Seminar on sustainable urban development with Anna Tibaijuka, receiver of The Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development 2009.

Programme

14:45 – 15:05 Welcome
Anneli Hulthén, Mayor, City of Göteborg; and Karin Markides, President and CEO of Chalmers University of Technology

15:05 – 15:35 Sustainable Urbanization - the Global Response
Anna Tibaijuka, Executive Director of UN-HABITAT and receiver of The Göteborg Award for Sustainable Development 2009.

15:35 – 15:55 Toward Sustainable Urban Development – the Local Response
Johan Ekman, Information Director of Älvstranden Utveckling AB, Göteborg

15:55 – 16:15 From Reality Studio to the lake Victoria Urban Academy - the Academic Response
Maria Nyström, Prof. Design for Sustainable Development, Chalmers

16:15 – 16:45 Coffee

16:45 – 18:00 Panel discussion

Moderator: Stefan Edman, author and chair of the Göteborg Environmental Award Committee

Panel:

• Lars Reuterswärd, Director Global Division, UN-HABITAT
• Pernilla Knutsson, Director of the Delegation for Sustainable Cities
• Ola Engelmark, Executive Director of Mistra
• Pelle Persson, Expert on urban issues, Sida
• Merritt Polk, Researcher and representative from the Göteborg consortium Mistra Urban Futures

18:00 – 18:20 Mingel