Global City 2009

Posted by Carol Coletta on March 08, 2009 |

I'll be joining city managers and planners from the world’s leading cities including Seoul, Lyon, Paris, Mumbai, Beijing, Jeddah, Riyadh and San Francisco in Abu Dhabi next month to debate and determine the blueprint for successful urban living over the next 10 to 100 years.

Global City 2009 will be held April 17-18 at the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi.  This is the first time the conference has been held in the Middle East.

The Mayors Panel, addressing ‘the factors of success for a city in 10 years vs. 100 years,’ will feature the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai, Dr. J. M. Phatak; Lyon mayor Gérard Collomb; Paul Bevan, Secretary General of Eurocities, Belgium; Seoul mayor Oh Se-hoon and Patrick Devedjian, Minister responsible for economic stimulus plan, France and President of the World Business Districts Network for Sustainable Development, among others.

Other highlights of the Global City 2009 programme include keynote sessions by Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lund Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, USA and Richard Florida, City Guru and Founder of advisory services firm, Creative Class Group.

I'll be participating in the city branding panel.

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Long Live the City

Posted by Carol Coletta on August 24, 2008 |

That's the theme for this year's Designboost to be held in Malmo October 15-17.  Learn more here.

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