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It’s all about the people who drIve change

The world’s largest meeting for City Changers on how to make cities more sustainable

“Only by discussing and combining all aspects of city life we can anticipate our Urban Future. The Global Conference is where it happens!”tjalling de vriesCity of Enschede, Netherlands

“2 inspiring days of exciting lectures with an international touch – very well done!”norbert KollerAustria

“A great combination of practitioners, doers, makers, and urban decision makers, shakers and visionaries!”bruno woeranEU-Affairs Manager Merinova Oy, Finland

“The best urban event! A great experience ... thanks.”Mohad hammoodiIraq

“Great and very well organized event, which helped me to deepen my knowledge.”amanda leschBASF, Germany

“In my opinion the best conference of the year :-) High-profile speakers and an international audience.”alfred nagelschmiedFederal State of Styria

“Intense contact and exchange with so many people from all over the world – in only 2 days.”barbara KulmerCity of Weiz, Austria

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unparalleled inspiration for cities1,600+ City Changers from 51 countries

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the fastest growing urban conference in the world

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March 2 – 3, 2016 Graz, Austria

50+ international partner organizations

1,622 attendees from 51 countries (sold out)

70+ journalists from 12 countries

100 mayors

200 speakers

40 sessions & workshops

Field trips (sold out)

60 exhibitorsat the EXPO

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Meet around 200 of the most inspiring City Changers from 4 continents remigijus simasius

Mayor, City of Vilniusnicola schellingDirector, Metropolitan Region Stuttgart

Mick cornettMayor, Oklahoma City

sille KrukowCEO, Krukow ApS

Maria vassilakouVice Mayor, City of Vienna

steve turnerHead of Future Cities, Manchester City Council

Mikael colville-andersenCEO, Copenhagenize

carine saloff-costeEconomic Development, Paris

Klaus wowereitFormer Mayor, City of Berlin

carlo rattiDirector & Founding Partner, Carlo Ratti Associati

Mike lydonPrincipal, The Street Plans Collaborative NYC

helga vantournoutSenior Expert, McKinsey

gideon schmerlingDirector of Media, City of Tel Aviv

diana diziainTransport de Marchandises & Logistique, Lyon

rahaf harfoushFounder & CEO, The Red Thread

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March 2, 2016

Austrian Smart Cities Days Open Space: Innovation for urban quality of life Barbara Hammerl, Director, STADTlabor GrazRemko Berkhout, STADTlabor GrazNikolaus Lallitsch, Raiffeisen ImmobilienHeidrun Primas, Forum StadtparkTheresia Vogel, CEO, Klima- und EnergiefondsIngolf Schädler, Director for Innovation, bmvit

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Coffee Break10.3011.00

Lunch12.3014.00

Coffee Break15.3016.00

Break17.3018.00

Official URBAN FUTURE Evening Reception & Networking Event for all delegates and speakers20.00

Circular Economy: the business case Peter Hopkinson, University of Bradford Vigga Svensson, CEO of Vigga.usCraig Jones, Founder & CEO, Circular EcologyJoost van Faassen, City of HaarlemmermeerAnton Brummelhuis, Senior Director Sustainability, Philips LightingMichael Braungart, CEO, EPEA Int. Umweltforschung

Strategy required: How citiescompete on a global scale for business, investments and talent Greg Clark , Chairman, The Business of Cities Group Carine Saloff-Coste, Economic Development, ParisJosep M. Pique, Executive President, Technova BarcelonaPhilipp Bouteiller, CEO, Berlin TXLRemigijus Simasius, Mayor, City of VilniusGidi Schmerling, Director of Media, City of Tel Aviv

Making ideas happen: how to successfully communicate sustainability Barbara Evaeus, Senior Communications Manager, WWF Sweden Alexandra Würz-Stalder, Graz Univ. of Applied ScienceEd Gillespie, Co-founder, FuterraPer Espen Stoknes, BI Centre Climate StrategyJeni Cross, Behavioural Scientist, Colorado State University

