Meeting Locations = Centraal Museum Agnietenstraat 3 = City Hall Korte Minrebroederstraat 2 = Utrecht station _ _ redevelopment POS Vredenburg 40 = Dutch Game Garden Neude 5 = Neudeflat Vinkenburgstraat 26 Hotels = Courthotel Korte Nieuwstraat 14 = NH Utrecht Jaarbeursplein 24 = Apollo Vredenburg 14 = Mitland Ariënslaan 1 (not on map) = Park Plaza Hotel Westplein 50 Dinner locations = Winkel van Sinkel Oudegracht 158 = TivoliVredenburg Vlaamse Toren (opposite Vredenburg 40) Information (VVV) = Toerisme Utrecht Domplein 9 = Rederij Schuttevaer opposite Oudegracht 85 Taxi locations = Taxi stand Or you can call: EUROCITIES Economic Development Forum February 2014 Utrecht MAP of Utrecht i T T 1 2 T i B B 4
Programme Thursday 27 Feb Location: Centraal Museum Registration Welcome words Keynote speaker Matthijs Bierman, Triodos Bank Alternative financing group-discussion - London, the London Green Fund - Rockstart, incubator from Amsterdam - Douw&Koren, crowd-funding consultant from Rotterdam Back to the plenary room - conclusions from the workshops are given by the "rapporteur" from each group - discussion and conclusion of the session on alternative financing Coffee break The power of procurement Panel & plenary discussion - Utrecht: challenges involved in innovative procurement - Birmingham: Climate KIC network of cities on public procurement of low carbon innovation - Preston: local procurement based on the Evergreen model Wednesday 26 Feb Location: Centraal Museum Coffee and registration (for people attending the seminar on metropolitan areas) Seminar on metropolitan areas in the Netherlands WELCOME LUNCH AND REGISTRATION EDF Welcome session WG in parallel: 1) WG Metropolitan areas 2) WG International Economic Relations EDF steering committee meeting (in Utrecht City Hall) Informal dinner (at delegates’ own expense) Winkel van Sinkel Conclusions of the session on the power of procurement Conclusions of the Conference Lunch EDF business meeting (including reporting from WG City branding and attractiveness) Technical visits (3 visits in parallel): Visit for Integrated Urban Development: Utrecht Station Redevelopment (POS) First presentation in the Centraal Museum, then walk together to POS at Vredenburg 40. Visit for WG ENT & GTLE: First coffee in the Centraal Museum, then by bus to Lomboxnet and Metaal Kathedraal (in two groups). Visit for WG Innovation: Walk to the Dutch Game Garden, followed by meeting in the Neudeflat at Vinkenburgstraat for Official Dinner at TivoliVredenburg Friday 28 Feb Location: Centraal Museum Coffee WG in parallel: 1) WG Entrepreneurship and SME's, together with WG Greening the local economy (from the Environment Forum) 2) WG Integrated Urban Development (start time tbc) Closing comments (in the lunch room) Lunch (+EDF steering committee meeting) Optional city experience Walk to meeting point Meet at Rederij Schuttevaer B EUROCITIES Economic Development Forum February 2014 Utrecht Wifi-codes - Central Museum: centraalmuseum - City Hall, Neudeflat & POS: