Júlia López Ventura
Socia / Member at WAS (Women Action Sustainability)- Claim this Profile
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Spanish Native or bilingual proficiency
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Catalan Native or bilingual proficiency
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English Full professional proficiency
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French Professional working proficiency
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Arabic Elementary proficiency
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Italiano Professional working proficiency
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Bio
Elliott More
Júlia is absolutely terrific! We worked together at C40 for a year, helping many European cities to develop and launch climate action plans. I was constantly in awe of how well she managed this challenging, technical and often political work. She is a natural diplomat, with no situation seeming to ruffle her, and always finding the right words to create consensus and dispel conflict. I would love to work with Júlia again as she brought out the best in me.
Esteve Almirall
I've worked with Julia in different European Projects, mostly around Smart Cities. She is a real social entrepreneur that aims at pushing the boundaries of her organization and makes it progress and advance. We need more people like Julia in the Public Sector only with them we will be able to transform and bring innovation to it !!!
Elliott More
Júlia is absolutely terrific! We worked together at C40 for a year, helping many European cities to develop and launch climate action plans. I was constantly in awe of how well she managed this challenging, technical and often political work. She is a natural diplomat, with no situation seeming to ruffle her, and always finding the right words to create consensus and dispel conflict. I would love to work with Júlia again as she brought out the best in me.
Esteve Almirall
I've worked with Julia in different European Projects, mostly around Smart Cities. She is a real social entrepreneur that aims at pushing the boundaries of her organization and makes it progress and advance. We need more people like Julia in the Public Sector only with them we will be able to transform and bring innovation to it !!!
Elliott More
Júlia is absolutely terrific! We worked together at C40 for a year, helping many European cities to develop and launch climate action plans. I was constantly in awe of how well she managed this challenging, technical and often political work. She is a natural diplomat, with no situation seeming to ruffle her, and always finding the right words to create consensus and dispel conflict. I would love to work with Júlia again as she brought out the best in me.
Esteve Almirall
I've worked with Julia in different European Projects, mostly around Smart Cities. She is a real social entrepreneur that aims at pushing the boundaries of her organization and makes it progress and advance. We need more people like Julia in the Public Sector only with them we will be able to transform and bring innovation to it !!!
Elliott More
Júlia is absolutely terrific! We worked together at C40 for a year, helping many European cities to develop and launch climate action plans. I was constantly in awe of how well she managed this challenging, technical and often political work. She is a natural diplomat, with no situation seeming to ruffle her, and always finding the right words to create consensus and dispel conflict. I would love to work with Júlia again as she brought out the best in me.
Esteve Almirall
I've worked with Julia in different European Projects, mostly around Smart Cities. She is a real social entrepreneur that aims at pushing the boundaries of her organization and makes it progress and advance. We need more people like Julia in the Public Sector only with them we will be able to transform and bring innovation to it !!!
Credentials
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Leadership and Change
LSE OnlineSep, 2023- Nov, 2024 -
Diversity Dictionary
The Other BoxNov, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Allyship in the Workplace
The Other BoxAug, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Know Your Bias
The Other BoxAug, 2022- Nov, 2024 -
Geopolítica y gobernanza global: riesgos y oportunidades
CourseraApr, 2022- Nov, 2024
Experience
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WAS (Women Action Sustainability)
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Spain
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Civic and Social Organizations
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1 - 100 Employee
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Socia / Member
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Mar 2023 - Present
WAS es una asociación sin ánimo de lucro cuyo fin principal es elevar la sostenibilidad al primer nivel estratégico de las empresas, entidades, instituciones y de la sociedad mediante los siguientes objetivos: - Impulsar el compromiso de las empresas, instituciones, entidades y la sociedad con la sostenibilidad. - Promover el papel de la mujer para elevar la sostenibilidad al primer nivel de decisión en todas las áreas. - Crear foros de debate y discusión en materia ESG a través de mujeres expertas en la materia. --- WAS is a non-profit association whose main purpose is to elevate sustainability to the first strategic level of companies, entities, institutions and society through the following objectives: - Push forward the sustainability commitment of companies, institutions, entities and society. - Promote the role of women to elevate sustainability to the first level of decision in all areas. - Create spaces for debate and discussion on ESG matters through women experts in the fields. Show less
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AEDIVE (ASOCIACIÓN EMPRESARIAL PARA EL DESARROLLO E IMPULSO DE LA MOVILIDAD ELÉCTRICA)
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Spain
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Member of Academic Board / Miembro del Consejo Académico
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Jun 2019 - Present
The AEDIVE Academic Board is a group of qualified experts in the business, academic and government fields, with the ability to provide knowledge, perspective and analysis on issues related to electric mobility to help the association to focus directions and decisions. It is a consultative body through which the AEDIVE Board of Directors will be able to analyze problems and situations that affect electric, shared, connected and autonomous mobility, as well as the interaction of mobility with the urban environment and with citizens. Show less
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C40 Cities
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United Kingdom
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Non-profit Organizations
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200 - 300 Employee
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European Regional Director
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Jun 2015 - Present
Leader of the C40 European Team and responsible for, among other: - Setting the vision, goals and strategic objectives for the C40 European Region and its members, coordinating with global teams. - Build and coordinate the strategic participation of the 18 most influential mayors of the European Region in one of the most relevant climate change political platforms globally. - Responsible for negotiating and agreeing strategic participation of cities in key climate urban transformational projects in the fields of: Water, Transportation, Energy, Waste, Adaptation, Resilience, Urban Planning, Clean Construction and Finance. - Coordination of C40 city diplomacy efforts in Europe, for example: ▪ In 2019, lobby the adoption of the NZ2050 (net zero emissions by the year 2050) by the European Commission, in coordination with other international organisations. Achievement: more than 200 mayors signed a letter asking the EC for more ambition (covered by Financial Times, La Vanguardia...). ▪ Yearly participation at United Nations Climate events – COP. ▪ Yearly coordination of C40 European Mayors at U20 Process (urban advocacy to G20). ▪ In 2022, launch of C40 Energy Crisis Emergency Plan and advocacy activities to EU leadership. - Responsible for the coordination of the European Mayors participation at the C40 World Mayors Summit in 2016 in CDMX (Mexico), 2019 in Copenhagen (Denmark) and 2022 in Buenos Aires (Argentina). Show less
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Barcelona City Council
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Spain
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Head of IT International Office - Directorate for ICT Strategy and Smart Cities
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Oct 2012 - May 2015
- Direct report to CIO of the City of Barcelona and to the International Relations Mayor’s Office. - Lead IT Liaison in the European Commission (DG CNECT, DG ENER & DG Research & Innovation): o Managing fundraising & lobbying activities, stakeholders’ engagement & city platforms. o Successfully managed Barcelona candidacy for European Innovation iCapital 2014-2016. - Responsible for the technical coordination of the World Bank Urban Innovation Hub in the city of Barcelona: o Successfully transferred Barcelona urban innovative projects to non-developed cities together with World Bank senior officials. o Co-organization of Citisense event 2013&2014 for LatAm and North Africa cities in Barcelona attracting more than 50 cities. o Negotiation of landing of World Bank hub in city of Barcelona. - Lead representative of the city of Barcelona in international forums and lobby platforms: o C40 Climate Group, Eurocities, Major Cities of Europe, World eGovernment Organisation - Coordination of 13 European-funded projects, of which 7 focus/are related to Urban Sustainability: o Example: H2020 GrowSmarter (lighthouse project) with Stockholm & Cologne. Focus on green retrofits, zero emissions mobility and sustainable infrastructures (38 million€ budget, 37 partners) http://www.grow-smarter.eu/home/ - Responsible for the coordination of high level international events representing the city of Barcelona like the Mobile World Congress or the Smart City Expo & World Congress. Show less
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Museu Picasso de Barcelona
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Spain
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Technical Project Manager
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Sep 2008 - Oct 2012
- support to the Smart City conceptualisation of Barcelona - execution and monitoring of tech-enabled pan-european projects - European project bids - FP6, FP7-ICT-ENERGY-ENV, CIP, Horizon2020, Spanish & Catalan programs - coordination of worldwide eGovernment networking - EUROCITIES, Major Cities of Europe, CGLU, WeGoV - promotion of ICT innovation in public sector - development of benchmarking and knowledge exchange exercises - support to the Smart City conceptualisation of Barcelona - execution and monitoring of tech-enabled pan-european projects - European project bids - FP6, FP7-ICT-ENERGY-ENV, CIP, Horizon2020, Spanish & Catalan programs - coordination of worldwide eGovernment networking - EUROCITIES, Major Cities of Europe, CGLU, WeGoV - promotion of ICT innovation in public sector - development of benchmarking and knowledge exchange exercises
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Arca.
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Spain
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Telecommunications
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100 - 200 Employee
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Field engineer
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Mar 2008 - Aug 2008
Field engineer in charge of: - writing and endorsement of Technical Projects for the construction of 2G (rural) and 3G (city) base stations for Movistar (Telefonica) and Vodafone, the two mejor Spanish mobile phones companies. - responsible of the coordination and control of all the actors implied in the construction of a base station (from civil works to radio engineers) managing groups up to 20 people - direct reporting to the client Field engineer in charge of: - writing and endorsement of Technical Projects for the construction of 2G (rural) and 3G (city) base stations for Movistar (Telefonica) and Vodafone, the two mejor Spanish mobile phones companies. - responsible of the coordination and control of all the actors implied in the construction of a base station (from civil works to radio engineers) managing groups up to 20 people - direct reporting to the client
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Barcelona City Council
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Spain
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern at International Cooperation
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Nov 2006 - Oct 2007
- support to the FP6 European-funded projects ICING - intelligent urban environments using Smart City sensors in 2005! - 4.6M€, 3y - support to the FP6 European-funded project HOPS - voice-enabled front platforms - 3y - support to the coordination of worldwide eGovernment networking - EUROCITIES, Major Cities of Europe - support to the organisation of events related to ICT promotion in public services - support to the FP6 European-funded projects ICING - intelligent urban environments using Smart City sensors in 2005! - 4.6M€, 3y - support to the FP6 European-funded project HOPS - voice-enabled front platforms - 3y - support to the coordination of worldwide eGovernment networking - EUROCITIES, Major Cities of Europe - support to the organisation of events related to ICT promotion in public services
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Education
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2001 - 2007
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Telecom Engineering - Master's degree, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering -
2011 - 2012
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Master's Degree in Information and Knowledge Society, Sociology -
2023 - 2023
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Leadership and Change certificate course, 95%
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