Traffic everywhere: how can we solve the urban mobility crisis? Thomas Madreiter, Director of City Planning, Vienna Lisa Trickett , City â Council, City of BirminghamRichard van der Wulp, Urban Developm., RotterdamMichael Glotz-Richter, Sustainable Mobility, BremenGert Blom, Strategic mobility advisor, City of Helmond

Taking the lead: How cities around the world fight climate change Júlia López Ventura, Regional Director for Europe, C40 Filipe Araújo, Director Environment, City of PortoKatrina Folland, Smart City Coordinator, City of GothenburgPer Boesgaard, The Climate Unit, City of CopenhagenTim Pryce, Head of public sector, CarbontrustNeil Bird, Joanneum Research

Rising from the ashes: How cities and districts are being reinvented Patricia Brown, CEO, Central Consulting Igor Kos, Mayor‘s cabinet, City of MariborMikele Brack , Director, City Impact ChallengeJennifer Keesmaat , Chief Planner, City of TorontoErich Ranegger, Architect at Atelier Thomas PucherKlaus K. Loenhart , Graz University of Technology

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Official Conference Opening Ceremony Robert Kremlicka, Partner Emeritus, A.T.Kearney Ingolf Schädler, Director for Innovation, bmvitSiegfried Nagl, Mayor, City of GrazLi Tie, Director General, China Center for Urban Development

Wolfgang Malik, CEO of Holding GrazThomas Pucher, Urban Future Global Conference Theresia Vogel, CEO, Klima- und Energiefonds

Peter Umundum, Member of the board, Austrian Postal ServiceJonathan MacDonald, Change Expert

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MOBILITY RESOURCESLIVING & CITY PLANNING COMMUNICATION

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Official Opening: Resources Stream Franz Prettenthaler, Director, Joanneum Research Michael Braungart, CEO, EPEA Int. UmweltforschungDan Hill, Associate Director, ARUPArab Hoballah, UNEPAlbert Seubers, Global Strategy IT in Cities, ATOS

Official Opening:Communications & Governance Stream Greg Clark, Chairman, The Business of Cities Group Sille Krukow, CEO, Krukow ApSKlaus Wowereit, Former Mayor, City of BerlinMike Lydon, Principal, The Street Plans Collaborative NYCDaniel Hofer, CEO for Germany, Austria and CEE, JCDecaux

Who cares? Why cities will be caught up in climate change sooner than expected Tobias Kettner, UN Habitat III Helga Kromp-Kolb, Vienna University of Natural ResourcesSandro Nieto Silleras, Policy Officer, EU CommissionSabine McCallum, Dep. Director, Environment Agency Austria Juliette Daniels, Cities Manager, CDP

How cities around the world are using bicycles to reinvent themselves Florian Lorenz, Director, Smarter Than Car Marianne Pfaffinger, Consultant, Green City ProjectMarcin Hyla, Coordinator, Cities for BikersLuc Ferrandez, Mayor, Plateau Mont-Royal, MontrealMikael Colville-Andersen, CEO, CopenhagenizeRicardo Marqués, University of Seville

How to avoid total traffic gridlock in cities with new urban logistics concepts Michael Browne, University of Gothenburg Fernando Gonzalez Vara, City of BilbaoDan Evanson, City logistics, ARUPTanja Ballhorn Provstgaard, City of CopenhagenDiana Diziain, Transport de Marchandises & Logistique, LyonGerald Gregori, Österreichische Post

The Mayor as CEO: How mayors need to lead theircities in the century of change Greg Clark, Chairman, The Business of Cities Group Sally Kneeshaw, URBACT Programme ExpertMichele Acuto, Director, City Leadership Initiative, UCLRui Moreira, Mayor, City of PortoMarkus Tomaschitz, Vice President HR, AVL

Official Opening: Living & City Planning Stream Eugen Antalovsky, CEO, Europaforum Hans-Günther Schwarz, bmvitMick Cornett, Mayor, Oklahoma CityOlivier Baudelet, Policy Officer, EU CommissionThomas Pucher, CEO, Atelier Thomas PucherSavvas Verdis, Infrastructure Economist, Siemens

