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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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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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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