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Urban Sustainability Initiatives in the New Economy: A Trans-Atlantic Dialogue
Date: November 30, 2011
Venue: Urban Land Institute
Location: 1025 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW, Suite 500 West, Washington, D.C. 20007
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 Urban Land Institue                                 Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany Washington 

The Urban Land Institute and the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany invite you to an interactive dialogue exploring next-generation urban sustainability initiatives. Public officials from the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg will present urban sustainability initiatives highlighted as part of the city’s designation as the European Green Capital 2011. Public officials representing Baltimore, Boston and Washington, DC will respond by placing Hamburg’s strategies into the context of U.S. cities.

Agenda:

8:00 am  
Registration and Networking Breakfast

8:30 am 
Welcoming Remarks:

Friedo Sielemann, Climate Counsellor, German Embassy

Stockton Williams, Senior Advisor for Urban Policy, U.S. Department of Energy 

Presentation:

Wolfgang Schmidt, Representative of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Commissioner to the Federal Government, the European Union and for Foreign Affairs

Dr. Benno Hain, Climate Coordinator, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Response:

Galen Nelson, GreenTech Business Manager, Boston Redevelopment Authority

Thomas Stosur, Director of Planning, City of Baltimore

Harriet Tregoning, Director of Planning, District of Columbia 

Moderator:

Uwe S. Brandes, Senior Vice President, Urban Land Institute

10:00 am
Adjourn


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Registration
There is no charge associated with this event but registration is required by Monday, November 28, 2011. To rsvp, please email your name, title and organization to: clue@uli.org.
Event Partners

Transatlantic Climate Bridge

This event is funded by the Transatlantic Climate Bridge. This initiative by the German government fosters exchange of best practices and connects and supports those working to address the challenges of sustainability, energy security, and economic growth at the local, the state, and the federal level in the United States and Germany.
www.transatlantic-climate-bridge.org

HamburgHamburg European Green Captial

The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, with its 1.7 million inhabitants, is the second largest city in Germany as well as one of 16 federal states. It has successfully implemented an integrated planning strategy, setting ambitious climate protection goals to reduce CO2 emissions by 40% by 2020 and 80% by the year 2050. Hamburg was designated European Green Capital 2011 by the European Commission.
www.english.hamburg.de
www.hamburggreencapital.eu

CLUE Logo

The special expertise at ULI can uniquely foster new policies and solutions to address global climate change which are both feasible and effective at the nexus of energy, land use, infrastructure and real estate.
www.uli.org/clue
www.uli.org/2050

Rose Center for Public Leadership

The mission of the ULI Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use is to encourage and support excellence in land use decision making. By providing public officials with access to information, best practices, peer networks, and other resources, the Rose Center seeks to foster creative, efficient, practical, and sustainable land use policies.
www.uli.org/rosecenter

ULI Washington

ULI Washington is a District Council of the Urban Land Institute covering the Washington, DC region. ULI Washington has 1,800 members representing the entire spectrum of land use and real estate development disciplines.
www.washington.uli.org