Agenda
PRELIMINARY AGENDA
Day 1 – Thursday 19 March 2026 - Vision, Challenges & Cross-Sector Collaboration
08:30 - 09:00
Registration & Welcome Coffee
09:00 - 09:10
Welcome Address
09:10 - 09:30
Opening Addresses
09:30 - 09:50
Joint keynote from the EU Missions
09:50 - 11:00
Panel Discussion: Port and Coastal Cities at the Frontline of Climate Action and Maritime Restoration
11:30 - 12:00
Networking Coffee Break
12:00 - 13:00
Panel Discussion: From Vision to Action: Governing the Transition to Climate-Neutral Blue Cities
13:00 - 14:30
Networking Lunch
14:30 - 16:00
Shaping the Mobility Systems of Tomorrow: Innovation, Integration, and the Net Zero Transition
- Integrated smart and shared mobility options to reduce car-dependence – Maria Kamargianni, Director and Founder of MaaSLab, Hon. Professor of Transport Systems Innovation & Sustainability, UCL
- Shaping Behavioural Change Beyond Private Car Use – Giovanni Circella, Head of EIT Urban Mobility Master School I BOF Professor of Mobility, Ghent University | Director, 3 Revolutions Future Mobility Program
- Designing Mobility hubs for Seamless and Sustainable Multimodality – Loucas Dimitriou, Associate Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Cyprus
14:45 - 16:30
Breakout Workshop (Parallel Tracks)
- Digital Tools in Action: Smart Solutions for Climate-Neutral Cities
- Building Alliances and Partnerships: Emerging Port-City Transitions
16:30-16:45
Networking Coffee Break
16:45-18:00
Breakout Workshops (Parallel Tracks)
- Informal Meeting of the Mission Board for Climate Neutral and Smart Cities (by Invitation only)
- From Consultation to Co-Creation: Citizen Engagement in Climate-Neutral Urban Decision-Making
20:00 - 23:00
Conference Dinner for All Delegates
Day 2 – Friday 20 March 2026 - Enabling the Transition: Finance, Energy, and Design for Climate-Neutral Blue Cities
08:30-09:00
Welcome Coffee
09:00-09:30
Joint keynote: Science Meets Practice: Empowering Urban Innovation in Blue Cities
09:30 - 10:45
Mobilising Capital for Climate-Neutral Blue Cities
10:45 - 11:15
Networking Coffee Break
11:15-12:30
The Future of Port–City Integration: Challenges and the Roadmap Ahead
- Plugging Ships into Cleaner Energy: Advancing Decarbonization at Limassol Port – Simon Pitout, CEO, DP World
- Perspectives and Strategies from the Port Industry – Athanasios Pallis, Professor, Jean Monnet Chair in European Port Policy, University of Piraeus
- Renewable Energy at the Heart of Port–City Transformation – Prof. Andreas Poullikkas, Professor of Energy Systems, Frederick University
- Best Practices for Sustainable and Liveable Port–City Ecosystems – Carola Hein, Prof.dr.ing, TU Delft
12:30 - 13:45
Powering the Urban Energy Transition
- Energy Sharing and Optimization to Promote Net-Zero Ports – Sissy Windisch, Member of the Mission Board for Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities
- From Rooftops to City-Scale Energy Systems – Desen Kirli, Research fellow, University of Edinburgh
- Energy Communities as the Social Engine of the Just Transition – Bob D’Haeseleer, City Advisor NetZeroCities, ICLEI
13:45 - 14:45
Networking Lunch
14:45 - 16:00
Advancing Inclusive and Climate-Neutral Neighbourhoods: Energy Justice, Public Space and the New European Bauhaus
- Resilient Neighbourhoods
- Green and Recreational Spaces
- Energy Justice / Energy Poverty
- New European Bauhaus
16:00-16:15
Networking Coffee Break
16:15-17:30
The City Re-Imagined: Designing for Climate Neutrality and Coastal Resilience
14:45-16:00
Breakout Workshops (Parallel Tracks)
- Cities-Investors Workshop: From City Climate Contracts to Investable Projects
17:30 – 19:30
Farewell Party & Informal Networking