Nicolás García

Governor of Cundinamarca (Colombia). Lawyer with advanced studies in International Public Law from the University Panthéon – Assas of Paris […]

Josep Canals-Molina

Secretary General of MedCities since June 2019.He is an ecologist with long-standing expertise on urban and environmental issues. Graduated in […]

Giuseppe Grezzi

Deputy Mayor for Sustainable Mobility and Public Space and President of EMT. Air, Noise Pollution and Beaches. In 7 years […]

Sozvin Salih

Architect-planner and policy advisor with 10 years of experience in both academia and international development, collaborating closely with local governments […]

Ana Romero Càlix

Environmental Sciences Bachelor by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and MBA of the Water Cycle Management by Universitat Politècnica de […]

Dennis M. Leach

Director of the Division of Transportation for the Department of Environmental Services in Arlington, Virginia and has worked for Arlington […]

Carles Conill Verges

Sustainable Mobility Director of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB). Graduated as Civil engineer by the Polytechnic University of Barcelona, and […]

Henk Bouwman

Secretary General of METREX, the Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas, with 52-member city-regions from across Europe. Since his […]

Karsten Zimmerman

Since 2012 is Professor at the Faculty of Spatial Planning at Technical University of Dortmund where he holds the chair […]

Rashid Seedat

Executive Director of the Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO). The GCRO is a partnership between the Gauteng Provincial Government, organised local […]

Tom Rye

Professor of Transport Policy at Molde University College, Norway, and a Senior Researcher in the Mobility Group at the Urban […]

Aytor Naranjo

Graduated in Business and MSc in Water & Environmental Management, Aytor is truly passionate about climate action and a self-convinced […]

Lalia Carbonell

Currently working as a Program Officer at Oficina d’Oportunitats (External Relations Office) of the Mataró City Council, she previously coordinated […]

Cynthia Echave

Project Coordinator – Senior Researcher Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association. She is an architect & urban planner specialized in urban ecology. She […]

José James de Rehemtula Nicol´s

Councilor for Mobility, Transport and Traffic in the Municipality of Maputo (Mozambique). He has also worked as Councilor for Territorial […]

Demetra McBride

Bureau Chief, Office of Sustainability and Environmental Management (Arlington County, Virginia) has spent 17 years innovating climate and resiliency programming. […]

Ana Chubinidze

Founder and CEO of AdalanAI, consulting firm and SaaS platform on Artificial Intelligence (AI) Governance and Policy. Founder and director […]

Gabriel Lanfranchi

Architect from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), a master’s in urban economics from the Torcuato Di Tella University (UTDT) […]

Slavich Marco

Technologist at Area Science Park, a public national research institution and scientific-technological park located in Trieste (Italy). He has been […]

Carlota Rosés Montesinos

Is currently working in the International Relations and Cooperation department of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB), drawing on her over […]

Raf Tuts

Director of the Global Solutions Division of UN-Habitat, based at its Headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. He is overseeing UN-Habitat’s global […]

Josep Maria Pascual Esteve

PhD in Sociology from the University of Barcelona. PhD in History from the University of Girona. Master’s Degree in Political […]

Yaser Abunnasr

Dr. Abunnasr is an Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning in the Department of Landscape Design and Ecosystem […]

Kat Eshel

Deputy Director of Climate and Environmental Planning at City of Boston. Works to advance the City of Boston’s climate action […]

Alice Abreu

Physician and Master in Public Health from Eduardo Mondlane University.  Since 2019, she has been serving as Councilor for Health and […]

Daniel Wrzoszczyk

Political scientist. Since 2008 involved in implementation of the territorial approach co-financed from EU funds. Co-designer of  territorial partnerships in […]

Corina Basnou

PhD in Biology and Master in Phytocenology. She is a researcher at CREAF, a public research center specialized in biodiversity, […]

María del Pilar Tellez

Lawyer, Magister in Urban and Metropolitan Studies, Specialist in Urban Strategic Thinking, international expert in territorial development with emphasis on […]

Joan Caba

Senior urban planner at Urban Planning department of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB). Caba is a Catalan Architect and Urban […]

Ramon M. Torra i Xicoy

He graduated as an architect from the ETSAB in 1980. He has been a municipal architect and Territorial D.S. in […]

Rosa Suriñach

Rosa has over 15 years of experience with local governments and international organisations, leading global advocacy initiatives and project-campaigns for […]

Isabel Parra

Imagining how we can create inclusive, resilient and sustainable places has been Isabel’s focus for the past 12 years. She […]

Lia Brum

Research & Policy Officer at Metropolis, Lia is a versatile and multilingual professional with 15 years of experience in international […]

Silvia Llorente

Research & Policy Officer at Metropolis, in charge of the gender mainstreaming strategy of this global network of major cities […]

Geoff Bickford

Geoff Bickford is the founding director and lead consultant at Lively, a human-centred research, facilitation and design consultancy. Before founding […]

Silva Magaia

University professor with more than 30 years of experience, he has been involved in the design, management and supervision of […]

