Gerhard Koch
Gerhard Koch is Head of Public Affairs at Wienerberger AG. He has large experience in advocacy, both on national and European level, R&D, marketing & technical PR in the construction sector. Mr. Koch has several leading functions in European associations, such as TBE – Tiles & Bricks Europe, CERAME UNIE – umbrella association of ceramic […]
Karimi Gitonga
Karimi Gitonga is the Asia Regional Technical Advisor for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation at Catholic Relief Services (CRS). He has worked with a variety of INGOs across Asia and Africa and extensively on DRR, CCA and resilience programming with IDP, refugee, and host communities in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Somalia, and South Sudan. […]
Edit Lakatos
Edit Lakatos is a policy ofcer at Housing Europe, where her field of expertise is the impact analysis and monitoring of European public policies in relation to the social housing sector. She is also advising on EU funding opportunities and contributing to negotiations with EU institutions on policy improvements. Prior to this role, she was […]
József Hegedüs
Dr. József Hegedüs is a founding member of the Metropolitan Research Institute, a think tank working on urban and housing policy since 1989. József Hegedüs has played an active role as a researcher and consultant in the development of inter- and intra-national housing and urban policy. Between 2004 and 2007, he was a member of […]
Gerry Muscat
Gerry Muscat is Head of Division ‘Urban Advisory’ at the European Investment Bank. Gerry is responsible for EIB advisory work with cities in areas of urban development, social and affordable housing, urban mobility and climate action. He leads EIB activity on the EU Urban Agenda and the New Urban Agenda, and has been instrumental in […]
Lizan Kuster
As Associate Director of Entrepreneurship and Innovation for the Terwilliger Center, Lizan Kuster leads the global efforts to raise the profile of affordable housing in the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystems and expanding ShelterTech. ShelterTech is the world’s leading platform for affordable housing innovation, advancing entrepreneurial housing solutions that radically improve the lives of low-income families. Lizan is […]
Dara Turnbull
Dara Turnbull is the Research Coordinator at Housing Europe – the European Federation of Public, Cooperative and Social Housing. His work primarily focuses on the preparation of research for the Housing Europe Research Observatory, as well as work on a number of EU projects. An economist by training, prior to working for Housing Europe, Dara spent […]
Dragomir Tzanev
Dragomir Tzanev is Executive Director of Center for Energy Efficiency EnEffect and official representative of Municipal Energy Efficiency Network EcoEnergy – Bulgaria. Coordinator of the successfully completed and BUILD UP Skills Bulgaria, BUILD UP Skills EnerPro (IEE), Train-to-NZEB and Fit-to-NZEB (H2020) projects, as well as of the ongoing NZEB Roadshow, EXCITE, BeSMART (H2020), OurBuildings, MEMS […]
Bogdan Suditu
Bogdan Suditu is a geographer, teacher and researcher in the fields of housing policy, urban and territorial planning, social geography at the University of Bucharest, Romania. He is also a recognized practitioner conducting research and consultancy on housing policies, urban planning, urban regeneration, informal settlements and rehabilitation of areas affected by physical deterioration and social […]
Jaime Royo-Olid
Jaime Royo-Olid is Urban Development, Sustainable Transport and Digitalisation Senior Officer at the European Union (EU) Delegation to Kenya. With the EU, Jaime has previously managed development cooperation programmes in Cape Verde (2006-2008), Eritrea (2009 to 2012), and in Sri Lanka (2012 to 2018) where he directed the EU’s grant contributions for over 12 000 […]
Morgan Babbs
Morgan Babbs is the Chief Innovation Officer at iluméxico, a Mexican solar service provider for off-grid and grid poor households. During her tenure at iluméxico, Morgan has co-led the company’s international expansion strategy, having launched two sister companies: Soluna Energía in Colombia and Navajo Power Home in the Navajo Nation (United States). Currently, she serves […]
Prasoon Kumar
Prasoon Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO of BillionBricks is a President’s Design Awardee, TEDx speaker and social justice campaigner working towards eradicating homelessness. Prasoon began his career as an architect working in design firms across India, USA, Hong Kong and Singapore. In 2013, he left his corporate job to start BillionBricks with his previous employer, Anurag […]