
15:00 - 15:10
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Eddy Adams - URBACT Thematic Pole Manager
15:10 - 15:25
CITIES IN EUROPE – THE COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE
Corina Creţu - European Commissioner for Regional Policy
15:25 - 15:40 
OVERVIEW OF THE URBACT PROGRAMME
Emmanuel Moulin – Head of URBACT Secretariat 
15:40 - 16:20 
URBACT CITIES SHARING EXPERIENCES & ACHIEVEMENTS
Angel Chacon – Igualada (4D Cities)
Desmond Gardner – Manchester (CSI Europe)
Alicja Pawlowska – Gdynia (Enter Hub)
16:20 - 16:50 
URBACT III: WHAT’S IN IT FOR CITIES? HOW TO JOIN?
Melody Houk – Projects Manager, URBACT Secretariat 
16:50 - 17:00 
CLOSING  
Raphaël Le Méhauté - Deputy General Commissioner and Director for Cities and Urban Cohesion 
for Territorial Equality (France), Managing Authority of the URBACT Programme 
17:00 - 18:00
NETWORKING COCKTAIL
Participants will be invited to a networking cocktail following the event 
in the European Commission premises
ALBERT BORSCHETTE CONFERENCE CENTRE 
Rue Froissart 36, B- 1040 Etterbeek, Brussels
LAUNCH EVENT
AGENDA
VENUE
16 MARCH - BRUSSELS - CCAB