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'The challenge for Metropolis in the next few years is to give concrete answers to the great questions of the day, not only for the citizens, but also for all inhabitants of our planet, in terms of transport, urbanism, organisation, public health, environment, development and governance.' Jean-Paul Huchon, President of Metropolis ... more >
 
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Speakers
Maria Atkinson
(Sydney Australia)
Head of Global Sustainability, Lend Lease
 
Elisabete Franca
(Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Secretary of Low Income Housing
Ms Guo Jianhua
(Guangdong Province, China)
Vice-Director, Planning & Administration Office, Pearl River Delta
Irina Ivashkina
(Moscow, Russia)
Head of Department of Environmental Protection
Justin Madden
(Melbourne, Australia)
Minister for Planning, Victoria
Jean-Paul Huchon
(Paris, France)
President Regional Council of e-France
Maria Krautzberger
(Berlin, Germany)
Permanent Secretary Department for Urban Development
Steffen Lehmann
(Sydney Australia)
Chair UNESCO, Sustainable Urban Development, Asia and Pacific
Sean O’Toole
(Sydney, Australia)
CEO Landcom
Dr Rajendra Pachauri
(Delhi, India)
Chairman Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Kathy Pain
(Loughborough, UK)
Globalization and World Cities research network
Ms Yannick Rabemanantsoa
(Antananarivo, Madagascar)
Carlo Ratti
(Boston/Turin)
Director SENSEable City Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tom Roper
(New York, USA)
Board member, Climate Institute
Dr Sayedmorteza Saghaeiannejad Esfahani
(Esfahan, Iran)
Mayor
Prof. Saskia Sassen
(New York/London)
Committee of Global Thought Columbia University
Mr Olcay Unver
(Istanbul, Turkey)
UN World Water Action Programme
Chetan Vaidya
(Delhi, India)
Director National Institute of Urban Affairs
Ms Marcela Valasco Gonzalez
(State of Mexico)
Secretary of Urban Development
Mr Michel Vampouille
(Ile-de-France, France)
Vice-President
  Peter Verwer
(Sydney, Australia)
CEO Property Council Australia

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