Events

Redesigning the Global City

Ricky Burdett, Director, LSE Cities; Peter Kudryavtsev, Founding Partner, Citymakers; LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH, Executive Director, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO); Helle Søholt, Founding Partner & CEO, Gehl Architects ApS. Moderated by Edwin Heathcote.

Financing the Global City

François Bergere, Program Manager, Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility (PPIAF), The World Bank Group; Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Mayor of Warsaw, Poland; Umran S. Inan, President, Koç University; Dan Pelino, General Manager, Global Public Sector, IBM Corporation. Moderated by Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson.

Combating Violence and Building Unity

Christiane Hajj, Executive Director, Fundación Centro Histórico; Executive Director, Violence Prevention Program, Carlos Slim Foundation; Robert Muggah, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Global Cities; Michael A. Nutter, Distinguished Fellow, Global Cities; Abi Williams, President, The Hague Institute for Global Justice. Moderated by Edward Luce.

Global Transportation Hubs

Mike Brown, MVO, Commissioner, Transport for London; Ginger S. Evans , Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation; Desmond Kuek, President and Group CEO, SMRT Corporation Ltd.; Thomas K. Wright, President, Regional Plan Association. Moderated by Edwin Heathcote.

Win or Lose? Investing in High-Profile Events

Kara Bachman, Executive Director, Chicago Sports Commission; Lior Meyer, Director, Brand Marketing and Communications, Tel Aviv Global; Kasim Reed, Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia. Moderated by Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson.

Young Professionals Networking Reception

Closing Lunch: Climate Change and Global Cities

Angela Foster-Rice, Managing Director, Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, United Airlines; Connie Hedegaard, Former EU Commissioner for Climate Action; Chairman, CONCITO and KR Foundation; Liu Thai-Ker, Senior Director, RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd.; Boris Palmer, Lord Mayor of Tübingen, Germany. Moderated by Philip Stephens.

Red Teams: Thinking Like the Enemy

Micah Zenko, Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

John Quincy Adams' Enduring Legacy

James Traub, Author and Columnist, Foreign Policy. In conversation with Jack Miller.

Obvious Threats We Ignore: Gray Rhinos

Michele Wucker, Author