Program

Registration and coffee

• Opening Ceremony
  Patrick DEVEDJIAN, former Minister, President of the General Council for Hauts-de-Seine, President of EPAD

• Opening of the Day
  Bernard BLED, General Manager, EPAD

Plenary Discussion - Room GOETHE

• The Business Districts: an Integral Part of the City or an Autonomous Entity?

• Bernard BLED, General Manager, EPAD
  

• Alan DeSousa, Responsible for Sustainable Development and responsible for Economic Development, Montreal

• Aart de GEUS, Deputy Secretary General, OECD

• George IACOBESCU,, Chief Executive, CanaryWharf
  

• LIU Chuncheng, Deputy Director, Business District, Beijing
  

• Jaime LERNER, Architect, Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, Former President of UIA
  

Plenary Discussion - Room GOETHE

• The Architect: a Man of Vision

• Jean-Christophe BALLOT, Architect and photographer

• Pierre BOURRIER, General Director, ArcelorMittal

• Jacques FERRIER, Architect, Ferrier Architectures
  

• Ng LYE HOCK Larry, Director of Architecture and Urban Excellence, Singapore
  

• Serguei POLONSKI,, CEO, Mirax

• Richard SAXON, Chairman, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)

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

Workshop sessions

• Cost-effective resource management

• Elisabeth AYRAULT, General Director, Elyo Ile de France, Suez Group
  

• Alain CHIARADIA, Architect and Director, Space Syntax Ltd

• Jean FOURNIER, Innovating Manager, MARSH
  

• Béatrix PERET, HeadQuarters Director, Total
  

• André-Hubert ROUSSEL, System Design Center General Manager, EADS

• Sharing knowledge, experience and skills – a sure way to boost business districts’ efficiency?
  

• Omar EL BAHRAOUI, Deputy Mayor, Rabat
  

• André LOECHEL, President, European Network of Digital Cities

• Bernard MOROZ, Director of Integrated Management System, Oger International
  

• Michel RICARD, President, French National Committee for Sustainable Development

• WANG Xiangkun, Deputy Mayor, Shenyang
  

• Olivier DELOURME, Director, Ecophile
  

• Christine DEMESSE, Director of Cabinet of the President of Nexity, Alain Dinin
  

• Florence FOUQUIER, Director Research and Institutional Relations, Vigeo

• Seiji MACHIDA, Coordinator, Occupational safety Cluster, International Labour Organisation (ILO)

• Philippe OSSET, Director, PWC

• Rita WATERS, Chief Executive, Liverpool Business Improvement District Company
  

Moderator Pierre-Marie JAN, Business Manager, Envrionment Service, OGER International
Room Brillat-Savarin – Level B

• Andrew BORAINE, Chief Executive, Cape Town Partnerships
  

• Christophe GOBAIN, Director of Research and Development, VINCI Construction
  

• Jean-Jacques LEFEBVRE, Chief Executive in charge of Major Projects, UNIBAIL RODAMCO
  

• Sarah MOUTURY, European Business District expert, Brussels
  

• Paul RICE, Chief Executive, Liverpool Commercial District Partnership
  

• International assessment criteria

Moderator: Frédéric PAPON, Head of Policy at the Environment and sustainable development unit, Ernst & Young
Room Apollinaire 1 – Level A

• Anne AUGER, Vice-President, LEED, Canada
  

• Piers HEATH, Director, pha Consult

• Mili MAJUMDAR, Associate Director, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Delhi

• Patrick NOSSENT, President CERTIVEA, Scientific and technical Centre for Building (CSTB)

• Johan VAN DESSEL, Head of Unit, Belgian Building Research Institute

• Tomorrow’s buildings: adaptable and upgradeable?

• Peter GRAHAM, Program Coordinator, Sustainable Building and Construction Initiative, UNEP

• Elias IZQUIERDO, Project Manager, Zeroemissions business district, Séville
  

• Mark LISTER, Manager, Szencorp
  

• Josep Miquel PIQUÉ, Director, 22@Barcelona, Barcelona

• Claire TUNETUIT, General Delegate, EPE

Plenary Discussion

• The Business Districts’ network: a new sustainable development international stakeholder - Room GOETHE

• Jean-Charles DECAUX, co-CEO, JCDecaux
  

• Konrad ECKENSCHWILLER, Permanent Representative of the United Nations Global Compact in France
  

• Dimitri LOUTSENKO, President, Moskova-City

• LU Xiaodong , Vice Mayor, Shanghai

• Debbie MCMULLEN, Head of the London Plan team at the Greater London Authority

• Dr. Lutz RAETTIG, Frankfurt Main Advisor and Chairman of Morgan Stanley Germany

Closing Address

Jean-Louis BORLOO, State Minister for Ecology, sustainable planning and development