Workshop

11Oct

08:15 - 09:00

Workshop Registration

09:00 - 09:15

Workshop Introduction
Philippe Dessoy, EIC President

09:15 - 10:45

Session 1: The Policy Context of Urban Concentration

The Role of the Finnish Construction Industry in Urban Concentration
Aleksi Randell, Director General, CFCI

The Response of the Government to Urban Concentration in Finland
Kimmo Tiilikainen, State Secretary, Finnish Ministry of Finance

The EU's Urban Agenda
Timo Pesonen, Director General, DG GROW

Mega Trends and Sustainability of Growth in Europe
Dr. Markku Lehmus, Head of Forecasting, Research Institute of the Finnish Economy

High Level Policy Roundtable
Moderator: Dr. Sami Pakarinen, Chief Economic Policy Advisor, Conf. of Finnish Industries

10:45 - 11:00

Sponsor's Address: Enabling Better Construction Business With Dataflows?
Toni Luhti, CEO, Platform of Trust Ltd.

11:00 - 11:30

Coffee Break & Networking

11:30 - 13:10

Session 2: Drivers of Urban Concentration & Case Studies

Urban Concentration and City Development in Asia
Jonathan Woetzel, Director, McKinsey Global Institute

Blue Green Solutions: A New Paradigm of City Planning
Prof. Čedo Maksimović, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London

A Municipal Response to the Challenges of Urbanisation
Jukka Mäkelä, Mayor, City of Espoo

The Songdo Vision: A Global Smart City Leader
Ryan Lee, Incheon Smart-City Corp.

The Helsinki-Tallinn Tunnel Project
Peter Vesterbacka, FinEst Bay Area Project

High Level Research and Industry Roundtable
Moderator: Dr. Juha Kostiainen, Board Member of YIT

13:10 - 13:15

Closing Remarks
Philippe Dessoy, EIC President

13:15 - 13:30

Sponsor's Address: Sustainable Development: Supplier's View
Ilari Aho, Uponor Corp.