Minsk, Belarus Simon Nielsen Minsk, Belarus Simon Nielsen

PEN Belarus

We create space for dialogue, foster the development of Belarusian literary process and Belarusian culture in general, fight against any manifestations of hatred and stand up for the universal ideals of peace and equality. We consistently defend freedom of expression and campaign to draw attention of Belarusian and international community to the violations of writers’ rights.

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Brooklyn (NY), USA Simon Nielsen Brooklyn (NY), USA Simon Nielsen

The Urban Conga

The Urban Conga is an international multidisciplinary design studio focused on exploring the idea of a Playable City as an ecosystem of multiscale playable opportunities intertwined within our existing urban infrastructure.

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Juarez, Mexico Simon Nielsen Juarez, Mexico Simon Nielsen

Nómada Estudio Urbano

Nomada Estudio Urbano is an urban consultancy from Juarez, Mexico founded in 2016, dedicated to the creation and management of placemaking, community development and tactical urbanism projects.

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Kathmandu, Nepal Simon Nielsen Kathmandu, Nepal Simon Nielsen

PEN Nepal

I am an award winning Nepali poet, writer and a translator. My 10 books of poems, 10 books of essays/travels and a novel have been published. Presently, I am working as secretary of PEN Nepal (literary organization), a Nepali chapter of PEN International.

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Dhaka, Bangladesh Simon Nielsen Dhaka, Bangladesh Simon Nielsen

Mohammad Moheuddin

Mohammad Moheuddin is the Secretary General of PEN Bangladesh Centre. He writes fiction and drama and edits Golpokar, the first monthly literary journal in Bangladesh entirely devoted to fiction. He has been bringing out the monthly Golpokar for over five and a half years now. Golpokar has served and printed about 500 writers to-date, out of whom about 100 young writers made their debut in Golpokar.

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Perth, Australia Simon Nielsen Perth, Australia Simon Nielsen

Town Team Movement

Town Team Movement enables local communities and governments to connect, organise and act to regenerate the fabric of their neighbourhoods and to create better places.

We’re an ‘underarching’, non-profit social enterprise. We help positive ‘doers’ to improve their community, based on the fun and inclusive Town Team approach.

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Hellerup, Denmark Simon Nielsen Hellerup, Denmark Simon Nielsen

Jørgen Christian Wind Nielsen

Languages, first of all. Languages, literature, multilingual communication, language diversity. I have been working with languages for years, professionally, politically and in private. I am a board member of Danish PEN, and I firmly believe in freedom of expression and that all languages are equal and should be listened to. I am also a member of International PEN's Translation and Linguistic Rights Committee (TLRC), where we put focus on the kinship between languages, freedom of expression and human rights.

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Copenhagen, Denmark Simon Nielsen Copenhagen, Denmark Simon Nielsen

Danish PEN

PEN stands for the principle of unhampered transmission of thought within each nation and between all nations, and members pledge themselves to oppose any form of suppression of freedom of expression in the country and community to which they belong, as well as throughout the world wherever this is possible.

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Rotterdam, The Netherlands Simon Nielsen Rotterdam, The Netherlands Simon Nielsen

Huasipichanga

Giulia is an urban planner, architect and researcher specialising in community-driven development and participatory design. She excels at engaging in various kinds of situations, thanks to her international experiences and chameleonic nature. Empathy and curiosity are fully part of herself, at the same time the winning cards for building a strong network. She defines her professional goal as helping vulnerable communities by co-creating with them more green and inclusive public spaces.

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Joondalup (Perth), Australia Simon Nielsen Joondalup (Perth), Australia Simon Nielsen

Kommuniti HQ

I help build sustainable cities and communities that in turn design out loneliness, poverty and homelessness in Australia and beyond. My lived experience of homelessness allows me to publicly speak with authority on topics of 'Homelessness' and 'Resilience'. I am also the Founder/Managing Director of Kommuniti HQ - A profit for purpose social business.

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Washington D.C., USA Simon Nielsen Washington D.C., USA Simon Nielsen

Bruce Katz

Advisor to global, national, state, regional, and municipal leaders on public reforms and private innovations that advance the well-being of metropolitan areas and their countries.

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Hvalsø, Denmark Simon Nielsen Hvalsø, Denmark Simon Nielsen

Peter Schultz Jørgensen

“Building the anti-capitalist power of urban social movements through organizing, development of competencies, accumulation of platforms and dialectical utopianism. Development of a new framework for understanding urbanity.”

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