Speakers

Carolyn Steel

Carolyn Steel is a leading thinker on food and cities and writer of the book Hungry City: How Food Shapes Our Lives. She’s a speaker at the Metropolitan Conference De Nieuwe Markt (The New Food Market) on Tuesday, June 18.

Saskia Sassen

Saskia Sassen, professor of sociology at Columbia University, has studied the impacts of globalization for 40 years and coined the term 'global cities'. During WMTC, she will speak at the conference 'A home for everybody' on Wednesday, June the 19th.

Rodrigo Bautista

Bautista is an award-winning strategic designer from ICSID and AIGA and founder of 21st Century Design and Engage by Design. He is North America Director for Made of Air. He speaks at the Metropolitan Conference Amsterdam Autoluw on Wednesday, June 19.

Roberta Cocco

Graduated in Foreign Languages and Literatures at “Università Statale diMilano” she began her career with Microsoft Italia, where she moved through aseries of increasingly strategic roles – as Central Marketing Director – until she reached the role of Director Corporate Social Responsibility and National Development. In 2014 she enlarged her…

Laurens Nolet

Laurens Nolet is the general manager at Roetz-Bikes, a circular and social bicycle remanufacturing company. Old bicycles are given a new life and are made in a social workplace by people with a distance to the labour market.

Marjolein de Lange

Mobility expert specialized in cycling, walking and road safety. Skilled in policy, research, teaching andorganizing. Experienced in people-oriented planning in Amsterdam and other Dutch and EU towns andregions. Creative, smart, cooperative and dedicated working on pratical results. Marjolein de Lange will speak at the break-outsession Car(e)free cities on Wednesday the 19th…

Maurits de Lint

Since 2018, Maurits is deputy member of the Haarlem City Council. With CDA he is committed to keep Haarlem livable and accessible while the city is growing. He will speak during the break-outsession Car(e)free cities on Wednesday the 19th of June.

Rauno Andreas Fuchs

Rauno Andreas Fuchs is Strategy Advisor and CEO of Green City Experience: an organization in Munich that consults and communicates green mobility, urbanity and experiences. Rauno will speak during the break-outsession Car(e)free cities on Wednesday the 19th of June.

Reyhan Safari

Reyhan Safari is Sustainable Mobility Consultant at MOVE Mobility. This is an organization with an expertise in urban sustainable mobility. MOVE Mobility is committed to create Smart Moving Cities, by improving accessibility, livability, safety and economic vitality. Reyhan will speak during the break-outsession Car(e)free cities on Wednesday the 19th of June.

Piper Hollier

Piper is a member of the Carfree Cities Alliance: a group of people and organizations around the world seeking to advance the carfree cities concept. They are active in different countries in the world to expand this concept. Piper will speak during the break-outsession Car(e)free cities on Wednesday the 19th of…

Ruxandra Aelenei

Ruxandra Aelenei is Urban Planner at MOVE Mobility. This is an organization with an expertise in urban sustainable mobility. MOVE Mobility is committed to create Smart Moving Cities, by improving accessibility, livability, safety and economic vitality. Ruxandra will speak during the break-outsession Car(e)free cities on Wednesday the 19th of June.

Sarah Roberts

Sarah Roberts is Fundraiser and Climate Expert at the Global Call for Climate Action (GCCA). The GCCA boosts the effectiveness of diverse organizations whose missions can advance climate action. Together they are committed to help achieve a safe climate and improve public health, build stronger economies, and enhance quality of…

Friso Schuring

Friso Schuring is Program Manager Smart Charging at Liander. He will speak during the break-outsession E-mobility: Getting smart with data on Tuesday the 18th of June.

Roland Ferwerda

Roland Ferwerda is Director of the Netherlands Knowledge Platform for Charging Infrastructure (NKL), a foundation that aims to develop a sustainable business case for public charging. NKL focuses on the development and dissemination of best practices, standards and frameworks, and policy guidelines with all involved stakeholders. He coordinates the development…

Jaap Burger

Jaap Burger helps Amsterdam preparing for an all-electric future by ensuring an efficient rollout of charging infrastructure. One of the key elements is data-supported demand-driven expansion of the network, currently consisting of 4000 charging points and the pace of expansion is increasing. Smart integration with the energy grid and local…

Pieter Looijestijn

Pieter Looijestijn is the project manager charging infrastructure at MRA-Elektrisch, a cooperation of regional and local governments with the aim of stimulating electromobility. Since 2012 he has been one of the driving forces behind  a proven pragmatic approach in which knowledge and costs are shared and tangible results are key.…

Pieter van Ommeren

Pieter van Ommeren is director E-Mobility at Nuon/Vattenfall. He will speak during the break-outsession: E-mobility: Getting smart with data on Tuesday the 18th of June.

Jurjen Helmus

Jurjen Helmus (1980) works at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS/ HvA). He coordinates the minor Data Science (formerly called Big data in Urban Technology). In addition, he is conducting a PhD research at the University of Amsterdam, where he builds agent based simulation models for charge infrastructure electric…

Roel Vermeulen (NL)

Roel Vermeulen is hoogleraar Milieu-epidemiologie en Exposoom analyse aan de Universiteit Utrecht. Samen met Google werkt Roel vanuit de Universiteit Utrecht aan een Google Street View auto die de luchtkwaliteit meet. Hij zal spreken tijdens de Metropolitan Mobility Conference: Autoluwe Stad op woensdag 19 juni.

