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.

KIRSI SIMOLA-LAAKSONEN

CIO I CITYCON (FI)

Bio coming soon.

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.

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.

ÓLÖF ÖRVARSDÓTTIR

DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING | CITY OF REYKJAVIK (IS)

Bio coming soon.

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.

VICTORIA BURROWS

Director of Advancing Net Zero

World Green Building Council

EDVARD LUNDBERG

Chrome Enterprise

Nordics Lead  |  Google

KARI PUDAS

Technical Director

City of Helsinki

TAKEHIKO NAGUMO

Executive Director

Smart City Insitute Japan

TARJA LAINE

Director of Urban Planning

City of Vantaa

ISMO ULVILA

Head of Communication

European Commission

ANDERS SLOTH NIELSEN

Head of Smart City

Copenhagen Capacity

MARCUS HORNING

Director for City Planning Office

City of Malmö

HANNA UUSITALO

Environmental Director

KONE

TOOMAS TÜRK

Head of Future City

City of Tallinn

NATHAN PIERCE

Head of the Smart London Team

Greater London Authority

JAN MATTSSON

Head of Specifier Channel

Schneider Electric