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