Deputy Mayor and Vice-Governor of City of Vienna Maria Vassilakou is Deputy Mayor and Vice-Governor of Vienna as well as Executive City Councillor for Urban Planning, Traffic & Transport, Climate Protection, Energy and Public Participation. She is also Deputy Spokesperson of the Austrian Green Party. She obtained her Masters’ degree in Linguistics and Psychology from
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CO-FOUNDER, DESIGN PRINCIPAL AND CEO OF COOP HIMMELB(L)AU
CEO OF BARCELONA REGIONAL FOUNDER OF IAAC & DIRECTOR OF THE ADVANCED ARCHITECTURE MASTER PRINCIPAL OF WM ARCHITECTS Born in Argentina, he obtains his architecture degree in the National University of La Plata. In 1985, he settles in Barcelona where he attended doctorate courses in the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB). In
HEAD OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS MANAGEMENT/SMART CITY VIENNA AGENCY Dominic Weiss studied European Union Politics at the University of Limerick / Ireland and holds a Master’s degree in Political Science of the University of Vienna. He is currently the Head of Public Affairs Management / Smart City Vienna Agency. Smart City Vienna is a long-term initiative
CITY GARDENER HEAD OF URBAN ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT OF MALMO/SWEDEN Ola Melin is the ‘stadsträdgårdsmästare’ (City Gardener) and Head of the Urban Environment Department of Malmö / Sweden. He studied in Stockholm, Uppsala, Paris and the US and is a landscape architect by training. Previously he was faculty director at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
ADVISOR TO AALTO PRESIDENTS OF AALTO UNIVERSITY MEMBER OF EU COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS CHARIMAN OF THE EPP/COR TASK FORCE ON EUROPE 2020 Mr. Markku Markkula works within Aalto University as the Advisor to Aalto Presidents, focusing on European Union strategy affairs. His previous university assignments comprised being the member of Aalto University Transformation Team
FOUNDER AND CEO OF PLANTAGON AB OF SWEDEN Hans Hassle is the founder and CEO of Plantagon AB in Sweden. Plantagon is concept for a vertical greenhouse with a view to solving problems of food security in ever-larger cities with ever-less available surface for food production. As part of Sweden’s drive for innovation, Plantagon, with
DEPUTY MAYOR OF BARCELONA FOR ECONOMY, ENTERPRISE AND EMPLOYMENT Sonia Recasens i Alsina is the Second Deputy Mayor of Economy, Enterprise and Employment of the Barcelona City Council. She has been a member of Unió Democràtica de Catalunya (UDC) since 1992, Member of the Barcelona City Intercounty Executive Committee since 1996 and Chair during 2002-2004. In 1999 she