron of Resilient Cities 2019 Congress

José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy (video message)

Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven, Director-General, Global Issues—Sector Policies and Programme, on behalf of Norbert Barthle, Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development; Co-Patron of Resilient Cities 2019 Congress

 
 

Coffee break (10.30 – 11.00)

 

Opening Plenary Part 2 (11.00 - 12.20)
Opening Plenary Part 2 - 10 years of ICLEI's urban resilience action: Legacy and road ahead towards 2030

Room number: S29-32

Facilitator: Monika Zimmermann, Chair, Program Committee, Resilient Cities 2019 Congress; Former ICLEI Deputy Secretary General

Panel 1. 10 Years of ICLEI Urban Resilience & Adaptation Action
  • Steve Gawler, Regional Director of Oceania Secretariat, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (presentation)
  • Meggan Spires, Senior Manager, Climate Change, Energy & Resilience, Africa Secretariat, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
  • Emani Kumar, Deputy Secretary General, Regional Director of South Asia Secretariat, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability (presentation)
  • Tunc Soyer, Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Government, Turkey
  • Stephany Uy Tan, Councillor, Catbalogan, Philippines and ICLEI Vice President
Panel 2. The 2030 road ahead for urban resilience and adaptation action: A discussion with ICLEI partners
  • Humberto Delgado Rosa, Director for Natural Capital, DG Environment, European Commission
  • Aloke Barnwal, Senior Climate Change Specialist, Global Environmental Facility (GEF)
  • Günter Hemrich, Senior Adviser, Economic and Social Development Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
  • Jeb Brugmann, Vice President, Solutions Development & Innovation, 100 Resilient Cities
  • Cathy Oke, Councilor, Melbourne, Australia; First Vice President, Global Executive Committee, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

 

Lunch (12.20 – 14.00)     |     Mayors’ Lunch, by invitation only (12.20 – 15.00)

Driving Change Together: Special Joint Event on Multilevel Action, by invitation only (15.00 - 18.00)
Driving Change Together: Special Joint Event on Multilevel Action with a focus on E-Mobility an Adaptation (by invitation only)

This multi-stakeholder event will consist of a high level session, followed by 2 breakout groups. The event is aimed to highlight progress since COP24 and address potential opportunities for synergetic actions towards UN Climate Action Summit and COP25.

 

 

Poster session (12.20 - 14.00)
Poster session

Evaluating the Impacts of Sea-Level Rise and Storm Surges on Seychelles’ Critical Infrastructure
  • Daniel Xie, Master’s Student, University of Michigan, Michigan, United States

Continuous and Urban Resilient Power Supply during Critical States

  • Sadeeb Simon Ottenburger, Scientist, Karlsruhe Intitute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Evaluating adaptation in German development cooperation – Approach & experiences

  • Alexandra Köngeter, Evaluator, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn, Germany

Mapping nature for resilience in Uganda and Lilongwe

  • Kate Strachan, Professional Officer, ICLEI Africa Secretariat, Cape Town, South Africa

Taoyuan Developing into a Low-Carbon Green City

  • Hsi-Tsung Lin, Section Chief, Department of Environmental Protection, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei

Pond Reactivation in Taoyuan City

  • Ming-Cheng Chou, Section Chief, Department of Public Works, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei

Taoyuan City Promoting Application of Recycled Aggregate on Public Constructions

  • Tzu-Yi Pan, Chief Secretary, Department of Public Works, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei

Taoyuan City’s Smart Disaster Prevention Strategy and Development

  • Yen-Ping Chen, Section Officer, Department of Environmental Protection, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei
 
 

 

Exhibition (12.20 - 14.00)
Exhibition

Adapting to climate change requires us to apply new and more efficient solutions to foreseeable problems. This is where innovators can play a crucial role: from expanding insurance schemes to combine technology and resilience management together, our Innovators will showcase their work in our exhibition area.

Exhibitors:

  • KIT Innovation HUB Prevention in Construction
  • FloodCitiSense Project
  • Building Out Vector-Borne Diseases in sub-Saharan Africa (BOVA) Network
  • Global Covenant of Mayors (GCoM)
  • ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
  • carbonn® Center
 
 
 

Parallel Sessions A (14.00 – 15.30)

A1 Presentations

Tracking the progress of urban resilience
A1 - Tracking the progress of urban resilience

Room number: S29-31

Facilitator: David Dodman, Director, Human Settlements Group, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, United Kingdom

Presenters:

The new British Standard for City Resilience (presentation)

  • Caroline Field, Committee Chair – British Standard for City Resilience or Associate Director, Arup, London, United Kingdom

Indicators for adaptation in the urban context: Case Helsinki Region (presentation)

  • Maaria Parry, Climate Specialist, Helsinki Region Environmental Services Authority (HSY), Helsinki, Finland

Evaluating infrastructure choices: The Adaptation Gradients Framework (presentation)

  • Elisabeth Hamin Infield, Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States

Are cities meeting goals for equitable environmental growth? (presentation)

  • Diego Manya, Research Associate, Yale FES, New Haven, United States
  • Ryan Thomas, PhD Student, Cornell University, Ithaca, United States

Human security as a pillar of resilience (presentation)

  • Marie Angelique Go, City Administrator, City Government of Zamboanga, Zamboanga, Philippines 

The applications of Taoyuan’s ponds in climate change mitigation and adaptation (presentation)

  • Li-Teh Lu, Director General, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei

Session description

A2 Panel

Joining forces: Urban adaptation through linking local action to global policy
A2 - Joining forces: Urban adaptation through linking local action to global policy

Room number: S01-02

Facilitator: Kimberley Ogonda, Lobby and Advocacy Expert, Cordaid, The Hage, The Netherlands

Panelists: 

  • Chris van Diemen, Co-Founder & Chief Data Officer, Green City Watch, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (presentation)
  • Samer Bagaeen, Councillor, Brighton and Hove City Council, Brighton, United Kingdom
  • Eddie Jjemba, Urban Resilience Advisor, Red Cross Climate Centre, Uganda (presentation)
  • Stephen Passmore, Chief Executive and Technology Lead, Resilience Brokers, London, United Kingdom (presentation)

