Conference programme
Friday 2 November 2007
09:00 — 09:20 Welcome
- Chairs:
- Wolfgang Nowak, Managing Director, Alfred Herrhausen Society, Deutsche Bank and Gunit Chadha, Managing Director and CEO, Deutsche Bank India
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
09:20 — 10:45 The Global Urban Context
- Chairs:
- Rakesh Mohan, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India and Howard Davies, Director, London School of Economics and Political Science
Presentations
The Urban Age and India
Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science and Chief Adviser on Architecture and Urbanism, Olympic Delivery Authority
Cities In A Global Context
Saskia Sassen, Lynd Professor of Sociology and Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University, New York
The Future of India's Cities
Amitabh Kundu, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Discussion
Abhay Pethe, Vibhooti Shukla Chair in Urban Economics, University of Mumbai; S. Parasuraman, Director, Tata Institute of Social Sciences; Lindsay Bremner, Chair, Architecture Department, Temple University; Dieter Läpple, Professor of Regional and Urban Economics, HafenCity University, Hamburg.
10:45 — 11:00 Tea break
11:00 — 13:00 Envisioning the Future for Global Cities
- Chair:
- PS Pasricha, Director General, Maharashtra State Police and Deyan Sudjic, Director, Design Museum, London
Presentations
Re-energising English Cities and the London 2012 Olympics
Tessa Jowell, Minister for the Olympics and London, UK Government
Developing Urban Visions
Andy Altman, Planning Director, Washington, D.C. 1999-2005
Mumbai’s Emerging Future
Cyrus Guzder, Chairman and Managing Director, AFL Group
Transforming Mumbai into a World-Class city
Sanjay Ubale, Secretary, Special Projects, State of Maharashtra
Mumbai: Which Way Forward?
Charles Correa, Architect, Charles Correa Associates
Mumbai: Which Way Forward?
Minar Pimple, Deputy Director (Asia), UN Millennium Campaign
Discussion
Ashok Bal, Deputy Chairman, Mumbai Port Trust; Suketu Mehta, Author; Narinder Nayar, Director, Governing Board of Bombay First; Sheela Patel, Director, Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres
13:00 — 14:00 Lunch
14:20 — 14:40 Reflection
Urban Inequality
Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
14:40 — 15:45 Housing the Urban Poor – Part One
- Chairs:
- Milind Deora, Member of Parliament for Mumbai South and Darren Walker, Vice President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Reforming the Housing Debate
S.S. Kshatriya, Principal Secretary, Housing Department, Government of Maharashtra
Dharavi – A Global Case Study 1
Mukesh Mehta, Chairman, MM Project Consultants Pvt. Ltd
Dharavi – A Global Case Study 2
Jockin Arputham, Director, National Slum Dwellers Federation
International Experiences
Housing for the Poor in Developing Country Cities: The Bogotá Case
Enrique Peñalosa, Mayor of Bogota 1998-2001
The Mexico City Case: Ciudad Neza
José Castillo, Architect and Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico
Tokyo to Mumbai & Back
Matias Echanove, Researcher, University of Tokyo
15:45 — 16:00 Tea break
16:00 — 17:30 Housing the Urban Poor – Part Two
- Chairs:
- Milind Deora, Member of Parliament for Mumbai South and Darren Walker, Vice President, The Rockefeller Foundation
Discussion and Open Debate
Shirish Patel, Planner, SPA Consultants; PK Das, Architect, PK Das and Associates; Suresh Sharma, Director, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies; Rahul Srivastava, Research Advisor, Partners for Urban Knowledge, Action and Research
Saturday 3 November 2007
09:30 — 10:45 Climate Change and Cities
- Chairs:
- Ramesh Ramanathan, Co-Founder, Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy and Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science
Presentations
Climate Change, Risk and Urbanisation
Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, and Director, India Observatory, London School of Economics and Political Science
Green Delhi
Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi
Discussion
Bittu Sahgal, Editor, Sanctuary Magazine; Debi Goenka, Executive Trustee, Conservation Action Trust; Geetam Tiwari, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
10:45 — 11:00 Tea break
11:00 — 13:00 How Cities are Planned
- Chairs:
- Ratnakar Gaikwad, Metropolitan Commissioner, Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority and Andy Altman, Planning Director, Washington, D.C. 1999-2005
Presentations
Governance and City Design
Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science
Shaping the City
Philipp Rode, Executive Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science
Case Studies
Planning for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR)
Uma Adusumilli, Chief Planner, Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority
Learning from Planning in Johannesburg
Jo Beall, Professor of Development Studies, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science
The São Paulo Case
Helena Maria Gasparian, Special Advisor of International Relations to the Governor, State of São Paulo
Shaping Singapore
Heng Chye Kiang, Dean, School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore
Discussion
KC Sivaramakrishnan, Centre for Policy Research, Delhi; Rahul Mehrotra, Architect and Professor, MIT; Enrique Norten, Architect, TEN Arquitectos; Barun Kumar Ray, Secretary, Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority; Mauricio Camps, Special Advisor of International Relations to Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico City
13:00 — 14:20 Lunch
14:20 — 14:40 Reflection
Governing Global Cities: Who Decides?
Gerald Frug, Louis D. Brandeis Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
14:40 — 16:40 City Leaders Forum
- Chairs:
- Darryl D’Monte, Chair, Forum of Environmental Journalists and Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science
Running Cities Debate
Kumari Selja, Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India
Sheila Dikshit, Chief Minister of Delhi
Johny Joseph, Chief Secretary, Government of Maharashtra
Bikash Bhattacharya, Mayor of Kolkata
Jayant Patil, Minister of Finance, State of Maharashtra
Enrique Peñalosa, Mayor of Bogota 1998-2001
José Serra, Governor of the State of São Paulo
Anthony Williams, Mayor of Washington, D.C. 1999-2007
16:40 — 17:00 Closing Remarks
Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science
José Serra, Governor of the State of São Paulo and Host, Urban Age South America Conference 2008
Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board, Deutsche Bank and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Alfred Herrhausen Society