Conference programme

Thursday 04 December 2008

09:00 — 09:30 Welcome

Wolfgang Nowak, Managing Director, Alfred Herrhausen Society, Deutsche Bank
Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science and New York University
Sarah Worthington, Deputy Director, London School of Economics and Political Science
Gilberto Kassab, Mayor of São Paulo

09:30 — 11:15 The Global Urban Context

Chair:
André Urani, Executive Director, Instituto de Estudos de Trabalho e Sociedade, Rio de Janeiro and Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group,London School of Economics and Political Science

Presentations

The Urban Age and South America

Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science and Chief Adviser on Architecture and Urbanism, 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority

Cities in a Global Context

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

Governance and City Making in South America

Eduardo Rojas, Principal Urban Development Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C.

Governing the Metropolis: The Case of Sao Paulo

Jeroen Klink, Deputy Director, Universidade do Grande ABC, São Paulo

Urban Age São Paulo Survey

Ben Page, Managing Director, Public Affairs and Chairman, Social Research Institute, Ipsos MORI, London

Discussion

Xiangming Chen, Dean and Director, Centre for Urban and Global Studies, Trinity College, Hartford; Gerald Frug, Professor, School of Law, Harvard University, Cambridge; Dieter Läpple, Professor, Institut für Stadt- und Regionalökonomie, HafenCity Universität, Hamburg; Michael Cohen, Director of the International Affairs Program, New School University, New York; Andrea Calabi, Professor, Faculdade de Economia e Administração, Universidade de São Paulo; Raquel Rolnik, Architect and Professor, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Universidade de São Paulo

11:15 — 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 — 11:45 Reflection

A Vision For São Paulo

José Serra, Governor of the State of São Paulo

11:45 — 13:30 Secure and Inclusive Cities

Chairs:
Felipe Aldunate-Montes, Editorial Director, America Economia, Santiago de Chile and Darren Walker, Vice President, Rockefeller Foundation, New York

Keynote

Anthony Williams, Mayor of Washington D.C. 1999-2007

Presentations

Securing Los Angeles

Lee Baca, Sheriff, Los Angeles County

Inequalities, Fear, and Transgressions in the City of Walls

Teresa Caldeira, Author and Professor of City and Regional Planning, College of Environmental Design, University of California, Berkeley

Safe Spaces, Safe City: Crime Prevention Strategies in São Paulo

Paula Miraglia, Executive Director, United Nations Latin American Institute for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, São Paulo

Discussion

Sophie Body-Gendrot, Director, Center for Urban Studies, University Paris-Sorbonne; Gareth Jones, Senior Lecturer in Development Geography, London School of Economics and Political Science; Tata Amaral, Filmmaker and Cofounder, Coração da Selva, São Paulo; Father James Crowe, Parish Priest, Sociedade Santos Mártires, São Paulo; José de Filippi Júnior, Mayor of Diadema, São Paulo; Denis Mizne, Executive Director, Instituto Sou da Paz, São Paulo; Edsom Ortega, Coordinator, Segurança Urbana, Municipality of São Paulo

13:30 — 14:20 Lunch

14:20 — 16:00 Secure and Inclusive Cities: Interventions

Chairs:
Danilo Santos de Miranda, Director, Serviço Social do Comércio, São Paulo and Darren Walker, Vice President, Rockefeller Foundation, New York

Keynote

Winner of the Urban Age Deutsche Bank Award

Presentations

Medellin Santo Domingo: Metro Cable and Biblioteca España

Alejandro Echeverri, Architect and Director of Special Projects, Municipal Company of Urban Development, Medellin

Working with Favelas in Rio de Janeiro

Manoel Ribeiro, Urban Planner and UNESCO Consultant, Rio de Janeiro

São Paulo Guarapiranga: Economic Retrieval in the Periphery

Elisabete França, Director, Secretaria de Habitação Social, Municipality of São Paulo

Elemental: Housing as Investment not Social Expense

Alejandro Aravena, Professor, Universidad Católica and Executive Director, Elemental, Santiago de Chile

Discussion

Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science and New York Univesity; Elisa Bracher, Instituto Acaia, São Paulo; Gilberto Dimenstein, Journalist, Folha de São Paulo; Joaquim Vieira Ferreira Levy, Secretary of Finance, State of Rio de Janeiro; Eduardo Marques, Director, Centro de Estudos da Metrópole, São Paulo; José de Souza Martins, Sociologist, Letras Ciências Humanas, Universidade de São Paulo; Aldaiza Sposati, Coordinator, Centro de Estudos de Desigualdades Sócio-Territoriais, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Coffee break

16:15 — 18:00 The Politics of Mobility

Chair:
Eduardo Vasconcellos, Consultant, Associação Nacional de Transportes Públicos, São Paulo and Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science

Keynote

Luis Castañeda Lossio, Metropolitan Mayor of Lima

Presentations

New York City’s Sustainable Transport Agenda

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

Strategies for Urban Mobility: A Comparative Overview

Fabio Casiroli, Professor in Transport Planning, Politecnico di Milano and Chairman, Systematica, Milan

Mexico City: The Eje Central and Neza-Chimalhuacan Bus Corridors

José Castillo, Principal, Arquitectura 911sc and Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City

The São Paulo 2025 Transport Strategy

José Luis Portella, Secretary of Transport, State of São Paulo

A New Look at Bus Corridors for São Paulo

Ciro Biderman, Professor, CEPESP, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo

