| 8:30 AM |
Registration
Moderation: Dr. Andreas Mattner Managing Director ECE-Consulting |
| 9:30 AM |
Welcome Speech
Dr. Michael Häupl Mayor and Governor of Vienna
KommR Brigitte Jank President of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Klaus-Dieter Licht Managing Director CEO InvestitionsBank des Landes Brandenburg |
| 10:00 AM |
Tilo Braune State secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Housing "Vital City - ermitter for strong and vibrant metropolis" |
| 10:20 AM |
Dipl.-Ing. Rudolf Schicker Town Councillor Urban Development / Traffic and Transport, City of Vienna “In future – Vienna, Vision of urban development” |
| 10:40 AM |
Dr. Michael Freytag Minister of the Hamburg State Government, Director of the Civic Development and Environment Agency "System of central locations – the successful Hamburg Model" |
| 11:00 AM |
Alexander Otto CEO of ECE, Chairman of ULI Germany "The City as a Retail Location: Between Inner City and Greenfield Site" |
| 11:20 AM |
COFFEE BREAK |
| 11:50 AM |
Pertti Hermannek Head of the unit ERDF-Coordination/INTERREG/Projects InvestitionsBank des Landes Brandenburg "Vital Cities: Conception and objectives" |
| 12:00 PM |
Dipl.-Geogr. Rolf Pangels Manager of urban developement and traffic affairs, transport and logistics Handelsverband BAG Federal Association of Medium and Large-scale Retail Enterprises “Retail location – city centre. Introduction to the Results of the current BAG-Customer survey of Vienna” |
| 12:20 PM |
Solicitor Holger Schmitz NÖRR STIEFENHOFER LUTZ "Business-Improvement Districts (BID) – An Instrument for the Revitalisation of Europe's Inner Cities?" |
| 12:45 PM |
LUNCH BREAK |
| 2:00 PM |
Dr.-Ing. Heinz-Jörg Reiher Architect & Urban Planner, President of the association of “Deutsche Schinkelpreisträger e.V.” “City as a place of trade and residence. Conflict traffic – a solution approach: Gentle Cars” |
| 2:20 PM |
Prof. Dr. Arnold Klotz Director of Planning, Vienna “Vienna’s City Centre a World Heritage Site - Chance or Restraint for progress?” |
| 2:40 PM |
Helmut Mondschein General Manager Vienna City Marketing Management of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce and Industry “Vienna´s shopping streets – the world´s biggest entrepreneurial city network. A business modell put into action to strengthen commerce in Vienna.” |
| 3:00 PM |
COFFEE BREAK |
| 3:20 PM |
Dr. Joachim Seeler Managing Director HGA Capital Grundbesitz "Potential and risks for investors in Central Europe" |
| 3:40 PM |
Norbert W. Scheele C & A, General Manager CEE Central Europe Bureau Vienna "What are the prospects of success for international retailers in Central Europe?" |
| 4:00 PM |
PANEL DISCUSSION "Cities Challenges and Strategies for Vital City Centres"
Moderator: Alexander Otto
KommR Brigitte Jank, Dipl.-Ing. Rudolf Schicker and Representatives of the Cities of Bratislava, Budapest and Prague
Question time |
| 5:00 PM |
Estimated end of the conference |
| 8:00 PM |
FESTIVE EVENING RECEPTION AT THE TOWN HALL VIENNA |