Since almost 5 years, Katrien Rycken is the coordinator of the citywide project ‘Leuven 2030’, previously known as ‘Leuven Climate neutral 2030’. She graduated as a master in engineering architecture and studied urban geography in France. Rycken worked as a unit leader on integrated building projects at Sweco, until she started in 2013 as the coordinator of ‘Leuven 2030’.

Rycken facilitated the establishment of the ngo ‘Leuven 2030’ and helped it grow to more than 400 companies, organizations and citizens of the Leuven community. She inspires partners to collaborate on specific urban climate related challenges. She’s in charge of the professional development of the scientific, communicative, participatory, operational aspects of Leuven 2030, and a proud ambassador of the European Green Leaf Award 2018.