As a part of the Nordic Sustainable Cities project, The Nordic Council of
Ministers and Nordic Innovation cooperate with six cities in China on
sustainable solutions for urban development.
This program is about collaboration between the Nordics and Chinese cities to find good solutions that will propel city development and the Nordic-China Conference at Nordic Edge is a part of that.
Program
| 09:00–12:30 | Opening: • Dagfinn Høybråten, Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers • Dr. Pengqi Lu, Vice Chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) • Mr. Liu Weimin, Deputy Director General, Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Speakers: • Professor Xinli Zheng, China Urban-townization Promotion Council (CUPC), Chinese Cities – Sustainability Challenges & Visions • Guðbjörg Lára Másdóttir, Chief Executive Officer of Better Reykjavík • Östen Ekengren, Chairman Smart City Sweden and Vice President, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Nordic Waste to Energy Solutions • Tone Grindland, Regional Director, Norwegian Confederation of Enterprises (NHO), Regional Development and Smart City Solutions in the Nordics • Kaisa Spilling, Development Manager, Forum Virium Helsinki, Design Thinking for Cities |