Erik de winter

Erik de Winter is co-founder of Cargoroo. Cargoroo offers shared electric cargo bikes in neighbourhoods of urban environments. Their shared e-cargo bikes are an essential ingredient to the mobility mix of tomorrow and are the solution to moving kids and cargo around town. By doing so they provide a fun, healthy, sustainable…

Adam Stones

Adam Stones is the communications chief, creative strategist and storyteller at BYCS. BYCS is an Amsterdam-based social enterprise driven by the belief that bicycles transform cities and cities transform the world. He will speak during the break-out session Bike & City on the 19th of June.

Andrew Ainsworth

Andrew Ainsworth is an architect and director of Coniglio Ainsworth Architects, in Australia. The award-winning firm is structured around an inclusive design process that draws upon the collective regional and international experience of its staff.

Dirk van Peijpe

Dirk is an urban designer and the founder of ‘De Urbanisten’, an office for Urban Design and Landscape Architecture. He will speak during the break-outsession Bike & City on the 19th of June.

Ria Hilhorst

Ria is an advisor for bike policy, at the Municipality of Amsterdam. She will speak during the break-outsession Bike & City on the 19th of June.

Mike Emmerik

Mike Emmerik is an urban designer and researcher based in Amsterdam. He’s an employee at the College of Government Advisors, andPartner at Crimson Historians and Urbanists. Furthermore, he’s the coordinator at the Independent School for the City, an international programme for post-graduate students in the field of design, planning, sociology etcetera.

Bart Reuser

Bart is an architect and one of the founding partners of the internationally operating, innovative NEXT Architects. He’s involved in several transformation projects. He’s also a teacher and researcher at the faculty Engineering of the TU Delft and the Architecture Academy in Amsterdam. He published the book Seoulutions, on transformations…

Heike van der Woerd (NL)

RoutiGo is het systeem dat routes plant, veranderingen dynamisch verwerkt en met je kanten communiceert. Op deze manier rijd je de meest efficiënte route met inzicht. Heike werkt aan het ontwikkelen van de communicatie van dit systeem. Hij zal spreken tijdens de break-outsessie Smart City Logistics op donderdag 20 juni.

Cathelijne Hermans (NL)

Cathelijne Hermans is the programmanager in City Logistics Policty at the municipality of Amsterdam. She will speak during the break-outsession Smart City Logistics on Thursday the 20th of June.

Susanne Balm (NL)

Since 2014, Susanne works at the Amsterdam University of Applied sciences. As the projectmanager E-mobility and City Logistics she’s responsible for different projects with subjects like electric trucks and construction logistics. Moreover, she works on making logistics in the direction of the AUAS more sustainable. Source: Amsterdam University of Applied…

Max Sevillia

Max Sevillia is the Director of External Affairs at the NYC Office of the Chief Technology Officer, where he directs the federal and national policy and partnership efforts. Mr. Sevillia leads the Cities Coalition for Digital Rights, a joint global municipal effort of about 30 cities and growing to uphold…

Luca Bertolini

Luca Bertolini is a professor of urban and regional planning, and director of the Centre for Urban Studies at University of Amsterdam. Besides his work, he is also a resident of the carfree neighborhood GWL terrein. Luca will speak during the break-outsession Car(e)free Cities on Wednesday the 19th of June.

Lukas Mohs

Lukas Mohs is nominated for the New Kids on the Block awards 2019. He is co-founder of RideBee, a Münich based carpool platform for companies. A company can join the platform and its employees can sign up with their university or company e-mail address. In this way, you can easily…

Sander Groet

Sander Groet is founder of the Mystery Land dance festival and later joined the entertainment and medium enterprise ID&T. He is also one of the founding partners of the A’DAM Toren, a spectecular landmark at the northside of the IJ.

Vivek Makhija

Head of E-mobility and Advanced Biofuels at Shell. Vivek Makhija will speak on 18 June at the Metropolitan Mobility Conference: Getting Around Smart.

Peter van Lonkhuyzen

Peter van Lonkhuyzen is a journalist, specializing in organisations, innovation and leadership. He's a member of the Central Council of Villages Rural Amsterdam North. He writes for several magazines and newspapers on management, organisation, innovation, technology and the psychology of the new way of organising.

Paola Viganò

Paola Viganò founded, together with Bernardo Secchi, Studio Paola Viganò. With her studio, based in Milan, she realized several price winning projects all over Europe. She's a speaker at the Urban Conference Designing Change on Wednesday, June 19.

Vivianne Bendermacher

Vivianne Bendermacher founded Technionista, a platform dedicated to empower women in technology. They offer workshops, retraining programs, job placement, and promote women in tech with marketing. She is a techexpert at the national television talkshow RTL Boulevard, and she writes for tech magazine Technisch Weekblad. She is founder of the…

Iris van der Helm (NL)

Iris van der Helm is ontwerper openbare ruimte bij de gemeente Amsterdam. Ze was in die rol onder andere verantwoordelijk voor het ontwerp van de Urban Sports Zone in de Sportheldenbuurt.

