Geiske Bouma is Senior Researcher in the field of Urban Planning and Governance Innovation. Her projects are focused on urban, spatial and environmental planning and the policy interface. The working field she is focused on is the connection of urban planning in relation to the mobility and energy transition gearing towards climate neutral and smart cities. She combines this with supporting policy development on the local, regional and national/EU level. Geiske is active in several European projects aimed at climate neutrality: NetZeroCities, MOVE21 (hubs for people and goods), ATELIER (positive Energy Districts).

Art Pearce is an experienced urban innovator with an extensive background in broad public-private collaborations utilizing transportation investment and mobility innovations to shape the future of cities. He has twenty + years of experience envisioning and driving change in Portland’s transportation system: establishing policy, planning and delivering transformative investments, and overseeing people-based behavior change and mobility programs. He has a deep understanding of the challenges cities and city governments face in propelling change at an adequate pace, and the new imperatives presented by the crises of climate, and social and racial equity.

Marije ten Kate is head urban planner at the municipality of Rotterdam since 2013. She has extensive experience in urban development, infrastructure planning and spatial strategies. Marije is fascinated by the ways big technical and environmental transitions are changing the way we live in cities fundamentally. Since 2017 she’s working on the #Nexcity program to explore better ways to relate to these transitions from a city perspective. Before working for the municipality as a city planner, she worked i.a. as an urban designer and architect. Marije is a graduate of Delft University of Technology.