Competitive Cities Conference: Attracting Talent, Investment and

Competitive Cities Conference: Attracting Talent, Investment and

Competitive Cities Conference: Attracting Talent, Investment and Business
Friday 15th May 2015, Hotel Intercontinental
Emilii Plater 49, 00-125 Warszawa, Poland
Programme
Conference Moderator Prof. Greg Clark, Senior ULI Visiting Fellow
09:00 Welcome Michał Olszewski, Deputy Mayor, City of Warsaw
09:15 Opening Keynote “Cities and Competitiveness” Rosemary Feenan
Head of Global Research JLL, Trustee of ULI and Chair of the European Policy and Practice Committee
Session 1
10:00 Key ingredients in Competitive Cities
Planning, Urban Design & Vision - Valentino Castellani, former mayor of Turin
Infrastructure & Connectivity - Brian Field, senior economist, European Investment Bank
Higher Education, Skills & Innovation - Mike Emmerich, CEO, New Economy Manchester
City Branding & Internationalisation - Mateu Hernández Maluquer, CEO, Barcelona Global
Leadership, Partnership & Organisation - Debra Mountford, OECD
11:15 Coffee Break
11:45 Panel discussion with the keynote speaker and panelists
13:00 Lunch
Session 2
14:00 Panel of Polish cities and regions, talking about competitiveness
Representatives from: Gdynia, Kraków, Łódź, Pomerania, Poznań, Warsaw, Wrocław.
15:15 Coffee Break
15:30 Property Sector leaders’ panel, discussing “Vision vs. Reality”
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Jeroen van der Toolen, Managing Director CEE, Ghelamco Poland
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Katarzyna Zawodna, Managing Director Poland, Skanska Property Poland
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Leszek Sikora, Managing Director, ECE Poland
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Robert Mandżunowski, CEO, LHI Poland
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Jacek Levernes, President, ABSL and EMEA board member Hewlett Packard
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John Bańka, Partner, Colliers International
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Joseph Danko, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Urban Programmes, CH2M Hill
16:45 Closing keynote “How my city became competitive” Jordi Hereu, former mayor of Barcelona
17:15 Q & A with closing keynote speaker
17:25 Closing comments from moderator and ULI Poland