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Joe Sikora

Sikora Wells Appel
President
New Jersey, USA

Joe's work involves iterative placemaking design to help activate underutilized urban public spaces and guide more permanent future improvements. Successful experiments include Roosevelt Plaza Park in Camden, NJ, Philadelphia Pop-Up Pool Projects, and City Hall Courtyard, Philadelphia. Joe's work strives for innovative and timeless solutions with a focus on creating socially and ecologically sustainable places.

10:00 CEST

Off-Site Workshop: Evaluating Shared Spaces Floor 6Pieter de Haan • Sjoerd Nota

20:00 CEST

Opening Reception Broedplaats LELYNatasja van den Berg • Eric van der Burg • Jaap Draaisma • Eva de Klerk • Jaap Schoufour

08:00 CEST

Breakfast & Registration Pakhuis de Zwijger (PDZ)

09:00 CEST

Welcome: Placemaking, Where Do We Stand? PDZ Floor 2: Grote Zaal (Great Hall)Minouche Besters • Bregje Bleeker • Stefan Bödecker • Hans Karssenberg • Fred Kent • Charlot Schans

09:45 CEST

Plenary: Local Placemaking Roundup PDZ Floor 2: Grote Zaal (Great Hall)Minouche Besters • Hans Karssenberg • Simon van Dommelen • Nadia Duinker • Jesse Jop Jorg • Lourens Loeven • Luud Schimmelpennink • Katusha Sol

10:30 CEST

Keynote: Ben Hamilton-Baillie PDZ Floor 2: Grote Zaal (Great Hall)Ben Hamilton-Baillie

11:15 CEST

Short Talks: Cultures & Contexts PDZ Floor 2: Grote Zaal (Great Hall)Anna Siprikova • Elizelle Cilliers • Katya Goldberg • Adib Jalal • Ying-Tzu Lin • Ramon Marrades • Francesco Rossini • David Sagita

12:30 CEST

Lunch PDZ Floor 2: Grote Zaal (Great Hall)

13:30 CEST

Panel: Tactical Urbanism to Strategic Change PDZ Floor 5: Kleine Zaal (Little Hall)Mike Lydon • Nate Hommel • Robin Abad Ocubillo • Patrick Piuma

15:00 CEST

Panel: (Dis)Placemaking: Gentrification and What To Do About It PDZ Floor 5: Kleine Zaal (Little Hall)Michael Mehaffy • Dimitris Dalakoglou • Catherine Green • Juliet Kahne • Loretta Lees • Peter Moskowitz

16:30 CEST

Panel: Making Main Streets & High Streets PDZ Floor 2: MeetingroomMinouche Besters • Rosa Danenberg • Nick van Luit • Mattijs van Ruijven

17:45 CEST

Networking Dinner PDZ Floor 2: Grote Zaal (Great Hall)Jérôme Glad

19:00 CEST

Fireside Chat: Shared Space, Beers, and Traffic Engineers PDZ Floor 1: ExpoGary Toth • Ariana Cancelli • Pieter de Haan • Ben Hamilton-Baillie • Dick van Veen

08:00 CEST

Breakfast & Registration Pakhuis de Zwijger (PDZ)

09:00 CEST

Plenary: Global Placemaking Roundup PDZ Floor 2: Grote Zaal (Great Hall)Ethan Kent • Maria Adebwole-Schwarte • Guillermo Bernal • Mariana Alegre Escorza • Lucinda Hartley • Hamdan Abdul Majeed • Mark Ojal

10:45 CEST

Short Talks: Community Process PDZ Floor 2: Grote Zaal (Great Hall)Philip Winn • Guillermo Bernal • Adam Green • Leonardo Márquez • Päivi Raivio • Emilie Roell • Renée Miles Rooijmans • Ieva Rozentale

12:00 CEST

Food Truck Lunch Pakhuis de Zwijger (PDZ)

13:00 CEST

Short Talks: Ethics & Equity PDZ Floor 2: Grote Zaal (Great Hall)Annah MacKenzie • Marcela Guerrero Casas • Vanessa Catalano • Judy Chan • Roos Gerritsma • Sam Mukwa Kloetstra • Annette Koh • Jenny Leuba • Joe Sikora

14:30 CEST

Short Talks: Public Sector, Public Space PDZ Floor 2: Grote Zaal (Great Hall)Mark Plotz • Maxim Bragoli • Donovan Finn • Jia-Ping Lee • Robin Abad Ocubillo • Maria Sitzoglou • Kirk Vartan • Maciej Zacher

16:00 CEST

Plenary: Placemaking & the Future of Cities PDZ Floor 2: Grote Zaal (Great Hall)Emily Silverman • Cecilia Andersson • Neil McInroy • Gil Penalosa • Lynn Richards

17:15 CEST

Declaration of Amsterdam: Next Steps for the Global Placemaking Movement PDZ Floor 2: Grote Zaal (Great Hall)Natasja van den Berg • Sjoukje Alta • Simon van Dommelen • Jesse Jop Jorg • Eric van der Kooij • Esseline Schieven • Katusha Sol • Co Stor

18:00 CEST

Closing Drink! Pakhuis de Zwijger (PDZ)

21:00 CEST

Amsterdam After Party Amsterdam Roest