Ana Valéria Ribeiro Borges

Civil engineer and master in Transport Engineering from COPPE/UFRJ. She has been working in the public segment for over 20 […]

Hélène Dromain

In 2020 was elected Deputy Vice-president of the Metropolis of Lyon (local authority regrouping 59 cities), where she is in […]

Oriol Estela

Economist and geographer. He is a practitioner of local economic development since 1994, first as an independent consultant for local […]

Rafael Forero

Engineer, with a master’s degree in Development, and a specialization in State, Public Policies and Development. Expert in project management. […]

Claudia López

Mayor of Bogotá. She began her term on January 1, 2020 for a four-year term. She was elected with 1,108,000 […]

Yolanda Bichara

Architect, with a master’s degree in Business Administration and Management, specialization in Land Management and Policies and postgraduate studies in […]

Meehwa CHO

Graduate in Architectural Engineering from Hanyang University in Seoul and from the School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB, UPC), and […]

Diana Rodríguez

Secretary for Women’s Affairs of Bogotá. Master’s degree and PhD in Sociology from Northwestern University, and a lawyer and economist […]

Paul Lecroart

Senior Urbanist of the Planning Agency for the Paris Metropolitan Region, and advisor for metropolitan & city governments on strategic […]

Nuno F. da Cruz

Nuno F. da Cruz is assistant professorial research fellow at LSE Cities, London School of Economics and Political Science. His […]

Lluís Torrens i Mèlich

Economist and Master in Economic Analysis. Director of Social Innovation of the Area of Social Rights; Global Justice, Feminisms and […]

Antonella Contin

Research associate at the Department of Architecture and Urban Studies at University of Politecnico di Milano, coordinator of MSLab – […]

Paula Soto

MA and PhD in Anthropological Sciences from UAM-Iztapalapa. She currently works as a professor and researcher in the Department of […]

Elisenda Alamany

Graduate in Catalan Philology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), specialised in linguistic and cultural diversity management from the […]

Denis Coderre

Politician from Quebec. He was Member of Parliament for the riding of Bourassa (1997-2013), and Immigration minister (2002-2003). Coderre was […]

Toni Codina

Degree in Philosophy and studies in Political Science and Business Management. Since 2018 he is director and co-founder of iSocial […]

Cristina Colom

Degree in Economics from the University of Barcelona, Master in European Affairs from the University of Exeter and Postgraduate degree […]

Clelia Colombo

Sociologist and PhD in Public Policy and Social Transformation from the UAB. She has been a lecturer and researcher at […]

Elena Costas

PhD in Economics from the University of Barcelona and Master’s degree from the University College of London. She is a […]

Giancarlo Cotella

Master in Architecture and PhD. in Spatial Planning and Local Development from the Politecnico di Torino, where he is associate […]

Agustín Fernández de Losada

Senior researcher and director of the Global Cities programme at CIDOB (Barcelona Centre for International Affairs). He holds a degree […]

Ricard Gomà

Professor of Political Science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Director of the Institute of Regional and Metropolitan Studies […]

David Gómez

Post-doctorate in Development Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), PhD in Public Administration from New York University (NYU), […]

Ramon Gras

Urban Planner, Researcher in City Science at Harvard University, and founder of Aretian Urban Analytics and Design, a startup incubated […]

Vicente Guallart

Architect. He works in the development of projects of ecological cities and buildings all over the world with his company […]

Alexander Heichlinger

Founder & CEO, GovInsight; Co-Founder & Chair of the European CSPF Group created by the Centre for Public Administration Research […]

Oriol Illa

Director of International and Cooperation at the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) since 2016. He holds a degree in Political Science […]

Ernest Maragall

Graduate in Economics. He has been a Member of the European Parliament for the Greens/European Free Alliance group (2014-2016) and […]

Marc Martí

Degree in Sociology from the University of Barcelona (2000) and PhD in public policy from the Autonomous University of Barcelona […]

Oriol Nel·lo

Specialist in urban studies and land use planning, he has published a number of books and scientific articles on these […]

Maria Peix

PhD from the University of Barcelona. Specialist, with a long career, in international cooperation, assessment, citizen participation and gender. She […]

Maria Sisternas

Architect by the ETSAB-UPC and Master in Urban Design and Social Sciences by the London School of Economics. Between 2012 […]

Xavier Tiana

Head of the International Relations Service of the AMB. He is an expert in EU funding for local governments (Multiannual […]

Mariona Tomàs

Associate Professor Sierra Húnter of Political Science and member of the Research Group in Local Studies (GREL) at the University […]

Ivan Tosics

Analyst of multi-level governance conflicts. Since his involvement in Eurocities (1998-2011) and URBACT (2008-onwards, as one of the Programme Experts) […]

Paolo Veneri

Deputy Head of the Economic Analysis, Data and Statistics Division of the OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, […]

Cecilia Vaca

Master in Cities from the London School of Economics. Master in Social Policies for Sustainable Development from the University of […]

Alejandra Trejo

Alejandra Trejo Nieto

Doctora en Estudios del Desarrollo por la Universidad de East Anglia, en el Reino Unido, maestra en Economía regional y economista.