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AGENDA
One-Belt-One-Road
Inclusive and Sustainable City Exhibition and Dialogue*
(17 to 21 October 2016, Vienna International Centre)
20 to 21 October 2016, Boardroom D, 4th
Floor, Building C
20 October 2016
(Day 4) Opening Session and High-Level Forum
8:30 – 9:30 Registration
Security check through Gate 1, VIC
Registration for participants will take place at the ‘Registration Desk’ in
the lobby of Gate 1. Pre-registered participants can collect their badges
from the ‘Registration Desk’
Registration for participants from Permanent Missions will take place at
the ‘Matchmaking Liaison Desk’ in the Rotunda, Building C
Conference Bags can be picked up from the ‘Information Desk’ in front
of Board Room D, 4th
floor, Building C
(See maps attached in the Agenda and Aide-Mémoire for directions on how to go from
Gate 1 to the rotunda in building C where elevators in the lobby will take you directly
to the Boardroom D on the 4th floor.)
Note: Following the registration, dignitaries/panelists/moderators are kindly
requested to sign the guestbook at the ‘Matchmaking Liaison Desk’, and to sign
the ‘Theme Wall’ located in the Rotunda, Building C. At Gate 1, please follow
the signs to Building C.
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome Coffee
(Coffee Corner behind Boardroom D, 4th Floor, Building C)
9:30 – 10:00 Photo Session at the Theme Wall -
for dignitaries/panelists/moderators/mayors (Rotunda, Building C)
Following the photo session, dignitaries would be guided by the organising
team to the forum in Boardroom D.
* Tentative agenda, still in progress.
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10:00 – 11:00
10:00 – 10:05
10:05 – 10:15
10:15 – 10:55
Opening ceremony
Moderator: Ms. Fatou Haidara, Managing Director, Policy and Programme
Support Division and Interim – Director, Human Resource Management,
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Welcome remarks:
Mr. LI Yong, Director General, United Nations Industrial Development
Organization
Statements by:
Ms. Bernadette Gierlinger, Vice Minister, Foreign Economic Policy and
European Integration, Federal Ministry of Science, Research and
Economy, Austria
Mr. Jorge Chediek, Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on
South-South Cooperation; Director, United Nations Office on South-
South Cooperation
Mr. CAI E-Sheng, Chairman, Finance Center for South-South
Cooperation, Hong Kong, China
Ms. Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Mr. CHEN Rongzhou, Vice Mayor of Quanzhou, China
H.E. Mr. Sheikh Abdulla Rashid al Khalifa, Governor of the Southern
Governorate, Kingdom of Bahrain
A Ministerial Representative, Chinese National Development and
Reform Commission, China
11:00 – 11:30 Signing ceremony
Facilitator: Ms. Fatou Haidara, Managing Director, Policy and Programme
Support Division and Interim – Director, Human Resource Management,
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Memoranda of Understanding to be signed between:
UNIDO and National Development and Reform Commission, China
UNIDO and Finance Center for South-South Cooperation
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11:30 – 11:40 Photo Sessions by Group
- Dignitaries, Mayors, Panelists/Moderators, Organisation Team
(In front of the podium, Boardroom D, 4th
Floor, Building C)
11:40 – 13:00
11:40 – 11:45
11:45 – 12:00
12:00 – 12:40
Session I: Inter-regional strategies under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development
Moderator: Mr. Philippe Scholtés, Managing Director, Programme
Development and Technical Cooperation Division, United Nations Industrial
Development Organization
Focus:
Improving infrastructure and transportation connectivity;
Expanding economic diversification and productivity;
Inter-regional trade and multilateral cooperation;
Achieving smart urban and regional development (governance,
knowledge networks and institutional efficiency, etc.);
Trade facilitation for the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development.
Keynote speaker:
Mr. Peter Frankopan, Director, Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research
and Senior Research Fellow at Worcester College, Oxford University,
United Kingdom
Focus: The history of the One-Belt-One-Road and its strategic sense for
countries located along the route.
Panelists:
Mr. ZHU Shanzhong, Executive Director for Technical Cooperation and
Services, United Nations World Tourism Organisation
Mr. Michael Postl, Head, Department of Multilateral Economic
Relations, Investment Treaties and International Finance Institutions,
Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Austria
Mr. Renaud Sorieul, Director, International Trade Law Division, United
Nations Office of Legal Affairs and Secretary of United Nations
Commission on International Trade Law
Mr. Christian Ewert, Director General, Foreign Trade Association,
Belgium
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12:40 – 12:50
Mr. Tibor Buček, Head, Foreign Trade Department, SARIO Slovak
Investment and Trade Development Agency, Ministry of Economy,
Slovak Republic
Mr. Ahmed M. Darwish, Chairman, General Authority for Suez Canal
Economic Zone, Egypt
Discussion and concluding remarks
Issues to be discussed:
Sustainable Development Goals and their integration into national
policies;
Regional imbalances and the rise of megacities;
Bridging the supply and demand gap in infrastructural services;
Deficiency of finance and investments for inter-regional infrastructure
development;
Ensuring transparency and accountability among urban stakeholders.
