GPM ANNUAL SUMMIT 2021
Mayors
Palermo, Italy
Mayor Leoluca Orlando
Host GPM Summit 2021, Speaker
Mannheim, Germany
Mayor Peter Kurz
Speaker
Braga, Portugal
Mayor Ricardo Rio
Speaker
Bern, Switzerland
Mayor Alec von Graffenried
Speaker
Mafra, Portugal
Mayor Hélder Sousa Silva
Speaker
Afanloum, Cameroon
Mayor Marie Angele Meyanga
Speaker
Quelimane, Cameroon
Mayor Manuel de Araujo
Speaker
Vyas, Nepal
Mayor Baikuntha Neupane
Speaker
Mansakonko Council, the Gambia
Mayor Landing B. Sanneh
Speaker
Nebbi, Uganda
Mayor Geoffrey Ngiriker
Speaker
Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Mayor Hubert Bruls
Speaker
Rochester Hills, USA
Mayor Bryan Barnett
Speaker
Entebbe, Uganda
Mayor Rulinda Fabrice Brad
Speaker
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Mayor Solomon Mguni
Speaker
Cape Town, South Africa
Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson
Represented by Councilor Zahid Badroodien – Speaker
Katowice, Poland
Mayor Marcin Krupa
Speaker
Palmira, Colombia
Mayor Óscar Escobar
Speaker
Banjul, The Gambia
Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe
Speaker
Jerusalem, Israel
Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahoum
Speaker
Pittsburgh, USA
Mayor William Peduto
Speaker
Montpellier, France
Mayor Michaël Delafosse
Speaker
Tirana, Albania
Mayor Erion Veliaj
Speaker
Bilbao, Spain
Councillor Coordinator Gonzalo Olabarria
Speaker
Dresden, Germany
Deputy Mayor Annekatrin Klepch
Speaker
Wroclaw, Poland
Deputy Mayor Jakub Mazur
Speaker
Gdansk, Poland
Mayor Aleksandra Dulkiewicz
Leicester, UK
Mayor Peter Soulsby
Antsirabe, Madagascar
Mayor Rasamimanana Honoré Gabriel
Mansakonko Council, the Gambia
Deputy Mayor Almamo Ak Ceesay
Wilkinsburg, USA
Mayor Marita Garrett
Iganga, Uganda
Mayor Bamu Lulenzi
Nansana, Uganda
Mayor Regina Nakazzi Bakitte
Bristol, UK
Mayor Marvin Rees
Basse, the Gambia
Mayor Foday Danjo
Konak, Turkey
Mayor Abdül Batur
Montpellier, France
Deputy Mayor Clare Hart
Kabale, Uganda
Mayor Byamugisha Sentaro
Bopolu, Liberia
Mayor Zinnah Norman
Esse, Cameroon
Mayor Martin Ndongo Boune
Keur Maba Diakhou, Sénégal
Mayor Mouhamadou Bamba KA
Bamenda III, Cameroon
Mayor Fongu Cletus Tanwe
Bamenda II, Cameroon
Mayor Peter Chenwi
Monrovia, Liberia
Mayor Jefferson T. Koijee
Hebron, Palestine
Mayor Tayseer Abu Sneineh
Masaka, Uganda
Mayor Florence Namayanja
Kalmunai, Sri Lanka
Mayor Aboobucker Mohamed Rakeeb
Mogadishu, Somalia
Mayor Omar Mohamoud Finnish
Kolkata, India
Deputy Mayor Atin Ghosh
The Hague, Netherlands
Mayor Jan van Zanen
Ghent, Belgium
Mayor Mathias De Clercq
Gbarnga, Liberia
Mayor Lucia Fannia Herbert
Pobe, Benin
Mayor Simon Adébayo Dinan
Porto-Novo, Benin
Mayor Charlemagne Yankoty
Kamuli, Uganda
Mayor Luwano Azizi
Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
Governor Claudio Benjamín Orrego Larraín
Ohaji LGA, Nigeria
Mayor Chris Anaco
Eunugu, Nigeria
Mayor Arinze Amaechina
Tiko, Cameroon
Deputy Mayor Ikome Valery Ndisa
Isu LGA, Nigeria
Mayor Ukwue Ndubuisi
Obowo LGA, Nigeria
Mayor Okoro Moses Okochi
Orsu, Nigeria
Mayor Emmanuel ThankGod Obumnaeme
Owerri North, Nigeria
Mayor Lucky Joy Obazee
Voinjama, Liberia
Mayor Korto Harris
Kakata, Liberia
Mayor Emmanuel M. Goll
Nwangele, Nigeria
Mayor Onyeka Kasarachi
Honorable Members
Uganda
Grace Mary Mugasa
Minister of State for Public Service
Former Mayor of Hoima, Uganda
Speaker
Iganga, Uganda
Balaba David
Former mayor
Speaker
Asbury Park, USA
Ed Johnson
Former Mayor Asbury Park, USA
GPM Honorary Member
Speaker
Gagra, Pakistan
Syed Salar Jehan
Former Mayor Gagra
GPM Ambassador
Experts and Guests
Maimunah Mohd Sharif
Executive Director
UN-HABITAT
Speaker
Ivo Daalder
Chair AdCo
President of Chicago Council of Global Affairs
Moderator
Aziza Akhmouch
Head of Local Division on Cities, Urban Policies, and Sustainable Development
OECD
Expert
Rachel Launay
Country Director
British Council Italy
Moderator
Michele Klein Solomon
Regional Director for Central and North America, and the Caribbean
IOM
Kathy Baugh McLeod
Director
Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht-Rocketfeller Foundation Resilience Center
Speaker
Nathalie Röbbel
Head of Urban Health, Social Determinants of Health
World Health Organization
Expert
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Former Head of State (Liberia)
Nobel Peace Prize 2011
Speaker
Graham Alabaster
Head of UN-HABITAT Geneva
Former UN-HABITAT Liaison with the WHO
Keynote Speaker
Doris Sommer
Harvard University
Director of the Cultural Agents Initiative at Harvard University
Expert
Ege Yildirim
Urban Planner
Expert
John Austin
Director Michigan Economic Center.
Nonresident Senior Fellow Brookings Institution & Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Expert
Eric Corijn
Director of the Brussels Academy
Vice-president of the Brussels Studies Institute
Expert
Partners and Organisations
Summit 2021
