Caroline Bos studied History of Art at Birkbeck College of the University of London and Urban and Regional Planning at the Faculty of Geosciences, University of Utrecht. In 1988 she co- founded Van Berkel & Bos Architectuurbureau with the architect Ben van Berkel, extending her theoretical and writing projects to the practice of architecture. Realized projects include the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam, museum Het Valkhof in Nijmegen and the Moebius house. In 1998 Caroline Bos co-founded UNStudio (United Net). UNStudio presents itself as a network of specialists in architecture, urban development and infrastructure. Completed urban development projects include the restructuring of the station area of Arnhem and the mixed-use Raffles City in Hangzhou, while current projects include the Southbank by Beulah mixed-use development in Melbourne and the masterplan for a leisure island in South Korea. Caroline Bos has taught as a guest lecturer at Princeton University, the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, The Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and the Academy of Architecture in Arnhem. In 2012 she was awarded an Honorary Professorship at the University of Melbourne's Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. Central to her teaching is the inclusive approach of architectural works integrating virtual and material organization and engineering constructions. In 2020 Caroline joined AM as Director AM Concepts and Supervisor Urban Planning AM.

Josja van der Veer is Director Department of Urban Planning and Sustainability at the City of Amsterdam. She is an urban geographer and has long time experience as an area developer, working with international and national architects. Josja has worked in many large cities, developing her expertise and skills in many different roles: as a researcher, as a client for real estate developers, in programming, as a policymaker and in the real estate business. She has operated on both sides of the playfield, for government as well as commercial real estate. Josja builds bridges and creates synergy between different worlds. The Amsterdam Department of Urban Planning and Sustainability is developing innovative policy that creates space for the sustainable development of Amsterdam and the region, an area that serves a market of over 10 million people. These integrated policies help push forward transitions in different fields: environment, energy, mobility and housing. We create a vision for the city government , that embraced the circular model presented by Kate Raworth, and we help prepare the city for balanced growth in the next decade, creating a green, inclusive, healthy, liveable and economic sustainable city for all: residents, entrepreneurs and visitors. For the last ten years Josja van der Veer played a leading role in the Campus development at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam within the Innovation District in the new booming Zuidas area of Amsterdam. In this Innovation District a new part of Amsterdam has been created, with a lot of attention to sustainability, hospitality, meeting spaces and space for entrepreneurs, students and researchers who wish to live on the campus site. Josja is chairperson for the jury’s of two annual Dutch rewards : The Abe Bonnema reward for architects and the Neprom reward for project development in the Netherlands

2019- CEO, Stockholm Business Region 2015-2019 CEO, AB Stokab 2011-2014 Deputy City Manager, City of Stockholm 2008-2011 Chief of Staff, City Executive Office, City of Stockholm 2006-2008 Chief of Staff, Mayors office, City of Stockholm 2001-2006 Chief of Staff, Vice Mayors office, City of Stockholm 1999-2001Secretary General, Confederation of liberal and conservative students Bachelor of Arts, University of Uppsala, Sweden

Caro van de Venne is Partner and Co-founder of Barcode Architects. Within the office, Caro combines powerful designs with her specific knowledge and experience in leading complex, multidisciplinary projects, with specialists, clients, and users involved in the design process. She leads both the design and implementation of various ambitious projects in the Netherlands and abroad. As partner architect, Caro is responsible for the design of the iconic residential tower The Muse and the adjacent triangular tower CasaNova, forming an ensemble in the Rotterdam Wijnhaven; the masterplan for the new Fontys University of Applied Sciences campus in Eindhoven; the urban vision for the new Utrecht Science Park; and for the transformation of the Bärenquell brewery in Berlin. Caro is also a board member of Stichting Hoogbouw and has been a visiting professor at Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, Academy of Architecture in Amsterdam and Fontys Tilburg.

