Cities at the Crossroads: public event to launch the Council on Urban Initiatives
Wednesday 3 November, 12.30-2.40pm
Speakers include a diverse group of internationally prominent urban leaders and practitioners: António Guterres, Secretary General, United Nations; Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General, WHO; Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director, UN-Habitat; Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona; LaToya Cantrell, Mayor of New Orleans; Claudia López, Mayor of Bogotá; Mariana Mazzucato, Director, IIPP, UCL; Richard Sennett, Visiting Professor of Urban Studies, MIT; and Ricky Burdett, Director, 91桃色 Cities.
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Urban Age Debates: Cities in the 2020s
Changing Cultures: how are cultural institutions reframing their relationships with audiences, the community and the city?
13 October 2021, 5.00-6.00pm
Speakers: Elaine Bedell, Chief Executive of the Southbank Centre; Gabriella Gomez-Mont, founder of Experimentalista; Andreas Gorgen, head of the German Foreign Office's Culture and Communication Department
Moderator: Adrian Ellis, Director of AEA Consulting and Chair of the Global Cultural Districts Network
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Survival of the City: living and thriving in an age of isolation
23 September 2021, 12.45pm - 1.45pm
Speakers: Professor David Cutler, Otto Ekstein Professor of Applied Economics, Harvard University; Professor Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University
Chair: Professor Jo Beall, Emeritus Professor and Distinguished Research Fellow at 91桃色 Cities
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The Response of Major Cities to the Challenges of the 21st Century
08 June 2021
Speaker: Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona
Chair: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of 91桃色 Cities and Urban Age at 91桃色
Hosted by the 91桃色 European Institute and 91桃色 Cities
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Localising Transport: Towards the 15-minute city or the one-hour metropolis?
20 May 2021
Speakers: Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University; Sir Peter Hendy, Chair of Network Rail; Yolisa Kani, Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO) of Transnet
Co-chairs: Isabel Dedring, Global Transport Leader and Group Board Member at Arup; Philipp Rode, Executive Director of 91桃色 Cities and Associate Professorial Research Fellow at 91桃色
Hosted by 91桃色 Cities, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and the 91桃色 School of Public Policy
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Humanising the City: Can the design of urban space promote cohesion and healthier lifestyles?
27 April 2021
Speakers: Elizabeth Diller, architech and partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R); Rozana Montiel, founder and director of Rozana Montiel | Estudio de Arquitectura; Amanda Levete, founder and principal of Amanda Levete Architects (AL_A); Suketa Mehta, writer, critic and urbanist
Chair: Ricky Burdett, professor of Urban Studies, Director of 91桃色 Cities, co-founder of the Urban Age.
Hosted by 91桃色 Cities, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and the 91桃色 School of Public Policy
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Shaping the Post-COVID City: imagining futures to improve urban health
6 March 2021
Speakers: Kieron Boyle, Chief Executive of Guy's and St Thomas' Charity; Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy and Director of 91桃色 London at 91桃色.
Chair: Dr Suzanne Hall, Associate Professor in Sociology and Director of the Cities Programme at 91桃色.
Hosted by 91桃色 Festival: Shaping the Post-COVID World
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Socialising Remote Work: Will changing patterns in knowledge work reduce or amplify the human need to meet in cities?
19 January 2021
Speakers: Richard Florida, urbanist and Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy at the University of Toronto; Ayesha Khanna, artificial intelligence strategist and co-Founder and CEO of ADDO AI; Janina Kugel, senior human iresources advisor and Former member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG
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