A warm welcome!

We look back on a successful Federal Congress on National Urban Development Policy 2025

Under the title “ Well done! Shaping high-quality neighbourhoods“, this year’s federal congress took place in the StadtHalle of the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock with around 1,000 participants.

You can see impressions of the congress here in the video and in the media centre.

We would already like to draw your attention to the 19th Federal Congress on National Urban Development Policy, which will take place in Cologne from 14 to 16 September 2026.

Until then, we wish you all the best and stay healthy. We look forward to seeing you!

Speaker

This year, we once again had a selection of renowned experts and representatives from politics, urban development and civil society who, together with you, contributed significantly to the quality of the 18th Federal Congress on National Urban Development Policy with their interesting presentations or contributions to the panels

If you would like more information on the individual persons, please use the link in the photo.

Line Bernstein
Stadtverwicklung gGmbH, Weimar
Bernd Düsterdiek
German Association of Towns and Municipalities
Dr. Ute Fischer-Gäde
Senator for Urban Planning, Building, Climate Protection and Mobility - Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock
Katalin Gennburg
Member of the German Bundestag - The Left
Mechthild Heil
Member of the German Bundestag - CDU/CSU
Anja Heyde
Moderator
Jette Cathrin Hopp
architect, Director - Snøhetta, Oslo (Norway)
Verena Hubertz
Federal Minister - Housing, Urban Development and Building
Dr. Olaf Joachim
State Secretary - Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building
Eva Maria Kröger
Mayor - Hanseatic and University City of Rostock
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Angela Million
Professor of Urban Design and Urban Development - Institute of Urban and Regional Planning at TU Berlin
Christian Pegel
Minister of the Interior, Building and Digitalisation - State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Rico Quirindongo
Director of the Office of Planning and Community Development - Seattle, United States of America
Daniel Schreiner
City Planning Officer - Fulda
Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Mario Tvrtković
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Coburg
Prof. Hilmar von Lojewski
Association of German Cities

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