Anuela Ristani – Opening Keynote
Anuela is the Deputy Mayor of Tirana in charge of International Affairs and Sustainable Development
Anuela will be delivering the Cities Overcoming Challenges keynote on Thursday 9 June
Cathy Reynolds
Cathy Reynolds is the Director of City Regeneration & Development at Belfast City Council
Cathy will be speaking at the Actions or Visions? session on Thursday morning
Fiona Bell
Fiona Bell is the Chief Executive of thrive
Fiona will be speaking in the What is a City? What is Belfast? session on Thursday morning
James Eyre
James Eyre is the Commercial Director for Titanic Quarter
James will be taking part in the Investing in Places for Impact panel discussion on Thursday morning
Natascha McIntyre-Hall
Natascha McIntyre-Hall is Head of Regeneration at Gleeds and was recently nominated for the National Federation of Builders’ Top 100 Most Influential Women in Construction Awards
Natascha will be taking part in the Investing in Places for Impact panel discussion on Thursday morning
Abby Garrison
Abby Garrison is Vice President of Community Investments at United Way of Greater Chattanooga
Abby will be speaking in the Informing Experiences session on Friday morning
Nicola Rochfort
Nicola Rochfort leads on Community Engagement at global property company Grosvenor
Nicola will be taking part in the Urban Stories = Urban Design breakout discussion on Friday morning
Peter Carr
Peter Carr is from the Belfast Metropolitan Residents Group
Peter will be taking part in the A Green & Healthy City breakout discussion on Friday morning
Finn Kennedy
Finn is a writer and theatre director from Belfast, currently under commission for NI Opera
Finn will be in conversation with John Barry and Diane Emerson as part of the Lessons of Resilience session on Friday afternoon
Diane Emerson
Diane Emerson leads Arup’s Climate and Sustainability services across the UK, India, Middle East and Africa region
Diane will be in conversation with John Barry and Finn Kennedy as part of the Lessons of Resilience session on Friday afternoon
Chris Conway
Chris Conway is Group Chief Executive of Translink, the main public transport provider for Northern Ireland
Chris will be speaking in the Climate Leadership session on Friday afternoon
Joe Laverty
Joe Laverty is an Irish documentary, portrait & architectural photographer
Joe will be leading the Views of the City walking tour on Wednesday afternoon
Stephen Willacy – Closing Keynote
Stephen Willacy is currently Direktør at Stephen Willacy Architecture + Urbanism and recently completed his tenure as the Chief City Architect at Aarhus City Council, Denmark
Stephen will be delivering the Closing Keynote session on Friday 10 June
John Greer
John Greer is the Director of Economic Development at Belfast City Council
John will be speaking at the Actions or Visions? session on Thursday morning
Michele Bryans
Michele Bryans is the Chief Executive of EastSide Partnership
Fiona will be speaking in the What is a City? What is Belfast? session on Thursday morning
Daniel McKendry
Daniel McKendry is Principal Landscape Architect at A&DS
Daniel will be taking part in the Investing in Places for Impact panel discussion on Thursday morning
Ramon Marrades
Ramon Marrades is Director of Placemaking Europe and Strategy Advisor to the Creative Bureaucracy Festival
Ramon will be speaking in the Informing Experiences session on Friday morning
Niamh Kelly
Niamh Kelly is Project Coordinator & Youth Ambassador on youth engagement project, Reimagine, Remake, Replay (RRR)
Niamh will be be speaking in the Informing Experiences session on Friday morning
Richard Guise
Richard Guise is the Author and Principal of Context4D
Richard will be taking part in the A Green & Healthy City breakout discussion on Friday morning
Rita Harkin
Rita Harkin manages the Heritage Transformed programmed in NI for the Architectural Heritage Fund
Rita will be taking part in the Rural Urbanism breakout discussion on Friday morning
Professor John Barry
John Barry is a Professor of Green Political Economy at Queens University Belfast and Co-chair of the Belfast Climate Commission
John will be in conversation with Diane Emerson and Finn Kennedy as part of the Lessons of Resilience session on Friday afternoon
Bregje Somers
Bregje Somers is deputy Head of Programme – and District management for the City of Eindhoven
Bregje will be speaking in the Climate Leadership session on Friday afternoon
Dr. Padraig Regan
Padraig Regan is an award-winning Belfast-based poet
Padraig will be opening the cultural programme at the Civic Reception on Wednesday evening
Deidre Hargey MLA
Deidre Hargey MLA is the Minister for Communities on the Northern Ireland Executive
Deidre will be speaking at the Actions or Visions? session on Thursday morning
Simon Hamilton
Simon Hamilton is the Chief Executive of Belfast Chamber of Commerce
Simon will be speaking in the What is a City? What is Belfast? session on Thursday morning
Deborah Colville
Deborah Colville is City Innovation Manager and Head of Smart Belfast at Belfast City Council
Deborah will be speaking in the What is a City? What is Belfast? session on Thursday morning
Andrew Haley AoU
Andrew Haley is the Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Group on Architecture and the Built Environment
Andrew will be taking part in the Investing in Places for Impact panel discussion on Thursday morning
Martin Hulse
Martin Hulse is the Trust Manager of Tyne & Wear Building Preservation Trust and Trustee of the Heritage Trust Network
Martin will be speaking in the Informing Experiences session on Friday morning
Dr. Agustina Martire
Dr. Agustina Martire is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at Queens University Belfast
Agustina will be taking part in the Urban Stories = Urban Design breakout discussion on Friday morning
Richard McLernon
Richard McLernon is the Climate Programme Manager at Belfast City Council
Richard will be taking part in the A Green & Healthy City breakout discussion on Friday morning
Ali Harvey
Ali Harvey is the Planning & Development Officer and Programme Manager of the Collaborative Town Centre at the Heritage Council
Ali will be taking part in the Rural Urbanism breakout discussion on Friday morning
Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores
Miguel Anxo Fernández Lores is Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain
Miguel will be opening the Climate Leadership session on Friday afternoon
Robert Burns
Robert Burns is the Director of Housing and Community Development at Fingal County Council
Robert will be speaking in the Climate Leadership session on Friday afternoon
Wieteke de Jong
Wieteke de Jong is Strategic Advisor for the City of Eindhoven
Wieteke will be speaking in the Climate Leadership session on Friday afternoon
Dr. David Coyles
Dr. David Coyles is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at Ulster University, where he leads the Hidden Barriers research programme
David will be leading the Belfast Secret Peace Walls tour on Wednesday afternoon