Session description

A3 Panel

Resilience through the Design of Innovative and Inclusive Urban Landscapes
A3 - Resilience through the Design of Innovative and Inclusive Urban Landscapes

Room number: S30-32

Facilitator: Daniela Rizzi, Officer of Green Infrastructure and NbS, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany

Panelists:

  • Chih-Wei Chang, Project Director, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany (presentation)
  • Michael Grove, Principal and Chair of Landscape Architecture, Civil Engineering and Ecology, Sasaki, Boston, United States (presentation)
  • Antje Stokman, Professor, HafenCity University, Hamburg, Germany (presentation)
  • Kotch Voraakhom, Founder and CEO, Porous City Network, Bangkok, Thailand (presentation)
  • Lee-Shing Fang, Professor, Sustainable Development and Climate Change Adaptation Committee, Kaohsiung City, Chinese Taipei (presentation)

Session description

A4 Presentations

Linking data and science to improve urban resilience
A4 - Linking data and science to improve urban resilience

Room number: S25-26

Facilitators:

  • Nicola Tollin, Professor on Urban Resilience, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
  • Jennifer Lenhart, Global Lead, WWF One Planet Cities, Solna, Sweden

Presenters:

Leveraging urban data to strengthen cities’ resilience (presentation)

  • Jennifer Lenhart, Global Lead, WWF One Planet Cities, Solna, Sweden

Co-design workshops with experts and policymakers on climate change adaptation in Japan (presentation)

  • Kenshi Baba, PhD Professor, Tokyo City University, Yokohama, Japan

Building resilience through systemic analysis in Mexico City

  • Claudia Ortiz-Tudela, Associate Professor, FA UNAM, Mexico City, Mexico

Bringing sciences together to inform decision-makers: the case of Quebec floods (presentation)

  • Alexandrine Bisaillon, Risk Management and Resilience Specialist, Ouranos, Montreal, Canada

Mesoscale analysis of indicators of community resilience in the United States (presentation)

  • Kyle Pfeiffer, Manager, Argonne National Laboratory, Sterling, United States

Session description

A5 Workshop

Building inclusive multi-stakeholder and bankable flood resilience in cities
A5 - Building inclusive multi-stakeholder and bankable flood resilience in cities

Room number: S34-35

Facilitator: Sander Carpaij, Urban Resilience Coordinator, Wetlands International, Wageningen, the Netherlands (presentation)

Speakers:

  • Matthijs Bouw, Director and Founder, ONE Architecture & Urban Planning, New York, United States (presentation)
  • Dennis van Peppen, Deputy Special Envoy, International Water Affairs, Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (presentation)
  • Humberto Delgado Rosa, Director for Natural Capital, DG Environment, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium (presentation)
  • Lei Yang, Professor, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung City, Chinese Taipei (presentation)
  • Andrew Simmons, Director of Research, Resilience Brokers, London, United Kingdom (presentation)

Session description

CiBiX Workshop with Milan, Italy (14.00 - 15.30)
CiBiX Workshop with Milan, Italy

Room number: S27-28
 
Delivering resilience for improving disaster preparedness and response

Milan is looking to tackle challenges surrounding disaster management. In particular, the coordination of multiple stakeholders and all the relevant data involved at the different response stages creates complex scenarios for the city to manage. Future plans for expanding resilience in Milan are focused on finding new partnerships and digital tools to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of disaster and emergency preparedness and response.
Join the City of Milan and help to co-identify the next action steps the city can take regarding integrating big data integration into disaster planning, connecting climate change and emergency response and forming novel partnerships for urban resilience.

 

 

Coffee Break | Poster session (15.30 - 16.00)
Coffee Break | Poster session

Evaluating the Impacts of Sea-Level Rise and Storm Surges on Seychelles’ Critical Infrastructure
  • Daniel Xie, Master’s Student, University of Michigan, Michigan, United States

Continuous and Urban Resilient Power Supply during Critical States

  • Sadeeb Simon Ottenburger, Scientist, Karlsruhe Intitute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Evaluating adaptation in German development cooperation – Approach & experiences

  • Alexandra Köngeter, Evaluator, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn, Germany

Mapping nature for resilience in Uganda and Lilongwe

  • Kate Strachan, Professional Officer, ICLEI Africa Secretariat, Cape Town, South Africa

Taoyuan Developing into a Low-Carbon Green City

  • Hsi-Tsung Lin, Section Chief, Department of Environmental Protection, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei

Pond Reactivation in Taoyuan City

  • Ming-Cheng Chou, Section Chief, Department of Public Works, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei

Taoyuan City Promoting Application of Recycled Aggregate on Public Constructions

  • Tzu-Yi Pan, Chief Secretary, Department of Public Works, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei

Taoyuan City’s Smart Disaster Prevention Strategy and Development

  • Yen-Ping Chen, Section Officer, Department of Environmental Protection, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei
 

 

 
 

Parallel Sessions B (16.00 – 17.30)

B1 Workshop

Tools and Games for better dialogue among stakeholders: Examples from Africa
B1 - Tools and Games for better dialogue among stakeholders: Examples from Africa

Room number: S29-31

Facilitators:

  • Jessica Kavonic, Professional Officer Climate Change and Urban Biodiversity, ICLEI Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Kate Strachan, Professional Officer Climate Change and Coastal Management, ICLEI Africa, Cape Town, South Africa

Speakers:

  • Lawrence Mashungu, National Climate Change Division, Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Annah Takaendes, Minsitry for Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Charles Mabika, Chief Environmental Officer, City of Harare, Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Maxwell Mbulaje, Environmental Officer, Blantyre City Council, Blantyre, Malawi

Full session presentation

Session description

B2 Workshop

UCCRN Urban Planning and Design Lab
B2 - UCCRN Urban Planning and Design Lab

Room number: S01-02

Facilitator: Christian Braneon Remote Sensing Specialist SciSpace, UCCRN, New York, United States

Speakers:

  • Mattia Leone, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Naples, Naples, Italy
  • Enza Tersigni, Researcher, University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Session description

