MODERATION OF CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
TWINS Conference Ruhr – COP 23 – Essen: Cities in Climate Change
City of Essen, Regionalverband Ruhr und KlimaEXPO.NRW – Roman Mendle (Iclei)
6 – 8 November 2017
Topic
The conference marks the beginning of a long-term cooperation between the participating cities and sets the foundation for the Urban Transitions Alliance, a global city network organized by ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability. The focus is on the international exchange of the so-called TWINS cities on cli-mate protection and sustainable urban development.
Task
Conference moderation, with 200 participants from 22 countries – presenting the workshop and support topic-related preparations
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Building Standards and Building Planning: Workshop on Energy-Efficient Building
City of Constance – Lorenz Heublein
25 October 2017
Topic
The City of Constance is growing. As part of a climate action plan, the city council wants to improve existing building standards. An expert report was produced by Büro Ebök in Tübingen. The results were presented and discussed with the various stakeholders.
Task
Task: Providing support in topic and design-related preparations, and moderating the workshop to aid further development of building standards in Constance.
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Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum – Intent to Action Workshop Transforming Municipal Processes and Structures – Towards the Local Energy Transi-tion – Vancouver, Canada; Simon Frazer University (SFU)
May 2017
Project Manager: Keane Gruending (SFU)
Topic
As city administrations are facing transformation challenges, identifying roles and role conflicts associated with existing municipal structures vs. change man-agement requirements are increasingly important. The interactive workshop focussed on mapping lessons learned and the question of how to develop future strategies – building findings of changes in cooperation in modern team sports.
Task
Workshop design and implementation, additional presentations in connection with the conference on sustainable development policy in Freiburg and development of energy-efficient building standards at municipal level.
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Moderation of 50 climate action workshops in connection with the development of municipal climate action plans in Baden-Württemberg – badenova (regional energy utility)
2013 – 2017
Project Manager: Manuel Bauer
Topic
Municipal climate action plans (including rural districts) thrive on local stakeholder participation. Citizens’ climate action workshops are used to integrate citi-zens’ questions and ideas into the development process for climate action plans promoted as part of Germany’s National Climate Initiative.
Task
Preparing and moderating the climate action workshop with local citizens
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International Conference of Climate Action (ICCA) – Local Governments Driving Transformation
Federal Environment Ministry – Hanover, Germany, Minu Hemmati, Marcus Andreas, adelphi
2015
Topic
The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety organized a two day conference to highlight the role of cities and communities with several workshops
Task
Designing and conducting a workshop on how local climate action requires changes in organisational structures and the requirements for future cross-department cooperation as an example of transformation processes: modern football as a metaphor for changing the ways we communicate and cooperate, and how creativity can improve a city’s environmental portfolio.
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Alliance for Change: Achieving Local Transformation – Climate Alliance Annual International Conference in Luxembourg
7 – 14 April 2014
Climate Alliance – Ulrike Janssen
Topic
Participation in urban planning: Stakeholders and decision-makers – what participative formats are currently in use? How can energy and climate action be integrated into urban planning?
Task
Workshop design, moderation of interactive workshop attended by experts from municipalities belong to the network.
Conference on 100% Renewable Energy Regions – Kassel, Germany
deENet – Katharina Schenk
11 – 12 April 2014
Topic
When it comes to the regional-level energy switch, wind and biomass play an important role. How can processes for integration and acceptance of wind and biomass be designed, and what can be learned from experience gained in this field?
Task
Workshop moderation, with expert presentations and discussion
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CONFERENCE: LOW CARBON FUTURES – MONEY DOES GROW ON TREES
10 November 2010
Royal Institute of British Architects and Green Register – Lucy Peddler
Topic
The event, organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Green Register 2010, focused on the opportunities and challenges financing local energy action involving local and regional stakeholders.
Task
Presentation on regional value creation by means of climate action, moderate a workshop and participate in a podium discussion.
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