Servaz van Berkum

Since 2018, Servaz is programmed-maker Mobility & Technology at Pakhuis de Zwijger. He is an expert on mobility and a former member of the Provincial States of Noord-Holland. He will speak during the break-outsession Car(e)free Cities on Wednesday the 19th of June, about the participation project in the Frans Halsbuurt in…

Michiel Buchel

Michiel is the general director and chair of the board of NEMO since 2003. Under his leadership NEMO became the largest Science Center in the Netherlands. Michiel is convinced that the role and impact of science centers and museums will grow and he is committed to work on public engagement…

Daphne van Manen

Daphne van Manen is Team Lead Vox-klassen, a new school in the North of Amsterdam. Vox-klassen offers innovative education where students from all learning levels learn together. Next to working in children’s education she’s a trainer of Deep Democracy programs. Prior she co-founded the Hyperion Lyceum, was a teacher trainer,…

Cornelia Dinca

Cornelia is an engineer and urban planner focusing on urban transitions and land-use transport interactions for improved livability. She founded Sustainable Amsterdam to share Amsterdam and Dutch-based approaches and solutions for more sustainable, smart and livable cities. She is also the Delegations Lead for Amsterdam Smart City(ASC), working with international delegations…

Jorn Wemmenhove

Jorn is an urban change maker passionate about creating cities for all people. At the age of 20 he co-founded the non-profit El Desafío Foundation, promoting youth development and local democracy in Rosario, Argentina. He also co-founded Humankind; the agency for urban change working with cities, organisations and other change…

Floris van Elzakker

Floris van Elzakker is project manager for electric transport at the municipality of The Hague. He is responsible for the roll-out policy for the charging network in the Hague. This covers tasks lik deciding what type of charging points are required at which locations, as well as how many charging…

Peggy Bannenberg

Designer Peggy Bannenberg has transformed the craft of goldsmith into digital and affordable jewelry produced by a 3D printer. She sees the added value of 3D printing to make sure no material is thrown away: only where material is needed, it is printed. She works on demand, creating bracelets, ear rings and necklaces. Peggy also shares…

Willem Boverhof (NL)

Als Business Development Manager is Willem verantwoordelijk voor de ontwikkeling van (stads)logistieke oplossingen binnen het netwerk van Fietskoeriers.nl (33 steden). Samen met zijn collega’s van ict en operatie onderzoekt, ontwikkelt en brengt Willem nieuwe duurzame diensten op de fiets naar de praktijk. Willem zal spreken tijdens de break-outsessie Smart City Logistics…

Marije Raap

Marije Raap is projectleader at Grond & Ontwikkeling (land and development) at the Municipality of Amsterdam. During WeMakeThe.City she will elaborate land policies in the context of housing cooperatives during the sessions ‘Community-led housing models: the question of land‘ on Wednesday June the 19th.

Jori Spitz (NL)

Door middel van buurthubs wil Parcls de last mile groen en klantvriendelijk maken. Bij deze punten kunnen klanten ál hun pakketjes laten bezorgen (dus van alle vervoerders en alle webshops). Vervolgens kiest de klant of ze het komen ophalen of willen laten bezorgen. Bezorgen gebeurt natuurlijk op de fiets. Als…

Menno van der Veen

Co-founder of Tertium, specialized in (new types of) public participation in the fields of urban development, green economy, human rights and science. Menno will moderate the break-out session: CityLab, local action or international movement? on Wednesday June 19.

Diederik Fit (NL)

Diederik Fit is sinds 2014 programmamanager van Topscore Amsterdam. Deze gemeentelijke organisatie biedt middelbare scholieren de mogelijkheid om tijdens en na schooltijd via verschillende activiteiten kennis te maken met diverse sporten.

Mirka Janssen (NL)

Mirka Janssen is per 1 januari 2019 door het College van Bestuur van de HvA benoemd tot persoonlijk lector Bewegen In en Om School. Samen met collega-onderzoekers en studenten van het ALO doet Janssen al ruim vijf jaar onderzoek naar de motoriek van 5000 Amsterdamse schoolkinderen op dertig scholen. Uit…

Esther Bouw (NL)

Esther Bouw begon haar werkzame leven bij de televisie, waar ze achter de schermen werkte bij series als Baantjer en Westenwind. Uiteindelijk maakte ze de overstap naar het onderwijs en ging ze in 2006 voor Hogeschool InHolland werken. Ze is bij InHolland verbonden aan de opleiding Leisure & Events Management…

Diederik Imfeld (NL)

Diederik Imfeld werkt voor Green Business Club Zuidas onder andere aan mobiliteitsprojecten. De focus hierbij ligt op het verduurzamen van woon- werkverkeer en de goederenstromen naar Zuidasbedrijven toe. Verder organiseert hij evenementen zoals de Presentatie Duurzaamheidsverslag en de inzamelingsweek voor Voedselbank Amsterdam Zuid. Diederik spreekt bij de programma’s: Green Logistics…

Rob van Strien

Rob van Strien is advisor sustainability and health at the GGD Amsterdam. He will speak at the break-outsession Bike & City on the 19th of June.

