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John Desmond

Downtown Denver Partnership
Executive VP
Denver, Colorado, USA

downtowndenver.com

I lead all of DDP's public space and mobility programs, including overseeing the 120-block Business Improvement District, maintenance and activation of the 16th Street Pedestrian/Transit Mall, Skyline Park and Wynkoop Plaza ( in front of Denver Union Station), the public space vision plan for Downtown Denver that we co-managed with the City of Denver, and our participation in a new City-led transportation/mobility plan for Downtown Denver.

07:30 CEST

Conference Registration PDZ: Main Entrance

08:30 CEST

City Expedition to Rotterdam: Streets as Places (SIGN UP CLOSED) PDZ: Main EntranceMattijs van 't Hoff • Emiel Arends • José Besselink • Mattijs van Ruijven

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

Workshop: The City at Eye Level in the Netherlands PDZ Floor 1: ExpoJeroen Laven • Gido Ten Dolle • Edward van Dongen • Stef Fleischeuer • Harmen de Haas • Sander van der Ham • Theo Stauttener • Jake Wiersma

12:30 CEST

Lunch PDZ Floor 2: Grote Zaal (Great Hall)

13:30 CEST

Panel: Amsterdam, Cycling City PDZ Floor 5: StudioStefan Bödecker • Agartha Frimpong • Ria Hilhorst • Janine Hogendoorn • Kees Vernooij • Mahmut Yasar Workshop: The Hitchhiker's Guide to Shared Space PDZ Floor 1: ExpoAriana Cancelli • Michelle Senayah • Gary Toth • Dick van Veen

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

20:15 CEST

Screening: Citizen Jane: Battle for the City PDZ Floor 2: Grote Zaal (Great Hall)

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

Off-Site Workshop: The Sensory City PDZ: Main EntranceCarolina Huffmann

12:00 CEST

Food Truck Lunch Pakhuis de Zwijger (PDZ)

13:00 CEST

Panel: Planning for Public Space in Amsterdam PDZ Floor 5: StudioCharlot Schans • Ruwan Aluvihare • Dirk Iede Terpstra • Wouter van der Veur

14:30 CEST

Panel: Rebuilding Trust: Placemaking in the Central and Eastern European Context PDZ Floor 5: Kleine Zaal (Little Hall)Elena Madison • Milan Brlík • Ed Carroll • Vita Geluniene • Eliza Hoxha • Magdalena Kubecka • Ivana Markovic

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