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Blanco Fillola, Ismael
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PhD in Political Science by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and Associate Professor (Accreditation Professor) of Political Science at the UAB. Director of the Institute of Government and Public Policies (IGOP) at UAB. He has been a Ramón y Cajal researcher at UAB and UPF and a postdoctoral researcher Beatriu de Pinós at De Montfort University (DMU, United Kingdom). He has conducted several research stays in the United Kingdom and in Brazil. He specializes in the study of urban governance innovations, citizen participation mechanisms, social innovation, urban segregation and neighborhood regeneration policies.
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Cano Giraldo, Andrés Felipe de Jesús
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Civil Engineer from the National University of Colombia (1997), Specialist in Economic Policy from the University of Antioquia (2005), Master of Science in Finance from the EAFIT University (2010), founder and CEO of the consulting firm A LA ENE S.A.S. (Projects and Corporate Finance). Experience of more than 25 years in both the public and private sectors in the structuring of infrastructure projects, urban development and industrial and commercial projects. Currently, provides technical support to the Department of Financing Instruments of the Government of Antioquia.
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Carrera Alpuente, Josep Maria
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Architect from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Coordinator of the Metropolitan Territorial Plan of Barcelona. He currently works in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area, as head of the coordination section for presidential plans and programs and is president of the League for the Defense of Natural Heritage (DEPANA).
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Carrillo Messa, Diego
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Architect by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC - 2003). International Studies in Vernacular Architecture at Oxford Brookes University, 2002. Academic coordinator of the Master's in Urban and Territorial Development at the UPC School, 2005. AJAC VI Young Architects Award (2008) for the essay "Basic Materials for the Comprehensive Habitat Project. Proposal for El Salvador, CA "published by the FPC, 2007. Between 2003 and 2010, he worked in the coordination and management of habitat and urban improvement projects in North African countries with the Habitàfrica Foundation and in Central America with the CCD-UPC. Founding partner of SostreCívic SCCL, Celobert SCCL and Perviure SCCL, entities that, from different perspectives, are dedicated to promoting the collective self-promotion of housing, architecture for the energy transition and the right to housing. Since 2011 he has developed his professional activity mainly in Celobert SCCL, as an architect specialized in ecological housing and co-housing projects.
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Castro Gómez, Paola Catalina
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Architect, specialist in urban management and processes and Master in Urban and Territorial Development (MDUT) from the UPC School. Currently, I work as the planning secretary of the Mayor's Office of Rionegro (Colombia).
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Centelles i Portella, Josep
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Industrial Engineer from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC-1974), Diploma in Environmental Engineering (UPC-1982) M.Sc. in Regional and Urban Planning from the London School of Economics & Political Science, (LSE, 1987). Deputy Director of the International Institute of Governance of Catalonia (2002-06). Consultant in urban strategies in Catalonia and Latin America. Perito principal of the project "Dialogos Setoriais União Europeia - Brasil" (Brasilia, 2011-15). Publications: "The Good Government of the City" (2006); "CAP at 100% RENEWABLE" (2016) on energy transition in Catalonia and its governance.
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Domingo Utset, Guillem
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Degree in Environmental Sciences from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and Master in City Management from Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Housing and city technician, and head of the housing area of the DESC Observatory. Experience in urbanism and territory, right to housing, housing emergency and right to the city. Participant of the Platform of Affected by the Mortgage (PAH) and of the Group Promoter of the Catalan Law 24/2015 against the evictions and the cuts of supplies.
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Esteban Noguera, Juli
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Architect, Doctor Honoris Causa by the UPC (2011) for his long career in urban planning. He participated in the drafting of the General Metropolitan Plan of Barcelona and was the director of the Urban Planning Services of the metropolitan institutions of Barcelona (1983-1992). He directed the City Planning Office of Barcelona (1992-2004) and the Territorial Planning Program of the Generalitat de Catalunya (2004-2010). He is the author of Elements of Urban Planning, The Urban Planning, and Urbanism. A quick dive.
