Conference Agenda
Connected Urban Development Global Conference 2008
23 - 24 September
Passenger Terminal, Amsterdam
Piet Heinkade 27
1019 BR Amsterdam
The Netherlands
Day One - September 23
0730 – 0850 Registrations & Coffee
Opening Session
Opening remarks by moderators - Nicola Villa, Global Director, Connected Urban Development,
Cisco, and Ronald Prins, Director, Department of Environment and Construction, City of
Amsterdam
Opening Address by Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen
Opening Address by Chris Dedicoat, President Cisco Europe
Video Message, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
Opening Keynote Session: From the Latest Evidence on Climate Change, to ICT as a Lead
Enabler of a Connected and Sustainable Urban Environment
Professor Alan Rodger, Director, Head of Science Programs, British Antarctic Survey
Professor Bill St. Arnaud, Chief Research Officer, CANARIE, Canada
Q&A
Coffee Break
Connectivity for Sustainability: on Smart Transport Solutions
Sang Bum Kim, Assistant Mayor (Seoul), Head of City Transport Bureau – On Connected and
Sustainable Transport
Q&A

Connected & Sustainable Work: Launch of the Amsterdam CUD Smart Work Center
Introductions by Bas Boorsma, Head CUD (Amsterdam) and session moderator
Marijke Vos, Alderwoman for Environment, City of Amsterdam – Tomorrow’s Way of Working in
Amsterdam Today
Public Launch of the first Smart Work Center (live link up with SWC location in Almere; Launch by
Annemarie Jorritsma and Job Cohen)
1300 – 1400 Conference Luncheon
Plenary Session: The Future of Urban Design
Peter Head, Director, ARUP
Professor Michael Braungart, Author of Cradle-to-Cradle
Break
Thematic Sessions (Parallel)
1600 – 1730 Thematic Break-outs: Connected Urban Development Innovations
Connected and Sustainable Work
Connected and Sustainable Mobility
Green ICT
Sustainable Energy in Connected Urban Environments
Connected and Sustainable Buildings and distributed Urban Design
Strategic Role of Carbon Markets : Implications and Responses
1730 End of Day One of Conference Proceedings

Day Two – September 24
0800 – 0900 Registrations & Coffee
Introductory Remarks by plenary session moderator Hans Tijl, Deputy Director, Economic
Development Agency (OGA), City of Amsterdam
Opening Keynote Address of Day 2: Vision for the Sustainable City of Tomorrow
António Costa, Mayor of Lisbon
21st Century Urban Infrastructures as Rudiment to a Sustainable and Successful Society
Viviane Reding, Commissioner for Information Society and Media, European Commission (Video
Message)
Benoit Felten, Senior Analyst, Yankee Group
J.D. Stanley, Director, IBSG Public Sector, Cisco
Q&A
Break
Thematic Sessions (Parallel)
Thematic Break-outs: A Vision for the Future - Thought-leadership for Sustainability
Connected and Sustainable Work
Connected and Sustainable Mobility
Green ICT
Sustainable Energy in Connected Urban Environments
Connected and Sustainable Buildings and a larger distributed Urban Design
1245 – 1415 Boat Luncheon
Connectivity for Sustainability: on Smart Urban Design and the Eco-Map
Dr Stephan Winters, Secretary of State for Urban Development, City of Hamburg – Connecting with
the Future: A Greener Hamburg
Jared Blumenfeld, Director, Department of Environment, City & County of San Francisco

Closing Session: Visions for a Connected and Sustainable Urban Future
Professor Carlota Perez, Universities of Cambridge, Sussex and Tallinn
Simon Willis, Vice President, IBSG, Cisco
Closing Comments by Nicola Villa, Global Director, Connected Urban Development, Cisco
1730 End of Day Two and End of Conference