12:50 – 13:00 Press Briefing - Room C04 17, 4th
Floor, Building C
(Opposite to Boardroom D)
13:00 – 14:20 Lunch Break
14:30 – 15:50
14:30 – 14:35
14:35 – 14:50
Session II: Sustainable and innovative cities and integrated regional
development
Moderator: Mr. Per Boesgaard, Coordinator of Partnerships and Innovation,
Copenhagen Climate Plan 2025, City of Copenhagen, Denmark
Focus:
Facilitating strategic links with regional communities;
Promoting international cooperation and institutional networks;
Ensuring sustainable urban-industrial development;
Securing financial resources for inter-regional projects;
Innovative solutions for integrated urban and regional development.
Keynote speaker:
Ms. Shamshad Akhtar, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic
and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
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14:50 – 15:25
15:25 – 15:50
Focus: Economic implications of the ‘One-Belt-One-Road’ initiative on
national and regional development
Panelists:
Mr. Christoph Matznetter, Vice-President, Austrian Federal Economic
Chamber, Austria
Mr. Stephen Perry, Chairman, 48 Group Club, United Kingdom
Mr. Ireneusz Jabłoński, Vice Mayor, Lodz, Poland
Ms. Gudrun Henn, Director, International Cooperation Projects and
Technology Exports, Federal Ministry of Science, Research and
Economy, Austria
Mr. SUN Xiaokun, Chairman, The Board of Supervisors, China-Africa
Development Fund, China
Mr. Michał Mrożek, President of the Management Board and Country
CEO, HSBC Bank Polska S.A.
Discussion and concluding remarks
Issues to be discussed:
Uncontrolled rural-urban migration and the rise in urban population;
Sustaining urban areas as engines of growth;
Urban sprawl and pressure on regional economic development;
Growing regional income disparities and social polarisation;
Using assets and resources to enhance urban competitiveness and
capital.
15:50 – 16:10 Coffee Break (Coffee Corner behind Boardroom D, 4th Floor, Building C)
16:10 – 17:40
16:10 – 16:15
Session III: Cities and their futures in the context of “One-Belt-One-Road”
Moderator: Ms. Tanja Wehsely, Member of the Vienna Parliament and
Member of the Vienna City Council, Austria
Focus:
Exploring the role of technology in addressing urban development
challenges;
Capacity building and multi-stakeholder collaboration for future cities;
Supporting stable and sustainable growth of smart cities;
Smart cities and Internet of Things (IoT): Innovative urban solutions;
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16:15 – 16:30
16:30 – 16:55
16:55 – 17:40
Forecasting the contributions of big data usage to inclusive and
sustainable industrial development.
Keynote speaker:
Mr. Gerhard O. Braun, Professor, Institute for Geographical Sciences,
Free University of Berlin, Germany
Focus: The intersection between city planning, construction and the
environment.
Panelists:
Mr. HAN Chunlin, Assistant Mayor, Chengdu, China
Mr. Alexandr Aleksandrovich Zhilkin, Governor, Astrakhan Region,
Russian Federation
Mr. HANG Dong, Vice Mayor, Fuzhou, China
Mr. Marcus Kottinger, Solutions Architect, IBM, Austria
Mr. CHEN Feng, Chief Technology Officer, Shenzhen Yunlink
Technology, China
Mr. GU Chaolin, Professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua
University, China
Discussion and concluding remarks
Issues to be discussed:
Citizens’ engagement and involvement in smart city-planning processes;
Fostering and promoting local creativity and artistic abilities;
Retrofitting information and communication technology based solutions
or industrial innovations;
Lowering barriers to entrepreneurship in local economies;
Technological awareness, education and technology promotion;
Recovering faster from crises and growth challenges;
Employment opportunities and urban poverty.