Luud Schimmelpennink

In 1967, Luud Schimmelpennink became a member of the City Council in Amsterdam. He wanted to make available 2000 collective bikes, to reduce cars in the city, and with that to reduce the air pollution and parking problems. After this idea was turned down by the City Council, he worked…

Justin Hyatt

Justin Hyatt is Urban Strategic Planner and is currently active in the Carfree association. Justin will speak at the break-outsession Car(e)free Cities on Wednesday the 19th of June.

J.H. Crawford

Joel Crawford has written several books on the topic of a Carefree city. Educated at Johns Hopkins University and Boston University. He was born and raised in the USA, became Dutch in the 1990s, and now lives in Bhaktapur, Nepal. He has been obsessed with architecture and transport issues all his life.…

Stephanie Geertman

Stephanie Geertman is researcher Sustainable Urbanism at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. She aims to understand the relation between spatial urban transformation and the well-being of citizens. She will speak at the conference Autoluwe Stad, the break-outsession Bike & City on the 19th of June and the break-outsession Challenges for Mobility as a Service…

Folkert Lodewijks (NL)

Folkert is programmer & project manager bij BYCS. Hij is gemotiveerd op het verbeteren van de leefbaarheid van steden. Vanuit BYCS promoot hij de fietscultuur wereldwijd. Hij spreekt bij het programma Autoluwe Stad op 19 juni 2019 en de break-outsessie Smart City Logistics op 20 juni.

Robert-Jan ter Kuile

Robert-Jan ter Kuile is Strategy Manager at GVB. He will speak at the Metropolitan Mobility Conference Getting Around Smart on Tuesday the 18th of June.

Wiecher Troost

Wiecher Troost (Amsterdam) is co-founder and organizer of Appelsap. The Amsterdam based musical festival, founded in 2000 once started as a block jam in the Oosterpark to represent hip-hop culture in the city. At that time, hip-hop was still a niche. Meanwhile, both the festival and the hip-hop culture are…

Roelof Kruize (NL)

Roelof Kruize (Amsterdam) is Directeur van Waternet en regionaal waterschap Amstel, Gooi en Vecht (AGV). Hij zal spreken tijdens Kadir van Lohuizen: Rising Tide, Urban Resilience op donderdag 20 juni.

Marie Morel (NL)

Als onderzoeker Urban Management van de HvA is Marie Morel verbonden aan het lectoraat Coördinatie Grootstedelijke Vraagstukken daarnaast heeft zij een tijdelijke aanstelling als docent Inleiding Sociologie. Op dit moment werk Marie aan een project in Nieuw West waarin wordt onderzocht welke informatiebehoefte bestaat onder professionals en hoe een ‘dashboard’…

Maaike Nicolai-Geerling (NL)

Maaike Nicolai-Geerlingis manager fietsparkeren en de openbare ruimte bij het team fiets van de gemeente Amsterdam. Zij zal spreken tijdens de Metropolitan Mobility Conference #2: Autoluwe Stad, over hoe zij Amsterdammers betrekt bij de discussie rondom fietsparkeren en de openbare ruimte.

Leontien Peeters

Leontien is a creative leader with over 15 years of experience in network building, public-private partnerships, strategic positioning and systems change. She holds a master’s degree in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam.  Before joining the Foundation in April 2010, she founded the international project Youth Employment Spark and…

Patrin Watanatada

Patrin joined the Bernard van Leer Foundation in 2015 to help set up the Knowledge for Policy team to track, develop and share global knowledge and solutions for young children. She has 15 years of experience in strategy consulting, social change communications and investor relations, with a focus on the…

Karen Den Hertog

 As cluster manager, Karen is responsible for the’ curative ‘ part of the Amsterdam Healthy Weight Programme, including the activities for the youngest children (-10 month to 2 years). Over the past 10 years Karen has been involved as project and programme leader of various programmes for the municipality. The…

Signe Jungersted

Signe Jungersted has been at the forefront of Wonderful Copenhagen’s major transformation in approaching tourism development over the past 4 years. She was lead designer and author of the destination’s 2020-strategy, which declared the end of tourism as we know it and set a new course towards tourism management and…

Alan Safran

Alan Safran is the Co-Founder, President and Chair of the Board of SAGA Innovations, a nonprofit, charitable organization founded in Boston Massachusetts in 2014 with an international mission to support urban public school students through personalized instruction embedded in the regular school day.  SAGA currently serves approximately 2500 students a…

Willie van den Broek

Willie’s role is to explore typical metropolitan agrifood related challenges, prioritized by the city of Amsterdam, to create partnerships to initiate long-term solutions for all citizens. The city advocates excellent, but pragmatic, technological solutions where stakeholders co-create in experimental settings and exploit the dynamics and creativity of the city. Willie…

Tijs Roelofs

Tijs Roelofs has been a part of the City of Amsterdam CTO-office since 2014. First as a program manager urban innovation, later as head of innovation programs. His primary focus is on urban innovation and smart mobility. But also responsible for the innovation programs for the city of Amsterdam Circular…

