THE LONGEST RUNNING SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE CITIES

Join us for the 14th edition of Ecocity World Summit. The leading international experts, thousands of innovators, researchers, engineers, designers, policy makers, environmentalists, teachers and students will meet on 11-13 October 2021 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Building on the success and innovation of previous meetings, Ecocity 2021 will feature a wide range of sessions, workshops, fieldtrips and other learning opportunities, showcasing the latest research and developments in urban design and city transformation practices.

BiodiverCity

Urban ecology as condition for urban life

Circular City

Concepts, approaches and practices for resilient urban landscape planning

Healthy City

Social and physical systems and innovative solutions to actively promote health

Resilient City

Transitions into a complete circular urban metabolism

Our Expert Committee

EcoCity is powered by an experienced committee with knowledge across all aspects of urban transformations

Nico Tillie
EcoCity 2021 Chairperson

Nico Tillie
EcoCity 2021 Chairperson
Kirstin Miller
Executive Director, Ecocity Builders

Kirstin Miller
Executive Director, Ecocity Builders
Russell Galt
Head of IUCN’s Urban Alliance

Russell Galt
Head of IUCN’s Urban Alliance
Sahar Attia
Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University

Sahar Attia
Emeritus Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University
Denise Noslin

Denise Noslin
Rob Roggema
Landscape Architect and Professor of Spatial Transformations at ‘NoorderRuimte’, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, the Netherlands

Rob Roggema
Landscape Architect and Professor of Spatial Transformations at ‘NoorderRuimte’, Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen, the Netherlands
Marco Roos
Member of the Scientific staff of Naturalis Biodiversity Centre.

Marco Roos
Member of the Scientific staff of Naturalis Biodiversity Centre.
Jip Louwe Kooijmans
Team Leader, BirdLife in the Netherlands (Vogelbescherming Nederland).

Jip Louwe Kooijmans
Team Leader, BirdLife in the Netherlands (Vogelbescherming Nederland).
Steffen Nijhuis
Head of Landscape Architecture, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands).

Steffen Nijhuis
Head of Landscape Architecture, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands).
Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch
Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia & Nature - Based Solutions Institute.

Cecil Konijnendijk van den Bosch
Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia & Nature - Based Solutions Institute.
Katharina Hoelscher
Senior Researcher on climate governance, cities and sustainability transitions at the Dutch Research Institute For Transitions (DRIFT) with Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands;

Katharina Hoelscher
Senior Researcher on climate governance, cities and sustainability transitions at the Dutch Research Institute For Transitions (DRIFT) with Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands;
Maarten Nijpels

Maarten Nijpels
Bertram de Rooij
landscape architect and senior researcher at Wageningen Environmental Research

Bertram de Rooij
landscape architect and senior researcher at Wageningen Environmental Research

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