Berlin Conference Programme | 10 to 11 November 2006

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URBAN AGE BERLIN – Friday 10 November 2006

10.00 to 11.00 OPENING

Welcome

Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG

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Howard Davies, Director, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Klaus Wowereit, Mayor, Berlin

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Angela Merkel, Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany

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11.00 to 12.00 INTRODUCTION

The Urban Age Project | 20 min

Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Policy implications for the Urban Age | 40 min

Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.

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13.00 to 14.30 LABOUR MARKET AND WORK PLACES

Urban economies: Challenges of inequality and the informal

Chair: Ed Soja, Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science and University of California Los Angeles

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PRESENTATION

Cities and their global economies | 20 min

Saskia Sassen, Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago and Centennial Visiting Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science

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RESPONDENTS (5 min each)

Carl Weisbrod, former President, New York Downtown Alliance

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Caroline Kihato, Policy Analyst, Development Bank of Southern Africa

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José Castillo, Principal, Arquitectura 911sc and Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana School of Architecture, Mexico City

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Dieter Läpple, Professor of Regional and Urban Economics, HafenCity University Hamburg

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DEBATE

open discussion | 50 min

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14.30 to 16.00 MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT

Moving people, making city

Chair: Andy Altman, Planning Director Washington D.C. 2000-2005 and Partner, LeftBank Development Company, New York

PRESENTATION

Transport as politics | 20 min

Enrique Peñalosa, Mayor of Bogotá, 1998-2001

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RESPONDENTS (5 min each)

Peter Hendy, Commissioner, Transport for London

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Friedemann Kunst, Director, Transport Planning, Senate Administration for Urban Development, Berlin

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Hermann Knoflacher, Professor of Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering, Vienna University of Technology

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Alejandro Zaera Polo, Joint Director, Foreign Office Architects, London

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DEBATE

open discussion | 50 min

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16.30 to 18.00 PANEL DISCUSSION

Governance and the City

Chair: Gunnar Folke Schuppert, Professor for Governance, Social Science Research Centre Berlin

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Opening Statement

Gerald Frug, Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law, Harvard University

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PANEL

Anthony Williams, Mayor, Washington D.C.

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José Serra, Governor-elect, State of São Paulo and Mayor, City of São Paulo, 2004-2006

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Andrew Boraine, Chairperson, South African Cities Network, Cape Town

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Marcelo Ebrard, Mayor-elect, Mexico City

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Amanda Burden, Chair, City Planning Commission, New York City

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Axel Gedaschko, State Secretary, Department of Urban Development and the Environment, Hamburg

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URBAN AGE BERLIN SUMMIT– Saturday 11 November 2006

09.00 to 10.30 PUBLIC LIFE AND URBAN SPACE

Managing safety in the Urban Age

Chair: Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science

PRESENTATION

Securing London | 20 min

Chair: Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science

RESPONDENTS (5 min each)

Jörg Ziercke, President, Federal Criminal Police Office, Federal Republic of Germany

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P.S. Pasricha, Director General, Maharashtra State Police, India

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Jeff Fagan, Director of the Centre for Violence Research and Prevention, Columbia University, New York

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Sophie Body-Gendrot, Professor of Political Science and American Studies and Director, Centre for Urban Studies, Sorbonne, Paris

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DEBATE

open discussion | 50 min

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10.30 to 10.50 REFLECTION

Open cities and brittle cities | 20 min

Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science, New York University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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11.15 to 12.45 HOUSING AND URBAN NEIGHBOURHOODS

Urban design and city form

Chair: Deyan Sudjic, Director, Design Museum, London

PRESENTATION

Connecting space to society | 20 min

Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science and Advisor on Architecture to the Mayor of London

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RESPONDENTS (5 min each)

Enrique Norten, Director, Ten-Arquitectos, Mexico City

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Lindsay Bremner, Chair, School of Architecture, Temple University, Philadelphia and Honorary Professorial Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

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Anne Power, Professor of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Richard Baron, Chairman and CEO, McCormack Baron & Associates, St. Louis

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Mphethi Morojele, Director, MMA Architects, Johannesburg

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13.45 to 14.15 GERMAN CITIES

Germany’s Global City-Network

Dieter Läpple, Professor of Regional and Urban Economics, HafenCity University Hamburg

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A new spatial paradigm for Germany

Wolfgang Tiefensee, Federal Minister of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs, Federal Republic of Germany

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14.15 to 16.00 PANEL DISCUSSION

Berlin’s future: Different perspectives

Chair: Maybrit Illner, Journalist and Author, Berlin

Presentation

Norman Foster, Chairman, Foster and Partners

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PANEL

Wolf Lepenies, Professor of Sociology, Wissenschaftskolleg, Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin

Mathias Döpfner, Chief Executive, Axel Springer Publishing

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Deyan Sudjic, Director, Design Museum, London

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Frank Schirrmacher, Publisher, Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung, Berlin

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Hans Stimmann, Secretary of State, Senate Administration for Urban Development, Berlin

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16.00 to 16.30 REFLECTION

Lessons learnt

Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.

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Howard Davies, Director, London School of Economics and Political Science

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Closing Remarks

Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG

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Friday 10 July 2006

10.00 OPENING

11.00 INTRODUCTION

13.00 LABOUR MARKET AND WORK PLACES

14.30 MOBILITY AND TRANSPORT

16.30 PANEL DISCUSSION

 


Saturday 11 November 2006

09.00 PUBLIC LIFE AND URBAN SPACE

10.30 REFLECTION

11.15 HOUSING AND URBAN NEIGHOURHOODS

13.45 GERMAN CITIES

14.15 PANEL DISCUSSION

16.00 REFLECTION

 
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