Stephan Slingerland

Stephan Slingerland is senior associate at Trinomics. This is an economic consultancy that aims at making a difference in the fields of Energy and Environment in the Netherlands, Europe and Worldwide. The company does so by using its expert knowledge in the fields of economics and various other sciences in an…

Peter Blösl

Peter has been with UPS since 1989 and was promoted to management 1990. Ever since he worked in different positions (operation, industrial engineering, safety) with various tasks. Later on he became center manager in different cities in Bavaria. For the last couple of years he managed the UPS centers in Munich. Besides, he…

Katelijne Boerma

Katelijne Boerma is opleidingsmanager en docent bij de HVA-opleiding Sport Management & Ondernemen en International Sport Management & Business. Sinds 2017 vervult ze ook nog de vrijwillige functie van fietsburgemeester. Haar belangrijkste doel in die rol: in en buiten Amsterdam zoveel mogelijk mensen aan het fietsen krijgen.

Marleen Stikker

As the ‘mayor’ of the Digital City Marleen Stikker developed the first free entrance to and virtual community on the internet, in 1993. In 1994 she co-founded Waag, a research institute for creative technology and social innovation. Waag focuses on public research in which society is the research field. A…

Robert van den Hoed

Robert van den Hoed is Professor Energy and Innovation within the Urban Technology Research programme at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS). His research is focused on the role of electric mobility in future energy systems, particularly on (i) the requirements of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles, (ii) the…

Jan Capelle

Jan Cappelle is professor of electrical energy technology at the KU Leuven Technology Campus Ghent. With his 15-person E&A research team, he has been conducting research on autonomous energy systems, energy management and (light) electric vehicles since 2008. He initiated various national and international research projects in the theme of…

Berno Strootman

Landscape architect Berno Strootman is the Government Advisor for the Physical Living Environment. He advises on spatial programmes and projects by the Government and other parties affecting the future of the (cultural) landscape and the waterworks. He is a speaker at the Metropolitan Conference Intens; the future of the MRA landscape on Wednesday, 19 June.

Youssef El Bouhassani

Youssef has an Msc in Aerospace Engineering from the TU Delft. He graduated from the Delft University of Technology with specialisation in Aerospace Control Systems. After his graduation he became a member of the Nationale DenkTank in 2014 on Big Data. As a spin-off of his work during the Nationale…

Simone Maase

Simone Maase is project manager and research associate at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS), part of the Urban Technology research program. Research topics include the transition towards electric mobility, datamanagement, and data privacy issues. Since 2014 she manages the “monitoring public EV infrastructure” and the “IDO-laad” research projects…

Rick Wolbertus

Rick Wolbertus is a researcher and PhD candidate in the field of electric mobility at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS) and Delft University of Technology. He studies charging behaviour of electric vehicles and the relation between charging infrastructure and electric vehicle adoption. (Source: Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences)

Eva de Klerk

Eva de Klerk has the north of Amsterdam in her DNA. In the beginning of this millenium she gave, with the help of others, a new life to the NDSM-Werf, by then a desolated terrain in Amsterdam-North, and now one of the cultural hotspots of the city. Since 2017 she…

Claudio Milano

Claudio Milano is a social anthropologist with a background in economics. He works as a researcher and lecturer at the Ostelea School of Tourism & Hospitality in Barcelona. He is one of the writers of the book Overtourism: Excesses, Discontents and Measures in Travel and Tourism.

Sito Veracruz

Sito Veracruz was born in Spain and lives in Amsterdam since 2012. He is one off the founders of Fairbnb. This vacation rental platform, that soon will be launched, gives back 50% of its revenues to support local community projects of the bookers choice such as social housing for residents,…

Roos Gerritsma

Roos Gerritsma is one of the founding members of the Urban Leisure & Tourism Lab in Amsterdam-North. This lab, founded in 2015, has the aim to create a more sustainable and inclusive city.

Yvonne Brandwijk

Yvonne Brandwijk is a photographer, filmmaker, and founder of storytelling agency Laika Productions. For her project Future Cities, she has traveled for five years to emerging cities to discover what is happening in these rapidly growing urban areas. During the festival WeMakeThe.City the exhibition Future Cities opens in the public…

Ton Schaap

After graduating at the academy of architecture in 1983 Ton Schaap started his working career at the Amsterdam city planning department Dienst Ruimtelijke Ordening (DRO). A place he never left, at the moment he is senior urbanist at the department. Schaap was involved in several esteemed designs in Amsterdam, such…

Ellen Jacobs (NL)

Ellen Jacobs is Hoofd Businessadvies en Communicatie bij UWV Werkbedrijf, het onderdeel van de uitvoeringsorganisatie dat zich bezig houdt met arbeidsbemiddeling en re-integratie. Ze is verantwoordelijk voor de beleidsverkenning, beleidsontwikkeling, de interne en externe communicatie. Eerder werkte ze onder meer als Senior projectmanager en Directeur bij MKB-Nederland en als Adviseur bij…

Jorgen Tjon A Fong

Jörgen Tjon A Fong is a Dutch actor and theater maker. After the Theaterschool of the Amsterdam School of the Arts, he made a proposal to the Amsterdam City Theater to produce and direct a number of programs aimed at attracting a new audience. In addition to making and producing…

