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Conference Programme | Istanbul | 5-6 November 2009

URBAN AGE ISTANBUL INAUGURAL EVENTS

Wednesday 04 November 2009

Location: The Seed, Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi, Sakıp Sabancı Cad. No:42, Emirgan

18:30  - 20:30   THE DEUTSCHE BANK URBAN AGE AWARD RECEPTION

Speakers

Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board, Deutsche Bank and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Alfred Herrhausen Society
Behiç Ak, Cartoonist, Architect, Author, Istanbul
Kadir Topbaş, Mayor of İstanbul Metropolitan Municipality
Ali Babacan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State on Economic Affairs, Republic of Turkey

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URBAN AGE ISTANBUL CONFERENCE

Thursday 05 November 2009

Location: Esma Sultan Yalısı, Muallim Naci Cad. Yalı Çıkmazı No:20, Ortaköy

09:00  - 09:45   Welcome

Chair

Wolfgang Nowak, Managing Director, Alfred Herrhausen Society

Speakers

Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board, Deutsche Bank and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Alfred Herrhausen Society
Howard Davies, Director, London School of Economics and Political Science

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09:45  - 10:15   INTRODUCING THE URBAN AGE

Presentations (15 min each)

Linking the Social to the Physical in Global Cities

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

Comparing Attitudes in Urban Living

Ben Page, Chief Executive, IPSOS MORI UK and Ireland, London

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DAY I SESSION I: CITIES IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT

10:15  - 11:45   Rethinking Cities in the Global Economy

Co-Chairs

Howard Davies, Director, London School of Economics and Political Science
Şevket Pamuk, Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science

Presentations (15 min each)

GROWTH, URBANISATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Kemal Derviş, Vice-President and Director of Global Economy and Development Program, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C. and Senior Advisor, Sabancı University, Istanbul

AMERICAN METROPOLITAN CITIES IN THE POST-RECESSION PERIOD

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

FINANCING CITIES IN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY

Ersin Akyüz, CEO, Deutsche Bank Turkey, Istanbul

Discussion

Jose Serra, Governor of the State of São Paulo
Anthony Williams, William H. Bloomberg Lecturer in Public Management, Harvard Kennedy School and Mayor of Washington, D.C., 1999 – 2007
Nasser Munjee, Chairman, Development Credit Bank, India
Ahmet Misbah Demircan, Mayor of Beyoğlu Municipality, Istanbul
Muhsin Mengütürk, Member of Board of Directors, Doğuş Holding, Turkey
Selahattin Yıldırım, Secretary General, United Cities and Local Governments Middle East and West Asia, Istanbul

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11:45  - 12:00   Coffee Break

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12:00  - 13:30   Cities and Social Capital

Co-Chairs

Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science
Korel Göymen, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Member of Executive Committee, Istanbul Policy Centre, Sabancı University, Istanbul

Presentations (15 min each)

GLOBAL FLOWS OF URBAN CHANGE

Saskia Sassen, Lynd Professor of Sociology and Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University, New York

THE CHANGING URBAN CONTEXT IN TURKEY

Joan Clos, Ambassador of Spain to Turkey and Mayor of Barcelona, 1997 – 2006

ISTANBUL: BETWEEN LOCAL AND GLOBAL

Çağlar Keyder, Professor, Atatürk Institute for Modern Turkish History, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul

Discussion

Dieter Läpple, Professor of Urban Economics, HafenCity University Hamburg
Henk Ovink, Director, National Spatial Planning, Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment, The Netherlands
Gerald Frug, Professor of Law, Harvard University
İlhan Tekeli, Professor of City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University, Ankara
Nefise Bazoğlu, Former Chief, Monitoring Systems Branch, UN-Habitat, Istanbul

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13:30  - 14:30   Lunch

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DAY I SESSION II: CITIES AND CULTURES

14:30  - 15:45   Narratives of City Experience

Co-Chairs

Deyan Sudjic, Director, London Design Museum
Hasan Bülent Kahraman, Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Sabancı University and Columnist, Sabah Newspaper, Istanbul

Presentations (15 min each)

ISTANBUL: THE HINGE CITY

Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

SOCIAL NARRATIVES IN GLOBAL CITIES

Suketu Mehta, Author, Maximum City and Associate Professor, School of Journalism, New York University, New York

THE VOICE OF ISTANBUL: WHO DOES A CITY BELONG TO?

Gündüz Vassaf, Author and Psychologist, Istanbul

Discussion

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15:45  - 16:00   Coffee Break

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16:00  - 18:00   Confronting History and Urban Change

Co-Chairs

Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science
Asu Aksoy, International Projects, Santral Istanbul and Bilgi University, Istanbul

Presentations (15 min each)

URBAN CULTURE IN THE CITIES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN

Hashim Sarkis, Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University

THE SPATIAL DNA OF ISTANBUL (25 MIN)

İhsan Bilgin, Director, Architectural Design Programme and Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Bilgi University, Istanbul and Murat Güvenç, Professor of City and Regional Planning, Architectural Design Master’s Programme, Bilgi University, Istanbul