11.0012.30

Circular Economy: Cities prepare for the next generation of growth Stephanie Hubold, Ellen MacArthur Foundation Hugo Maria Schally, Head of Unit, EU CommissionHelga Vanthournout, Senior Expert, McKinseyThomas Rau, Architect & CEO, Rau ArchitectsAntoinette Guhl, Vice Mayor for Social Economy, Paris

Facilitating the transition towards sustainable cities Margit Noll, Head of Strategy, AIT Niki Frantzeskaki, Erasmus University RotterdamAntonín Tym, City of LitomericeCarl-Johan Engström, Senior Advisor, Global UtmaningAnnemarieke van Egeraat, City of RotterdamBenjamin Caspar, EU Commission, DG Environment

Official Opening: Mobility Stream Christian Gärtner, CEO, Stylepark Robert Thaler, Head of Department, BMLFUWHermann Knoflacher, Vienna University of TechnologyMikael Colville-Andersen, CEO, CopenhagenizeJuan Carlos Escudero, Director, ESC, City of Vitoria-GasteizOliver Lord, Air Quality Manager, City of London

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Highlight of Day 1Graz Talks: The most inspiring speakers live Felix Finkbeiner, Founder, Plant for the planetRahaf Harfoush, Founder & CEO, The Red ThreadCarlo Ratti, Director, Founding Partner, Carlo Ratti AssociatiJennifer Keesmaat , Chief Planner, City of TorontoBoris Palmer, Mayor, City of Tübingen

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March 3, 2016

Coffee Break10.3011.00

Tackling Climate ChangeCooperation across sectors: Challenges and possibilities in urban leadership Per Boesgaard, The Climate Unit, City of Copenhagen

WORKSHOPLimited spaces available. Registration required at registration@urban-future.at

How to make change happen in your city Greg Clark, Chairman, The Business of Cities Group Mike Lydon, Principal, The Street Plans Collaborative NYCJennifer Keesmaat, Chief Planner, City of TorontoMick Cornett, Mayor, Oklahoma CityAndreas Weinberger, General Manager Austria, Uber Inc.Maria Vassilakou, Vice Mayor, City of Vienna

Wie Bürgerbeteiligung wirklich gelingen kann

Rita Trattnigg, CEO, Institute for cultural change

Coffee Break15.3016.00

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Are electro and hybrid busses true alternatives for urban public transport systems? Robert Stussi, Mobility Expert Umberto Guida, Deputy Director Europe, UITPUlf Gustafsson, Volvo Bus CorporationJoachim Kossow, Stadtwerke OsnabrückMark Poulton, Principal Technical Specialist, TfL

Challenge of the century: upgrading Europe‘s building stock James Drinkwater, World Green Building Council Brian Cody, Graz University of TechnologyRuth Mourik , Founder of DuneWorksRon Van Erck , EnergieSprong - Platform 31Armin Knotzer, AEE - Institute for Sustainable Technologies

Realizing Smart City Graz Bertram Werle, Baudirektor, Stadt Graz Lisa Enarsson, Grow Smarter, City of StockholmWilhelm Alfen, CEO Alfen Consult, LeipzigKai-Uwe Hoffer, Project Manager Smart City GrazChristian Nussmüller, City of Graz

How cities (should) communicate with their citizens - and the relevance of digital media Nicola Vatthauer, Head of Communications, Eurocities Sebastian Kirchner, Author & Coach, Kirchner: SeminareKarin Wiesinger, Director, Grayling AustriaJörg Pribil, Österreichische PostLeonard Poropat , City of PulaGidi Schmerling, Director of Media, City of Tel Aviv

Is public participation just a fad and marketing tool or a real social trend? Stephan Landau, NextHamburg Miriam Freudenberger, CEO, Alliance for Public ParticipationNicola Vatthauer, Head of Communications, EurocitiesMatthias Trenel, CEO, ZebralogRoland Krebs, IADB