Haddis Alemayehu

Haddis Alemayehu is a musician from Addis Ababa, one of the fastest growing cities in Africa. He plays western hits on a traditional 3500-year-old instrument and plays with stars like Mulatu Astatke and Teddy Afro. Haddis is one of the protagonists in the exhibition Future Cities. On Friday, June 21…

Louison Mbeya

Louison Mbeya is a fashion designer from the ‘Paris of Africa’: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. He dresses Congo’s celebrities and believes that his city offers opportunities to artists. Louison is one of the protagonists in the exhibition Future Cities. On Friday, June 21 he will participate in the Future…

Yocelyn Paz Delgado

Yocelyn Paz Delgado lives in one of the most dangerous slums in Lima, Peru. She studied at the social cooking school Pachacútec set up by top chef Gastón Acurio who believes that Peru’s gastro boom should offer opportunities for all. Yocelyn is one of the protagonists in the exhibition Future…

Babah Tarawally

Babah Tarawally philosopher, writer, and journalist and a former refugee from Sierra Leone. Hij wrote the book Caught in Black And White Thinking, about his experiences as an asylum seeker in the Netherlands. He’s a speaker at the Urban Talk Loving Cities on Thursday, June 20.

Rogier Havelaar

Rogier Havelaar is general manager of City Logistics at PostNL and has been working on issues in the field of strategy, process, technology and behavior since 2010. In recent years, he has been involved in various initiatives in the field of Smart City concepts. In his position as Director City…

Alice Elliott

Alice Elliott works in the Shell Netherlands Energy Transition team to help the company and the country thrive on the way to a lower-carbon society. She has been with Shell since year 2000 in various roles relating to hydrogen and energy efficiency. She is a keynote speaker on the role…

Marije van Gent (NL)

Marije van Gent is van origine socioloog en heeft veel ervaring met het verrichten van toegepast onderzoek. De afgelopen acht jaar was zij werkzaam als senior onderzoeker bij Stichting NCDO, waar zij zich verdiepte in duurzaamheid en duurzaam gedrag. Als kwartiermaker bij het lectoraat Psychologie voor een Duurzame Stad ontwikkelt…

Jeftha Pattikawa

Jeftha Pattikawa (Amsterdam) is a filmmaker, writer and project leader for Inclusion at the National Archive. In his work he deals with inclusiveness and accessibility; how do we ensure that groups in society with different backgrounds have access to their hidden stories that are located in museums, archives and heritage…

Arjan van Timmeren

Van Timmeren is a professor at Delft University of Technology and Scientific Director of the joint initiative ‘AMS Institute’ (Institute for ‘Advanced Metropolitan Solutions’) by TUD (Delft), MIT (Boston) and WUR (Wageningen). He's a speaker at the Urban Conference Up Close and Liveable on Wednesday, June 18.

Bowen Paulle

Paulle is presently principal investigator of several projects researching the inner workings and measurable effects of potentially scalable interventions meant to dramatically improve the educational and life outcomes of deeply disadvantaged students (and their families). He's a speaker at the Urban Conference Up Close and Liveable on Wednesday, June 19. 

Do Janne Vermeulen (NL)

Do Janne Vermeulen studied at the Bartlett School of Architecture and started her working career in the same city as where she graduated: London, at Rick Mather Architects. In 2013, eight years after her return to the Netherlands, she became one of the co-founders of Team V Architecture. She is,…

Pierre van Rossum

Pierre van Rossum is the director of the City Development Department of the City of Amsterdam. He has worked for more than thirty years for the city, on a range of projects. As a project manager he was in charge of the development of Mahler 4, WTC and Gershwin on…

Heiko Tit

As Hydrogen DVP Lead, Heiko Tit is responsible within Shell New Energies for the global commercial roll-out and sales of the Hydrogen Dealer Value Proposition (DVP), a package that constitutes both the technology of a Hydrogen Refueling Station, as well the supporting realization services. Before that, he worked in several…

Gerwin Hop

Gerwin Hop is owner of OverMorgen. If we want our cities to remain liveable and accessible, the way in which we travel from A to B must become cleaner and quite different. Technological innovations such as electric transport, smart charging facilities, mobility as a service and autonomous transport are the…

Max Hirsh

Max Hirsh (PhD, Harvard) is a Professor at the University of Hong Kong and CEO of Urban Experts. A leading expert on airports and urban development, his research and consultancy services focus on passenger behavior, non-aeronautical revenue, landside real estate, and airport-led urban development. Max is the developer of Airport…

Ger Baron

Ger Baron is the first Chief Technology Officer of the Municipality of Amsterdam. This means Baron is responsible for the innovation in this city. In other words; Baron has to make sure that new technologies will be used in a smart way to find solutions for problems in the city.…

Femke Brenninkmeijer (NL)

Femke Brenninkmeijer is directeur Energie, Cargo & Offshore bij de haven van Amsterdam, daar is zij verantwoordelijk voor de onder meer de ontwikkeling van nieuwe schipping-lanes en transitie management. Ze spreekt donderdag 20 juni op de Metropolitan Conference Green Logistics.

