Thursday, May 1
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8:00 |
Registration Breakfast |
9:00 |
Welcoming Remarks
- Weiping Wu, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
- Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean of International Business and Finance, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
- Walt Macnee, President, MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth, and Vice Chairman, MasterCard Worldwide
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9:15 |
Debate: The Road to the Inclusive City runs through… Moderator:
- David Sanderson, Visiting Professor in Urban Planning, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Three rounds of arguments and rebuttals by each side (in an Oxford-style debate), followed by questions and commentary from the audience and a plenary vote. The Road to the Inclusive City runs through… City Hall:
- Matt Nohn, Loeb Fellow, Harvard University
- Fernando Ona, Assistant Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University
- Corey Zehngebot, Senior Urban Designer and Architect, Boston Redevelopment Authority
The Road to the Inclusive City runs through… the slums and bazars:
- Fernande Raine, Senior Changeleader, Ashoka
- Gaurav Tiwari, Officer, State Street Global Markets
- Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, Visiting Senior Researcher, School of Architecture and Planning, University of Witwatersand
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10:15 |
Break |
10:30 |
Keynote Address: “The Promise of the City”
- Ed Glaeser, Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Author of the New York Times bestseller, Triumph of the City
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11:30 |
Insights on How to Unlock the Promise of Cities Join industry leaders as they reveal recent findings from original research on city competitiveness, housing, and growth from around the world.Presenters:
- Shannon Bouton, Practice Manager, Sustainable Cities & Cities Special Initiative, McKinsey & Company
- Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, Chief Economist and Chair of Academic Advisory Council, MasterCard Center for Inclusive Growth
- Vikram Jain, Head, Low-Income Housing Practice, Monitor Inclusive Markets
Research:
- How to Make a City Great from McKinsey & Company
- African Cities Growth Index from MasterCard Worldwide
- State of the Low-Income Housing Market: Encouraging Progress & Opportunity to Realize Dreams of Millions from Monitor Deloitte
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12:30 |
Lunch Spotlight Sessions: Grab a boxed lunch and join one of four spotlight sessions to discuss key topics in urban inclusion. Each session will take on a unique format, engaging participants and attendees in collaborative discussion.—–
Panel: Built Environment & Housing for Inclusion
Chair: Weiping Wu, Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University Panelists: Beth Chitekwe-Biti, Julio Dávila, Vikram Jain, Caroline Wanjiku Kihato—–
Discussion: Infrastructure & Investment, Considering Private-Public Partnerships
Chair: Pat Schena, Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Business Relations, The Fletcher SchoolPanelists: Roger Berry, Jim Brenner, Michael DiGregorio, Christopher Tehranian —–
Health Equity and the Inclusive City in the Global South
- Jason Corburn, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning, University of California-Berkeley, and Author, “Street Science”
Respondent: Mkaya Mwamburi, Director, Tufts Center for Global Public Health—– Panel: Innovation in the City, Collaborative Consumption & The Sharing EconomyPanelists: Theo Forbath, Nigel Jacob, Corey Zenghebot |
2:00 |
On Cities: A Conversation on City Culture & Film
- Sanjeev Chatterjee, Award-winning documentary film maker
Hosted by:
- Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean of International Business and Finance, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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2:15 |
Special Session: “Leading an Innovative City” Keynote Speakers:
- Benjamin Barber, Author, If Mayors Ruled the World
- Tom Menino, Former Five-Term Mayor of Boston (1993-2013), Current Co-Director of Initiative on Cities, Boston University
Followed By:
- Q&A with Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean of International Business and Finance, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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3:15 |
City Deep Dive: Medellín Panelists:
- Julio Dávila, Professor of Urban Policy and International Development, University College London
- Diane Davis, Professor of Urbanism and Development, Harvard Graduate School of Design
- Jota Samper, PhD Candidate, MIT Department of Urban Studies and Planning
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4:00 |
Break |
4:15 |
City Deep Dive: Addis Ababa Panelists:
- Alex de Waal, Executive Director, World Peace Foundation, The Fletcher School
- Andreas Eshete, Former President, Addis Ababa University
- Samuel Gebru, CEO, Ethiopian Global Initiative
- Elias Schulze, Africa CEO, Kaymu.com
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5:00 |
City Deep Dive: Mumbai Panelists:
- Bhaskar Chakravorti, Senior Associate Dean of International Business and Finance, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
- Vikram Jain, Head, Low-Income Housing Practice, Monitor Inclusive Markets
- Raina Singh, Development Officer, Pratham USA
- Holli Semetko, Asa Griggs Chandler Professor of Media & International Affairs, Emory University
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5:45 |
Vision Talk: “Making the Inclusive City a Reality”
- David Harris, Provost and Senior Vice President, Tufts University
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6:20 |
Reception Speaker:
- Manil Suri, Author, “City of Devi” and “The Death of Vishnu”
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7:30 |
DAY CONCLUDES
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