Discussion

Sophie Body-Gendrot, Director, Centre for Urban Studies, Université Paris-Sorbonne
Ayşe Öncü, Professor of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sabancı University, Istanbul
Murat Belge, Professor of Comparative Literature, Bilgi University, Istanbul
Orhan Esen, Historian and City-Guide, Istanbul
Pelin Tan, Sociologist and Art Historian, Institute of Social Sciences, Istanbul Technical University

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19:30  - 23:00   Urban Age Dinner

Location: Sait Halim Paşa Yalısı, Köybaşı Caddesi No:117, Yeniköy

Open to all Conference Delegates (by invitation only)

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DAY II SESSION I: ENVIRONMENTS AND CITIES

Friday 06 November 2009

Location: Esma Sultan Yalısı, Muallim Naci Cad. Yalı Çıkmazı No:20, Ortaköy

09:00  - 11:00   Climate Change and Cities

Co-Chairs

Philipp Rode, Executive Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science
Sibel Sezer Eralp, Regional Director, Black Sea and Turkey, Regional Environmental Centre

Presentations (15 min each)

BALANCING CARS AND PEDESTRIANS: THE CASE OF NEW YORK CITY

Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner, New York City Department of Transportation

NEW GREEN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE IN DELHI

Geetam Tiwari, Chair and Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi

CITY TRANSPORT AND TIME

Fabio Casiroli, Chairman and Founding Member, Systematica, Milan

PATTERNS OF MOBILITY FOR ISTANBUL: WHAT NEXT?

Haluk Gerçek, Professor, Transport Engineering Department, Istanbul Technical University

Discussion

Sanjeev Sanyal, President, Sustainable Planet Institute, Delhi
Dimitri Zenghelis, Senior Visiting Tutor, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science and Chief Climate Economist, Cisco
Hilmar von Lojewski, Program Manager, GTZ - German Technical Cooperation, Damascus
Semih Eryıldız, Professor of Architecture and Urbanisation, Istanbul Aydın University

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11:00  - 11:20   Coffee Break

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11:20  - 13:00   Designing Sustainable Cities

Co-Chairs

Andrew Altman, Chief Executive, 2012 London Olympics Legacy Delivery Company and Deputy Mayor, Philadelphia, 2008 – 2009
Ömer Kanıpak, Founder, Arkitera Architectural Center, Istanbul

Presentations (20 min each)

ARCHITECTURE FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES: LONDON, PARIS + THE COMPACT CITY

Richard Rogers, Chairman, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, London

CHEAPNESS & DEMOCRACY

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

POLITICS FOR SUSTAINABLE CITIES

Enrique Peñalosa, Mayor of Bogota, 1998-2001

Discussion

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13:00  - 14:00   Lunch

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DAY II SESSION II: ISTANBUL VISIONS AND PROJECTS

14:00  - 15:30   Creating City-Visions

Co-Chairs

Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science
Korhan Gümüş, Director, Urban and Architectural Projects, Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency

Presentations (15 min each)

PHILADELPHIA, WASHINGTON, D.C. AND LONDON: CASE STUDIES IN URBAN VISION

Andrew Altman, Chief Executive, 2012 London Olympics Legacy Delivery Company and Deputy Mayor, Philadelphia, 2008 – 2009

SETTING A VISION FOR LONDON

Peter Bishop, Director, Design for London and Group Director, Development and Environment, London Development Agency

MASTERPLANNING ISTANBUL

İbrahim Baz, Director, Istanbul Metropolitan Planning and Urban Design Centre

Discussion

Anthony Williams, William H. Bloomberg Lecturer in Public Management, Harvard Kennedy School and Mayor of Washington, D.C., 1999 – 2007
Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science
Albert Speer, Managing Partner, Albert Speer and Partners Architects, Frankfurt am Main
Erdoğan Yıldız, Representative, İstanbul Neighbourhoods Association Platform

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15:30  - 15:45   Coffee Break

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15:45  - 17:30   Designing Sustainable Cities

Co-Chairs

Enrique Norten, Founder, TEN Arquitectos, New York
Hüseyin Kaptan, Former 1st Director, Istanbul Metropolitan Planning and Urban Design Centre and Partner, Atelye 70 Planning and Design Group, Istanbul

Presentations (20 min each)

HAFENCITY HAMBURG: RE-MODELLING THE POST-INDUSTRIAL CITY

Kees Christianse, Partner, Kees Christianse Architects and Planners, Rotterdam and Professor of Architecture, ETH Zurich

RETROFITTING MEXICO CITY

Jose Castillo, Principal, Arquitectura 911 SC and Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico

NEW IDEAS FOR RETROFITTING IN ISTANBUL

Ömer Kanıpak, Founder, Arkitera Architectural Centre, Istanbul

Discussion

Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hashim Sarkis, Aga Khan Professor of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Richard Brown, Programme Director, 2012 London Olympics Legacy
Klaus Bode, Founding Partner, BDSP Partnership, London
Melkan Gürsel Tabanlıoğlu, Partner, Tabanlıoğlu Architecture, Istanbul
Faruk Göksu, Founding Partner, Urban Strategy, Istanbul

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17:30  - 18:00   Closing remarks

Şevket Pamuk, Chair in Contemporary Turkish Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science
Wolfgang Nowak, Managing Director, Alfred Herrhausen Society

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