Where cities
meet solutions
ChangeNOW organizes a dedicated program to identify relevant solutions
to the specific needs of each city.
Mayors and other city representatives connect with entrepreneurs, companies of all sizes, investors, other decision and policy makers, cities networks, international organizations, media and more.
This program will be available on a digital format on Thursday 27th and Friday 28th of May 2021 during the ChangeNOW Summit.
A tailor-made experience for cities
Share and learn
from other cities
Identify concrete solutions
for your city
Through a tailored program, we identify and organize meetings with top entrepreneurs whose solutions concretely address the specific needs and interests of your city.
Cities Program (Paris Time)
Thursday, May 27th 2021
11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Session “Financing the Local Transition”
Relevant actions to transition a city into a sustainable and low carbon territory require important changes when it comes to defining the city’s budget. This session shows which mechanisms can help cities take the path of rethinking how they allocate their budget. How to include environmental and social criteria in the decision-making process, how to include the participation of its citizens through a participatory budgeting or where to find additional financial resources if needed to start transitioning.
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Networking with Cities
Opportunity to connect with a few other Mayors or city representatives, on a one-to-one format.
2:45 pm – 4:30 pm
Sustainable Cities Workshop
Cities will be able to discover concrete solutions, and then choose which solutions they want to meet, according to their local context.
Friday, May 28th 2021
9:00 am – 10:00 pm
Cities Opening Ceremony
with
- His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco
- Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris
- Bertrand Piccard, Founder & Chairman of Solar Impulse
11:00 am – 11:35 pm
Cities Pitch Sessions
Promising solutions to solve cities’ sustainability issues, and which are looking to raise funds, will pitch in front of a qualitative audience of investors, media, companies, and potential customers such as cities.
2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Session “Urban Resilience”
What is a Resilience Strategy and how to build it. How to minimize and anticipate threats like chronic stresses such as high housing prices or lack of social cohesion and acute shocks such as floods or heat waves.
4:30 pm – 5:45 pm
Session “Planning the Sustainable City”
How urban planning is key to successfully transitioning a city to a sustainable territory and which components should be considered when it is developed. The model of the 15 minutes city will be presented as well as how to conceive eco-districts.
5:45 pm – 6 pm
Cities Closing Ceremony
During the 3 days of the Summit
Visit selected solutions at the World Expo
Schedule
bilateral
meetings
Schedule
meetings to meet solutions
Speakers already announced
They will be attending the Cities Program: Monaco, Paris, Amsterdam, Rome, Marseille, Brussels-Capital Region, La Rochelle, Cologne, Sydney, Roubaix, Lima, Nantes Métropole, Bordeaux, Stockholm, Reims, Braga and more.
Members of the delegation can be included in the Cities Booklet.
This is a document featuring the top sustainability projects from the cities that participate in the program.
With the support of our ecosystem partners
and our Program Partners
ChangeNOW is the world’s largest gathering of innovations for the planet.
Over 3 days, the summit puts the spotlight on the most concrete and innovative solutions to face the World’s biggest challenges.