B3 Workshop

Can’t see the forest for the trees? City experience meets integrated planning for resilience
B3 - Can’t see the forest for the trees? City experience meets integrated planning for resilience

Room number: S30-32

Facilitator: Alice Reil, Officer, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany

Speakers:

  • Vasileios Latinos, Officer, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany
  • Eleanor Chapman, Officer, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany
  • Daniela Rizzi, Officer, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany
  • Sebastian Schlecht, Project Manager, Green Capital 2017, City of Essen, Essen, Germany
  • Gillian Dick, Spatial Planning manager, Development and Regeneration Services, Glasgow City Council, Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • Susanna Kankaanpaa, Environmental planner, Adaptation to Climate Change, City of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
  • Lorenzo Bono, Ambiente Italia/Master Adapt LIFE project, Milan, Italy

Session description

B4 Panel

The data integration challenge: FAIR data for city resilience
B4 - The data integration challenge: FAIR data for city resilience

Room number:  S25-26

Facilitators:

  • Andrew Simmons, Director of Research, Resilience Brokers, London, United Kingdom
  • Simon Hodson, Executive Director, CODATA, International Science Council, Paris, France

Panelists:

  • Stephen Passmore, Chief Executive Officer and Technology Lead, Resilience Brokers, London, United Kingdom
  • Caroline Field, Committee Chair, British Standard for City Resilience; and Associate Director, Arup, London, United Kingdom
  • Piero Pelizzaro, Chief Resilience Officer, Milan, Italy
  • Chris van Diemen, Co-Founder & Chief Data Officer, Green City Watch, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Gayatri Singh, Senior Urban Development Specialist, World Bank, Jakarta, Indonesia (video intervention)

Full session presentation

Session description

B5 Presentations

Resilience through multi-stakeholder collaboration and community engagement
B5 - Resilience through multi-stakeholder collaboration and community engagement

Room number: S34-35

Facilitator: Stefanos Fotiou, Director, Environment and Development Division, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Bangkok, Thailand

Presenters:

The local governance in advancing resiliency of island´s protected ecosystems (presentation)

  • Eduardo Jr Bisquera, Officer, City Environment and Natural Resources, Local Government of Zamboanga City, Zamboanga, Philippines

The power of community towards the resilient of Bogor Regency (presentation)

  • Muji Lestari, Local Government of Bogor Regency, Bogor, Indonesia

Amplifying Montreal´s Urban Resilience through social capital development (presentation)

  • Irène Cloutier, Resilience Advisor, Ville de Montrèal, Montrèal, Canada

Strategies for clean air and bright sky in Tainan (presentation)

  • Yuan-Chung Lin, Director-General, Environmental Protection Bureau, Tainan, Chinese Taipei

Promoting resilience through participatory arts-science collaborations

  • Cathy Oke,  Enterprise Senior Fellow, Connected Cities Lab, University of Melbourne,  Melbourne, Australia
  • Tanja Beer, THRIVE Research Hub, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Session description

CiBiX Workshop with Malmö, Sweden (16.00 - 17.30)
CiBiX Workshop with Malmö, Sweden

Room number: S27-28
 
Delivering resilience for decentralized energy

Currently leading Sweden’s renewable energy transition, Malmö is now facing urgent challenges related to energy security and resilience. Energy demand has surged due to urban development and the electrification of heating and transport. Due to this, energy shortfall risks have been intensifying.
Participate in a workshop led by Malmö and Resilient Regions that will look into the current challenges that need to be urgently addressed by local government actors, key energy stakeholders and relevant partners to realize a resilient energy future.

 

Welcoming cocktail at GSI hosted by Resilient Cities

High-Level Dinner, by invitation only (starting at 18.15)

27 June

Parallel Sessions C (09.00 – 10.30)

C1 Panel

Multicultural approaches to resilience of urban areas
C1 - Multicultural approaches to resilience of urban areas

Room number: S29-31

Facilitator: Albrecht A. Beck, Director, Prepared International, Samerberg, Germany

Panelists:

  • Francesca Borga, Project Coordinator, EPC srl., Dueville, Italy (presentation)
  • Sandra Federici, Head of Communication Department, Lai-Momo, Bologne, Italy (presentation)
  • Georgios Stratigis, Executive Civil Protection Officer, Municipality of Heraklion, Heraklion, Crete
  • Marco Polimeni, City Council President and Regional Councilor, Cantanzaro, Italy
  • Ratko Dimovski, Associate for Disaster Management, City of Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia
  • Ib Jespersgaard, Center Manager, Municipality of Vejle, Vejle, Denmark
  • Saida Choug, Project Manager, ASSFAM Groupe SOS Vénissieux, Lyon, France (presentation)

Session description

C2 Plenary discussion

Consultation on the way forward of the Making Cities Resilient Campaign
C2 - Consultation on the way forward of the Making Cities Resilient Campaign

Room number: S30-32

Facilitators: 

  • Mutarika Pruksapong, Programme Officer, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Azim Manji, Programme Design Expert for the MCR Campaign Successor, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Incheon, Republic of Korea

Speakers:

  • Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Sanjaya Bhatia, Chief of Office, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Incheon, Republic of Korea

Full session presentation

Session description

C3 Panel

Frameworks for enhancing food system governance
C3 - Frameworks for enhancing food system governance

Room number: S25-26

Facilitator: Rene Van Veenhuizen, Senior Programme Officer, RUAF, Utrecht, the Netherlands (presentation)

Panelists:

  • Charlotte Flechet, Food Smart Cities Coordinator, Rikolto, Leuven, Belgium (presentation)
  • Marina Bortoletti, Associate Programme Officer, UN Environment, Paris, France (presentation)
  • Michela Carucci, Urban Food Systems Specialist, FAO, Rome, Italy (presentation)
  • Sharelle Polack, Senior Specialist Urban Governance for Nutrition, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), Utrecht, the Netherlands (presentation)

Session description

C4 Presentations

DRR and resilience to weather-related extremes
C4 - DRR and resilience to weather-related extremes

Room number: S01-02

Facilitator: Togo Uchida, Executive Director, Japan Office, Tokyo, Japan

Presenters:

