- Session 1
Open Cities: The New Imperative - Session 2
Going Digital: The 21st Century City’s Economic Edge - Session 3
The Next Edge: Cities as Urban Laboratories - Session 4
City Finance 2.0: Next Generation Urban Infrastructure - Session 5
Startup Cities: Deploying Clean Technology at Scale - Session 6
Future Cities: The New Century's Neighborhood - Session 7
Brand Cities: City Building as an Export
Session 3
The Next Edge: Cities as Urban Laboratories
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 02:00 pm
As they grow in complexity, cities must both identify and apply the ideas that increase sustainability, affordability and economic growth. How can universities, the private sector, and municipal leaders cooperate to catalyze the new urban models, technologies and management architectures to build the sustainable cities for the 21st Century?
- Stephen Toope, President, University of British Columbia
- Lise Thorsen, City of Copenhagen
- Gary Murphy, Chief Project Officer, Smart Metering, BC Hydro
- Dianne Watts, Mayor of Surrey
Chair: Wal van Lierop, President and CEO, Chrysalix
