Scene Setting Session
Opening Remarks
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Mr. Rintaro Tamaki OECD Deputy Secretary-General |
Moderator
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Mr. Simon Upton Environment Directorate, OECD |
Keynote Speakers
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Mr. Patrick Klugman Deputy Mayor of Paris, France |
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Mr. Stanley YIP Professor, Centre of Urban Planning & Design, Peking University, Beijing, People's Republic of China |
OECD Perspectives
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Mr. Christian Kastrop Director of the Policy Studies Branch, Economics Department, OECD |
Mr. Rolf Alter Director, Pubilc Governance & Territorial Development, OECD |
Session 1
Moderator
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Mr. Paul LeBlanc President of Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and Chair of OECD Regional Development Policy Committee (Canada) |
Keynote Speakers
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Prof. Philip McCann President and CEO, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, United States |
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Mr. Joaquim Oliveira Martins Head, Regional Development Policy Division, OECD |
Panellists
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Mr. Dominique Bureau Delegate general, Economic Council for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment, Energy and the Sea, France |
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Dr. Jana Plamínková City Counsellor of Prague, Czech Republic |
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Mr. Salin Geevarghese U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development |
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Mr. Shahar Solar Ministry of Environment, Israel |
Session 2
Moderator
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Dr. Edward Hearnshaw Principal Policy Analyst, New Zealand Ministry for the Environment; Delegate to the OECD Working Party on Integrating Environmental |
Keynote Presentators
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Prof. Jan Brueckner Economics, University of California, United States |
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Ms. Marie Cugny-Seguin Natural System and Sustainability, European Environment Agency |
Panellists
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Prof. Elena Irwin Environmental & urban economist, Ohio State University, United States |
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Dr. Julien Salanié Associate Professor, Université Saint-Etienne, France |
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Prof. Walid Oueslati Senior Economist, Environment and Economy Integration, OECD |
Session 3
Moderator
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Dr. Vincent Fouchier Director of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolitan area planning project; Chair of the OECD Working Party on Urban Policy (WPURB) |
Keynote Speaker
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Ms. Rosario Robles Berlanga Minister of Agrarian, Territorial and Urban Development (SEDATU), Mexico |
Panellists
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Dr. Hoang Vinh Hung Urban Development Agency, Ministry of Construction, Vietnam |
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Mr. Chang-Beom Kim Ambassador for International Relations, Seoul Metropolitan Government |
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Prof. Edoardo Croci IEFE Università Bocconi, Green Economy Observatory, Milano, Italy |
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Dr. Adarsh Varma Associate Director, Cities & Economics, BuroHappold Engineering, United Kingdom |
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Ms. Evelyn N. Nacario-Castro Executive Director, Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc., Philippines |
Parallel Sessions
Session A. Resilient infrastructure: Innovative approaches (Joint with the World Bank)
Moderator
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Dr. Marianne Fay Chief Economist for Climate Change, World Bank |
Panellists
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Ms. Julie Rozenberg Economist, World Bank |
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Ms. Lola Vallejo Policy Analyst, Environment Directorate, OECD |
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Dr. Pheakdey Heng, Policy Lead, Global Green Growth Institute, Cambodia |
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Mr. Keywan Riahi Energy Program Director, International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis |
Session B. Tracking progress on urban green growth and Sustainable Development Goals: Data, information and indicators
Moderator
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Mr. Shardul Agrawala Head of Division, Environment Directorate, OECD |
Panellists
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Ms. Myriam Linster Principal Administrator, Environmental Performance & Information, Environment Directorate, OECD |
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Ms. Monica Brezzi Regional Analysis & Statistics, Public Governance & Territorial Development, OECD |
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Prof. Seong Woo Jeon Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering, Korea University |
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Ms. Kookie Habtegaber Green Economy Adviser, formerly Global Lead at WWF |
Session C. Towards win-win solutions for “inclusive” and “green” cities
Moderator
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Ms. Lamia Kamal-Chaoui Director for the Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs and Local Development (CFE) and Coordinator of the Inclusive Growth in Cities Initiative |
Panellists
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Mr. Joshua Alpert Director of Special Projects, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group |
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Mr. Salin Geevarghese U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (TBD) |
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Ms. Virginie Marchal Policy Advisor, Aligning Policies for the Transition to a Low-carbon Economy (APT), OECD |
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Mr. Richard Baron Principal Advisor, Round Table on Sustainable Development, OECD |
Session D. The Impact of tax policies on land use outcomes
Moderator
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Mr. Kurt van Dender Centre for Tax Policy and Admin, OECD |
Panellists
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Prof. Jos van Ommeren Spatial Economics, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Mr. Alowin Moes Senior Economist, Swiss Federal Tax Administration, Switzerland |
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Mr. Hansjörg Blöchliger Senior Economist, Economics Department, OECD |
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Mr. Rudiger Ahrend, Head of Urban Policy, Public Governance & Territorial Development, OECD |
Closing Remarks
Moderator
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Mr. Douglas Frantz Deputy Secretary-General, OECD |
OECD Response and Next steps
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Mr. Luiz de Mello Deputy Director, Public Governance & Territorial Development, OECD Read the bio |
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Mr. Shardul Agrawala Head of Division, Environment Directorate, OECD |