{"id":713,"date":"2023-05-13T05:11:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-13T05:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citiesconference.org\/2023\/?page_id=713"},"modified":"2026-07-04T15:49:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T08:49:15","slug":"invited-speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/citiesconference.org\/2026\/invited-speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Invited Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"713\" class=\"elementor elementor-713\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-685c138 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"685c138\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de16650 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"de16650\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-697de9f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"697de9f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a4e0b6 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"7a4e0b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca248a6 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-pagination-position-outside jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"ca248a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;slides_to_scroll&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;both&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/citiesconference.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/32.png\" alt=\"Prof. Dr. Walter Timo de Vries\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Prof. Dr. Walter Timo de Vries<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/citiesconference.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/13.png\" alt=\"Dr. Belinda Ulfa\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Dr. Belinda Ulfa<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"3 of 3\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/citiesconference.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SPEAKER.png\" alt=\"Dr. Sebastian Dembski\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Dr. Sebastian Dembski<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d0ba261 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"d0ba261\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c25a943 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"c25a943\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2dd912f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"2dd912f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-0f104b5 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"0f104b5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c44afc0 jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c44afc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #653d71;\">Prof. Dr. Walter Timo de Vries<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #31434d;\">Technical University of Munich, Germany<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #31434d;\"><strong>Expertise:<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"color: #31434d;\">Smart and Responsible Land Management, Urban and Rural Development, Public Restrictions Cadasters and Capacity Development for Land Policy<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-f7872d2 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"f7872d2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8ea55d jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8ea55d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #653d71;\">Dr. Belinda Ulfa<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #31434d;\">Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, Indonesia<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #31434d;\"><strong>Expertise:<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span class=\"a_GcMg font-feature-liga-off font-feature-clig-off font-feature-calt-off text-decoration-none text-strikethrough-none\" style=\"color: #31434d;\">Urban Regionalism, Institutional Planning, Regional Planning, Spatial Analysis, Peri-urbanization<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_ma_el_bg_slider elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef108c4 jltma-glass-effect-no\" data-id=\"ef108c4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29609fa jltma-glass-effect-no elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29609fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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