To steer this initiative, the European Commission set up an ICC Advisory Board composed of European and international high-level experts on advanced technologies and urban transformation from academia, businesses and politics.
Its mandate is to:
- Advise on latest global urban trends, technological and scientific developments andnpotential high-impact actions;
- Steer the high-level direction of ICC and beyond;
- Maximize synergies with relevant European and international initiatives and dissemination of outcomes.
Board members:
- Alice Charles, World Economic Forum
- Bob Bennett, Cities Today Institute
- Christophe Rouillon, European Committee of the Regions, Recovery and Resilience Facility, Coulaines, Association of French Mayors
- Daniel Gonzalez-Bootello, Smart City Cluster
- Emilia Saiz, United Cities and Local Government
- Frank Lee, European Investment Bank
- Jorn Verbeeck, Senior Manager Sustainability, KPMG, and former Head of Research and Innovation at Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy
- Hugh Lim, Executive Director, Centre for Liveable Cities, Ministry of National Development
- Leonie van den Beuken, Amsterdam Economic Board
- Renate Mitterhuber, German Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban development and Building
- Mark Hidson, Deputy Regional Director, Global Director Sustainable Procurement, ICLEI
- Martina Otto, United Nations Environment Programme
- Nathalie Guri, Eurocities
- Soo-Jin Kim, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities
Dates of the upcoming advisory board meetings:
- First meeting: November 18th, 2020
- Presentation slides from first meeting
- Summary report from first meeting
- Second meeting: June 16th, 2021
- Presentation slides from second meeting
- Summary report from second meeting
- Third meeting: January 26th, 2022
- Summary report from third meeting
- Fourth meeting: June 15th, 2022
- Summary report from fourth meeting