Look Who it Was Random video

Chicago Forum on Global Cities 2017: Thursday Plenaries and Flash Talks

999 views · Published 8 June 2017 · 8:09:36 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: Chicago Council on Global Affairs · 2017 · Nonprofits & Activism

Watch on YouTube

9:00 a.m. - 10:10 a.m. 
PLENARY: Combating Climate Change

Cities currently account for 70 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions – what are the priorities for adapting existing city infrastructure to reverse this trend? How can private sector innovations lead the effort in global cities to combat climate change? How much do cities need the cooperation and collaboration of national governments in order to realize their local climate action ambitions/goals?
 
Pan Jiahua, Director General, Institute of Urban and Environmental Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Patricia de Lille, Executive Mayor, City of Cape Town, South Africa
Carlo Ratti, Director, SENSEable City Lab, MIT Urban Planning
Jennifer Scanlon, President and CEO, USG Corporation
Moderated by Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor, Financial Times

10:10 a.m. - 10:20 a.m.
FLASHTALK: Powering Global Cities

Karen Weigert, Senior Fellow on Global Cities, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

10:20 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
Break

10:40 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
FLASHTALK: City Diplomacy 

Ian Klaus, Nonresident Fellow, Global Cities, Chicago Council on Global Affairs

10:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 
PLENARY: Planning for Disruption, Promoting Resilience

What are the infrastructure demands and who are the stakeholders needed to be engaged to be a resilient city in the 21st century? How can cities prepare for, prevent, or most effectively respond to the natural and man-made disasters our cities will face? How can local, national, and international agencies better coordinate to improve resilience and security?
 
Megan Clifford, Director of Strategy and Innovation, Global Security Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
Bernard Hogan-Howe, Former Commissioner, London's Metropolitan Police Services
Martin Kimani, Director, National Counter-Terrorism Center, Kenya and Special Envoy CVE
David Paulison, Former Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency; Board of Trustees, UL
Thomas Tighe, President and CEO, Direct Relief 
Moderated by Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, US News Editor, Financial Times

12:00 noon - 12:10 p.m.
FLASHTALK: Standardizing Data

Patricia McCarney, CEO, World Council on City Data

12:10 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch

2:05 p.m. - 2:10 pm
FLASHTALK
Demetrius Amparan, Communications Manager, A Better Chicago

2:10 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
PLENARY: Liveable City, Healthy World

How do global cities manage wellbeing and deliver the living conditions needed to create a thriving, healthy ecosystem? How does urban design contribute to equity of access for diverse populations? What examples are there of cities leading healthcare reform? How do we ensure new urban development reflects the research to create happy cities?
 
Robert Doyle, Lord Mayor, City of Melbourne, Australia
Charles Montgomery, Founder and Principal, Happy City
Michael Nutter, Former Mayor, City of Philadelphia; Professor of Professional Practice, Columbia SIPA
Fernando Straface, Secretary-General of Government, City of Buenos Aires
Jay Walder, CEO, Motivate
Moderated by Julia Stasch, President, MacArthur Foundation

3:20 p.m. - 3:40 p.m.
Break

3:40 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
FLASHTALK: The Night Mayor

Ella Overkleeft, Co-founder, Night-Mayor Foundation, Amsterdam

3:50 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
PLENARY: Cultural Evolution

How do cities keep cultures of the past alive, vibrant, and relevant while ensuring resources are available to nurture and support the emergence and growth of new city culture? How do artists use art, theater, and music to provoke a new dialogue about diversity and inclusion? How does public art transform the public’s understanding of global realities and redefine the use of public space? How does new technology help to increase access to the cultural heritage of cities – both across city neighborhoods and from the city to the regional?
 
Brendan Carr, Lord Mayor, City of Dublin, Ireland
Jeanne Gang, Founding Principal, Studio Gang
Theaster Gates, Founder, Rebuild Foundation, Director, Arts and Public Life, University of Chicago
Oussama Rifahi, Board Member, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
Moderated by Caroline Daniel, Partner, Brunswick Group

More from this channel