Bob van der Zande is Urban Strategist. Advisor of Cities, Investors and Developers. Focus on social impact, TOD, inclusive area development, public-private collaboration (Triple Helix), Waterfront Development, climate adaptation. Chair of ULI the Netherlands, co-chair of the European Urban Regeneration Council of ULI, participant of 5 ULI advisory services panels, Global Governing ULI trustee. Bob van der Zande has been working in the public sector for several decades, for the City of Amsterdam and the Metropoltitan Region of Amsterdam (MRA). He was Director Residential Markets for the City of Amsterdam 2009-2019. He was responsible for several residential programmes in the city and the region, such as the midsegment rental housing, the self-built housing programme and student and youth housing. He graduated as urban designer at the Delft University of Technology in 1978. (March 2021)

Anna Schindler, born in1968, is director of the Office for Urban Development of the City of Zurich since November 2011. The office is part of the Presidential Department and consists of five agencies: Migration and Integration, City and Neighborhood Development, Economic Development, Foreign Affairs and Smart City. Anna Schindler studied geography at the University of Bern, where she specialized in urban development issues. She worked as a culture and architecture editor for different German and English publications. In addition, she was a lecturer at the University of Zurich and the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), where she taught media science, cultural communication and management. Anna Schindler lives in Zurich with her family.

For the past 4 years Nicole Maarsen has been responsible for all real estate investments for the Investment Manager Syntrus Achmea Real Estate & Finance.   Before she worked at ING Real Estate, the family office Maarsen Groep and several private equity investors as HAL Investments and Round Hill Capital. As a board member she supports the IVBN, the EIB and the DGBC. Her journey and passion are about social, sustainable and impactful investments in Real Estate. When we invest, let’s do it for the better for all stakeholders, let’s realize neighborhoods for affordable and fulfilling ways of living! As of August 1st her journey continues outside Syntrus Achmea but dedicated to inclusive thriving cities that support happy & healthy communities.  

Xavier Jongen (1970, Las Palmas), MD Catella European Residential, graduated from Sciences-Po Paris, holds a post-graduate Master of the College of Europe in Bruges (with Honours) and the Cambridge IPF Diploma. Further trainings at Fannie Mae, Stanford Business School and the Ayn Rand Institute. Xavier is MD European Residential at Catella. Xavier was the first to introduce a pan-European residential investment fund in 2007. The portfolio grew to over 5 bn EUR in AuM with assets in 9 countries and 9 sub-sectors. He also set up a Residential Alliance to manage the portfolio across the continent, innovate and improve quality standards. Xavier started analysing housing and capital market fundamentals whilst working for World Bank/IMF/EU structural adjustment programmes to liberalise socialist housing markets in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as Russia, after the fall of the Berlin wall. From 1996 to May 2005, Xavier worked in parallel as a public speaker for the European Commission in Brussels on EU integration for target priority groups (politicians, journalists, CEO’s). Xavier was a tutor and module leader at Cambridge University as well as a Governor of the Cambridge International Land Institute where he founded the SOLUM foundation which convened annually the 12 most powerful real estate CEO’s to discuss matters of globalization in the real estate industry, until its implosion during the GFC. He chaired the first INREV EU Public Affairs committee and the first ULI European Residential committee and is currently a Global ULI Trustee.

EDGE is a real estate developer that specialises in developing a new generation of innovative buildings that put the health and wellbeing of users and our planet first and foremost. EDGE is one of Europe’s largest commercial property developers and a global leader in tech-enabled green building design. Founder and CEO Coen van Oostrom has led the growth to its current scope of more than a million square meters in prime developments across Europe and the United States. Since founding the firm in 1997 in Rotterdam, Coen has led the growth of EDGE to its current scope with more than a million square meters of development in Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Berlin, London, Boston and New York, with partnerships with some of the most forward-thinking players in technology and architecture and a client list that includes market leaders such as Deloitte, Danone, PwC, UPC, Rabobank, KPMG, Vattenfall and Unilever. Galvanized by a meeting with Al Gore and his climate change documentary ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, Coen became convinced of the green promise of untapped technologies, making it the company’s mission to deliver new standards of tech-driven responsible urban office development. This mission gained worldwide attention in 2016 when the firm’s Amsterdam-based development The Edge was assessed as the world’s most sustainable office building. With EDGE, Coen aims to radicalize sustainability through powerful innovations in areas such as energy efficiency and circularity. Recent developments, such as EDGE Olympic in Amsterdam and Unilever New Jersey have already earned highest possible (pre-) certifications in BREEAM, DGNB and WELL. Coen seeks to effect further change in infrastructure and urban development. He draws inspiration from global leaders by participating in networks such as the World Economic Forum, and as a change-driving speaker at global conferences such as NOAH, The Next Web, Financial Times Live and New York Smart Cities. To quote President Clinton after he received a special honorable mention in New York: ‘he is the Steve Jobs of sustainability’ and ‘I urge you to talk to this man, he is the first person I ever knew who physically showed me a building that proofed that this could be a big path to a shared future’. Over the last 2 years, Coen did interviews for Frankfurter Allgemeine, Die Welt, BBC, El Pais, @FastCompany, WIRED, Bloomberg Business, The Guardian, Bisnow, Estate Gazette and many other publications. Mostly the interviews were focused on topics as Urban Development, Smart Cities, Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Building Development, Disruptive Real Estate, Smart Workplaces and Green Investments.

