Speakers
Konrad Otto-Zimmerman
Secretary General
ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability, Freiburg, Germany
Biography:
Degrees:
- Engineering Diploma
(Dipl.-Ing.) Degree in Architecture and Urban Planning, Technical University of Hannover, Germany. - Magister Degree
(Magister rerum publicarum) in Public Administration, University of Public Administration, Speyer, Germany.
Previous responsibilities:
- 1992-2001 - ICLEI Deputy Secretary General and Regional Director for Europe of ICLEI
- 1987-1992 - Head of the Environmental Planning, City of Freiburg, Germany
- 1985-1987 - Project Leader, "Environmental Project Black Forest"
- 1977-1985 - Head of Urban Environmental Planning Section, Federal Environmental Agency, Berlin, Germany
Memberships:
- Alumni of HRH The Prince of Wales's Business & the Environment Programme, Cambridge, UK
- Vereinigung für Stadt-, Regional- und Landesplanung e.V. (Association of Town and Regional Planners, Germany)
- Gesellschaft für Umweltrecht e.V. (Environmental Law Society, Germany)
- UVP-Gesellschaft e.V. (Environmental Impact Assessment Society, Germany)
Initiatives:
- Creator of brand “Ökologisches Bauen” (ecological building) in Germany 1982.
- Creator of the concept of Environmental Budgeting (ecoBUDGET) 1986.
- Creator of the concept and brand of “Umweltverbund” 1986 and Ecomobility 2007. Initiator of the Global Alliance for EcoMobility 2007.
- Several advisory functions such as board member of the International Green Purchasing Network and the International Centre for Sustainable Cities.
- Author, editor, or co-editor of 11 books and hundreds of articles in various magazines on local environmental planning & management and non-motorized urban transport. Lecturer at over 200 congresses, conferences, symposia and training sessions. Initiator and Scientific Director of congresses on sustainable cities, Local Agenda 21, local environmental management, environmental impact assessment, non-motorized urban transport and ecoprocurement.
Professional interests:
Public policy and administration; urban sustainability planning and management; urban mobility; sustainable construction; urban energy efficiency and renewable energy; green purchasing; climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies.