February 14^th, 2008 - Afternoon

Workshop sessions

• Are high-rise buildings the sustainable solution for business districts?

• Bill GETHING, Chairman, Sustainable Futures, Royal Institute of British Architects
  

• Jean- Frédéric HEINRY, Deputy General Director, COGEDIM

• HENG LIU Doreen, Architect, Nansha

• Henri MARRACHE, Development Director - ArcelorMittal

• Jean-Marc PASCARD, Commercial Real Estate Manager, GENERALI
  

• Chrisna du PLESSIS, Architect, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Johannesburg
  

• Gennady SIROTA, Head of « Mosproekt – 2 », Architect
  

• Should public transport, walking and cycling be prioritized as appropriate access modes to business districts?

• Claude ARNAUD, Director Research, Innovation and Sustainable Development, Veolia

• Thierry COURRAULT, Regional Director, JCDecaux

• Elisabeth DEAKIN, Director, Research Centre on Transport, The Berkeley Institute for Environment

• Gordon PRICE, Director, City Program, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver

• Rudolf SCHICKER, Executive City Councillor for Regional Planning, Traffic and Transport of the City of Vienna

• Are Business Districts fated to be energy intensive?

• Philippe BRIERE, General Director, Enertherm

• Howard DAWBER, Strategic Advisor, Canary Wharf

• Nigel JOLLANDS, Senior Policy Advisor – Energy Efficiency, International Energy Agency (IEA)
  

• Jonathan KEVLES, Energy Efficiency Building Retrofit Program, Clinton Climate Initiative
  

• LÜ Ruifeng, Vice-Mayor, Shenzhen
  

Plenary Discussion followed by Q&A session

• Business Districts: How to Combine Prosperity and Sustainable Development
  

• Dr. Joseph STIGLITZ, University Professor, Columbia University, Nobel Laureate

End of the day