#EuropeTogether city festival - What if sustainable cities can save Europe?, Antwerpen

Antwerpen, België
© Anton Bussemaker
datum 23 november 2017
plaats Antwerpen, België
locatie At Grand Café Horta, Hopland 2, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium. Toon locatie
aanwezigen A.M. (Agnes) Jongerius i, A. (Ahmed) Aboutaleb i, (Gianni) Pittella i, (Kathleen) Van Brempt i e.a.
organisatie Fractie Progressieve Alliantie van Socialisten en Democraten (S&D) i

#EuropeTogether city festival - What if sustainable cities can save Europe?

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DRAFT AGENDA

17.00-18.00 - Registration at Horta venue & refreshments

18.00-18.10 - Opening with “TOGETHER” video presentation and introduction by the moderator Francesca Vanthielen

18.10-18.20 - Welcome speeches

Gianni Pittella, S&D Group President

Kathleen Van Brempt, S&D Group Vice-Presdient

18.20-18.35 - Keynote speech by Eric Corijn, Professor of Social and cultural geography, Free University of Brussels, Director of COSMOPOLIS City, Culture & Society research group on “Can Cities save Europe: Urbanity as a post-national challenge”

18.35-19.10 - I. Panel debate: How to increase involvement of cities in decision-making processes in the EU

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    Eric Corijn, Professor of Social and cultural geography, Free University of Brussels, Director of COSMOPOLIS City, Culture & Society research
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    Agnes Jongerius, MEP, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs
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    Michaela Kauer, Director, Vienna House,Brussels Liaison Office of the City of Vienna
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    Daniël Termont, Mayor of Ghent, President of Eurocities group

Followed by questions & answers session from the audience and via Twitter

19.10-19.25 - Keynote speech by Prof. Jan Rotmans, Professor of Transitions and Transition Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam on “Port Transitions”

19.25-19.55 - II. Panel debate: Ports as vectors for an efficient and ambitious European green economy

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    Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam
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    Eva Pérez García, Director of Transport Economics, Fundación Valenciaport
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    Prof. Jan Rotmans, Professor of Transitions and Transition Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam

Followed by questions & answers session from the audience and via Twitter

19:55-20:05 - Presentation of the “TOGETHER” Ambassadors

20:05-20:15 - Presentation of the Statement by Vice-President Kathleen Van Brempt and its adoption

European Anthem

20:15 - Walking dinner

MEPs INVOLVED

PITTELLA Gianni

gianni.pittella@ep.europa.eu

+32 2 284 51 59

+33 3 88 17 51 59

http://www.giannipittella.eu/

VAN BREMPT Kathleen

kathleen.vanbrempt@ep.europa.eu

  • 32 2 284 54 47
  • 33 3 88 17 54 47

http://kathleenvanbrempt.be/

JONGERIUS Agnes

agnes.jongerius@ep.europa.eu

+32(0)2 28 45699

+33(0)3 88 1 75699

https://agnesjongerius.pvda.nl/

S&D PRESS CONTACT

MARTIN DE LA TORRE, Victoria

victoria.martindelatorre@ep.europa.eu

+33 3 88 16 42 98

+32 2 284 30 81


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Fractie Progressieve Alliantie van Socialisten en Democraten (S&D)

De Progressieve Alliantie van Socialisten en Democraten (S&D) is de sociaaldemocratische fractie in het Europees Parlement i. De fractie is ontstaan als een alliantie tussen de Partij van de Europese Sociaal-Democraten i (PES) en de Italiaanse Democratische Partij.

De fractie van de Progressieve Alliantie van Socialisten en Democraten (S&D) heeft 141 leden afkomstig uit 26 lidstaten, en is daarmee de op een na grootste fractie in het Europees Parlement. Op het hoogtepunt in 1999 hadden de Sociaal Democraten 233 zetels in het Europees Parlement.

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