17:40 – 18:00 Wrap-up and closing remarks
Mr. Philippe Scholtés, Managing Director, Programme Development
and Technical Cooperation Division, United Nations Industrial
Development Organization
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21 October 2016
(Day 5) Partnership Dialogue, Thematic Workshop and Mayoral Forum
9:00 – 10:30
9:00 – 9:05
9:05 – 9:20
9:20 – 9:50
9:50 – 10:30
Session IV: Partnerships and partner dialogue
Moderator: Mr. ZOU Ciyong, Director, Department of Partnerships and
Results Monitoring, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Focus:
Expanding international networks and innovative institutional linkages;
Improving private-public partnerships: Governments, NGOs and the
private sector;
Coordinating technical and financial logistics;
Dialogue between different urban stakeholders: Complementarity and
cooperation;
Effect of the promotion and exchange of culture on urban development,
and the contribution of governmental interaction to the creation of a
harmonious society.
Keynote speaker:
Mr. Per Boesgaard, Coordinator of Partnerships and Innovation,
Copenhagen Climate Plan 2025, City of Copenhagen, Denmark
Focus: Contribution of partnerships to urban development
Panelists:
Ms. Alla Peressolova, Head of the United Nations World Tourism
Organisation - Silk Road Programme, World Tourism Organization
Mr. Bartosz Michałak, Chairman of the Board, Polish-Chinese
Cooperation Forum, Poland
Ms. Bettina Wanschura, Chief Executive Officer, PlanSinn GmbH,
Austria
Ms. Stacie Adams, Chief Director, Branding and Public Relations,
Liugong Corporation, China
Mr. WU Zhiyue, Curator, Fujian Museum, China
Mr. Walter Peer, Chief Executive Officer, Communalp GmbH, Austria
Discussion and concluding remarks
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Issues to be discussed:
Combining local expertise and capacities to address city challenges;
Cities as a system vs. siloed departments;
Innovative public-private partnership models for infrastructure
development;
Cross-sector partnerships and creating systemic change in communities;
Monitoring and coordinating cooperation with partners (i.e. private
sector, academia, industrial leaders, NGOs and other organizations);
Attracting investors and industries for economic growth and sustainable
urban development.
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break (Coffee Corner behind Boardroom D, 4th Floor, Building C)
10:45 – 12:15
10:45 – 10:50
10:50 – 11:05
Session V: Thematic workshop on UNIDO competencies to support
inclusive and sustainable urban/suburban development
Moderator: Mr. Stephan Sicars, Director, Department of Environment, United
Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNIDO departments will provide examples for supporting urban and suburban
development. The focus will be on cooperation between cities and industries
and on the contribution of industries to increasing the sustainability and
resilience of cities. A subsequent exchange among stakeholders and the
audience will help to clarify relevance and future direction.
Focus:
Industrial development and sustainable cities;
Efficient and safe food supply for sustainable cities;
Eco-industrial parks in future cities;
Low carbon and urban resilience at subnational levels;
The circular economy – efficient management of products, consumption
and waste.
Keynote speaker:
Mr. YAO Shenhong, Deputy Representative, Permanent Mission of
China to UNIDO
Focus: UNIDO’s potential to support sustainable/innovative city
development.
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11:05 – 11:40
11:40 – 12:15
Presentations by (Five minutes for each presentation):
Improving food safety and food supply chains to secure nutrition provision
for growing urban areas
Mr. Karl Schebesta, Division Chief, Food Systems and Nutrition
Division, Department of Agri-Business, United Nations Industrial
Development Organization
The role of Eco-Industrial Parks in future cities
UNIDO Department of Environment
Standards and investment for sustainable cities
Mr. Bernardo Calzadilla-Sarmiento, Director, Department of Trade,
Investment and Innovation, United Nations Industrial Development
Organization
Promoting subnational initiatives on climate resiliency
UNIDO Department of Energy
Integrated strategies and solutions for Smart Cities and Regions - recent
experiences from Europe
Mr. Wolfgang Loibl, Thematic Coordinator, Sustainable Buildings and
Cities, Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria
Integrated Solutions for Water, Energy and Land project launched by the
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis together with the
Global Environment Facility and the United Nations Industrial
Development Organization
Mr. Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Deputy Director General and Deputy Chief
Executive Officer; Senior Research Scholar, Transitions To New
Technologies, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,
Austria
Discussion and concluding remarks
Issues to be discussed:
Harmonization of urban and suburban development;
Investment and trade for sustainable cities;
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Environmental issues in sustainable cities;
Energy management for sustainable cities: Classical and renewable
sources of energy.
