http://www.eurocities2009.eu/pages.aspx?page=108The three winning projects were announced during the EUROCITIES 2009 Stockholm Gala Dinner on Thursday 26 November! Curious about the result? Have a look here!Eurocities 2009Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:28:00 GMThttp://www.eurocities2009.eu/pages.aspx?page=107The Stockholm Appeal on Climate Change has now been handed over to Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden and Minister of Energy and Enterprise Maud Olofsson, representing the EU Presidency, and Robert Silverman, Chargé d'affaires at the US Embassy in Stockholm, representing the Obama Administration. The Appeal is available here.Eurocities 2009Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:51:00 GMThttp://www.eurocities2009.eu/pages.aspx?page=102A warm thank you for helping us make the EUROCITIES 2009 Stockholm conference a success! We hope you returned home having gained new knowledge from your European colleagues, having been inspired by Stockholm, and having had a good time! Many of you have asked when the documentation of the conference will be available - have a look at them here!Eurocities 2009Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:39:00 GMThttp://www.eurocities2009.eu/pages.aspx?page=105We have sent out an Information pack by email to all registered participants. It contains practical information regarding the bus transfer, the final programme and other useful facts. You will also have received a second registration confirmation by MCI, our local registration partner. This is an amended version which contains your Arlanda Express ticket, valid for the journeys Arlanda airport-Stockholm and back. Please print out the Information pack as well as your registration confirmation!  Eurocities 2009Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:39:00 GMThttp://www.eurocities2009.eu/pages.aspx?page=104Have you heard of Gadget Corner? It’s an island of inventiveness, located in the conference venue, where clever gadgets live that will make your life greener. We expect it to be a hotspot during coffee breaks!  Eurocities 2009Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:37:00 GMThttp://www.eurocities2009.eu/pages.aspx?page=103Important decisions will be taken in the Closed session and you need to be there to make your voice heard and have your say about the future of EUROCITIES. The results of the Executive Committee elections will be announced and we will welcome brand-new EUROCITIES members!  Eurocities 2009Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:36:00 GMThttp://www.eurocities2009.eu/pages.aspx?page=76We now have over 90 politicians on their way to Stockholm! Indeed, Ahmed Aboutaleb from Rotterdam, Jean-Marc Ayrault from Nantes Metropole, Jean Francois Barnier from Saint Etienne Metropole, Juan Alberto Belloch Julbe from Zaragossa, MigueI Angel Camara Botia from Murcia, Andrej Durkovsky from Bratislava, Toine Gresel from Heerlen, Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz from Warsaw, Mick Henry, Leader of Gateshead City Council, Anneli Hulthén from Gothenburg, Burkhard Jung from Leipzig, Frank Kerckhaert from Hengelo, Hanna Birna Kristjansdottir from Reykjavik, Richard Leese from Manchester, Sten Nordin from Stockholm, Mauno Juhani Paajanen from Vantaa, Matti Pennanen from Oulu, Ilmar Reepalu from Malmö, Stian Berger Røsland from Oslo, Christian Specht, First Mayor of Mannheim, Daniel Termont from Ghent and Jozias van Aartsen from The Hague have now now confirmed, while Berlin, Vienna, Sarajevo, Murcia, Liverpool, Bergen, Gothenburg, Utrecht, Zaragossa, Edinburgh, Copenhagen, Belfast, Ljubljana, Plovdiv, Banja Luka, Glasgow, Helsinki, Porto, Munich, Kharkov, Sunderland and Nottingham are among the many who will send a Deputy Mayor or Councillor. EUROCITIES’ sister organisation in the US, The United States Conference of Mayors, will be represented by its incoming President, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz from Burnsville, Minnesota.     Eurocities 2009Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:00:00 GMThttp://www.eurocities2009.eu/pages.aspx?page=100The list of the speednetworking sessions on offer during the Thursday afternoon is now complete: 23 tables will be set up, with a theme related to Urban Challenges - Sutainable solutions. Each session will run 3 times, lasting 30 minutes and including time for questions and discussions. 9 of the speednetworking sessions will be held by the EUROCITIES Awards nominees.Eurocities 2009Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:22:00 GMThttp://www.eurocities2009.eu/pages.aspx?page=99 Ever wondered how to combine your city’s interests with that of a private company? In our three sponsor-led deep dives we will look at close partnerships between cities and three companies in the fields of electricity, transport and communications. You will learn about the electric charging network for cars, drive the new electric hybrid ethanol buses and learn how Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), e-health, education and financial transactions are transforming global economies and people’s lives. Remember that the deep dives require your active participation! A month before the conference we happily see that several deep dives have already reached their maximum limit – get in touch with us if you really need to attend one of them.  Eurocities 2009Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:52:00 GMThttp://www.eurocities2009.eu/pages.aspx?page=98You haven’t missed our side events, have you? Individual registration for each event is necessary, be it for our arty and surprising Metro tour (the world’s longest art gallery!), the MATRIX final conference, the Covenant of Mayors workshop, the Connections final event or the POWER conference.  Eurocities 2009Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:51:00 GMT