Financing Smart Cities

Greg Clark, Chairman, The Business of Cities Group Tjalling de Vries, City of EnschedeÁlvaro Santos, Chairman of Porto Vivo, SRUJosé Sequeira, Porto Vivo, City of PortoTon Overmeire, City of The HagueJürgen Bruns-Berentelg, CEO, Hafencity HamburgCatherine Farvacque-Vitkovic, World Bank

11.0012.30

Digital innovation: Are our cities’ structures being overwhelmed by the speed of change? Christian Kittl, CEO of Evolaris Christian Resebo, Head of R&D, City of MalmöColette Maloney, Smart Cities & Sustainability, EU CommissionPeter Stücheli-Herlach, IAM Institute of Applied Media StudiesFlorence Castel, CEO, Advancity

Immobilien-SchwerpunktDeutschland – Österreich – Schweiz Nachhaltiges Bauen vs. Wirtschaftlichkeit Wolfgang Amann, Director of IIBW Frank Junker, CEO, ABG Frankfurt HoldingAndreas Köttl, value one holding AGAlexander Pongratz, Vice President of FIECEwald Hasler, Joanneum University of Applied ScienceSimon Speigner, sps Architekten

Urban Cable Cars

Steven Dale, President, Creative Urban Projects Inc. Markus Schrentewein, CEO, Doppelmayr Cable CarThomas Schubert, Area Manager Turkey, Leitner RopewaysJoachim Hofmann-Göttig, Head Mayor, City of KoblenzPedro Olivares, Director, F & S Consulting C.A.Joachim Dejaco, CEO, Südtiroler Transportstrukturen

Lunch12.3014.00 Break

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The Champions’ League of urban public transportation: Yet where is multi-modality truly working? Barbara Muhr, Member of the board, Holding Graz Martin Russ, CEO, AustriaTechNicola Schelling, Director, Metropolitan Region StuttgartToby Rackliff, West Midlands Integrated Transport AuthorityKaren Vancluysen, Secretary General, Polis

When will we all be autonomous on the road - and what will that mean to cities? Jost Bernasch, CEO, Virtual Vehicle Research Centre Barbara Lenz, Chair, Institute for Transport Research, DLRPeter Hrassnig, Deputy Head Telematic Services, AsfinagAndreas Eustacchio, Attorney at lawMichael Glotz-Richter, Sustainable Mobility, City of BremenWerner Rom, Virtual Vehicle Research Centre

Searching for happiness: Can Big Data make cities more sustainable? Steve Turner, Head of Future Cities, Manchester City Council Nikolaos Kontinakis, Project manager, EurocitiesHeimo Haub, Head of Corporate Technology, Efkon AGJulia Kloiber, Open Knowledge Foundation DeutschlandElaine Trimble, Siemens CitiesHarald Meixner, CEO of Meixner Imaging

How innovative waste solutions help the environment and can save millions Marion Courtois, Senior Expert, ACR+ Ralf Mittermayr, Saubermacher AGChristine Sautenet, Director of Sybert, City of BesanconMarco Mattiello, IRIS Department, Contarina S.p.A.Roland Pomberger, Montanuniversität LeobenPatrícia Leão, Procurement & Supply Division at Lipor

No governance without communications: How people change decision making in cities Sascha Ferz, Karl Franzens Universität Graz Friedrich Zimmermann,Karl Franzens Universität GrazUrsula Seethaler, CEO of Kier CommunicationChristian Scholl, Maastricht UniversityRita Trattnigg, CEO, Institute for cultural change

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The world of green buildings: Is going green really that easy? Johannes Kreissig, Member of the board, DGNB Robert Schild, Compagnie de Saint-GobainElizabeth Rapoport, Urban Land InstituteHubert Rhomberg, CEO, Rhomberg HoldingWolfgang Frey, Architect & CEO, Frey ArchitectsErhard Pretterhofer, CEO, Holzcluster Steiermark