Sandi Hilal

Architect and urban planner Sandi Hilal focuses on urban sociology and planning. She will share her story during the Opening Night on 17 June, Architecture of Hope and Temporariness x Temporality on 18 June.

Robbert Berkhout (NL)

Robbert Berkhout is wethouder Duurzaamheid, Economie en Mobiliteit in de gemeente Haarlem. Daarnaast verantwoordelijk wethouder voor de Metropool Regio Amsterdam en gebiedswethouder voor de Waarderpolder. Tijdens ‘Autoluwe Stad’ spreekt Robbert over de kansen voor een autoluwe Haarlemse binnenstad.

Dominik Lypp

Dominik Lypp is head of department Mobility Planning at Landratsambt München. He has experiences in sustainable urban mobility, intermodal mobility, and e-mobility.

Foteini Setaki

Foteini Setaki is an architect and co-founder of research & design studio THE NEW RAW. The company works towards closing material cycles and strengthening local production using an open and scale-less approach that is based on material research, digital design, and fabrication. She's a speaker at the Breakfast Session of DDMP Emerging Talents on Thursday, June 20. 

Sven Löffler

Sven Löffler from Berlin is Business Development Executive, IoT & Data Economy at T-systems. He’s responsible for the identification and development of data analytics and data-driven solutions. Before this he worked at IBM. He speaks at the Metropolitan Conference Getting Around Smart, on Tuesday the 18th of June.

Alexander Wissnet

Alexander Wissnet from Cologne is Big Deal Manager at T-systems. Before he worked for Phillips as Alliance Manager. Alexander speaks Japanese and also published a book about robots in the life of Japanese people. Alexander will speak during the Metropolitan Conference Getting Around Smart, on Tuesday the 18th of June.…

Koen Terra

Koen Terra is a consultant at GriDD, a design agency specialized in customer experience design, storytelling and digital strategy. He speaks at the Metropolitan Conference Getting Around Smart, on Tuesday the 18th of June. During his study Industrial Design at TU Delft, he focused mainly on visualizing ideas and concepts. This…

Henk van Raan

Henk is Board Member of the Johan Cruijff ArenA and specialises in facility and project management, preparation of project plans, maintenance concepts, and planning. He manages the sustainability programme which results in a carbon-neutral stadium in 2015. He's a speaker at the Metropolitan Conference Getting Around Smart on Tuesday, June 18. 

Debbie Dekkers (NL)

Debbie Dekkers is projectmanager bij het innovatieteam van het CTO-office van de gemeente Amsterdam. Zij houdt zich bezig met smart mobility en is een van de initiatiefnemers van de MaaS-pilot Reisproef. Hiervoor werkte zij voor de gemeente Hollandse Kroon. Debbie spreekt tijdens de conferentie ‘Autoluwe Stad’.

Koen van ‘t Hof

Koen werkt bij de Gemeente Amsterdam aan het fietsklimaat in de stad. Hij bedenkt slimme oplossingen waarmee Amsterdamse fietsers worden uitgenodigd om zelf bij te dragen aan een prettige fietservaring voor iedereen. Hij spreekt woensdag 19 juni op de Metropolitan Conference Autoluwe Stad.  Vanuit zijn ervaring als docent gedragsverandering aan de…

Han Dijk (NL)

Han Dijk was in 2006 oprichtend partner van strategie- en ontwerpbureau Posad, dat in 2018 verder ging als Posad Maxwan. Hij heeft veel ervaring met grote, complexe opgaven met grote groepen stakeholders en een van zijn speerpunten is gezonde verstedelijking. Hij spreekt woensdag 19 juni op de Metropolitan Conference Autoluwe…

Piet Fortuin (NL)

Piet Fortuin is voorzitter van de vakbond CNV Vakmensen. Hij leidt voor de vakbond het project Je Achterban, een community voor vakmensen om te zorgen dat er meer transparantie komt bij onderhandelingen. Hij spreekt dinsdag 18 juni op de Metropolitan Conference Werk in uitvoering.  De christelijke vakbond, met 160.000 leden…

Karen van der Moolen

As a social engineer and strategic do-er Karen is attracted to challenges that do not have one predetermined path or outcome, yet. Her focus is on creating dynamics and systems that have a transformative impact.

Liz Corbin

Liz Corbin is a materials designer and researcher with a track record of leading academic and commercial projects, living in Amsterdam and London. Her research expertise lies within materials design, open design, systems thinking, redistributed manufacturing and digital technologies. Her professional background encompasses commercial practice, academic research, teaching, and strategic…

Regula Lüscher

Swiss Regula Lüscher worked the first part of her career as an architect in mostly Zürich. In 2007 she left her homecountry and moved to Berlin to head the planning and building department of the German capital. At the moment she is in her third term as Senatsbaudirektorin.

Floris Alkemade

As Chief Government Architect of the Netherlands, Floris Alkemade is responsible for the architectural quality of our government buildings. He also advises the government on architecture, urban design, and landscape. Floris van Alkemade is a speaker at the Urban Conference Architecture of Hope on Tuesday, June 18.

Jeff Wezel

ENDAN is a social sustainable start-up for the energy transition. We have a strong vision and provide knowledge, innovation, and network to make sustainable initiatives a reality. Their goal: Create a hydrogen economy that is; scalable, sustainable, fair and emission-free.