12:15 – 13:45 Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:30
14:00 – 14:05
14:05 – 14:20
14:20 – 15:10
15:10 – 15:30
Session VI: Mayoral Forum and Dialogue (I)
Moderator: Ms. Amita Misra, Director, Department of Regional Programmes
and Field Representation, United Nations Industrial Development Organization
Focus:
Promoting low-carbon technologies and resource-efficient development
in Cities;
Employment generation, poverty reduction and sustainable urban-
industrial integrated development;
Modern communication technology and innovative solutions to support
sustainable urban development;
Cities and infrastructure development: housing, transport and urban
development projects.
Keynote speaker:
Mr. Roman Serdar Mendle, Smart Cities Program Manager; Global
Coordinator for Smart Cities, ICLEI - Local Governments for
Sustainability, Germany
Focus: Cities and urban development: History and Future
Panelists:
Mr. Oleg Polumordvinov, Mayor, Astrakhan, Russian Federation
Mr. Ireneusz Jabłoński, Vice Mayor, Lodz, Poland
Mr. GUI Lin, Vice Mayor, Chizhou, China
Mr. Khalifa Ababacar Sall, Mayor, Dakar, Senegal
H.E. Mr. Gen Reda Farhat, Governor, Alexandria, Egypt
Mr. Jemal Redi Mehmud, Head of Industry Development, Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Discussion and concluding remarks
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15:30 – 15:45 Coffee Break (Coffee Corner behind Boardroom D, 4th Floor, Building C)
15:45 – 17:15
15:45 – 15:50
15:50 – 16:05
16:05 – 16:55
16:55 – 17:15
Session VI: Mayoral Forum and Dialogue (II)
Moderator: Mr. Roman Serdar Mendle, Smart Cities Program Manager;
Global Coordinator for Smart Cities, ICLEI - Local Governments for
Sustainability, Germany
Focus:
Promoting low-carbon technologies and resource-efficient development
in Cities;
Employment generation, poverty reduction and sustainable urban-
industrial integrated development;
Modern communication technology and innovative solutions to support
sustainable urban development;
Cities and infrastructure development: housing, transport and urban
development projects.
Keynote speaker:
Mr. HAN Chunlin, Assistant Mayor, Chengdu, China
Focus: Innovative solutions to the challenges of urban development
Panelists:
Mr. Leszek Drogosz, Director of Infrastructure Department of Warsaw
City Hall, Warsaw, Poland
Ms. Frida Elizabeth, Head, Department for Industry and Energy,
Jakarta, Indonesia
Mr. Oscar S. Moreno, Mayor, Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
H.E. Mr. Khaled Fouda, Governor, South Sinai, Egypt
Discussion and concluding remarks
17:20 – 17:35 Awards ceremony: “One-Belt-One-Road Alliance of Sustainable Cities”
Official induction of select cities into the “One-Belt-One-Road Alliance of
Sustainable Cities”
Award Presenter: Mr. Taizo Nishikawa, Deputy to the Director General and
Managing Director for External Relations and Field Representation, United
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Nations Industrial Development Organization
Facilitator: Mr. Weixi Gong, Senior Coordinator for South-South and
Triangular Industrial Cooperation, United Nations Industrial Development
Organization
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Alexandria, Egypt
Astrakhan, Russian Federation
Cagayan de Oro, Philippines
Chengdu, China
Chizhou, China
Copenhagen, Denmark
Dakar, Senegal
Fuzhou, China
Jakarta, Indonesia
Lodz, Poland
Quanzhou, China
South Sinai, Egypt
Southern Governorate, Kingdom of Bahrain
Vienna, Austria
Warsaw, Poland
17:35 – 17:45
Achievement highlights and closing remarks
Mr. Taizo Nishikawa, Deputy to the Director General and Managing
Director for External Relations and Field Representation, United
Nations Industrial Development Organization
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Agenda for Side Events
One-Belt-One-Road
Inclusive and Sustainable City Exhibition and Dialogue*
(17 to 21 October 2016, Vienna International Centre)
17 to 21 October 2016, Rotunda, Building C
17 to 21 October
2016
(Day 1 to Day 5)
Exhibition, Matchmaking, Workshops, Presentations, Study Tour and
Cultural Performances
Note: Matchmaking could be arranged on all five days of the event. For more
information, please contact the Matchmaking Liaison Desk in Rotunda,
Building C.
