Competitive Cities Conference: Attracting Talent, Investment and Business Friday 15th May 2015, Hotel Intercontinental Emilii Plater 49, 00-125 Warszawa, Poland Programme Conference Moderator Prof. Greg Clark, Senior ULI Visiting Fellow 09:00 Welcome Michał Olszewski, Deputy Mayor, City of Warsaw 09:15 Opening Keynote “Cities and Competitiveness” Rosemary Feenan Head of Global Research JLL, Trustee of ULI and Chair of the European Policy and Practice Committee Session 1 10:00 Key ingredients in Competitive Cities Planning, Urban Design & Vision - Valentino Castellani, former mayor of Turin Infrastructure & Connectivity - Brian Field, senior economist, European Investment Bank Higher Education, Skills & Innovation - Mike Emmerich, CEO, New Economy Manchester City Branding & Internationalisation - Mateu Hernández Maluquer, CEO, Barcelona Global Leadership, Partnership & Organisation - Debra Mountford, OECD 11:15 Coffee Break 11:45 Panel discussion with the keynote speaker and panelists 13:00 Lunch Session 2 14:00 Panel of Polish cities and regions, talking about competitiveness Representatives from: Gdynia, Kraków, Łódź, Pomerania, Poznań, Warsaw, Wrocław. 15:15 Coffee Break 15:30 Property Sector leaders’ panel, discussing “Vision vs. Reality”  Jeroen van der Toolen, Managing Director CEE, Ghelamco Poland  Katarzyna Zawodna, Managing Director Poland, Skanska Property Poland  Leszek Sikora, Managing Director, ECE Poland  Robert Mandżunowski, CEO, LHI Poland  Jacek Levernes, President, ABSL and EMEA board member Hewlett Packard  John Bańka, Partner, Colliers International  Joseph Danko, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Urban Programmes, CH2M Hill 16:45 Closing keynote “How my city became competitive” Jordi Hereu, former mayor of Barcelona 17:15 Q & A with closing keynote speaker 17:25 Closing comments from moderator and ULI Poland