2026 Event Agenda

April 28th

Location: Crowne Plaza, Bucharest

Registration of participants & networking

Opening of the conference

Sebastian Metz – General Manager AHK Romania

Angela Ganninger – Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Romania

Mihai Jurca – Chief of the Prime Minister’s Chancellery

Ciprian Ciucu – Mayor of Bucharest (tbc)

ROUNDTABLES: SOLUTIONS & CONCLUSIONS

Presented by the moderators of the roundtables

Moderator: Mariana Ciotau – AHK Romania

Networking Break

Have a coffee, visit our marketplace to meet our partners, discover new ideas and collaboration possibilities 

Cities in Dialog

Monika Konrad   – Deputy Director Department of Architecture and Spatial Planning City of Warsaw, Extraordinary Professor Brno Technical University

n.n. Representative of the Bucharest General City Hall

PANEL DISCUSSION 1
Sustainable Urban Makeover: Strategies for Green Transformation 

Key-note speech:

Dr. Jochen Lang Head of Urban Development, Building and Housing, City of Berlin

Discussion:

Monika Konrad Deputy Director Department of Architecture and Spatial Planning City of Warsaw, Extraordinary Professor Brno Technical University

Dr. Jochen Lang Head of Urban Development, Building and Housing, City of Berlin

Paul Moldovan Mayor, 6th District, Bucharest

Rares Hopinca Mayor, 2nd District, Bucharest

Jan Demeyere Co-Founder & Partner-Architect, Speedwell 

Alexandru Belenyi – Arhitect and Urbanist, BAAB & Storia

Moderator: Dorothee Hasnaș – Architect and Urban Regeneration Facilitator, Member of the National Council of the Order of Architects of Romania

Lunch break & Networking

Visit our marketplace to meet our partners, discover new ideas and collaboration possibilities. Time for the jury to decide on the winners of the project competition. 

PANEL DISCUSSION 2

Sustainable Urban Makeover: Urban Design as a Development Strategy

Key-note speech:

Arne Lorz – Head of Urban Development Planning at the Department for Urban Planning and Building Regulation, City of Munich

Discussion:

Orsolya-Mária Kövér – Secretary of State, Ministry of Development, Public Works and Administration

Arne Lorz Head of Urban Development Planning at the Department for Urban Planning and Building Regulation, City of Munich

Bogdan Aldea – Head of Business Development, Nhood Services Romania 

Daniel Tudor – Founding Partner – CEO, The Concept Group

Mihaela Nastea – Head of Procurement, City Hall Oradea

Moderator: Ionuț Oprea – Real Estate Expert Communication Consultant

PROJECT COMPETITION: our finalists present their initiatives for Green Cultural Corridors

Moderator: Mariana Ciotau, AHK Romania

JURY

Ing. Arch. Dorothee Hasnas, Editor Zeppelin

Sebastian Metz, General Manager AHK Romania

Arch. Eugen Panescu, Architect & Urbanist Montag Studio

Marianne Schulze, Freelance Journalist Germany

Networking & Awards & drinks @ Crowne Plaza

GREETINGS

AWARD CEREMONY: the winners of the project competition

Moderator: Sebastian Metz, AHK Romania

*Please note that the program is subject to change.