Diane Hoskins is one of two Gensler Co-CEOs. As both an MIT-trained architect and holding an MBA from the Andersen School at UCLA, Diane's career has spanned Architecture, Design, Real Estate, and Business. Diane has broad responsibility in running the firm's day-to-day operations, which span 5,500+ employees networked across 50 offices in the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. She is Chair of Gensler's Board of Directors. In addition to her responsibilities to the firm, Diane has initiated state-of-the-art management strategies in service of the firm's 3,000 clients in more than 120 countries. Diane focuses on innovative design strategies that create a positive impact for client performance; she has championed the firm's reach beyond architectural services to provide a broad comprehensive platform of design and strategic services to clients around the globe. A true innovator, Diane founded the Gensler Research Institute to fuel new advances in the field, using exploration and transdisciplinary collaboration to place design in the context of larger business and social issues. The knowledge and insights discovered through Gensler's research have created new and unexpected solutions to the pressing issues faced by Gensler's clients and communities, helping the firm further its mission of creating a better world through the power of design. Gensler's Workplace Survey, published in 2005, 2006, 2008, 2013, 2016, 2019 and 2020 is the Research Institute's signature study, and it has provided insights that have received extensive public interest and industry acclaim. As the spokesperson for the Work place Survey, Diane has conducted innumerable media interviews helping to educate the public on the importance of workspace design, including outlets such as the Wall Street journal, Forbes and Bloomberg TV. Among the Research Institute's most recent and ground-breaking lP, Gensler's Experience Index stands out as a first-of-its kind study proving that design is the key to creating successful retail experiences that improve sales, enhance shopping experiences, build consumer loyalty and engage employees in today's dynamic and evolving workplace. As an outspoken advocate for sustainable design and her industry's responsibility in global efforts to curb climate change, Diane personally leads the development of Gensler's Impact by Design research, an annual sustainability report dedicated to understanding the environmental impact of Gensler projects around the globe. She has featured prominently as a speaker on this topic at international level events such as the International Women's Forum's World Cornerstone Conference, the Wall Street journal Future of Cities series, the Bloomberg Global Business Forum, Climate Week NYC, and the United Nations Climate Action Summit. Diane has served as a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Futures Council on Cities and Urbanization as well as the Real Estate Industry Action Group. She is currently a member of the CEO councils for the Wall Street journal, Fortune and Forbes. Diane is Global Governing Trustee for the Urban Land Institute. Community Involvement: Diane is active in the community, and has been honoured by the Boys & Girls Club for her work promoting expanded opportunities for young people. She has also been recognized numerous times as a top woman in real estate, is a member of the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes for her work with the Department of Defence and sits on multiple boards including the Greater Washington Board of Trade, and UCLA's Board of Visitors. Diane has been honored by several organizations for her work, including the Spirit of Life Award from City of Hope and the Outstanding Impact Award from the Council of Real Estate Women. She was inducted as a member of the Washington Business Hall of Fame in November 2016. She is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, a member of the International Women's Forum of Washington, D.C., the Economic Club of Washington, D.C., the Urban Land Institute, and the M.I.T. Alumni Association. She is a former Corporate Board Member of Washington Gas.