Programme

Programme
Part I:
Presentation of the three visions
The morning will be dedicated to the presentation of the three visions developed
by the three offices of international planners, whose aim is to provide different
development scenarios for the Brussels Metropolitan Area by 2040.
09:00 AM
Welcome (salle M)
09:30 AM
Introduction
Elio Di Rupo, Prime Minister.
Charles Picqué, Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region.
10:00 AM
> 10:00 - 10:30 AM: Studio 012 - Secchi/Viganò
> 10:30 - 11:00 AM: 51N4E
> 11:00 - 11:30 AM: Break
> 11:30 - 12:00 AM: KCAP
Presentation of the three studies
12:00 AM
Questions - answers
01:00 PM
Lunch (Terarken hall) and visit of the exhibition «Brussels 2040»
he exhibition «Brussels 2040. Three visions for a metropolis», T
shows the approaches of three international expert teams on the issue of metropolitan development in the Brussels region by means of video, scale models, photographs and plans.
Part Two:
Reflections upon the metropolitan dimension
Following the presentations of these three visions, several themes will be discussed
with Belgian and international experts.
The debate will open on three international examples of metropolitan management,
which will fuel the debate on the three visions presented in the morning.
Belgian metropolitan cooperation will be discussed from a socio-economic perspective
and the citizen’s point of view in a debate between the social partners of the three regions
and a Brussels civic organization.
The conclusion will be dedicated to a political debate where the Ministers of Spatial
Planning of the three Belgian regions will exchange their opinions.
02:00 PM
Metropolitan Management: international perspective
lessandro Balducci, Full professor of Planning and Urban Policies and A
Vice-rector of the Politecnico of Milan
Christian Lefèvre, Director of the «Institut Français d’Urbanisme-IFU» Paris
Catherine Martos, Research Director at the Agency for Development and Urbanism of Lille Metropolis
03:15 PMMetropolitan Cooperation and the socio-economic aspects
J ean-Claude Daoust, Associate Administrator of DAOUST SA and President of
Brussels Enterprises Commerce & Industry (BECI)
Jo Libeer, Associate Administrator van Vlaams netwerk van ondernemingen (VOKA)
Isabelle Pauthier, Director of ARAU
Vincent Reuter, Associate Administrator of the Union Wallone des Entreprises (UWE)
Felipe Van Keirsbilck, General Secretary of Confédération des Syndicats Chrétien (CSC)
Philippe Van Muylder, General Secretary of Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique (FGTB Brussels)
Luc Voets, Political head of cabinet of Fédération Générale du Travail de Belgique (FGTB)
04:30 PM
Break
04:45 PM
Conclusion: metropolitan governance
Charles Picqué, Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region
Philippe Henry, Minister of the Walloon Region of Environment, Spatial Planning and Mobility
Peter Cabus, Secretary of the Flemish Spatial Planning Department, Housing Policy and Property Holdings for the Flemish Region
06:00 PM
Reception (salle Terarken)