Welcome by Tjeerd Herrema, elderman of Spatial Affairs, Housing and Neighbourhoods, Almere
Introduction: Ambitions for New Cities of the Near Future by Michelle Provoost, director of INTI
Voices from the world: New Towns Challenges and Opportunities
Curitiba - Luisiana Paganelli, Instituto de Pesquisa e Planejamento Urbano de Curitiba, Brazil
Nakuru – Lawrence Esho, Department of Spatial Planning & Design, Technical University of Kenya
Guangming – Xu Songming, Deputy Director, Deputy Director Administrative Committee of Guangming New Town, China
New Towns in Europe
Spijkenisse – ‘Re-positioning the old New Towns by redefining their role in the region’, a statement from Mirjam Salet, Mayor of Spijkenisse, The Netherlands
Vinge – ‘Social mix and green ambitions’ with Søren Smidt-Jensen, Head of Urban Development & Landscape, Frederikssund Municipality, Denmark
Aspern Seestadt – ‘The city of the future’ with Philipp Fleischmann, Vienna Municipality, Austria
Milton Keynes – ‘Cultural heritage and regeneration’ with Shane Downer, Senior heritage development Officer, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom
African New Towns
Ningo Pram Pram with Markus Appenzeller, Ghana
Tema with Joe Abbey, Managing Director Tema Development Corporation, Ghana
Tatu City with Preston Mendenhall, Head of Corporate Affairs, Rendeavour, Kenya
Kribi with Bart Brorens, Royal Haskoning DHV, Cameroon
Co-creating the New Urban Agenda for New Towns
Anticipating the Habitat III conference in Quito, this plenary working session wants to contribute with the elaboration of the New Towns perspective on the New Urban Agenda. Planned communities worldwide share many characteristics with each other and face many of the same challenges and opportunities. What should the New Towns perspective on the New Urban Agenda consist of?
Statements on the New Towns perspective on the New Urban Agenda by: Elena Bologna, Social Innovation Architect, SocialFare, Italy | Friedemann Römhild, Royal HaskoningDHV, The Netherlands | Ute Schneider, Director Zurich Office KCAP, Switzerland | Maren Striker, Arcadis, United Kingdom | Neville Mars, MARS Architects, China
