The second annual event for the Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission “Mission in Progress: Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Conference 2023” will take place in Brussels next week (26 and 27 June).

The Conference will gather Mission City mayors, political representatives and practitioners, the European Commission, national authorities, the Mission Platform NetZeroCities and others to connect and engage on Mission-critical concepts and ideas.

Though in person attendance is restricted to Mission Cities, there will be the opportunity for all interested cities to follow the plenary sessions on the second day of the conference online.

Sessions that will be livestreamed on 27 June include:

• A keynote speech by Marc Lemaître, Director-General DG Research and Innovation, European Commission.
• Panel Session: ‘Impulse Statements: Cities as Frontrunners of the Climate Transition’
• Panel Session: ‘Climate-Neutral Cities by 2030: A Political Reality Check’
• Panel Session: ‘The European Green Deal at Local Level: Challenges and Co-benefits'
• Conclusions from Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President, European Commission (17:50-18:05)

The link to the livestream will become live at 9:30 CEST on Tuesday 27 June. It will close at 12:30 and reopen at 17:45 for F. Timmermans conclusions.