Business Chancen nutzen: Europas Smart City Trends Konrad Eckl, Außenwirtschaft Austria Maiju Kauko, Advantage Austria, HelsinkiHerwig Palfinger, Austrian Trade Commissioner, HelsinkiMichael Spalek, Austrian Trade Commissioner, MadridPeter Rakovsky, Senior Consultant at DenkstattMark Bennett, DublinWilhelm Nest, Head of Advantage Austria, DublinSteve Turner, Head of Future Cities, Manchester City CouncilClaudia Döring, Urban Technology, Advantage Austria

Transforming cities: How urban governance and city councils benefit from success factors Christiane Gebhardt, Head of Global Initiatives, Malik Management Alanus von Radecki, Director »Morgenstadt: City Insights«Herbert Brüning, Nachhaltiges NorderstedtPhilipp Bouteiller, CEO, Berlin TXLAlexander Holst, Managing Director, Accenture

Immobilien-SchwerpunktDeutschland – Österreich – Schweiz Öffentliches Interesse: wie ständig neue Auflagen den Bauherren den Nerv raubenAndreas Kleboth, kleboth lindinger dollnig

Robert Korab, raum & kommunikationClaudia Schönegger, Terra CognitaJosef Praschinger, Aufsichtsrat von Grawe Immo HoldingN.N., Stadtplanung der Stadt WienBernhard Inninger, Leiter Stadtplanungsamt, Stadt Graz

Electric car fleets change cities and revolutionise the taxi market Karen Vancluysen, Secretary General, Polis Rauno Andreas Fuchs, CEO, Green City ProjectBrahim Boukadid, Operations Manager, Schiphol TaxiHarald Wakolbinger, Wiener StadtwerkeAida Abdulah, Project coordinator, eBRIDGEHelmut Koch, Komobile Gmunden

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Why more and more cities are investing in driverless rail systems Robert Stussi, Mobility Expert Thomas Ledwolorz, Stadler RailMarcus Weerasinghe, Docklands Light RailwayHans-Rudolf Feuz, VP at Bombardier TransportationFranz Kaiser, Head of Project-Execution-Center, Siemens

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WORKSHOPLimited spaces available. Registration required at registration@urban-future.at

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More than 70 journalists from 12 countries connecting with the most interesting city changers and their stories

Hundreds of articles & interviews around the world

Extensive media attention for Graz as hosting city

4.6 million contacts in Austrian print media

1.6million impressions on Twitter

400.000 impressions on LinkedIn

4 person dedicated media team

700+ single media requests in 3 months

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The URBAN FUTURE Global Conference as the world’s largest meeting of City Changers was made possible with the support from and in cooperation with close to 100 organizations and businesses, including visionary and energetic key partners:

City of GrazThe City of Graz is highly innovative in the field of environmental technology issues and works intensively on future solutions. The Smart City Project in Graz Reininghaus is an important pioneering project that is already in its implementation phase.

Holding GrazHolding Graz is the city’s service provider for public transportation, energy, water, waste and other municipal services, such as electricity, recreational parks and funerals.

Siemens Siemens AG is a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering, operating in the fields of industry, energy and healthcare as well as providing infrastructure solutions, primarily for cities and metropolitan areas.

Austrian Post Austrian Post is the leading logistics and postal services provider in Austria. In 2015, the company delivered all consignments climate neutrally within the country and operates currently more than 1,100 electronic vehicles.

Saint GobainSaint Gobain, the world leader in the habitat and construction market, designs, manufactures and distributes high-performance and building materials, providing innovative solutions to the challenges of growth, energy efficiency and environmental protection.

AtosAtos is a leader in digital services and recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) as the 2015 global leader in the IT industry for its performance to reduce carbon emissions.

DoppelmayrDoppelmayr/Garaventa is market leader in ropeway engineering and offers environmentally friendly and efficient urban ropeway systems to present and future traffic problems.

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The integrated EXPO focused on connecting solution providers with some of the most innovative and forward-thinking experts from hundreds of cities. It is the ideal audience to introduce change-oriented, innovative and disruptive solutions and ideas.

60 exhibitors

Media & VIP walks

Central networking and lounge areas

Integrated catering stations

Evening reception with 1,500 guests

24 hours of high-profile networking

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Businesses connect with innovators from hundreds of cities

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