Assessing transformative adaptation in Southeast Asian Coastal Cities (presentation)

  • Dunja Krause, Research Officer, United Nations research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva, Switzerland

Adopting ICT-based solutions for lessening the impacts of heatwaves (presentation)

  • Iphigenia Keramitsoglou, Research Director of the Earth Observation at National Observatory of Athens (NOA) and EXTREMA Project Coordinator, Athens, Greece

Investments Resilience Analysis (IRA) in Bolivia (presentation)

  • Marco Loma, Sanitation and resilience specialist, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, La Paz, Bolivia
  • Martin Del Castillo, Deputy Director and Project Director, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation, La Paz, Bolivia

Session description

C5 Presentations

Improving urban water governance
C5 - Improving urban water governance

Room number: S34-35

Facilitator: Lykke Leonardsen, Head of Program, Resilient and Sustainable City Solutions, City of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Presenters:

Managing the groundwater threat to urban resilience (presentation)

  • Michael Eichholz, Policy Advisor, Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR), Hannover, Germany

Testing hydrological communities in Brussels to mitigate flood risk (presentation)

  • Dimitri Crespin, Junior Researcher, Hydrologist, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

Strengthening resilience and service delivery in the Albanian water sector (presentation)

  • Adrienne Raphael, Associate, Tetra Tech, Burlington, United States

City Water Resilience Approach (presentation)

  • George Beane, Consultant, Arup, London, United Kingdom

Water challenges as a source for creating resilient communities

  • Bettina Dreiseitl-Wanschura, CEO, DREISEITL Consulting, Überlingen, Germany

Sustaining water resilience ecosystems amidst impact of weather patterns cycle (presentation)

  • Eduardo Jr. Bisquera, Office of the City Environment and Natural Resources, Local Government of Zamboanga City, Zamboanga, Philippines

Session description

 

Coffee Break | Poster session (10.30 - 11.00)
Coffee Break | Poster session

 

Evaluating the Impacts of Sea-Level Rise and Storm Surges on Seychelles’ Critical Infrastructure
  • Daniel Xie, Master’s Student, University of Michigan, Michigan, United States

Continuous and Urban Resilient Power Supply during Critical States

  • Sadeeb Simon Ottenburger, Scientist, Karlsruhe Intitute of Technology (KIT), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Evaluating adaptation in German development cooperation – Approach & experiences

  • Alexandra Köngeter, Evaluator, German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval), Bonn, Germany

Mapping nature for resilience in Uganda and Lilongwe

  • Kate Strachan, Professional Officer, ICLEI Africa Secretariat, Cape Town, South Africa

Taoyuan Developing into a Low-Carbon Green City

  • Hsi-Tsung Lin, Section Chief, Department of Environmental Protection, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei

Pond Reactivation in Taoyuan City

  • Ming-Cheng Chou, Section Chief, Department of Public Works, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei

Taoyuan City Promoting Application of Recycled Aggregate on Public Constructions

  • Tzu-Yi Pan, Chief Secretary, Department of Public Works, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei

Taoyuan City’s Smart Disaster Prevention Strategy and Development

  • Yen-Ping Chen, Section Officer, Department of Environmental Protection, Taoyuan City Government, Taoyuan City, Chinese Taipei
 
 
 

Parallel Sessions D (11.00 – 12.30)

D1 Panel

Towards urban climate resilience in Northeast Asia
D1 - Towards urban climate resilience in Northeast Asia

Room number: S29-31

Facilitators: Merlin Lao, Project Manager, ICLEI East Asia, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Panelists:

  • Shu Zhu, Regional Director, ICLEI East Asia, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • Sanjaya Bhatia, Chief Officer, UNISDR, Incheon, Republic of Korea
  • Hee-Jong Kim, Senior Researcher, Ulsan Development Institute, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
  • Nian She, Professor, Tsinghua Innovation Center in Zhuhai, Zuhai, Republic of China
  • Yong Yu, Deputy Director, Committee for Cultural Relationship with Foreign Countries, Pyongyang, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
  • Yuanguo Li, Deputy Director, Changde Municipal Public Affairs Management Bureau, Changde, Republic of China
  • Chi-Tsan Lin, Member of Environmental Protection Fund Management Board, Kaohsiung City
  • Steve Gawler, Regional Director, ICLEI Oceania, Melbourne, Australia

Session description

D2 Panel

Finance Forum: High level session
D2 - Finance Forum

Room number: S30-32

Facilitator: Maryke van Staden, Director Low Emissions Pathway, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany

Panelists:

  • David Jackson, Director, Local Development Finance, UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF), New York, United States (presentation)
  • Daniel Günther, Deputy Head of Division, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Bonn, Germany
  • Bima Arya, Mayor, Bogor City, Bogor, Indonesia (presentation)
  • Geraldo Júlio De Mello Filho, Mayor, Recife, Brazil
  • Sylvia Tabitha Muzila, Mayor, City of Francistown, Francistown, Botswana
  • Muhhamad Azim Maulana, Vice Mayor, Jambi City, Indonesia (presentation)

 Session description

D3 Reality Check

Reality Check: Denver-Baltimore food systems resilience
D3 - Reality Check: Denver-Baltimore food systems resilience

Room number: S25-26

Facilitator: Angie Fyfe, Executive Director, ICLEI USA Office, United States

Speakers:

  • Anne Draddy, Sustainablity Coordinator, City of Baltimore, Baltimore, United States
  • Ava Richardson, Special Assistant, City of Baltimore, Baltimore, United States
  • Laine Cidlowski, Food Systems Administrator, City of Denver, Denver, United States
  • Lesly Baesens, Food Waste Recovery Administrator, City of Denver, Denver, United States

Full session presentation

Session description

D4 Presentations

From national to local: Building urban resilience in Germany
D4 - From national to local: Building urban resilience in Germany

Room number: S01-02

Facilitator: Vasileios Latinos, Officer, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany

Presenters:

Resilience building in Germany (presentation)

  • Benni Thiebes, Secretary General, German Committee for Disaster Reduction (DKKV), Bonn, Germany

Coherence: Enhancing national and local resilience

  • Peter Lauwe, Head of Sendai National Focal Point, Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance , Bonn, Germany

