ChinaEU at the “EU-China Cooperation on Sustainable Development with a Special Focus on Smart Cities”, 20 November 2015, The Egg, Brussels

Talentbase Ltd., the Antall József Knowledge Centre, and the Wilfried Martens Centre (WMCES) are organising an international panel session entitled “EU–China Cooperation on Sustainable Development with a Special Focus on Smart Cities”.

The panel will be part of the Annual Polis Conference on “Transport Innovation for Sustainable Cities and Regions” and will take place on 20 November 2015 at The Egg, in Brussels.

Objective of the discussion will be to explore the opportunities and the challenges in promoting pilot smart city projects in theEU and in China and to assess the developments and the prospects of the on-going EU–China Smart and Green City Cooperation.

SCHEDULE

9am – Opening Remarks:

Zhang Lirong

Chargé d’Affaires of the Chinese Mission to the EU (TBC)

Katalin Bihari

Deputy Director of the Antall József Knowledge Centre

Tomi Huhtanen

Executive Director of the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies

 

9:30am – EU-China Cooperation on Sustainable Development

with Special Focus on Smart Cities

 

List of Speakers:

Nicholas Martyn, Deputy Director General of the DG for Regional and Urban Policy (TBC)

Martins Plikss, Head of the Project Development Division, Riga City Council

Dr Wan Biyu, Vice Chairman of ISO/TC268 SC1, (Smart Community Infrastructure), Chief Scientist of the Chinese Society for Urban Studies National Smart City Joint Lab, China

Mihály Lados, Director of the Centre for Regional Studies of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, West Hungarian Research Institute

 

Moderator:

Claudia Vernotti, Director of ChinaEU

 

2:15pm

Site Visits:

Leuven City Renewal, Audi Factory Visit and Brussels Greenway Walking Tour

 

Click HERE for more information and for registration.