Jeanet van Antwerpen (NL)

Jeanet is sinds mei 2015 directeur van Schiphol Area Development Company, dat een actieve rol wil spelen in de transitie naar een circulaire economie. Daarnaast is zij namens SADC voorzitter Tafel Ruimte & Infra, Amsterdam Logistics Board en lid stuurgroep Mobiliteit van het Amsterdam Economic Board. Als voorzitter van de…

Clemens Baumgärtner

Since December 2018 Clemens Baumgärtner is the new alderman for Economics and Traffic in the city of Munchen.

Maaike van der Windt (NL)

Maaike van der Windt is directeur Aviation Marketing, Cargo and Customer Experience bij Schiphol Group. Eerder werkte zij voor Brisbane Airport Corporation als Aviation Business Development Manager,

Paul Riemens

Paul Riemens is vanaf 2016 de CEO van RAI Amsterdam. Eerder was hij, van 2008 to 2016 CEO bij de Luchtverkeersleiding Nederland.

Adriaan Geuze

After receiving his masters degree at the agricultural university of Wageningen Adriaan Geuze became a leading voice in his field. He was one of the founders of West 8, a office for urban design and landscape architecture. With West 8, Adriaan Geuze won various awards for their designs. Among those…

Eric Firley

Eric Firley was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, and has the German/French nationality. In his early career he worked as a urban designer in France and the United Kingdom. Since 2011 he is working at  the University of Miami School of Architecture. Besides his job as professor he writes books, his…

Owner & director 12N Urban Matters is a studio that seeks out connection – connection between a man and a building, between the future, past and present; between nature and concrete; between economic and social purpose. 12N provides vision, strategy and means of putting such connections into practice.

Henri de Groot (NL)

Henri de Groot is hoogleraar Regionale Economische Dynamiek aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Hij is tevens verbonden aan Ecorys (Rotterdam) en is fellow van het Tinbergen Instituut. Hij studeerde economie (cum laude) aan de Universiteit van Tilburg en promoveerde daar in 1998. Zijn onderzoeksinteresses omvatten regionale economische ontwikkeling, de empirie…

Jan Benthem (NL)

Jan Benthem graduated as an engineer and founded the office Benthem Crouwel Architects in Amsterdam together with Mels Crouwel. Furthermore, he is a member of the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects and an honorary member of the Association of German Architects. Jan Benthem has given public lectures in the Netherlands…

Ben van Berkel (NL)

Ben van Berkel is an architect, co-founder of UNStudio (United Net) and founder of the Van Berkel & Bos Architectuurbureau and UNSense, an Arch Tech company based in Amsterdam that designs and integrates human-centric tech solutions for the built environment.

Ewout Versloot

Ewout Versloot is strategic Advisor at Rotterdam Partners.

Peter Ulle (NL)

Peter Ulle is senior ontwerper van de gemeente Amsterdam. Hij is als ontwerper betrokken bij de buurtparticipatie rondom de herinrichting van de Frans Halsbuurt in Amsterdam.

Franka Rolvink Couzy

Franka Rolvink Couzy originally is a journalist. Since 2017 she works as Head Sector Research at the ABN AMRO Bank. She researches themes like ‘City as a Service’, staff shortages and how Dutch residents dead with climate change. She speaks at the Metropolitan Conference Getting Around Smart on Tuesday the…

Willem van Heijningen (NL)

Willem van Heijningen is Ambtelijk opdrachtgever bij RvE Verkeer & Openbare Ruimte van de Gemeente Amsterdam. Van Heijningen is een verbinder van mensen organisaties en ideeën in complexe en strategische vraagstukken met betrekking tot de herrontwikkeling van stedelijk gebied.

Dick van Damme (NL)

Dick van Damme promoveerde in 2000 aan de Technische Universiteit Eindhoven op het proefschrift ‘Distributielogistiek & Financiële informatie’. Sinds september 2003 is hij lector Logistiek aan de Hogeschool van Amsterdam en adviseur Supply Chain Management bij Capgemini. Damme heeft een reeks aan publicaties op zijn naam staan.

Kees Noorman (NL)

Kees Noorman is directeur van Ondernemersorganisatie ORAM. Hij houdt zich bezig met de betrokkenheid van ondernemers bij de vormgeving van Amsterdam en een daadkrachtig bestuur in de Metropoolregio. Daarnaast is hij lid van diverse commissies waaronder Scheepsbewegingen Noordzeekanaal en hij is ambassadeur van NEMO. Eerder was hij Managing director van…

Lorenzo Lipparini

Lorenzo Lipparini is alderman for Participation, Active Citizenship and Open Data in Milan. Milan currently functions as a national example; the municipality invests, seeks connections and experiments with questions regarding the future of the city. As secretary for the Association “Enzo Tortora – Radicali Milan” (a political initiative that aims…

Mayor Femke Halsema

Mayor Femke Halsema announces 'State of the Region' and opens the second edition of WeMakeThe.City on Monday 17 June at Theatre Amsterdam. This year we focus on better cities from, for and created by everyone in it.