GREENDEAL-NET CONFERENCE: Rethinking EU Climate and Sustainability Governance in an Age of Disruption cover image

Our conference brings together policymakers, academics, students, civil society, and artists for a day of lively discussions, fresh ideas, and meaningful exchange.

Below you can find the speakers, their affiliations and biographies, in order of appearance on the programme.

Jan Dusík
Deputy Director-General
 EU and External Policy Coherence, Directorate-General for Climate Action (DG CLIMA), European Commission
Sebastian Oberthür
3E Centre Co-Director
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels School of Governance (BSoG)
Louisa Parks
Full Professor of Political Sociology
University of Trento (UNITN)
Karin Bäckstrand
Professor in Environmental Social Science in the Department of Political Science
Stockholm University
Frederik Hafen
Senior Policy Officer for Environmental Law and Democracy
European Environmental Bureau (EEB)
Kamila Paquel
Expert
Secretariat to the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (ESABCC)
Ben Eersels
Executive Director
G1000
Florian Anderhuber
Deputy Director General and Director for Energy, Climate & Sustainability
Euromines
Tomas Wyns
Project Researcher
Brussels School of Governance (BSoG)
Neil Makaroff
Director
Strategic Perspectives
Louis Florin
Post-Doctoral researcher on Just Transition, Governance, and the Labour Market
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
Dirk Bergrath
Member of the Workers' Group and Head of the EU Liaison Office for IG Metall
European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), IG Metall
Mags Bird
Just Transition Senior Policy Officer
WWF EU
Paweł Olechnowicz
Policy Officer, Unit on Smart and Sustainable Growth
Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO), European Commission
Catherine Ganzleben
Head of Unit on Sustainable and Fair Transitions
European Environment Agency (EEA)
Claire Dupont
Research Professor of International Governance
Ghent University (UGent)