An era of new beginnings – watch live the Eurocities Conference 2022

The focus of the two-day event, which welcomes 500 delegates from more than 100 cities, is the journey towards cities' climate leadership

The Eurocities Conference takes place this week in Espoo, Finland and all plenary sessions are available via YouTube livestream. The focus of the two-day event, which welcomes 500 delegates from more than 100 cities, is the journey towards cities' climate leadership.

Key speakers include:

• Dario Nardella, President of Eurocities and Mayor of Florence
• Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President of the European Commission
• Dubravka Šuica, Vice-President for democracy and demography, European Commission
• Apostolos Tzitzikostas, President of the Committee of the Regions
• Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth (online)
• Jyrki Katainen, former EU Commissioner, President of Sitra
• Tytti Tuppurainen, Finnish Minister for European Affairs and Ownership Steering
• Jukka Mäkelä, Mayor of Espoo
• Mathias De Clercq, Mayor of Ghent
• Belit Onay, Mayor of Hannover
• Ritva Viljanen, Mayor of Vantaa
• John Jorritsma, Mayor of Eindhoven
• Raymond Johansen, Mayor of Oslo
• Jacek Jaśkowiak, Mayor of Poznan
• Ian Ward, Leader of Birmingham
• Juhana Vartiainen, Mayor of Helsinki
• Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam

The conference starts on Thursday 9 June at 8:00. Here is how to follow it online:

Thursday 8.00 CET: The city of the Future: https://youtu.be/m-FUqn4ZnVE

Thursday 12.30 CET: Co-creation & public-private partnerships: https://youtu.be/DugpX1Ep2ds

Friday 8.00 CET: Climate neutral cities: https://youtu.be/jG7p6BVkc5Y

Discover the full programme on Eurocities website here.

You can also follow the first part in the Gallery above.