Discussion

Enrique Peñalosa, Mayor of Bogotá 1998-2001; Josef Fidelis Senn, Vice President, Volkswagen do Brasil; Roberto Agosta, Director, Facultad de Ingenieria, Departamento de Transporte, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Francisco da Costa, Director, Departamento de Planejamento e Avaliação da Política de Transportes, Secretaria de Política Nacional de Transportes, Brasilia; Alexandre Gomide, Researcher, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, State of São Paulo; Cristiane Muniz, Partner, UNA Arquitetos, São Paulo

Friday 05 December 2008

09:00 — 10:45 Climate Change and Cities

Opening statement

Philipp Rode, Executive Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science

Presentations

Investing in Climate Change

Bernardo Parnes, Chief Country Officer, Deutsche Bank Brazil

Reducing Carbon Emissions in London

Mark Watts, Environmental Advisor, Mayor of London, 2004-2008

São Paulo’s Environmental Agenda

Eduardo Jorge, Secretary of Environment, Municipality of São Paulo

Netherlands: Climate Change and Urbanism

Henk Ovink, Director, National Spatial Planning, Strategy and Design, Ministerie van VROM, The Hague

Discussion

Sanjeev Sanyal, Chief Economist and Senior Investment Advisor, Deutsche Bank Singapore; Darryl D’Monte, Chairperson, Forum of Environmental Journalists of India, Mumbai; Rualdo Menegat, Former Deputy, Secretaria do Meio Ambiente, Porto Alegre; Ricardo Toledo, Deputy Secretary, Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento, State of São Paulo

10:45 — 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 — 13:00 Climate Change and Cities: Interventions

Chairs:
Patricia Romero Lankao, Deputy Director of the Institute for the Study of Science and the Environment at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research, Boulder and Klaus Bode, Founding Partner, BDSP Partnership

Presentations

Greening Mexico City

Enrique Norten, Principal, TEN Arquitectos, New York and Mexico City

The Carbon Neutral Environment

Alejandro Gutierrez, Associate Director, ARUP, London

Water Voids Project in São Paulo

Fernando de Mello Franco, Partner, MMBB Arquitetos, São Paulo

Ecobuilding for São Paulo

Joana Gonçalves, Professor, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Universidade de São Paulo

Discussion

Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science and New York University; Deyan Sudjic, Director, Design Museum, London; PK Das, Principal, PK Das and Associates, Mumbai; Gesner De Oliveira Filho, Diretor, Companhia de Saneamento Básico do Estado de São Paulo; Marcelo Ferraz, Architect, Brasil Arquitetura, São Paulo

13:00 — 14:00 Lunch

14:00 — 15:40 Negotiating City Design

Chair:
Jorge Wilheim, Principal, Jorge Wilheim Consultores e Associados, São Paulo and Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science

Keynote

Jaime Lerner, Former Mayor of Curitiba and Governor of Paraná

Presentations

Delivering Quality Environments in New York

Amanda Burden, Director, Department of City Planning and Commissioner, City Planning Commission, New York City

Interventions in the Global City

Brandon Haw, Partner, Foster + Partners, London

Mechanisms for Delivering Urban Regeneration

Andrew Altman, Deputy Mayor, Philadelphia

São Paulo: Delivering Urban Infrastructure

Stela Goldenstein, Deputy Chief of Staff, Municipality of São Paulo

São Paulo: New Urban Interventions

Nadia Somekh, Director, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo

Discussion

Richard Brown, Programme Director, London 2012 Olympic Legacy Team; Fred Manson, Associate Director of Heatherwick Studio, London; Suketu Mehta, Author, The Maximum City and Associate Professor, New York University; Carlos Leite, Professor, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, São Paulo; Erminia Maricato, Professor, LABHAB/FAU, Universidade de São Paulo

15:40 — 16:00 Coffee break

16:00 — 17:30 Negotiating City Design: Interventions

Chairs:
Regina Meyer, Architect and Urbanist, LUME/FAU, Universidade de São Paulo and Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science

Keynote

Eduardo Paes, Mayor-elect of Rio de Janeiro

Projects

São Paulo: Diagonal Sul

Bernd Rieger, CEO, Rieger Reurbanização, São Paulo

Designing the Open City

Kees Christiaanse, Chair of the Institute of Urban Design, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich and Founder, KCAP, Rotterdam

Lima: Urban Interventions

Frederick Cooper, Dean, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Consolidating Buenos Aires

Margarita Gutman, Professor, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseno, y Urbanismo, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Mumbai: The Waterfront Project

PK Das, Principal, PK Das and Associates, Mumbai

Discussion

Deyan Sudjic, Director, Design Museum, London; Charles Correa, Principal, Charles Correa Associates, Mumbai; Enrique Peñalosa, Mayor of Bogotá 1998-2001; Saskia Sassen, Lynd Professor of Sociology and Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University, New York; Claudio Bernardes, Vice President, SECOVI, São Paulo; Mario Biselli, Principal, Biselli & Katchborian Arquitetos Associados, São Paulo

17:30 — 18:00 Closing Remarks

André Urani, Executive Director, Instituto de Estudos de Trabalho e Sociedade, Rio de Janeiro
Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science
Alberto Goldman, Vice Governor of the State of São Paulo
Wolfgang Nowak, Managing Director, Alfred Herrhausen Society, Deutsche Bank

18:00 End

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