Meet the Speakers – Liveability Final Conference in Riga

We’re excited to share our speaker highlights – the Liveability Final Conference, Together We Grow in Riga is only three weeks away! Don’t miss your chance to join us – register now to secure your spot.

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Meet the speakers!

Come and soak up the creative energy, get inspired, and explore what makes cities truly liveable. Today, we’re happy to introduce the speakers who will bring these ideas to life.

Day 1

Tina Saaby – Director of the Danish Town Planning Institute and former City Architect of Copenhagen.
A leading voice in urban planning, Tina has spent more than two decades shaping Danish cities around people, democracy, and design quality.

In conversation with Renāte Lagzdiņa – Director of the University of Latvia Botanical Garden.
Renāte is a curator working at the intersection of art, placemaking, and community building. Her work explores how cultural and natural environments can foster community, creativity, and sustainable urban development.

Together, they’ll explore “The Long Bloom: Past Lessons and Future Visions for Liveable Cities.”

Day 2

Nikolaj Sveistrup – Futurist, Founder of URBAN AGENDA, and Head of Development at the Brundtland ThinkTank, Kopenhagen.
Nikolaj works at the crossroads of urban exploration, politics, and regenerative transformation – inspiring cities to act locally while thinking globally.

Caroline Paulick-Thiel & Blasius Walch – both from Politics for Tomorrow, Berlin.
Caroline is a strategic designer and public policy expert, driving transformative innovation in the public sector. Blasius is a strategic generalist connecting ethics, technology, and human-centered design to navigate complexity in governance and transformation. Together, they bring insights on democratizing systems change and building cities for the 21st century.

They’ll join the Liveability Talks – Live Session with Young Urban Planners from Gothenburg to discuss what’s next for liveable cities.

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