The main highlights of the Plenary session were:
- Opening of the 20th European Week of Regions and Cities with
- Vasco ALVES CORDEIRO, President of the European Committee of the Regions
- Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament
- Elisa FERREIRA, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms
- Apostolos TZITZIKOSTAS, First Vice-President of the European Committee of the Regions
- Younous OMARJEE (THELEFT/FR), Chair of the Committee on Regional Development of the European Parliament
- Emil BOC, Chair of the commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and the ad-hoc commission on EU Budget of the European Committee of the Regions
- Debate on the EU Annual Report on the State of Regions and Cities in the European Union with Vasco ALVES CORDEIRO, President of the European Committee of the Region
- Debate on the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) with
- Bas EICKHOUT (Greens-AFE/NL), Vice-chair of the ENVI Committee of the European Parliament
- Sharon DIJKSMA, Mayor of Utrecht
- Mohamed SEFIANI, Mayor of Chefchaouen and member of ICLEI’s Global Executive Committee
- Young Elected Politicians (YEPs)
- Debate on the new Cohesion Alliance for new challenges with:
- Elisa FERREIRA, Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms
- Younous OMARJEE (THELEFT/FR), Chair of the committee on Regional Development of the European Parliament
- Emil BOC, Chair of the commission for Territorial Cohesion Policy and the ad-hoc commission on EU Budget of the European Committee of the Regions
- Dario NARDELLA, President of Eurocities
- Jean-Claude MARCOURT, President of the Conference of European Regional Legislative Assemblies (CALRE)
- Karl-Heinz LAMBERTZ, President of the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR)
- Jean-Luc VANRAES, Vice-President of the Assembly of European Regions (AER)
- Karine GLOANEC-MAURIN, Representative of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR)
- Cees LOGGEN, President of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR)
- Debate on the Future of Europe with Dubravka ŠUICA, Vice-President of the European Commission for Democracy and Demography