08:30 — 08:45 Welcome

Michael J. Hogan, President, University of Illinois

Strobe Talbott, President, The Brookings Institution

08:45 — 09:15 Keynote Address

Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank

09:15 — 09:45 Delivering the Next Economy

Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution

09:45 — 11:00 Response Discussion and Q&A

Chair:: The Honorable Henry Cisneros, Chairman, City View Companies, and former Secretary, US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Ronald J. Daniels, President, The Johns Hopkins University

Fred P. Hochberg, President, Export-Import Bank of the United States

Tadahiko Ishigaki, Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, Chief Executive for the Americas, Hitachi Ltd

Dan’l Lewin, Corporate Vice President, Strategic and Emerging Business Development, Microsoft Corporation

Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and Co-Director, Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University

11:00 — 11:20 Presentation

Metropolitan Economic Development: Global Insights on Effective Approaches

Greg Clark, City Advisor and Associate, LSE Cities, London School of Economics and Political Science

11:20 — 12:30 Response Discussion and Q&A

Chair:: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director, LSE Cities, London School of Economics and Political Science

Jordi William Carnes, First Deputy Mayor, City of Barcelona, and President, Barcelona Activa

The Honorable Sergio Chiamparino, Mayor, City of Torino

Chris Endresen, Director, Economic Development, Puget Sound Regional Council (Seattle-Puget Sound Region)

The Honorable R. T. Rybak, Mayor, City of Minneapolis

Brad Whitehead, President, Fund for Our Economic Future (Northeast Ohio)

12:30 — 13:15 Lunch

Host: Christopher G. Kennedy, President, Merchandise Mart Properties

13:15 — 13:45 A Conversation on Emerging Markets and Global Urbanization

Chairs:: Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution and Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director, LSE Cities, London School of Economics and Political Science

Joan Clos, UN Under-Secretary General, and Executive Director, UN-HABITAT

José Serra, former Governor, State of São Paulo and former Mayor, City of São Paulo

13:45 — 14:45 Vision and Pragmatism in a Global Urban Age: A Conversation with Leading US Mayors

Chair:: Richard Stengel, Managing Editor, TIME Magazine

The Honorable Richard M. Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago

The Honorable Michael A. Nutter, Mayor, City of Philadelphia

The Honorable Antonio R. Villaraigosa, Mayor, City of Los Angeles

14:45 — 15:00 Global Metro Award for Mayor Daley

For years of service toward advancing the Chicago metropolitan area and its role as a global city and powerful economic driver of the “next economy“

Presenter: James A. Johnson, Vice Chairman, Perseus LLC

Conference programme

Wednesday December 8 2010