The City of Bonn Preparation and Management of Natural Disasters

  • Jochen Stein, Chief Fire Officer, City of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Technical Infrastructure resilience needs durability of physical constructions (presentation)

  • Andreas Gerdes, Scientific Head, KIT Innovation HUB, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Experimental investigations of innovative blast barriers

  • Katharina Gerlach, Referentin, Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK), Bonn, Germany

Session description

D5 Panel

The Urban Nexus: Tool to localize and deliver Global Agendas
D5 - The Urban Nexus: Tool to localize and deliver Global Agendas

Room number: S34-35

Facilitator: Stefanos Fotiou, Director, Environment and Development Division, ESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand

Speaker: Emani Kumar, Regional Director, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat, New Delhi, India

Panelists:

  • Devendra Mahajan, General Manager, Nagpur Smart and Sustainable City Development Corporation Limited, Nagpur, India
  • Bedoshruti Sadhukhan, Senior Programme Coordinator, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat, New Delhi, India
  • Nisa Iistiqomah, ICLEI Southeast Asia Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia

Full session presentation

Session description

Lunch (12.30 – 13.30)

Parallel Sessions E (13.30 – 15.00)

E1 Panel

Plenary: Accessing finance
E1 - Plenary: Accessing finance

Room number: S30-32

Facilitator: Ina de Visser, Head of Project, FELICITY, European Investment Bank, Luxemburg, Luxemburg

Panelists:

  • Eszter Mogyorósy, Manager, Climate Finance, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany (presentation)
  • Giulia Macagno, Sector Economist, European Investment Bank, Luxemburg, Luxemburg
  • James Alexander, Director, C40, London, United Kingdom
  • Albert Amos, Global Senior Manager, World Resources Institute, Washington, United States (presentation)
  • Mikko Ollikainen, Manager, Adaptation Fund, Washington, United States (presentation)
  • Mauro Crisafulli, Associate Managing Director, Moody`s, Milan, Italy
  • Serge Allou, Technical Advisor, UCLG, Barcelona, Spain
  • Sangmoo Kim, Investment Operations Specialist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, Beijing, China
  • Jean-François Habeau, Executive Director, Global Fund for Cities Development (FMDV), Montreuil, France (presentation)
  • Gautier Kohler, Project Leader, Agence Française de Développement, Paris, France (presentation)

Session description

E2 Panel

Plant-forward food systems: Creating resilient and healthy food systems through local leadership
E2 - Plant-forward food systems: Creating resilient and healthy food systems through local leadership

Room number: S25-26

Facilitator: Lasse Bruun, Global Director, 50by40, Berlin, Germany

Panelists:

  • Chloe Waterman, Senior Food Campaigner, Friends of the Earth, Washington, United States (presentation)
  • Reyes Tirado, Science Advisor, Greenpeace, Exeter, United Kingdom (presentation)
  • David Pedersen, Senior Strategist, 50by40, Berlin, Germany (presentation)

Session description

E3 Workshop

Methods to assess future vulnerability and risk to heat stress in medium-sized cities
E3 - Methods to assess future vulnerability and risk to heat stress in medium-sized cities

Room number: S01-02

Time: 13.30 – 14.45

Facilitators: 

  • Jörn Birkmann, Professor, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; and
  • Florian Frank, Head of Division, Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), Bonn, Germany (presentation)

Zures speakers (presentation):

  • Jörn Birkmann, Professor, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Wiriya Puntub, Researcher, University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany
  • Cornelia Burmeister, Qualified Geographer, GEO-NET, Hannover, Germany
  • Matthias Garschagen, Chair in Human Geography, Head of Human-Environment Relations, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany
  • Jessica Löffler, Technical Associate, City of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • Joachim Helbig, Head Anticipatory Environmental Precautions and Planning, City Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • Albrecht Burkhardt, Urban Development, City of Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg, Germany
  • Simone Sandholz, Associate Academic Officer, United Nations University, Bonn, Germany
  • Fanziska Goettsche, Research Associate, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Kevin Laranjeira, Research Associate, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

iSCAPE speakers (presentation):

  • Marisa Fuchs, Research Associate, University of Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany; and 
  • Tilman Christian, City of Bottrop, Bottrop, Germany 

Global Urban Air Pollution Observatory (presentation)

  • Elsa Martayan, Director, GUAPO, Paris, France 

Session description

Site Visits

Bonn Fire and Rescue Service
Bonn Fire and Rescue Service

Time: 15.00 – 18.00

The Fire and Rescue Service of the Federal City of Bonn offers Resilient Cities participants a site visit to the main Fire and Rescue Station No.1. This fire station is one of five full time fire stations scattered across the whole city which are responsible for fire protection, technical response, rescue service and disaster management. The visitors will get an insight of the fire and rescue service, their tasks and resources and will experience their vehicles.

To learn more visit our dedicated page.

North Route Excursion (Beuel)
North Route Excursion (Beuel)

Time: 15.00 – 18.30

During our north route tour we will present examples of adaptation measures taken by the Bonn city administration as well as the population living in flood prone areas. Therefor, we will have a walk through Bonn Beuel. After our visit to the pump unit of the sewage plant we will walk to the newly established dykes. We will introduce the civil protection system of Germany and particularly highlight the importance of volunteers there.

Experts:

  • Dr. Benni Thiebes, DKKV, Bonn, Germany
  • Matthias Franke, Civil Engineering Department of the City of Bonn, Tiefbauamt Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • Theo Wassong, Civil Engineering Department of the City of Bonn, Tiefbauamt Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • Heinrich Thiemann, Civil Engineering Department of the City of Bonn, Tiefbauamt Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • Axel Müller-Storp, THW Ortsbeauftragter Ortsverband Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • Ralf Beyer, THW Technischer Berater Hochwasserschutz und Deichverteidigung (HuD), Bonn, Germany

Requirements:

Both tours will take approximately three hours and require no specific equipment or fitness. As we intend to walk outside, you might want to refill your water bottles and bring an umbrella.

To learn more visit our dedicated page.

