Urban Age Sud América/ São Paulo 3 al 5 de Diciembre

São Paulo será la sede de la última versión de las intensas conferencias de Urban Age, esta vez agendandas en Sudamérica. La ciudad Paulista, una de las aglomeraciones urbanas más grandes del mundo, recibirá entre el 3 y 5 de diciembre más de 50 exposiciones sobre temas de gobernabilidad, transporte, vivienda, caliemiento global, diseño urbano, desarrollo entre otros.

Urban Age ha realizado de manera continuada conferencias sobre el estado del arte de las ciudades a lo largo de todo el mundo, centrandose en ciudades tan diversas como Nueva York, Shanghai, Londres, Ciudad de México, Johannesburgo y Berlín.

En esta entrega cabe destacar la presencia de destacados políticos, académicos, arquitectos, urbanistas como Richard Sennett, Saskia Sassen, Norman Foster, Jaime Lerner y Enrique Peñalosa entre un largo y variopinto etc.

Dentro de los expositores chilenos se encuentra Alejandro Aravena con Elemental: Housing as Investment not Social Expense, Alejandro Gutiérrez con The Carbon Neutral Environment, además expondrá Eduardo Rojas del BID, autor de importantes estudios sobre regeneraciones urbanas como Volver al Centro y Felipe Aldunate-Montes, Director Editorial de la revista América Economía.

Urban Age es una investgación de largo alcance enfocada en el futuro de las ciudades, organizada por la London School of Economics and Political Science junto al Deutsche Bank’s Alfred Herrhausen Society. Estas investigaciones se han extendido a lo largo de todo el mundo con una red internacional e interdisciplinaria de políticos, tomadores de decisiones, expertos académicos y practicantes del area urbana.

Toda la información aquí expuesta se encuentra disponible en la web de Urban Age. La agenda completa en detalle para quienes se encuntren en Sao Paulo es la siguiente:

 1. URBAN AGE SOUTH AMERICA URBAN AGE SOUTH AMERICA INAUGURAL EVENTS | Wednesday 3 December 2008

Location: State of São Paulo, Palácio dos Bandeirantes, Avenida Morumbi, 4.500
18.30 to 21.30 DEUTSCHE BANK URBAN AGE AWARD CEREMONY AND URBAN AGE OPENING RECEPTION

2. URBAN AGE SOUTH AMERICA CONFERENCE | Thursday 4 December 2008

Location: Sala São Paulo, Praça Júlio Prestes, Luz
09.00 to 09.30 WELCOME

Speakers

• 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 to 11.15 THE GLOBAL URBAN CONTEXT
Co-Chairs: 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
PRESENTATION (15 min each)
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
The Future of South American Cities
Jeroen Klink, Deputy Director, Universidade do Grande ABC, São Paulo
Civil Society and City Making in South America
Eduardo Rojas, Principal Urban Development Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington D.C.

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 to 11.30 COFFEE
11.30 to 11.45 REFLECTION
A Vision for São Paulo
José Serra, Governor of the State of São Paulo

11.45 to 13.30 SECURE AND INCLUSIVE CITIES
Co-Chairs: Felipe Aldunate-Montes, Editorial Director, America Economia, Santiago de Chile and Darren Walker, Vice President, Rockefeller Foundation, New York

Film (3 min)

Keynote
Anthony Williams, Mayor of Washington D.C. 1999-2007
PRESENTATION (10 min each)
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

Securing São Paulo
Representative from Secretaria da Segurança Pública, São Paulo

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 to 14.20 LUNCH
14.20 to 16.00 SECURE AND INCLUSIVE CITIES: INTERVENTIONS
Co-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
PRESENTATION (10 min each)
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; Celso Athayde, Founder, Central Única das Favelas, Rio de Janeiro; Elisa Bracher, Instituto Acaia, 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
16.00 to 16.15 COFFEE
16.15 to 18.00 THE POLITICS OF MOBILITY
Co-Chairs: Eduardo Vasconcellos, Consultant, Associação Nacional de Transportes Públicos, São Paulo and Tony Travers, Director, Greater London Group, London School of Economics and Political Science

Film (3 min)

Keynote
Luis Castañeda Lossio, Mayor of Lima
PRESENTATION (10 min each)
New York City’s Sustainable Transport Agenda
Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner, Department of Transportation, New York City

The São Paulo 2025 Transport Strategy
José Luis Portella, Secretary of Transport, State of São Paulo

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 Corridor Project
José Castillo, Principal, Arquitectura 911sc and Professor, Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico City
DISCUSSION
Enrique Peñalosa, Mayor of Bogotá 1998-2001; Roberto Agosta, Director, Facultad de Ingenieria, Departamento de Transporte, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Ciro Biderman, Professor, CEPESP, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, São Paulo; Francisco da Costa, Director, Departamento de Planejamento e Avaliação da Política de Transportes, Secretaria de Política Nacional de Transportes, São Paulo; Alexandre Gomide, Researcher, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada, State of São Paulo; Cristiane Muniz, Partner, UNA Arquitetos, São Paulo

3. URBAN AGE SOUTH AMERICA CONFERENCE | Friday 5 December 2008

Location: Sala São Paulo, Praça Júlio Prestes, Luz
09.00 to 10.45 CLIMATE CHANGE AND CITIES
Co-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 Andrew Altman, Deputy Mayor, Philadelphia

Keynote
Marcelo Ebrard, Mayor of Mexico City (invited)
PRESENTATION (15 min each)

Investing in Climate Change
Bernardo Parnes, Country Chief Officer, Deutsche Bank Brazil

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

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; Pavan Sukhdev, Principal, Green Economy Initiative, United Nations Environment Programme, New Delhi; Gilberto Dimenstein, Folha de São Paulo; Rualdo Menegat, Former Deputy, Secretaria do Meio Ambiente, Porto Alegre; Marussia Whately, Director, Instituto Socioambiental, São Paulo
10.45 to 11.00 COFFEE

11.00 to 13.00 CLIMATE CHANGE AND CITIES: INTERVENTIONS
Co-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

PRESENTATION (10 min each)
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
Darryl D’Monte, Chairperson, Forum of Environmental Journalists of India, Mumbai; Richard Sennett, Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science and New York University; Deyan Sudjic, Director, Design Museum, London; Marcelo Ferraz, Architect, Brasil Arquitetura, São Paulo; Ricardo Toledo, Deputy Secretary, Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento, State of São Paulo
13.00 to 14.00 LUNCH
14.00 to 15.40 NEGOTIATING CITY DESIGN
Co-Chairs: Jorge Wilheim, Principal, Jorge Wilheim Consultores e Associados, São Paulo and Ricky Burdett, Director, Urban Age, London School of Economics and Political Science

Film (3 min)

Keynote
Jaime Lerner, Former Mayor of Curitiba and Governor of Paraná

PRESENTATION (10 min each)

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
Norman Foster, Founder and Chairman, Foster + Partners, London

Mechanism for Delivery
Andrew Altman, Deputy Mayor, Philadelphia

São Paulo: Linking the Public and Private
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, School of Journalism, 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; José Auriemo Neto, Developer, JHSF Relações com Investidores, São Paulo

15.40 to 16.00 COFFEE
16.00 to 17.30 NEGOTIATING CITY DESIGN: INTERVENTIONS
Co-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 of Rio de Janeiro
PROJECTS (10 min each)

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 to 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
• José Serra, Governor of the State of São Paulo
• Wolfgang Nowak, Managing Director, Alfred Herrhausen Society, Deutsche Bank

18.00 END

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