Germany symposium - City of Halle - Conference Programme | 9 and 10 May 2006

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Tuesday, 9 May 2006 - Symposium day 1

OPENING 14.00 to 14.20

Welcome

Karl-Heinz Daehre, Minister for Development and Transport, Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt

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Ingrid Häußler, Mayor of Halle

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Wolfgang Nowak, Spokesman of the Executive Board, Alfred Herrhausen Society, Deutsche Bank

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Urban Age Project

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

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GERMANY’S METROPOLITAN NETWORK 14.20 to 16.15

Chair: Klaus Brake, Professor for Urban and Regional Development, Berlin

PRESENTATIONS

The German city network: a polycentric global city? | 15 min

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

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Patterns of connectivity within the German city network | 15 min

Hans Joachim Kujath, Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS), Erkner

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RESPONSES (5 MINUTES)

Dietrich Henckel, Head, Department of Urban and Regional Economics, University of Technology, Berlin

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Rudolf Schäfer, Professor of Architecture, University of Technology, Berlin

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Markus Hesse, Private Lecturer, Free University Berlin

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Gerd Würdemann, Department Transport and Environment, Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning, Bonn

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Irene Wiese-von Ofen, Director Executive Board EUROPAN Germany, UN HABITAT International Forum

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DEBATE | 45 MINUTES
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EUROPEAN CITIES IN A GLOBAL CONTEXT 16.30 to 18.30

Chair: Wolfgang Nowak, Spokesman of the Executive Board, Alfred Herrhausen Society, Deutsche Bank

Opening Statement

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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PRESENTATION

Urban Development in Germany | 10 min

Engelbert Lütke-Daldrup, Secretary of State, Ministry for Transport and Urban Development, Federal Government, Germany

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City of Halle | 10 min

Ingrid Häußler, Mayor of Halle

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Düsseldorf | 10 min

Joachim Erwin, Mayor of Düsseldorf

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Hamburg | 10 min

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

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DEBATE | 60 MINUTES
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Wednesday, 10 May 2006 - Symposium Day 2

CITY FORM AND URBANITY 09.00 to 11.00

Chair: Franz Oswald, Professor of Architecture and Urbanism, Bern

 

Opening Statement

Deyan Sudjic, Dean, Faculty of Art Design and Architecture, Kingston University, London

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PRESENTATIONS

Building typology and urban space: Lessons from the European City | 15 min

Omar Akbar, Director, The Bauhaus Foundation, Dessau

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Cityness and urban space | 15 min

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

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RESPONSES (5 MINUTES)

Albert Speer, Albert Speer & Partner, Frankfurt on Main

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Hilmar v. Lojewski, Senate Department of Urban Development, Berlin

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Philipp Oswalt, Architect, Berlin

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Heinz Sahner, Professor for Sociology, Halle

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DEBATE | 60 MINUTES
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SUCCESS BEYOND GROWTH 11.15 to 13.15

Chair: Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig, former MP, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Berlin

 

Opening Statement

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

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PRESENTATIONS

Urbanity without density | 15 min

Marta Döhler-Behzadi, Office for Urban Projects, Leipzig

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Communication of growth and shrinkage | 15 min

Josef Weber, Chief Urban Planner, Halle

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RESPONSES (5 MINUTES)

Hans-Joachim Bürkner, Institute for Regional Development and Structural Planning (IRS) Erkner

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Sigrun Kabisch, UFZ-Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle

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Jürgen Leindecker, German Association of Cities and Municipalities Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg

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Stefan Weber, Sächsische Aufbaubank, Dresden

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DEBATE | 45 MINUTES
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FINAL CONCLUSION 13.15 to 13.30

German Cities – Résumé

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

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CLOSING REMARKS

Wolfgang Nowak, Spokesman of the Executive Board, Alfred Herrhausen Society, Deutsche Bank

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Tuesday, 9 May

10.00 City tour Halle

14.00 Opening

14.20 Germany's metropolitan network

16.30 European cities in a global context

 


Wednesday, 10 May

09.00 City form and urbanity

11.15 Success beyond growth

13.15 Final conclusion

 

 

 

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