South Route Excursion (Mehlem)
South Route Excursion (Mehlem)

Time: 15.00 – 18.30

We will visit the flood risk area Bonn-Mehlem in our south route. Here, technical infrastructure and an early warning system were installed deal with flood hazards, to protect inhabitants and infrastructures in case of flooding due to heavy precipitation events. We will also discuss the historical development of the Rhine, historical floods in Bonn and city-scale flood management. Droughts, low water and the cascading effects and consequences will also be addressed.

Experts:

  • Jaqueline Hemmers, DKKV, Bonn, Germany
  • Dr. Hendrik Walther, Tiefbauamt, Civil Engineering Department of the City of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • Viola Haase, Tiefbauamt, Civil Engineering Department of the City of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • Natalia TavaresTiefbauamt, Civil Engineering Department of the City of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • Ralf WaßmannTiefbauamt, Civil Engineering Department of the City of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
  • Prof. Dr. Jakob Rhyner, University of Bonn and Innovation Campus Bonn (ICB), Bonn, Germany

Requirements:

Both tours will take approximately three hours and require no specific equipment or fitness. As we intend to walk outside, you might want to refill your water bottles and bring an umbrella.

To learn more visit our dedicated page.

The Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance
The Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK)

Time: 13.30 – 17.30

The Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK) looks forward to introducing some of its key tasks and topics during the ICLEI Resilient Cities 2019 Congress. After a welcome from BBK President Christoph Unger and a presentation of the BBK and the German system of civil protection delegates will visit four BBK divisions in turn. The key themes presented will be:

1) Tasks of the German Joint Information and Situation Centre (GMLZ)
2) Warning of the population
3) Self-protection and self-help
4) Structural civil protection

To learn more visit our dedicated page.

City of Essen
City of Essen

Time: 13.30 – 19.00

Being Green Capital of Europe 2017, the city of Essen became a blueprint for the transformation of a city in the heart of the Ruhr metropolis. The times of industrialization with expansive coal mining and steel production have given face and significance to this region, and the Ruhr area has thus become home to over 5 million people today. In a landscape, that 200 years ago was home to wild horses and farmers, these driving forces have created a metropolitan region, which is today the third biggest agglomeration of central Europe. The Zollverein colliery was once the most productive coal mine in the world and Krupp‘s steelworks are still a symbol of German steel processing industry today. But global changes in production and goods management have initiated another wave of change in the Ruhr region as well, and caused a crisis in the core industries of the region. See how industrial legacies have been transformed to green and blue infrastructures supporting biodiversity, sustainable water management and quality of life for the neighborhoods.

To learn more visit our dedicated page.

Coffee break (15.00 – 15.30)

Parallel Sessions F (15.30 – 18.00)

F1 Panel

Make your pitch: TAP marketplace (closed)
F1 - Make your pitch: TAP marketplace (closed)

Room number: S29-31

F2 Panel

Peer exchange GPSC cities
F2 - Peer exchange GPSC cities

Room number: S30-32

Facilitator: Aloke Barnwal, Senior Climate Change Specialist, GEF Secretariat, Washington, United States

Moderator: Maryke van Staden, Manager of the Low Emission Development Pathway and Director of ICLEI’s carbonn Center, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany

Panelists:

  • Tsakani Manyike, Senior Deal Originator, Development Bank of Southern Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa (presentation)
  • Arnaud Heckmann, Principal Urban Development Specialist, Asian Development Bank, Mandaluyong, Philippines (presentation)
  • Sebastiaan van Herk, Director, Bax&Company, Barcelona, Spain (presentation)
  • Zamzuri Arifin, Mayor, Alor Gajah Municipal Council, Melaka, Malaysia (presentation)
  • Mohamad Shafie Bin Taib, Green Engineer, Town Planning Department, Alor Gajah Municipal Council, Melaka, Malaysia
  • José Neves Filho, Secretary of Environment and Sustainability, City of Recife, Brazil; and
  • Guilherme Cavalcanti, Executive Director, AREIS, Recife, Brazil (presentation)
  • Alessandra Péres, Sub Secretary for Management Strategy, Environment Secretariat, Federal District, Brasil (presentation)
  • Liana Strydom,  Assistant-Director, Development Planning, City of Johannesburg, South Africa (presentation)

Session description

F3 Workshop

Plant-forward food systems: Creating resilient and healthy food systems through local leadership
F3 - Plant-forward food systems: Creating resilient and healthy food systems through local leadership

Room number: S25-26

Facilitator: Lasse Bruun, Global Director, 50by40, Berlin, Germany

Panelists:

  • Chloe Waterman, Senior Food Campaigner, Friends of the Earth, Washington, United States
  • David Pedersen, Senior Strategist, 50by40, Berlin, Germany
  • Laine Cidlowski, Food Systems Administrator, City of Denver, Denver, United States (presentation)
  • Gunilla Andersson, Project Manager, Environment Department, City of Malmö, Sweden (presentation)

Session description

Reception hosted by the City of Bonn (starting at 19.00)

Kunstmuseum der Stadt Bonn / Art Museum of the City of Bonn

 

28 June

Parallel Sessions H (09.00 – 10.30)

H1 Panel

Nature-based solutions to increase local resilience globally
H1 - Nature-based solutions to increase local resilience globally

Room number: S29-31

Facilitators:

  • Laszlo Pinter, Professor and Head of Department, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary
  • Matthew Bach, Officer Governance & Social Innovation, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany

Panelists:

  • Attila Katona, PhD Candidate, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary (presentation)
  • Jessica Kavonic, Officer Climate Change & Urban Biodiversity, ICLEI Africa Secretariat, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Nian She, Director at Smart Utility Research Institute of Tsinghua University Innovation Center in Zhuhai, Republic of China (presentation)
  • Guilherme Cavalcanti, Executive Director, AREIS, Recife, Brazil
  • Björn Wickenberg, Urban Regional Innovation Partnership, Malmö, Sweden (presentation)

Session description

H2 Panel

Resilience, Sustainability and Cities: How city managers can engage with the insurance industry effectively?
H2 - Resilience, Sustainability and Cities: How city managers can engage with the insurance industry effectively?

