Under the patronage of The President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Speakers
Konrad Otto-Zimmermann
ICLEI
Education:
Master in Architecture and Urban Planning (Technical University of Hannover, Germany) Master in Public Administration (University for Public Administration, Speyer, Germany).
Present role:
2002-present – Secretary General of ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, the world’s largest association of municipal governments dedicated to sustainable development and environmental protection. Its membership comprises over 1,240 metropolises, cities, towns, counties and provinces in 70 countries. ICLEI works trough its headquarters on Bonn/Germany and 11 regional secretariats and country offices.
Previous responsibilities:
1992-2001 – ICLEI Deputy Secretary General and Regional Director for Europe
1987-1992 – Head of Environmental Management Division, City of Freiburg, Germany
1985-1987 – Project Leader, " Black Forest Environmental Management", Germany
1977-1985 – Head of Urban Environmental Planning Unit, Federal Environmental Agency, Berlin, Germany
Memberships and Functions
- Chair, Global Agenda Council on Urbanization of the World Economic Forum
- Alumni, HRH The Prince of Wales' Business & the Environment Programme, Cambridge, UK
- Chair, Resilient Cities – Annual World Congress on Cities and Adaptation to Climate
Change
- Vice Chair, International Green Purchasing Network (IGPN)
- Association of Town and Regional Planners (SRL), Germany
- Environmental Law Society (GfU), Germany
- Participation in World Economic Forum meetings in Davos (2008, 2010, 2011), Tianjin
(2009, 2010) and Dubai (2008, 2009, 2010)
- Creator of brand “Ökologisches Bauen” (ecological building) in Germany 1982.
- Creator of the concept of Environmental Budgeting (ecoBudget) 1986.
- Creator of the concept and brand of “Umweltverbund” 1986 and Ecomobility 2007.
- Initiator of Local Renewables Model Communities Program at ICLEI 2004.
- Initiator of the Global Alliance for EcoMobility 2007.
Authorship
- Author, editor, or co-editor of 11 books and numerous articles on urban environmental planning and management, urban transport. Initiator and Scientific Director of congresses on sustainable cities, Local Agenda 21, local environmental management, environmental impact assessment, non-motorized urban transport, eco-procurement and cities’ adaptation to climate change.
Professional interests
Urban sustainability planning and management; urban energy efficiency and renewable energy; urban mobility; sustainable construction; green purchasing; climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.
Contact
email: secretary.general@iclei.org
www.iclei.org