FUTURE-PROOF CITIES & BUILDINGS

SMART AND CONNECTED SPACES

BUILDING MODERN LIVING

NINA RAHKOLA

JOURNALIST, TV-HOST

Nina Rahkola is a documentarist and journalist who has been hosting several current affairs shows in Finnish television. She has received awards for her documentary projects where she meets people around the world, including Iraq and The United States. Rahkola is known for intensive yet humane interviews with the politicians and Finnish celebrities from different walks of life.

RICK COTTON

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR I PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY (US)

Rick Cotton became Executive Director of The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in August 2017. Prior to joining the Port Authority, Mr. Cotton served as Governor Andrew Cuomo's Special Counsellor for Interagency Initiatives, serving as the point person for most of the Governor's major downstate infrastructure priorities. Mr. Cotton joined the Cuomo administration following 25 years at NBC Universal, where he held several positions, including 20 years as EVP and General Counsel and four years as President and Managing Director of CNBC Europe. He has served in senior advisory roles at the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare and the U.S. Department of Energy. Mr. Cotton is a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, and he served as a law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. on the U.S. Supreme Court.

ANDREW PHIPPS

GLOBAL HEAD OF ESG INSIGHT & GLOBAL FUTURIST I CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD (UK)

Andrew leads our global, research and marcomms focus on the critical topic of sustainability. Sustainability is both a professional and personal passion and he has an absolute commitment to making a positive impact in the way we operate as a global business of scale. Andrew is studying for a Masters in Sustainability and Behaviour Change to ensure his knowledge remains current and his desire to be a lifelong learner is one of his driving forces.

KIRSI SIMOLA-LAAKSONEN

CIO I CITYCON (FI)

Kirsi serves as Chief Information Officer at Citycon, the leading owner, manager and developer of mixed-use centers for urban living in the Nordics and Baltics. Today she leads the business technology, sustainability and business processes improvement and operations development teams. She is a passionate leading-by-data enthusiast, being well at work advocate and gets excited when talking about sustainable property management and development. Kirsi has +10 years of experience in the real estate industry and has also worked in the big4 professional accounting and consulting services network for almost a decade.

SAM ADDISON

HEAD OF ENTERPRISE PROJECT MANAGEMENT | OCCUPIER SERVICES EMEA I COLLIERS (UK)

Working across Colliers’ rapidly growing platform of 470 project managers throughout EMEA, Addison oversees client service delivery, drive best practices, digitise project delivery and ensure cross border consistency on behalf of Colliers’ Project Management clients. Addison has enjoyed working in the Construction and Real Estate sector for 30 years. Her career highlights include the delivery of Microsoft’s HQ in the UK, setting up the EMEA PMO for Shell's capital projects, and the completion of the Institute of Physic’s new highly sustainable HQ. Sam is a leading member of Colliers EMEA ESG SteerCo responsible for delivering Colliers’ strategy, including measurable targets to ensure ESG remains at the forefront of how Colliers do business.

SACHA STOLP

DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION, DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING I CITY OF AMSTERDAM (NL)

Sacha Stolp is the Director of Innovation for Future-Proof Assets for the City of Amsterdam. As Director of Innovation it is her task to prepare the existing city and her assignment to the consequences of climate change, energy and raw material transition and the on-going development of smart city. Innovations like Smartroof 2.0, Photosyntesis and CitySports are some of several pilot projects realized in collaboration with knowledge institutions and the business community.  Sacha studied economics at the University of Amsterdam.

Jussi Maaniitty

Head of Innovation and Technology I NOKIA ARENA (FI)

Jussi has been part of Nokia Arena development from 2020. His responsibility includes Nokia Arena innovation, technology and digital services. One of the key responsibilities has been the optimization of the arena operations using IOT and data. Prior to Nokia Arena role Jussi has worked in key roles in leading digital businesses and designing customer journeys, especially related to Media and Mobility. Jussi has an MSc degree in Interactive Technology and BSc in Programming.

ALEXANDER LANG

DIRECTOR, CLIMATE-NEUTRAL AND SMART CITY I CITY OF MUNCHEN (DE)

Active in the field of urban development and planning for over 25 years. His responsibilities include project management for the largest municipal housing development program in Germany, "Wohnen in München VII" (Living in Munich VII), the preparation and updating of the city-wide integrated energy use plan for Munich, and the management of the city-wide "Integriertes Handlungsprogramm Smart City" (Integrated Action Program Smart City). In addition, as head of the department, he is responsible for national and international cooperation projects in the fields of climate protection, urban energy planning and smart city.

JAN BOSTRÖM

HEAD OF SUSTAINABILITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT I SundaHus (SE)

Jan has been working with digital solutions to reduce the construction sector’s environmental impact since 1998. He is the original technical architect of SundaHus Material Data, a Swedish market leading service for environmentally conscious material choices that is also laying the foundation for a circular built environment. He has been deeply involved in the EU funded BAMB (Buildings as Material Banks) project and now serves as Head of Sustainability Business Development at SundaHus’ and SokoPro’s parent company iBinder Group.

Niklas Weckström

System Architect

Schneider Electric