Room number: S30-32

Facilitator: Butch Bacani, Program Leader, UN Environment’s Principles for Sustainable Insurance Initiative, Geneva, Switzerland (presentation)

Panelists:

  • Simone Ruiz-Vergote, Managing Director, Allianz Climate Solutions GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Maxime Souvignet, Project Coordinator, Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII), Bonn, Germany
  • Lawrence Mashungu, Climate Expert, Climate Change Management Department, Zimbabwe
  • Sylvia Tabitha Muzila, Mayor, City of Francistown Council, City of Francistown, Botswana

Session description

H3 Workshop

ICLEI resilience planning methodology: Resilience made easy
H3 - ICLEI resilience planning methodology: Resilience made easy

Room number: S01-02

Facilitator: Monika Zimmermann, Senior Expert; Chair, Program Committee, Resilient Cities 2019 Congress

Speakers:

  • Steve Gawler, Regional Director, ICLEI Oceania, Melbourne, Australia (presentation)
  • George Beane, Urban Planner, Arup International Development, London, United Kingdom (presentation)
  • Irene Cloutier, Planning Advisor, Sustainable Transition and Resilience Office, City of Montréal, Canada (presentation)
  • Vasileios Latinos, Officer, Climate Adaptation and Urban Resilience Sustainable Resources, ICLEI European Secretariat, Freiburg, Germany

Session description

H4 Presentations

Delivering resilience for informal settlements in the Global South
H4 Delivering resilience for informal settlements in the Global South

Room number: S25-26

Facilitator: Steven Bland, Climate Change Planning Unit Consultant, UN-Habitat, Nairobi, Kenya

Presenters:

Vulnerability of Informal Settlements in Rapidly Growing African Cities (presentation)

  • Wilbard Kombe, Lecturer, Ardhi University, Der es Salaam, Tanzania 

The Design Charrette: Planning for Stormwater in Informal Settlement (presentation)

  • Tatu Mtwangi Limbumba, Senior Research Fellow, Ardhi University, Der es Salaam, Tanzania

Achieving Urban Resilience starts with multilevel neighborhood governance (presentation)

  • Bernard McCaul, Regional Director, GOAL, Cork, Ireland

Climate “roofing” as a measure to combat excessive heat in informal settlements (presentation)

  • Lutske Newton, Director, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Pretoria, South Africa

Session description

Coffee break (10.30 – 11.00)

Parallel Sessions I (11.00 – 12.30)

I1 Presentations

Resilient constructions with Nature-based solutions and restoration strategies
I1 - Resilient constructions with Nature-based solutions and restoration strategies

Room number: S29-31

Facilitator: Sunandan Tiwari, Senior Manager, ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, Bonn, Germany

Presenters:

What is the potential of hybrid (grey-natural) infrastructure solutions? (presentation)

  • Katharina Schneider-Roos, CEO, Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB), Basel, Switzerland

Green roofs as an opportunity for enhancing urban biodiversity (presentation)

  • Rens De Boer, Ecologist, Rotterdam urban ecology unit, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Recycling thermal energy from wastewater for heating & cooling buildings (presentation)

  • Nick Meeten, Director, Applied Energy, Blenheim, New Zealand

Heritage compatible and cost saving restoration of a historical railway viaduct (presentation)

  • Andreas Gerdes, Scientific Head, KIT Innovation HUB, Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany

Green City in transformation: Adaptation and mitigation actions in Kaohsiung (presentation)

  • Chung-Shin Yuan, Director General, Environmental Protection Bureau, Kaohsiung City, Chinese Taipei

Floating infrastructure: Large scale public spaces on water (presentation)

  • Petar Lovric, Business and Development Manager, Seine Design, Paris, France

Session description

I2 Workshop

Resilience, Sustainability and Cities: What can cities offer and what do they need to upscale climate risk management?
I2 - Resilience, Sustainability and Cities: What can cities offer and what do they need to upscale climate risk management?

Room number: S30-32

Facilitator: Matthias Range, Head of Projects; Senior Advisor, GIZ, Advancing Climate Risk Insurance Plus (ACRI+), Munich, Germany

Presenters:

  • Clement Wilkinson, Municipal Chief Executive Ga-West, Accra, Ghana
  • Akua Acheampomaa Asante, Technical Advisor, Developing Insurability, Accra, Ghana
  • Evgenia Mitroliu, Senior Officer, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany
  • Daniel Stadmüller, Advidor Insuresilience, Advancing Climate Risk Insurance Plus (ACRI+), Bonn, Germany (presentations on InsuResilience, Semerang)

Session description

I3 Panel

Tackling complex urban challenges: the role for collaboration
I3 - Tackling complex urban challenges: the role for collaboration

Room number: S01-02

Facilitator: Heidi Braun, Program Officer, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Ottawa, Canada

Panelists:

  • Bedoshruti Sadhukhan, Senior Program Coordinator (Sustainability), ICLEI South Asia, New Delhi, India (presentation)
  • Kamal Devkota, Program Director, Southasia Institute of Advanced Studies (SIAS), Kathmandu, Nepal (presentation)
  • Benjamin Delali Dovie, Research Scientist, Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana (presentation)
  • David Jácome Polit, Chief Resilience Officer, Quito, Ecuador

Session description

I4 Workshop

Circular jobs in cities: Assessing the societal impacts of the circular economy
I4 - Circular jobs in cities: Assessing the societal impacts of the circular economy

Room number: S25-26

Facilitator: Marion Guénard, Officer, Circular resource management and policies, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, Bonn, Germany

Speakers:

  • Annerieke Douma, Director of Cities and Regions, Circle Economy, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Joke Dufourmont, Programme Lead, Jobs & Skills Programme, Circle Economy, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Martina OttoHead, Cities Unit, UN Environment, Paris, France
  • Guilherme Cavalcanti, Executive Director, ARIES, Recife, Brazil
  • Anne Draddy, Sustainablity Coordinator, City of Baltimore, Baltimore, United States

Full session presentation

Session description

I5 Panel

South America shared vision for a long-term resilience based in nature
I5 - South America shared vision for a long-term resilience based in nature