17 October 2016
(Day 1) Welcome and Introduction to Matchmaking
10:00 – 10:05
10:05 – 10:15
10:15 – 10:30
Welcome and Icebreaker Talk
Mr. Weixi Gong, Senior Coordinator for South-South and Triangular
Industrial Cooperation, United Nations Industrial Development
Organization
Matchmaking Briefing Session
Mr. Stanislaw Pigoń, Chief Technical Adviser, Investment Learning
Centre, Department of Trade, Investment and Innovation, United
Nations Industrial Development Organization
Introduction to Industrial Partnerships in Austria
Mr. Franz Bachleitner, Project Manager, International Projects
Network, Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, Austria
12:00 – 13:30 Matchmaking Awareness Workshop: City-to-City Partnerships to
Promote Investment
Mr. Stanislaw Pigoń, Chief Technical Adviser, Investment Learning
Centre, Department of Trade, Investment and Innovation, United
Nations Industrial Development Organization
* Tentative agenda, still in progress.
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18 October 2016
(Day 2)
Urban Infrastructure and Services:
Presentations and Study Tour
10:00 – 12:00 Study Tours on Sewage and Waste Management System in Vienna
Organized by the City of Vienna, Austria
A) Pfaffenau (Waste Management Centre)
(Max. capacity – 25 people)
or
B) EBS Wien Hauptkläranlage (Sewage Treatment Plant)
(Max. capacity – 25 people)
Both study tours will take place during the same time period. Therefore,
interested participants are requested to choose only one study tour from the
above-mentioned options.
Places for each study tour are limited to 25 people and available on a first-
come, first-served basis (available places adjusted according to country/cities).
For reservation, please contact the Matchmaking Liaison Desk in Rotunda,
Building C.
12:00 – 12:30
12:30 – 13:00
Presentation: Multimodal Mobility Planning and Needs Assessment in the
field of Mobility
Austria Institute of Technology
Presentation: Sustainable Urban Planning – A Holistic Multi-Sectoral
Low-Carbon Roadmap
Austria Institute of Technology
14:00 – 17:00 Guided Bus Tour of the City of Vienna
(Thematic Areas: Water/ Wastewater Management/ Waste Incineration/ District
Heating & Cooling)
Organized by the City of Vienna, Austria
Places in the bus tour are limited to 50 people and available on a first-come,
first-served basis (available places adjusted according to country/cities). For
reservation, please contact the Matchmaking Liaison Desk in Rotunda,
Building C.
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19 October 2016
(Day 3)
Smart Cities, Partnerships and Green Technologies:
Presentations and Study Tour
10:00 – 10:15
10:15 – 10:30
Presentation: Partnerships in Green Technologies
Mr. Stephan Sicars, Director, Department of Environment, United
Nations Industrial Development Organization
Matchmaking Update Session
Mr. Stanislaw Pigoń, Chief Technical Adviser, Investment Learning
Centre, Department of Trade, Investment and Innovation, United
Nations Industrial Development Organization
12:00 – 12:20
12:30 – 13:00
Presentation: China-Austria Su-Tong Eco-Park
Mr. Edgar Maras, Representative office in Austria, China-Austria Su-
Tong Eco-Park, Austria
Presentation: Smart City Vienna Framework Strategy
Transport Infrastructure Needs Assessment (TINA) Vienna –
Smart City Agency and Energy Center, Austria
14:00 – 17:00 Guided Study Tour - “Smart City Vienna”
Organized by the Austrian Ministry of Science, Research and Economy
Places in the study tour are limited to 50 people and available on a first-come,
first-served basis (available places adjusted according to country/cities). For
reservation, please contact the Matchmaking Liaison Desk in Rotunda,
Building C.
20 October 2016
(Day 4) Cultural Performances
13:15 – 13:25
13:25 – 13:35
13:35 – 14:05
14:05 – 14:15
Jasmine Tea Ceremony
The City of Fuzhou, China
Tenor Solor
Mr. XIE Zhihuai, Vienna, Austria
Kung-Fu Show
Mr. WANG Deqing, Grandmaster of Shaolin Kung-Fu, Chief Coach
for Hungarian Special Forces and Police Elites, Budapest, Hungary
Jasmine Tea Ceremony
The City of Fuzhou, China
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21 October 2016
(Day 5) Matchmaking Highlights and Future City Vision Show
12:30 – 13:00
13:00 – 13:20
13:20 – 13:40
UNIDO’s Investment Learning Center
Investment Learning, Networking, Monitoring : Matchmaking Follow Up
Stanislaw Pigoń, Chief Technical Adviser, Investment Learning Centre,
Department of Trade, Investment and Innovation, United Nations
Industrial Development Organization
OBOR Matchmaking Event Highlights and Reporting
Mr. Aleksandar Jancheski, Investment Learning Centre, Department of
Trade, Investment and Innovation, United Nations Industrial
Development Organization
Future City Vision Show
TBD