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Garola Crespo, Àlvar
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Economist by University of Barcelona (UB). PhD in Transport Engineering and Infrastructures from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Diploma of Advanced Studies of the program of Management of the Territory and Infrastructures of Transport of the UPC. He has been a researcher at Stanford University in the design and analysis of economic forecasting models. He worked in the Cabinet of Economic Studies S. A. between 1984 and 1999, as a project manager leading studies on issues of transport economics, infrastructure provision, construction sector and urban and territorial economy. Since 1991 he has been a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He teaches in the degree in Road Engineering and in the Masters in Logistics, Transport and Mobility, Environmental Engineering, Sustainability and Infrastructure Management. He is a deputy director of the Master's in Science and Technology of Sustainability (MCTS) at the UPC.
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Herrero Canela, Maria
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Graduated in Geography from Universitat de Barcelona (UB). She is a graduate in Regional Development and Territorial Planning for the UB. Currently, she is a technical adviser to the Management of Equipment Services, Urban Infrastructure and Architectural Heritage. She accumulates a long experience at the Center d'Estudis Territorials and at the Office of Equality and Civil Drets of Diputació de Barcelona. Experience in research programs on urban and territorial development policies of the ESPON program (EU 2008-2012).
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Hildenbrand Scheid, Andreas
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Doctor from the University of Seville and Graduate in Geography and Political Science from the University of Heidelberg. Official of the Junta de Andalucía and Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Planning and Planning of the ETS of Architecture of the University of Seville. In the Junta de Andalucía he has been Head of the Regional Planning and Landscape Service and Tourist Planning Coordinator. He is currently an Advisor in the Ministry of Economy. He has numerous publications on the policies of spatial planning, landscape, regional development, political decentralization and metropolitan governance in Spain and Germany. Advice on these matters for public institutions in Chile, Mexico and Ecuador. Coordinator of the transnational cooperation project Pays.Med.Urban, dedicated to the urban landscape in the Mediterranean regions and co-financed by the European Union.
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Jordà Pempelonne, Alain Xavier
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Senior Telecommunications Engineer from the UPC and Diploma of the General Management Program of EADA, he was Deputy Mayor of the City of Manresa for 10 years in which he promoted the first Local Innovation Plan of Spain (2004) and presided over the network of medium-sized cities Eurotowns (2008-2011). Currently, as an expert in Local Development, he accompanies intermediate cities and territories in the definition of their development strategies. He is an expert of the URBACT-CE Program in innovation, knowledge economy, promotion of entrepreneurship and local governance. He has published the Ciudadinnova blog since 2005.
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Jornet Forner, Sebastià
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Urban Architect by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Associate Professor of the Department of Urban Planning and Territorial Planning of the UPC. President of the Agrupación de Arquitectos Urbanistas de Cataluña (AAUC). Professor in various training courses in the field of urban planning and management at the UPC, Bar Association of Barcelona and the Sert School of the College of Architects of Catalonia. European Prize of Urbanism 2010 and National Prize of Urbanism of Spain 2006 by the Plan in the district of the Mine in Sant Adrià de Besòs with the office of Jornet Llop Pastor arquitectos.
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Llop Torné, Josep Maria
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Urbanist Architect from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC). Director of Urban Planning and the Environment of Lleida (1979-1988 and 1991-2003). Director of Urban Planning of the Barcelona City Council (1987-1991). Professor at the University of Lleida (UdL) and the UPC. First Prize for Urbanism in Catalonia for the General Plan of Lleida 1995-2015. Coordinator of the Red Urb-AL project on urban income redistribution instruments. Deputy Mayor of Lleida (2003-2007). Director UNESCO Chair on intermediate cities, urbanization and development (2008 to 2023).
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Lorenzo Gálligo, Pedro
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PhD in Architecture. Department of Projects University of Catalonia (UPC).
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Martí Comas, Paula
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Architect, UPC (2014). Master's Degree in Advanced Studies in Architecture-Barcelona, specialization in Management and Urban and Architectural Assessment, 2016 (UPC). She is currently a partner in the cooperative Celobert, where she has developed projects related to housing policy and alternative models of holding.