Room number: S34-35

Facilitator: Bruna Cerqueira, Institutional Relations, Communications and Strategy Manager, ICLEI South America, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Moderators: 

  • Rodrigo Perpétuo, Executive Secretary, ICLEI South America, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Sophia Picarelli, Biodiversity and Climate Change Manage, ICLEI South America, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Panelists:

  • Mauricio Esteban Rodas Espinel, Former Mayor, Quito, Ecuador
  • José Manuel Corral, Mayor, Municipality of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, Argentina
  • Natália Aguiar Mol, PhD Professor, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Brazil (presentation)
  • Fernando Puntigliano, General Director, Environmental Development, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • Maria Daniela García, Advisor, Municipality of Ibagué, Ibagué, Colombia
  • Edilene Oliveira, Environmental Policy Coordinator, Municipal Secretary of Urbanism and Environment, Fortaleza, Brazil

Session description

Lunch (12.30 – 13.30)

Parallel Sessions J (13.30 – 15.00)

J1 Panel

Resilient infrastructure for urban informality
J1 - Resilient infrastructure for urban informality

Room number: S29-32

Facilitator: Meggan Spires, Senior Manager, ICLEI Africa Secretariat, Cape Town, Africa

Panelists:

  • Thandeka Tshabalala, Professional Officer, ICLEI Africa Secretariat, Cape Town, Africa (presentation)
  • Catherine Kalisa, Country Director, UN-Habitat, Kigali, Rwanda (presentation)
  • Jacques Ndikubwimana, District Forestry and Natural Resources Officer, Rubavu District Municipality, Rubavu, Rwanda (presentation)
  • Matheus Schuch, Sustainability and Climate Change Assistant, Municipality of Fortaleza, Fortaleza, Brazil (presentation)
  • Jaffer Machano, Manager, Municipal Investment Finance Program, UNCDF, New York, United States

Session description

J2 Panel

EcoLogistics: Freight transport in urban resilience
J2 - EcoLogistics: Freight transport in urban resilience

Room number: S25-26

Facilitator: Tsu-Jui Cheng, Program Manager Sustainable Mobility, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany (presentation)

Panelists:

  • Beatriz Royo, Researcher, MIT-Zaragoza Logistics Center, Zaragoza, Spain (presentation)
  • Dario Hidalgo, Executive Director, Despacio, Bogota, Colombia (presentation)
  • Laura Restrepo, Assistant, Deputy Director of Cooperation and Partnerships, Metropolitan Area of the Aburrá Valley, Colombia (video presentation)
  • Ramón Javier Mestre, Mayor, Córdoba, Argentina (presentation)
  • Adarsh Kumar Gopalakrishnan Nair, Senior Deputy General Manager, Kochi Metro Rail Limited, Kochi, India (video presentation)
  • Björn Hannappel, Head of GoGreen, Deutsche Post DHL Group, Bonn, Germany
  • Ian Wainwright, Director, Future City Logistics, London, United Kingdom (presentation)
  • Santosh Kodukula, Project Coordinator, Wuppertal Institute, Wuppertal, Germany

Session description

J3 Panel

Incorporating gender considerations into climate resilient planning and implementation
J3 - Incorporating gender considerations into climate resilient planning and implementation

Room number: S01-02

Host: Michelle du Toit, CDKN Programme Manager, SouthSouthNorth, Cape Town, South Africa

Facilitator: Emani Kumar, Director, ICLEI South Asia, New Dehli, India

Speaker: Shehnaaz Moosa, Director of CDKN, SouthSouthNorth, Cape Town, South Africa

Panelists:

  • Kinlay Dorjee, Mayor, Thimphu, Bhutan (presentation)
  • Benjamin Delali Dovie, Research Scientist, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana (presentation)
  • Bedoshruti Sadhukhan, Senior Programme Coordinator, ICLEI South Asia, New Dehli, India (presentation)
  • Jessica Kavonic, Professional Officer, Cities Biodiversity Centre, ICLEI Africa Secretariat, Cape Town, South Africa

Session description

CiBiX Workshop with Copenhagen, Denmark (13.30 - 15.00)
CiBiX Workshop with Copenhagen, Denmark

Room number: S34-35
 
Delivering resilience for digitalization
Digitalization is proving to be invaluable in expanding and strengthening resilience which is why it essential that digital infrastructure, systems and tools are designed and managed in a resilient manner. Copenhagen will be sharing their experience and insights on the digital resilience challenges below but are also looking forward to learn from others’ experiences. Protecting and securing hard digital infrastructure: As the number of physical locations and hard infrastructures supporting digital systems expand, they are increasingly vulnerable to potential natural hazards and climate-related risks. Copenhagen is looking to explore resilience measures that protects these assets so that physical damage doesn’t lead to a virtual system failure.
 
 

Break (15.00 – 15.15)

 

Closing Plenary (15.15 - 16.30)
Closing Plenary

 

Room number: S29-32
 
Moderator: Yunus Arikan, Director of Global Advocacy, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany
 
Summary remarks on the Resilient Cities 2019 Congress
  • Resilient Cities 2019 compilation video
  • Nicola Tollin, Professor WSR on Urban Resilience, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; Program Committee, Resilient Cities 2019 Congress

The Road Ahead

Special Address: Climate Change, Biodiversity and Resilience

  • Josef Settele, Co-Chair; IPBES Global Assessment; Animal Ecology and Social-Ecological Research, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Germany (presentation)

Announcements:

  • Evgenia Mitroliu, Senior Officer, ICLEI World Secretariat, Bonn, Germany
  • Emani Kumar, Deputy Secretary General, ICLEI South Asia Secretariat, New Dehli, India (presentation)

Announcement: Update on the Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI)

  • Butch Bacani, Programme Leader, UNEPFI Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI)

Special Address

  • Carl Sander Eck and Sarah Beranek, Fridays4Future in Bonn

Responses and conclusions by the ICLEI Leadership

  • Kinlay Dorjee, Mayor, Thimpu, Bhutan
  • Cathy Oke, Councillor, Melbourne, Australia; ICLEI First Vice President

Thank you and farewell

  • Gino Van Begin, Secretary General, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability
 
 

Closing reception 

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