Speakers



		Pierre Mongin, President Managing Director of RATP Pierre Mongin est préfet, diplômé d'administration publique de l'École nationale d'administration, et depuis juillet 2006, président directeur général de la RATP. Le préfet Mongin a été directeur de cabinet d'Yves Galland, ministre des Collectivités locales, puis chef de cabinet d'Édouard Balladur, premier ministre. Directeur de cabinet de Dominique de Villepin, premier ministre, Pierre Mongin devient président directeur général de la RATP à la place d'Anne-Marie Idrac nommée à la direction de la SNCF. Le grand projet de Pierre Mongin est "Metrophérique", une nouvelle rocade de métro autour de Paris.

		Joe Montgomery, Director General of Regions and Communities, United Kingdom Joe Montgomery has been a Director General in the department since March 2001, when he joined as Director General, Neighbourhood Renewal. Prior to joining, Joe's previous position was as Executive Director for Regeneration at Lewisham Council in London. He has extensive experience of grant-making and urban renewal from his work as Assistant Secretary to the Cadbury Trust; as Leader of the Government's Inner City Task Force (in Deptford); and as Chief Executive of one of the 'pathfinder' City Challenge urban regeneration companies. Joe spent 7 years as a local government chief officer with responsibility for housing and planning, transport, environment and economic development. He has served on The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's advisory panel on area regeneration and on the boards of Lewisham College, Middlesex University and South London Training and Enterprise Council. He currently serves as a non-executive director for the Department for Transport and as Chairman of INTA, the international urban development association.

		Ze'ev Boim, Minister of Housing and Construction (Israel). Ze'ev Boim served in the past as Mayor of Kiryat Gat, as well as Chairman of the Municipal Environmental Quality Association, Ashkelon District; Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Economic Company of Kiryat Gat; and Chairman of the Directorate of the Inter Regional Industrial Park of Kiryat Gat and the Lachish Region. A Knesset Member since 1996, he served in the 14th Knesset as Likud Party whip, head of the Negev Lobby, and head of the Knesset Delegation to the Annual Dialogue between Israel and the European Parliament. In the 15th Knesset he served as coalition and Likud faction chairman. He has served on the following committees: Education and Culture; Finance; Internal Affairs and Environment; Constitution, Law, and Justice; Foreign Affairs and Defense; House; Immigration Absorption; Foreign Workers. He served as Deputy Minister of Defense from March 2003 until January 2006, and as Minister of Housing and Construction and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Develoment from January-May 2006. Ze'ev Boim was appointed Minister of Immigrant Absorption from May 2006 until July 2007, when he was appointed Minister of Housing and Construction. He is married and has three children, and lives in Kiryat Gat.

		Rémi Feredj, Director for Real Estate of the RATP, Paris. Âgé de 48 ans, Rémi Feredj travaille depuis 1992 au département du patrimoine de la RATP, dont il a pris la direction en 2004. Il est également Président Directeur général des filiales SEDP et Logis-Transports (groupe RATP). Il a exercé les missions de secrétaire général adjoint en charge des investissements au groupe VICTOIRE ASSURANCES entre 1990 à 1992, avant de prendre la direction de la SEDP, filiale immobilière de la RATP, en 1992. Diplômé de l’Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux et chercheur en économie urbaine, Rémi Feredj a débuté sa carrière en 1985 comme chargé de mission responsable des implantations industrielles au Conseil général des Landes, avant de rejoindre en 1987 la filiale foncière de VICTOIRE (SEFIMEG-SEMIFEG), comme secrétaire général.

		Jean-Pierre Orfeuil, Professor at the Institut d'Urbanisme de Paris Jean-Pierre Orfeuil a une formation d'ingénieur (École des Mines, 1971) et de statisticien (docteur, Paris VI, 1976). Après une vingtaine d'années à l'INRETS où il a dirigé la Division Économie de l'Espace et de la Mobilité, il a rejoint l'Institut d'Urbanisme de Paris en 1998. Professeur, il codirige le CRETEIL et le DEA Transport. Il est membre des comités de rédaction de Recherche Transport Sécurité, des Cahiers Scientifiques du Transport et de responsabilité et Environnement. Il anime la Chaire de l'Institut pour la ville en mouvement et est président du groupe Impacts énergétiques et environnementaux du PREDIT. Outre une centaine d'articles de revue et de rapports pour des institutions françaises et internationales sur les mobilités, leur rôle dans les transformations urbaines et les enjeux associés à leur régulation, il a publié 4 ouvrages sur l'automobile, la mobilité, les stratégies de localisation, les controverses sur les trafics, a dirigé 2 ouvrages collectifs sur la mobilité.Il est intervenu sur la mobilité à l'Université de tous les savoirs. Il dirige actuellement l'édition d'un ouvrage sur Mobilité, pauvreté et exclusion sociale, avec le concours de l'Institut pour la Ville en mouvement.

