Sonia Dubourg-Lavroff

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1 [ Introducing the speakers ] Sonia Dubourg-Lavroff Deputy Mayor of Bordeaux Director of European and International Relations and Cooperation, Ministry of National Education Former Director of the European Agency, Europe-Education- Formation France Publications include: Le pouvoir normatif des ministres en Grande-Bretagne (Doctoral Thesis, LITEC, Paris, 1989). Les décisions essentielles du Conseil Constitutionnel (l Harmattan, Paris, 1994). Louis Le Pensec President of AFCCRE Deputy Mayor of the Municipality of Mellac, Former Mayor ( ). Elected representative of the Finistère Département ( ). Former Minister for Maritime Affairs / Overseas Departments / Agriculture and Fisheries, Senator Vice President of CEMR, Member of the Bureau, UCLG Michael Häupl President of CEMR, Mayor and Governor of Vienna Mayor and Governor of Vienna, Austria President of CEMR since 2004 President of the Austrian Association of Cities and Towns Chairman of the Vienna organisation of the SPÖ, since 1993 Enrique Barón Crespo President of the European Foundation for Information Society President of the Instituto Universitario Euroforum Former President of the European Parliament ( ) Former Member of the European Parliament ( ), Author of several books about Europe including "Europa, Pasión y Razón (2004)

2 Alfonso Querejeta Secretary General and General Counsel of Legal Affairs, European Investment Bank Professor of Commercial Law, San Sebastian. Doctorat, Faculty of Law - Bologna Former Director of the Department responsible for Legal Aspects of Operations in and outside the Union (Legal Affairs Directorate), EIB Charlie Karlsson Professor in Economics Professor the Economics of Technological Change at JIBS, Research on infrastructure economics, urban economics, regional economics and small business economics. Publications in the Papers of the Regional Science Association, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development and Regional Studies António Costa Mayor of Lisbon Former Member of the European Parliament Former Minister of State and Administration Ibon Areso Mendiguren First Deputy Mayor of Bilbao Head of Urban Planning, Housing and Architecture in Bizkaia at the Basque Government s Department of Transport and Territorial Policy. Deputy Counsel for Territorial Arrangement in the Department of Transport and Territorial Policy of the Basque Government. Deputy Mayor of the Bilbao Town Hall and Councillor for Urban Planning and Environment Section.

3 Karine Daniel Deputy Mayor of Nantes Member of the Nantes Metropole Community Council Member of the Committee for Development, Planning and Unity President of EUROCITIES Cultural Forum Trésorière of the French Section of CEMR Bailie Elizabeth Cameron Councillor City of Glasgow Executive Member of Council responsible for Development and Regeneration Services Former Lord Provost for the City of Glasgow Former chair the Council s Art and Culture Committee Alain Juppé Mayor of Bordeaux First Vice President of Bordeaux Métropole Former Prime Minister of France Gordon Keymer Leader of the UK Delegation to the CEMR CEMR Vice President and Vice Chairman of the CEMR's Finance Management Committee Leader of the UK Delegation to the Committee of the Regions Leader of Tandridge District Council

4 Anders Knape First Vice President of CEMR President, Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) Vice President of the Committee of the Regions Councillor of Karlstad Municipality, Sweden Member of UCLG Executive Bureau and World Council Wolfgang Schuster Mayor of Stuttgart, Germany, since 1997 President of the German Section of CEMR Vice President of CEMR Member of the Congress, Council of Europe Member of the Executive Committee and of the World Council, UCLG Oldřich Vlasák Member of the European Parliament President of theunion of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic. Coordinator of European Conservatives and Reformists in the Committee for Regional Development Vice chairman of the Intergroup Urban. Executive President of CEMR Jean-Michel Daclin Deputy Mayor of Lyon President of the European Committee of Association des maires de grandes villes de France Concillor, Rhône President of the Decentralised Cooperation Committee, UCLG Vice-President of Greater Lyon

5 Keith Whitmore Leader of the UK delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe Councillor, Manchester City Council President of the Institutional Affairs Committee of the Congress Vice-Chair of the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority, Chairs for the Policy Committee Annemarie Jorritsma Mayor of Almere, Netherlands President of the Netherlands Association of Municipalities (VNG) Vice President of CEMR, Member of the Executive Bureau of CEMR and of UCLG Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Economic Affairs Former Minister of Transport and Public Works ( ) Françoise Castex Member of European Parliament Member of the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade Former Adviser in the office of the Chairman of the Gers Departmental Council Former Special adviser for educational cooperation in the Foreign Ministry Jan Olbrycht Member of European Parliament Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Regional Development Former Vice-Chairman of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions Former Mayor of Cieszyn Winner of Emperor Maximilian award for contribution to European local and regional politics

6 Patrizio Fiorilli Spokesperson for EU Budget Commissioner Former head of press and communication at CEMR Former press officer Committee of the Regions Journalist and Editor BBC World service Olivier Costa Political Scientist Visiting Professor of Political Science and European Studies, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Collège d Europe (Bruges) and Université de Genève Research topics include: Institutional system of the European Union, Comparative Regional Integrations and the Comparative Parliamentary Representation in Europe. Alain Rousset President of the Regional Council of Aquitaine Député de la Gironde President of the Association of the Regions of France President and co-creator of Cité Scientifique et technologique de Pessac Bordeaux-Unitec Co-author: «Ce que Régions veulent dire» Alain Rousset et Jean Viard