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Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod Day 1| 3:15 - 4:30 PM | International Hall
  Response to Allen J. Scott (Plenary Session I: Global city-regions: an overview of the conference themes)
Day 3| 4:00- 5:30 PM | International Hall
Round Table Discussion:
Finale: The Harvest and the Tasks Ahead
Department of Sociology, New School University, New York

Alice Amsden Day 3| 4:00- 5:30 PM | International Hall
  Round Table Discussion:
Finale: The Harvest and the Tasks Ahead
Department of Political Economy, Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lucien Bouchard Day 2| 7:00 PM | Covel Commons Grand Ballroom
 

Conference Dinner, Keynote Speaker
Premier of Québec, Canada

Caterina Brancaleoni Day 2| 10:45 AM- 12:15 PM | Breakout Room 3
  Presenter in Workshop 1 (Governance Issues in Global City-Regions)
Head Officer, Local Development and Negotiating Planning Department, Emilia-Romagna Regional Government, Italy

Adrian Fernandez Bremauntz Day 3| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 3
 

Presenter in Workshop 4 (Air Quality and Transportation in Global City-Regions)
Director General of Management & Environmental Information, National Institute of Ecology, San Angel, Mexico

Jack Broadbent Day 3| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 3
 

Workshop 4 Organizer on behalf of the AQMD (Air Quality and Transportation in Global City-Regions)
Day 3| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 3
Chair in Workshop 4 (Air Quality and Transportation in Global City-Regions)
South Coast Air Quality Management District , Los Angeles

Roberto Camagni Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Breakout Room 1
 

Speaker in Panel 3 (The Competitive Advantages of Large City- Regions: Local Economic Development Dynamics and Prospects in a Globalizing World)
''Interactions Between Economic Functions of Global City-Regions and Public Costs"
(Politecnico di Milano; former head of the Department of Urban Affairs, Presidency of Council of Ministers, Rome, Italy)

Kim Campbell Day 1| 3:15- 4:30 PM | International Hall
 

Chair in Plenary Session I (Global City-Regions: an Overview of the Principal Conference Themes)
Canadian Consul General, former Prime Minister of Canada

Tim Campbell Day 2| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 2
 

Speaker in Panel 2 (Social Diversity and Political Conflict in Global City-Regions: Predicaments and Opportunities)
"Innovation and Governance Reforms in Large Cities in Latin America and the Carribean"
The World Bank, Washington D.C.

Albert Carnesale Day 1| 6:30 PM | Getty Museum
 

Conference Address:
Introduction of James Wolfensohn
Chancellor, University of California, Los Angele

Lucie Cheng Day 2| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 2
  Chair in Panel 2 (Social Diversity and Political Conflict in Global City-Regions: Predicaments and Opportunities)
Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles

Greg Clark Day 2| 10:45 AM- 12:15 PM | Breakout Room 3
  Presenter in Workshop 1 (Governance Issues in Global City-Regions)
"The Specific Needs and Governance of Large Cities"
Managing Director, Greater London Enterprise, United Kingdom

Kathleen Connell Day 2| 2:00 - 3:30 PM | International Hall
  Chair in Plenary Session III
Controller of the State of California

Thomas Courchene Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30PM | Breakout Room 1
 

Chair in Panel 3 (The Competitive Advantages of Large City- Regions: Local Economic Development Dynamics and Prospects in a Globalizing World)
"Responding to the NAFTA Challenge: Ontario as a North American Region State and Toronto as a Global City-Region"

John Deutsch Institute, Queen's University, Canada

Celso Daniel Day 3| 2:00 - 3:30 PM| Breakout Room 1
 

Speaker in Panel 6 (Global City-Regions in Developing Countries)
 "Working Together on a New Model for Regional Planning, The Case of the Greater ABC Region, São Paulo, Brazil"
Mayor of Santo André, Brazil

Michael Dear Day 3| 2:00 - 3:30 PM | Breakout Room 2
 

Chair in Panel 7 (Citizenship and democracy in Global City-Regions)
Director, Southern California Studies Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles

J.R. De Shazo Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Breakout Room 2
 

Discussant in Panel 4 (Environmental Sustainability and Services in Global City-Regions)
Department of Policy Studies, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research

Eberhard Diepgen Day 3| 9:00 - 10:15 AM | International Hall
 

Speaker in Plenary Session IV
"Berlin on the Threshold of the New Millennium--Opportunities and Challenges"

Mayor of Berlin, Germany

Geneviéve Domenach-Chich Day 3| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Breakout Room 2
 

