International experts, as well as metropolitan representatives and mayors from cities and metropolis from around the world, will meet in order to discuss the key elements that must shape the new urban and metropolitan model of the future to build societies that are fairer, healthier, more cohesive and more sustainable.
Main topics:
Sustainability
- Climate change
- Quality of the air
- Natural resources
- Energy
- Water
- Urban ecosystems
- Self-sufficiency
Territorial planning
- Informal settlements
- Urban planning
- Urban development
- Public space
- Mobility
Social cohesion
- Social segregation
- Gender gap
- Ageing population
- Digital gap
- Social inequalities
- Safety
- Education
- Housing
- Accessibility
- Equity
Competitiveness
- Local development
- Unemployment
- Informal economy
- Circular economy
- Innovation
- Smart city
The global context:
Cities today occupy approximately only 2% of the total land area, however:
Quotes
Programme and visits
Programme
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Tuesday, May 22nd
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- 8.30 - 9.00
- Attendants arrival / Registrations
- 9.00 - 10.00
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Opening Lecture “Charter for designing new urban developments and regenerating existing ones”
Salvador Rueda
Director, Urban Ecology Agency of Barcelona
Presentation
- 10.00 - 10.30
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Institutional opening
Alfred Bosch Pascual
Vice-president of International and Cooperation of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area
- 10.30 - 11.00
- Coffee break
- 11.00 - 12.00
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Dialogue with President Ernesto Samper, Former President of Colombia
Oscar Chamat
Civil Engineer, urbanist, senior consultant in urban innovation
- 12.00 - 13.00
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Parallel sessions:
Session A. A new global order of metropolitan areas
Moderator:Ramon Torra
General Manager of Barcelona Metropolitan Area
Vicente Guallart
Co-founder and director, Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia
Simon Curtis
Senior Lecturer in International Politics, University of East Anglia, UK
Soo-Jin Kim
Policy analyst, OECD
Presentation
Tae-hyung Kim
Director General of Urban Space Improvement Bureau. Seoul Metropolitan Government
Presentation
Session B. Discussion about the “Charter for designing new urban developments and regenerating existing ones”
Salvador Rueda
Director, Urban Ecology Agency of Barcelona - 13.00 - 15.00
- Lunch break
- 15.00 - 16.00
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Cities and metropolises in face of the global agenda
Moderator:Xavier Tiana
General Secretary of Medcities and head of International Relations in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
Maty Mint Hamady
President, Nouakchott Urban Community. Mauritania
Adama Sangare
Mayor of Bamako, Mali
Gaye Doganoglu
Councillor, Municipality of Antalya.
Octavi de la Varga
Secretary General of Metropolis
Nelly Santander
Councillor, Gobierno Regional Metropolitano de Santiago, Chile
- 16.00 - 17.00
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Parallel sessions:
Session A. Tool-kits for metropolitan governance
Moderator:Gemma Calvet
Director of the Transparency Agency at the Barcelona Metropolitan Area
Ernesto Isunza
Professor, Center for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS), Mexico
Remy Sietchiping
Leader, Regional and Metropolitan Planning, UN-Habitat
Presentation
Claudia Vanessa Garcia Blanca
Vice-president, Consejo Morelos Centro Histórico SCO, Mexico
Sithole Mbanga
CEO, South African Cities Network (SACN)
Session B. Social rights: key challenges for metropolitan areas
Moderator:Paola Andrea Arjona
International Affairs department of the of Mexico City government
Alicia Ziccardi
Researcher, Institute for Social Research at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
Phil Miles
Director of Clarion Futures. Clarion Housing Group Ltd
Leandro Minuchin
Lecturer in Architecture and Global Urbanism. Manchester School of Architecture, UK
Maty Mint Hamady
President, Nouakchott Urban Community. Mauritania
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Wednesday, May 23rd
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- 9.00 - 10.00
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Metropolitan proposals for an exhaust world
Moderator:Ana Romero
Climate change and environmental awareness Project Manager at Area Metropolitana de Barcelona
Oswar Muadzin Mungkasa
Deputy Governor of Jakarta for Spatial Planning and Environment
Presentation
Alfredo Stein Heinemann
Lecturer in Urban Development Planning, School of Environment, Education and Development, University of Manchester
Presentation
Juliette Michaelson
Executive vice president at Regional Plan Association of the New York tri-state area
Presentation
- 10.00 - 11.00
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Conference. “Exclusion in the metropolis: poverty or inequality, violence or citizen insecurity”
Caroline Moser
Urban social anthropologist and social policy specialist. Emeritus Professor at the University of Manchester, UK
Presentation
Introducing:Maria Peix
Head of International Cooperation in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
- 11.00 - 11.30
- Coffee break
- 11.30 - 12.30
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A new operating system for metropolises, based on talent and innovation
Moderator:: Pilar Conesa
Smart City Expo World Congress Curator, founder and CEO of Anteverti
Øyvind Såtvedt
Managing Director, Oslo Region Alliance
Michael Lake
President & CEO. Leading Cities
Maria Sisternas
Co-founder and CEO of Mediaurban, the Urban Content Creation Agency of the Mediapro Group
- 12.30 - 13.30
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Closing conference. “The Elephant in the Room: Cities and the Future of Consumption--A Research Agenda”
Gary T. Gardner
Consultant, Worldwatch Institute
Presentation
Papers
Introducing:Salvador Milà
Director of the Presidence àrea, Barcelona Metropolitan Area
Salutations on behalf the president of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area and Mayor of Barcelona
Institutional closing session
Alfred Bosch Pascual
Vice-president of International and Cooperation of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona
Presentation of the document on metropolitan trends in the New Urban Agenda and institutional statement
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Thursday, May 24th
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- 9.30 - 13.00
- Field visits (AMB facilities and others)
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Visits
Visits are for those registered for the Congress only
Places limited to 25 people per visit (the organisers reserve the right to cancel visits if this number of participants is not reached)
Speakers
Dialogue with
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Former President of Colombia
Presidente Ernesto Samper
Lawyer, economist and politician, who held the presidency of Colombia from 1994 to 1998.
22nd May | 11-12 h
All speakers
Venue
Espai Francesca Bonnemaison
C/ Sant Pere Més Baix, 7, Barcelona
41.3864902 / 2.1761845
Contact
AMB - International Area
+34 93 506 95 76