Participants' and speakers' quotes

The Resilient Cities 2010 Congress was successfully received and experienced by more than 500 participants.

Please find below their impressions on the Forum.

Looking forward to meeting you at Resilient Cities 2011 (3-5 June 2011)!

I congratulate ICLEI on the extraordinary organization and results from the
Congress. Thanks to all of you for such a great event!!!
David Wilk, Inter-American Development Bank

Now that I imagine you have probably re-emerged from the complex and demanding task of organizing a perfect congress, I would like to express my gratitude for the opportunity you have given me to contribute to the Program Committee, and for the hospitality at the congress.
Pablo Vaggione, Isocarp

It was a wonderful meeting and inspirational in so many small but significant ways.
David Jackson, UNCDF

Thank you for a fabulous conference. Every time I come in contact with ICLEI I am enormously impressed by what you are doing and the breadth of your reach and influence.
Martin Chilcott, 2degrees

Thank you for organising the resilient cities congress, I found it an invaluable source of information, by far the best conference I have ever attended in terms of the range of sessions available and the quality of presentations. I also thought the venue was excellent.
Anna Beswick, Scottish Climate Change Impacts Partnership (SCCIP)

Thank you very much for such a great conference! I met many interesting people and got interesting feedback on my input.
Christian Kind, Adelphi

The event was a great success, from what I saw. Very interesting sessions, delegates and a well organised agenda and venue.
Magnus Benzie, AEA Group

The best news was to hear that we as a city are not alone in this struggle. This conference provides the platform for cities to play catch-up in the fight against climate change.
Andrew A. Mather, eThekwini Municipality, Durban

The Congress offered an excellent connection point between local government practitioners and researchers on the increasingly important topic of urban adaptation to climate change.
Raf Tuts, UN-HABITAT

This Congress should attract more delegates from the developing countries. This is a good foundation, and we hope to see more fruitful thoughts emerge from World Congresses to follow.
R.M. Lafarullah, Municipal Council of Matale

The proof that international city-peer to city-peer networking is working and needed! Great!
Harris Tiddens, Sustainable Thinking Systems

A watershed event in refocusing the local government agenda. We leave Bonn with a new ABC: Adaptation and Building resilience for climate change in Cities
Debra Roberts, eThekwini Municipality, Durban

A wonderful initiative to make a difference in adaptation to climate change for urban areas in any parts of the world.
Golam Rabbani, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies