THINKING AHEADBUILDING TOGETHER

ProgramMay 14, 15, 16

Registration opens on May 13th, from 04:00 to 07:00 pm

Organised by the

May 14th

07:30 – 09:15 am Registration, coffee and croissants

09:15 – 09:45 am Opening remarks by John Rossant, Chairman of the New Cities Foundation with a special welcome by Patrick Devedjian, Chairman of the Hauts-de-Seine General Council (room: Leonard De Vinci)

Defining Urbanites: how we became a city species

and why it matters

Wim Elfrink, Executive Vice President, CiscoAjit Gulabchand, Chairman and Managing Director, Hindustan Construction GroupGregor Robertson, Mayor, VancouverGeoffrey West, Distinguished Professor and Past President, Santa Fe Institute

MODERATED BYMODERATED BYEdwin Heathcote, Architecture and design critic, Financial Times

09:50 – 11:00 am Opening Plenary (room: Leonard De Vinci)

11:00 – 11:45 am Networking Break

11:45 – 01:00 pm Breakout Sessions11:45 – 01:00 pm Breakout Sessions

Governing the Metropolis: new forms of governance for 21st century cities

Room: Darwin 3

Stephen Goldsmith, Professor,Harvard Kennedy School;Former Mayor of IndianapolisPatrick Le Galès, Professor, SciencesPo ParisAnil MenonAnil Menon, President, Globalisation and Smart+Connected Communities, Cisco SystemsTony Williams, Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School; Former Mayor of Washington DC

MODERATED BYMODERATED BYMathieu Lefevre, Executive Director, New Cities Foundation

The Annotated City: digital storytelling in the urban age

Room: Darwin 4

Charlie Hale, Public Policy and Government Affairs Lead, Maps and Research, Google Jean-Louis Missika, Deputy Mayor of Paris for InnovationAlessandra Orofino, Co-Founder, Meu Rio

MODERATED BYMODERATED BYSteve Baker, Author,The Numerati

Citywalla: a look at urban India

Room: Darwin 5

Bharati Chaturvedi, Founder and Director, ChintanManjeet Kripalani, Executive Director, Gateway House Annat Jain, Managing Partner, Acropolis Capital GroupV Ravichandar, Founder, ChennaiCity Connect City Connect

MODERATED BYPamela Puchalski, Senior Consultant, Bennett Midland; Advisor, Global Cities Initiative, The Brookings Institution

In partnership with Gateway House, In partnership with Gateway House, Indian Council on Global Relations

May 14th

01:00 – 02:30 pm Lunch

Portrait of an UrbanWorld: facts, figures, and the future

Ricky Burdett, Director, LSE CITIES and Urban Age Greg Clark, UK of State Minister for Decentralisation and CitiesDaniel Libeskind, Architect, Studio Daniel LibeskindHans Vestberg, President and CEO, Ericsson

MODERATED BYRichard Quest, International Correspondent, CNN

02:30 – 03:30 pm Plenary Session (room: Leonard De Vinci)

03:30 – 03:45pm Global Cities Investment Monitor. New Trends and Criteria by Pierre Simon, Chairman of the Greater Paris Investment Agency (room: Leonard De Vinci)

03:45 – 04:00 pm Festival of Ideas for the New City by Lisa Phillips, Founding Director,and Karen Wong, Founding Co-Director (room: Leonard De Vinci)

04:00 – 04:45 pm Networking Break

04:45 – 06:00 pm Breakout Sessions04:45 – 06:00 pm Breakout Sessions

Interactive session: navigating themeta-cityRoom: Darwin 3

Gianluca Brugnoli, Creative Director, frogRob McIntosh, Creative Director, frog

This workshop will aggregate expert This workshop will aggregate expert knowledge from various disciplines and address a number of provocative hypotheses related to the Meta-City. Like the city itself, the session will be a marketplace of ideas and put the participants in a vibrant flow of continuous serendipitous encounters and lively debates.debates.

In partnership with frog

Securing Investments for the Urban Century: how do we pay for the urban boom?

Room: Darwin 5

Thomas H. Green, Managing Director Head, Infrastructure Group, CitiLady Barbara Judge, Chairman of the UK Pension Protection FundLi DongmingLi Dongming, General Manager, China Development Bank Capital Urban Fund Christian Sautter, Deputy Mayor of Paris for EconomicDevelopment

MODERATED BYUlysse GossetUlysse Gosset, Foreign Affairs Commentator, BFM TV

Ciudades Latinas: urban Latin America

Room: Darwin 4

Jorge Abrahao, President, Instituto EthosMariana Alegre, General Coordinator, Lima Como Vamos Antonio Celia, President, Promigas Janaina Herrera, Advisor, New Cities Foundation

MODERATED BYMODERATED BYRicky Burdett, Director, LSE CITIES and Urban Age

In partnership with Fundación AVINA

May 15th

08:00 – 09:00 am Coffee and croissants

Hard and Software City

Greg Clark, UK Minister of State for Decentralisation and CitiesParag Khanna, Senior Fellow, New America Foundation John Rice, Vice Chairman, GE; President and CEO, GE Global Growth and OperationsJonathan Woetzel, Co-Chair of Urban China Initiative; Senior Director of McKinsey & Co.

MODERATED BYMODERATED BYDiane Brady, Senior Editor and Content Chief, Bloomberg Businessweek

09:00 – 10:00 am Plenary Session (room: Leonard De Vinci)

10:00 – 10:15 am Urban Innovations: Waze, by Di-Ann Eisnor, VP Platform & Partnerships (room: Leonard De Vinci)

10:15 – 10:30 am Urban Innovations: Ekobus, by Filip Mitrovic, Deputy Mayor of Pancevo, Serbia(room: Leonard De Vinci)

10:30 – 11:15 am Networking Break

11:15 – 12:30 pm Breakout Sessions11:15 – 12:30 pm Breakout Sessions

The Just City

Room: Darwin 3

Victor d’Allant, CEO, Dallant NetworksLeila Janah, CEO, SamasourceKasim Reed, Mayor of Atlanta

MODERATED BYGeorge McCarthyGeorge McCarthy, Director of Metropolitan Opportunity Program, Ford Foundation

In partnership with the Ford Foundation

Greener Districts

Room: Darwin 5

Jay Carson, CEO, C40 CitiesClara Gaymard, President and CEO, GE FranceMasato ItoMasato Ito, Deputy General Manager, Head of Sustainable Property Promotion Team, The Sumitomo Trust BankHans Tijl, Director-General, Physical Planning Department, Amsterdam

MODERATED BYMODERATED BYJoe Peach, Editor in Chief, This Big City

City Dwellers on the Move: the future of urban transportation and mobilityRoom: Darwin 4

Robin Chase, CEO Buzzcar, Founder ZipcarWolfgang Mueller-Pietralla, Head of Future Affairs Volkswagen Group Research, VWNimish Radia, Director of Research, Ericsson

MODERATED BYMODERATED BYSusan Zielinski, Managing Director of SMART, University of Michigan

May 15th

12:30 – 02:00 pm Lunchand from 01:30 to 02:00 pm, AppMyCity! finalists present their apps to our jury in room Darwin 4

02:00 – 02:15 pm A Glimpse into Future Cities by Carlo Ratti, Director, MIT SENSEable City Lab(room: Leonard De Vinci)

A Closer Look at Urban China: towards the urban billion

INTRODUCED BY Yuan Yue, CEO and Chairman, Horizon Research Consultancy Group

James Lee, President, iContinuum GroupJonathan Woetzel, Co-Chair of Urban China Initiative; Senior Director of McKinsey & Co.Xiao JinchengXiao Jincheng, Deputy Director, Land Economy and Regional Research Bureau, National Development and Reform Commission, ChinaXie Chengxiang, Deputy Mayor of Huangshi

MODERATED BYJohan Bjorksten, Chairman of MSL China

In partnership with the Urban China Initiative

02:15 – 03:30 pm Plenary Session (room: Leonard De Vinci)

03:30 – 04:00 pm Networking Break

Modern Urban Utopias: a conversation with the builders of

new cities

Fahd Al Rasheed, Managing Director and CEO, King Abdullah Economic CityJacob Bennett, Deputy City Manager, SkolkovoChen Xiaohui, Deputy Chief Planner, Jiangsu Institute of Urban Planning and Design Scot Wrighton, City Manager, Lavasa

MODERATED BYMODERATED BYCarlo Ratti, Director, MIT SENSEable City Lab

04:00 – 05:00 pm Plenary Session (room: Leonard De Vinci)

05:00 – 05:15 pm Special Moment by VHILS, Artist (room: Leonard De Vinci)

07:30 – 10:30 pm Gala Dinner at the Grand Palais, hosted by the NEW CITIES FOUNDATION with a welcome speech by Bertrand Delanoë, Mayor of Paris.A private visit of the Monumenta exhibit will be organized (featuring the artist Daniel Buren). The winner

of the AppMyCity! contest will be announced.

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May 16th

08:00 – 09:00 am Coffee and croissants

Partnering for Better Cities

Vivek Badrinath, CEO Orange Business ServicesPablo Farias, Vice President of Economic and Assets program, The Ford FoundationRon Huldai, Mayor of Tel AvivKasim Reed, Mayor of Atlanta

INTRODUCED AND MODERATED BYSaskia SassenSaskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology; Co Chair, The Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University

09:00 – 10:00 am Plenary Session (room: Leonard De Vinci)

10:00 – 10:15 am Urban Innovations: Ciudad Saludable by Luciana Lima, Director of Strategic Partnerships(room: Leonard De Vinci)

10:15 – 10:30 am Urban Innovations: Isla Urbana by Enrique Lomnitz, Co-Founder(room: Leonard De Vinci)

10:30 – 11:00 am Networking Break

11:00 – 12:00 pm Breakout Sessions 11:00 – 12:00 pm Breakout Sessions

HydroCity: urban water Room: Darwin 5

Alan Hinchman, Global Market Director, GE Intelligent PlatformsNathalie Leboucher, Director, Smart City, Orange Business ServicesHenry Saint-BrisHenry Saint-Bris, Senior Vice President for Strategy and Innovation, SuezXiao JinchengXiao Jincheng, Deputy Head, Land Economy and Regional Research Bureau, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China

INTRODUCED AND MODERATED BYSteven GlaserSteven Glaser, Professor, University of California, Berkeley

A City Shops: the future of urban retail in the digital age

Room: Darwin 3

Jean-Charles Decaux, Co-CEO, JCDecaux SAPaul Delaoutre, Chairman and CEO, BHV and Galeries Lafayette Department Stores

MODERATED BYMark DythamMark Dytham, Director, Klein Dytham architecture (KDa); Founder, PechaKucha

Greater Paris: reinventing the City of Light Room: Darwin 4

Youenn Dupuis, Responsablede la Mission Grand Paris, RATPJean-Yves Durance,Vice-President, Paris Chamber of Commerce and Industry Pierre MansatPierre Mansat, Deputy Mayor of Paris for Paris MetropoleRobert Vassoyan, Director General, Cisco France

MODERATED BYStephen BarrettStephen Barrett, Architect, Partner, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

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May 16th

Thinking Ahead,Building Together

Jay Carson, CEO, C40 Cities Gerard Mestrallet, CEO, GDF SuezJean Pistre, Architect, Valode & PistreKhalifa Sall, Mayor of Dakar

MODERATED BYJohn Rossant, Chairman, New Cities Foundation

12:00 – 01:00 pm Call to action (room: Leonard De Vinci)

01:00 – 02:00 pm Farewell lunch