		Peter Ruback, Head of the Affordable Housing Unit, Department for Communities and Local Government, DCLG (UK) Since 2003, Peter Ruback has been Head of Affordable Housing in the Department of Communities and Local Government (previously Office of the Deputy Prime Minister), the Government Department in England responsible for Housing Policy. His team sets the policy framework for funding and delivery of affordable housing (for rent and for part ownership) by Housing Associations and for programmes for key workers, with delivery being managed by the Housing Corporation. Prior to that he worked for the UK Central Government, on regulation, investment and planning in the transport sector most recently as Head of Network Regulation Policy in the Office of the Rail Regulator and before that in Britain, France and Switzerland as a theoretical physicist.

		Louk Heijnders, Director for Real Estate, Netherlands Government Building Agency, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and Environment, VROM (Netherlands) Mr. Heijnders is Director of Real Estate of the Government Buildings Agency (GBA). The GBA is an agency within the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment in the Netherlands. The GBA is responsible for the housing of the Dutch central Government. Mr Heijnders has worked for the GBA since 1990 in several different positions. Before that, he worked for the Dutch National Auditing Office. Mr Heijnders studied architecture and town planning at the Technical University of Eindhoven. Moreover he has an MBA degree of the universities of Nijenrode and Rochester (New York).


		Donald Cameron, President National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials NAHRO (USA). Mr. Donald J. Cameron is the President of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials. This is the largest and oldest housing and community development association in the United States. Comprised of 22,000 associates and over 2900 local public agencies as members, they touch every city and town in the country. Mr. Cameron is also Chief Executive Officer of the Charleston South Carolina Housing Authority, a position he has held since 1980. Prior to that, he was Deputy Director from 1975-80. The entity provides housing opportunities to over 3600 families, annually, roughly 9.7% of the population. Mr. Cameron is the recipient of numerous honors and awards including a United States Presidential Award for Design Excellence, two American Institute of Architects Honor Awards, and a commendation from the United Nations.


		John Papagni, Division of Neighborhood Revitalization, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (USA). John Papagni serves as Special Projects Manager in the Division of Neighborhood Revitalization at the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, a cabinet level agency. Over the past 12 years, Mr. Papagni has worked with interagency teams responsible for the design and implementation of new business development, homeownership and tax credit programs aimed at revitalizing Maryland’s older neighborhoods. In conjunction with the Assistant Secretary for Neighborhood Revitalization, he developed programs, crafted legislation and policies to strengthen comprehensive neighborhood revitalization. From 1997-2002, he managed the interagency Live Near Your Work employer-assisted housing initiative, a public-private partnerships to promote home ownership and community revitalization. Live Near Your Work sought to promote homeownership in older communities suffering from disinvestment and vacant housing. More than 130 employers in eight jurisdictions participated. Launched in 1997, the Live Near Your Work Program was an early part of the nationally acclaimed Neighborhood Conservation and Smart Growth movement led by Maryland’s then Governor Parris Glendening.

		Jeff Goode, Director of South Yorkshire Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder Jeff’s background is firmly rooted in regeneration / partnership and housing. He was a Director of Development for a leading Housing Association in the North West and more recently has lead an SRB project in West Yorkshire. His current post entails establishing the HMR Pathfinder to transform the housing market in South Yorkshire.

		Eugien Jaruga Dip T.P. MRTPI, Director of Partnerships. Keepmoat group. Eugien Jaruga has a proven track record as a main Board Director in Regeneration and Construction. He is instrumental in providing to Partners and other Stakeholders, a seamless integrated One Stop Shop approach to the delivery of sustainable community regeneration. With a wealth of contacts in both the Public and Private sectors.

		Mohamed Magd El Din Ibrahim, Chairman & Managing Director, Taamir Mortgage Company, Egypt. From 2000 till 2004 Eng. Magd held the position of First Deputy of the Ministry, supervising the Minister’s office for the Housing, Utility, Research & Studies Sector. Starting 2004 and till our present day Eng. Magd holds the positions of Chairman & Managing Director of Taamir Mortgage Company as well as Deputy to the Higher Consultant Committee for Development. In addition Eng. Magd is a Board Member in many National Companies such as Maadi Development & Building, as well a board of director Housing and Development Bank. Eng. Magd has many activities as a volunteer in many institutions such as Egyptian Federation for Construction and building Contractors, Higher Committee of the Syndicate of Engineers, and the Holding Company for Investment & Building only to name a few. Eng. Magd is also a member in International Organizations such as INTA currently, besides being, an active member in many Syndicates & Societies Eng. Magd is also the Head of the Egyptian Mortgage Society & the Egyptian Cultural Development Society. Eng. Magd’s publications include several papers relating to the competitive ability of the Construction Sector in Egypt.

		Dr. Ashraf Kamal is an Associate Professor at the Housing and Building Research Center in Egypt. He is also the Assistant Vice Minister for Technical Affairs, at the New Urban Communities Authority (NUCA), Ministry of Housing, Egypt. Dr. Kamal graduated as an Architect in Cairo University, where he has got the M.Sc. degree in urban planning. Dr. Kamal holds a Ph.D. degree in Urban Economics and Development. He has also obtained a degree in Senior Executive Management from Harvard Business School. His main practical and research interests focus on issues related to new towns planning and economic development, as well as housing finance and improvements. He has several publications in international events covering various topics related to the previously mentioned issues.