Conference programme

Friday 24 February 2006

08:15 08:30 Opening Session

Welcome

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

Urban Age Project: The Story So Far

Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics

08:30 09:30 The Urban Age Context

Cities: An International Perspective

Chair:
Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics

Sao Paulo

José Serra, Mayor of Sao Paulo

New York City

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

Barcelona

Josep Acebillo, Chief Architect, City of Barcelona & CEO, Barcelona Regional

London

Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics

10:45 11:00 Coffee Break

09:30 10:30 Introducing Mexico City

Mexico City: Growth at the Limit?

Chair:
José Luis Cortés Delgado, Dept. of Architecture, Iberoamericana University

Mexico City: Economic Development

Gustavo Garza Villarreal, Prof. , El Colegio de México

Mexico City : Urban Form

Enrique Norten, Director, Ten-Arquitectos

Mexico City : Society and Culture

Néstor García Canclini, Prof., Metropolitan Autonomous University

Open discussion

10:30 11:00 Coffee Break

11:00 12:30 Labour Market and Workplaces

Urban Centralities, Old and New: The Historic Centre and Santa Fe

Chair:
Diane Davis, Associate Dean, School of Architecture & Planning, MIT

The Santa Fe Node: Its Beginnings

Jorge Gamboa de Buen, Director General, Grupo Danhos

The Regeneration of the Historic Centre

Adrián Pandal, Director General, Mexico City Historic Centre Foundation

Responses

Dieter Läpple, Prof. of Regional and Urban Economics, TU Hamburg
Jenny Saltiel Cohen, Secretary, Economic Development, Government of the FD
Ricardo Legorreta, Director, Legorreta + Legorreta
Oscar Terrazas, Prof., Metropolitan Autonomous University
René Coulomb Bosc, Prof., Metropolitan Autonomous University

Open Discussion

12:30 13:00 Coffee and Snacks

13:00 14:30 Mobility and Transport

Creating Proximity: Towards the Sustainable Metropolis

Andy Altman, Partner, LeftBank Development Company, New York

Opening Statement

Guy Battle, founding partner, Battle McCarthy, London

Presentations

The Key Transport Projects

Bernardo Navarro Benítez, Prof., Metropolitan Autonomous University

Design and Mobility

Felipe Leal, Coordinator Special Projects, National Autonomous University Mexico

Responses

Hermann Knoflacher, Prof. of Transportation Planning , TU Vienna
Claudia Scheinbaum Pardo, Secretary, Environment, Government of the FD
Aaron Dychter, Sub-Secretary of Transport, Mexican Government
Clara Salazar Cruz, Prof., El Colegio de México
Oscar Edmundo Díaz, Director, Por el País que Queremos Foundation, Bogotá
Geetam Tiwari, TRIPP Chair &Associate Prof., Indian Institute of Technology

Open Discussion

14:30 16:15 Lunch

16:15 18:00 Panel 01 – Metropolitan Governance

Governing the Mega City

Manuel Perló Cohen, Prof., National Autonomous University of Mexico

Opening Statement

Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics

Panel

Alejandro Encinas, Mayor, Federal District
Enrique Peña Nieto, Governor, State of Mexico
José Luis Luege Tamargo, Secretary, Environment, Mexican Government
Gerald Frug, Louis D. Brandeis Prof. of Law, Harvard University
Alfonso Xavier Iracheta Cenecorta, Prof., El Colegio Mexiquense
Roberto Eibenschutz Hartman, Prof., Metropolitan Autonomous University

Open Discussion

 

Saturday 25 February 2006

09:00 10:45 Public Life and Urban Space

Access to Open Space and the Right to the City

Chair:
Darren Walker, Director, Working Communities, Rockefeller Foundation

Opening Statements

Enrique Peñalosa, former Mayor of Bogotá
Rafael Viñoly, Principal, Rafael Viñoly Architects

Presentations

Towards a Parks Strategy

Mario Schjetnan, Founding Partner, Grupo de Diseño Urbano
Benjamín González, Director, Fábrica de Artes y Oficios de Oriente

Responses

Sophie Body-Gendrot, Director, Centre for Urban Studies, Sorbonne
Néstor García Canclini , Prof., MetropolitanAutonomousUniversity
Marinela Servitje, President, Trust for the Chapultepec Park
René Jiménez Ornelas, Prof., National Autonomous University of Mexico
Javier Sordo Madaleno, President, Sordo Madaleno & Asociados
Deyan Sudjic, Dean, Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture, Kingston University

Open Discussion

11:00 12:30 Housing and Urban Neighbourhoods

12:30 13:00 Coffee and Snacks

13:00 14:30 Panel 02 – Informality

Informalty: Problem or Simply a Reality

Chair:
Saskia Sassen, Ralph Lewis Prof. of Sociology, University of Chicago & Centennial Visiting Prof., London School of Economics

Opening Statements

Dieter Läpple, Prof. of Regional & Urban Economics, TU Hamburg

Panel

José Manuel Castillo Olea, Prof., Iberoamericana University
María Edith Pacheco Gómez, Prof., El Colegio de México
Geetam Tiwari, TRIPP Chair & Associate Prof., Indian Institute of Technology
Teddy Cruz, Prof., University of California, San Diego
Gareth Jones, Senior Lecturer, Development Geography, London School of Economics

14:30 16:00 Lunch

16:00 18:00 A Vision For Mexico City

Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics

Opening Statement

Chair:
Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics
Saskia Sassen, Ralph Lewis Prof. of Sociology, University of Chicago & Centennial Visiting Prof., London School of Economics
Deyan Sudjic, Dean, Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture, Kingston University

Statements from Urban Age Experts

Enrique Norten, General Director, Ten-Arquitectos
Sophie Body-Gendrot, Director, Centre for Urban Studies, Sorbonne
Cassio Luiselli Fernández, Prof., Monterrey Institute of Technology, Mexico City
Hermann Knoflacher, Prof. of Transportation Planning, TU Vienna
Henry Davis, Founding Partner, Metrópoli 2025
Dieter Läpple, Prof. of Regional & Urban Economics, TU Hamburg

Closing Remarks

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