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Mercadé Aloy, Josep
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Architect and Civil Engineer from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), doctor with international mention (UPC-ETH Zurich). Associate Professor of Urbanism at the UPC and has been an academic guest at ETH Zurich. His research has focused on the development of spatial analysis tools for the characterization of the built environment. In the professional field, he has worked at the Foster+Partners studio and has been working as a freelancer since 2003, carrying out projects, planning and urban and territorial studies.
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Montlleó Balsebre, Marc
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Degree in Biology from the University of Barcelona (UB). Associate professor of the BIArch in the Productive Land Program workshop and the Master in Management of the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) since 2008. Coordinator of the module Social Metabolism, sustainability of the Master in Urban and Territorial Development and professor of the Master in Urban Planning ( MPU) -European postgraduate Masters in Urbanism (EMU) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and Master in Environmental Engineering (ICT-UPC). Main work in the insertion of environmental aspects in planning, spatial planning and projects that are carried out in the metropolitan area of Barcelona. Since 1999 he has been working in Barcelona Regional where he has participated in numerous urban and territorial planning projects. Since 2014 he is Director of Environmental Projects of Barcelona Regional.
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Morell i Rosell, Ramon
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Economist. former honorary professor of the University of Lleida (UdL) in Urban Planning. He was head of the Territorial Planning Service of the Generalitat de Catalunya in Lleida and Director of the Agency for Management and Collection of Local Taxes of the Delegation of Lleida.
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Navarro Acebes, Ferran
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Urban Architect from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Associate Professor of the ETSAV-UPC (Department of Urbanism Vallès Section). Specialist in Urban Management. Adviser to the Federation of Barcelona Residents' Associations on urban planning issues. Experience in municipal planning in various municipalities, both as a technical and external professional. Author of several specific publications on urban management.
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Ortiz Lopera, John Octavio
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Architect from the National University of Colombia, Medellín Headquarters, with studies from Harvard University in its executive training program in Climate Resilient Architecture: New Approaches to Design with Materials and The Walkable City, Graduate School of Design, GSD. Founder and Director of Design and Planning of the Taller ARQUIURBANO Firm based in Medellín. Professional with high experience in urban processes of Integral transformation and city renewal with 17 years of work in the public sector performed in different Colombian cities.
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Otaola Ubieta, Pablo
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Civil Engineer from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. General Coordinator of Infrastructures and Projects of the Malaga City Council. Manager of the Management Committee of Zorrotzaurre (2004-2018), Deputy Director of the Valencian Institute of Modern Art (2001-2003) and General Director of Bilbao Ría 2000 S.A. (1993-2000).
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Peremiquel Lluch, Francesc
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Doctor of Architecture by Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Professor of the Department of Urbanism and Regional Planning at Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC). Professor of several graduate programs. Author and director of researching works in the field of Urban Transformation and Urban Residential Project. Member of the Urban planning Research Group. Municipal Architect of Badalona (1985-2007) where was head of urban planning.
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Sanchez Posada, Ana María
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Architect from the University of San Buenaventura. Specialist in Urban Law from the EAFIT University. Specialist in Territorial and Sustainable Planning of the Ibero-American Union of Municipalists. Currently, Secretary of Planning of the Municipality of La Estrella, Antioquia (Colombia). She has 15 years of experience in the public sector, always exercising functions within the processes of territorial planning and ordering.
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Soldevilla Garcia, Irma
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Graduated in industrial engineering and chemical engineering at Institut Químic de Sarrià (Universitat Ramon Llull) and postgraduate in Energy Efficiency and energy networks at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. She is the project manager at the Barcelona Local Energy Agency. Outstanding projects: coordination and direction of the Barcelona Energy, Climate Change and Air Quality Plan 2011-2020 and participation in the driving force behind the Climate Plan and the Barcelona Climate Emergency Declaration and participation in the creation of the first public marketer of the State.
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Torras i Sagristà, Laia
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Degree in Information Sciences and Political Sciences from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). Currently, she is Director of Strategic Projects, Communication and Participation in the public company Foment de la Ciutat, of the Barcelona City Council. He has been Head of Participation in the Urban Ecology area of the Barcelona City Council. She was coordinator of projects and the Democracy area in Jaume Bofill Foundation. She has also been an associate professor at UAB.