Workshop 3 Organizer on behalf of UNESCO (Urban Poverty, Environment and Political Participation in Developing Countries)
Day 3| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 2
Chair in Workshop 3 (Urban Poverty, Environment and Political Participation in Developing Countries)
Chief, Cities and Human Habitat Unit, UNESCO

Michael Douglass Day 2|10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Breakout Room 1
 

Speaker in Panel 1 (Globalization and the World-Wide Mosaic of Large City-Regions)
"Globalization and the Asian Crisis: Intercity Competition and the Question of Economic Resilience"

Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii, Manoa

Michael Dukakis Day 3| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | International Hall
 

Chair in Finale: The Harvest and the Tasks Ahead
Former Governor of Massachusetts

Samir El Daher Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30 PM| Breakout Room 3
 

Chair in Workshop 2 (Infrastructure Financing and Capital markets in Global City-Regions)
Financial Advisor, Global Municipal Finance Thematic Group, The World Bank

Larry Fondation Day 3| 2:00 - 3:00 PM | Breakout Room 3
 

Workshop 5 Organizer for the Industrial Areas Foundation (Community Organizing for Local Economic Development)

Day 3| 2:00 - 3:00 PM | Breakout Room 3
Chair in Workshop 5 (Community Organizing for Local Economic Development)
Senior Organizer, The Industrial Areas Foundation

S. David Freeman Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Breakout Room 2
 

Chair in Panel 4 (Environmental Sustainability and Services in Global City-Regions)
General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

John Friedmann Day 2|10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Breakout Room 1
 

Speaker in Panel 1 (Globalization and the world-wide mosaic of large city-regions)
"Intercity Networks in a Globalizing Era"
Department of Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles

Ketso Gordhan Day 3| 10:45 AM- 12:15 PM | Breakout Room 1
 

Speaker in Panel 5 (Institution Building, Planning, and Governance Issues in Global City-Regions)
"Building Democracy and Sustainability from a Divided Past--The Johannesburg Story"

Chief Executive Officer, Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council, South Africa

Sir Peter Hall Day 2| 2:00 - 3:30 PM | International Hall
 

Speaker in Plenary Session III
"Global City-Regions in the 21st Century"
University College, London, United Kingdom

Doug Henton Day 3| 10:45 AM- 12:15 PM | Breakout Room 1
 

Speaker in Panel 5 (Institution Building, Planning, and Governance Issues in Global City-Regions)
"An Innovation Region Takes its Next Step. Governance in the Global City-Region: Lessons from Silicon Valley"
President, Collaborative Economics

James Holston Day 3| 2:00 - 3:30 PM | Breakout Room 2
 

Speaker in Panel 7 (Question of Citizenship, Democracy and Civil Society in Global City-Regions)
"Globalization and Urban Citizenship"

University of California, San Diego

Brian Howe Day 2| 10:45 AM- 12:15 PM | Breakout Room 3
 

Presenter in Workshop 1 (Governance Issues in Global City-Regions)
"Local Institutions and Democracy in Regeneration Programs in Large Metropolitan Areas"

Former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia; Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, Australia

Allen Huie Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Breakout Room 1
 

Chair in Panel 3 (The Competitive Advantages of Large City- Regions: Local Economic Development Dynamics and Prospects in a Globalizing World)

Managing Partner, Asian Strategic Partners, Hong Kong

Engin Isin Day 3| 2:00 - 3:30 PM | Breakout Room 2
 

Speaker in Panel 7 (Citizenship and Democracy in Global City-Regions)
"Istanbul, Islamization and Globalization: Conflicting Paths to Citizenship"

Faculty of Social and Political Sciences University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Associate Professor, Division of Social Science York University, Toronto, Canada

John Kasarda Day 2| 10:45 AM- 12:15 PM | Breakout Room 3
 

Presenter in Workshop 1 (Governance Issues in Global City-Regions)
"Governance Issues at the Regional Level for Economic Development"

Director and Kenan Professor, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Michael Keating Day 3| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM | Breakout Room 1
 

Speaker in Panel 5 (Institution Building, Planning, and Governance Issues in Global City-Regions)
"Governing Cities and Regions Territorial Restructuring in a Global Age"

European University Institute, Florence, Italy and University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Won-Bae Kim Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Breakout Room 1
 

Chair in Panel 3 (The Competitive Advantages of Large City- Regions: Local Economic Development Dynamics and Prospects in a Globalizing World)
"Asian Economic Crisis and Repositioning of Mega-CIty Regions: The Case of Korea"
Korean Reaearch Institute, Seoul, South Korea

Josef Konvitz Day 2| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 3
 

Workshop 1 Organizer for OECD (Governance Issues in Global City-Regions)

Day 2| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 3
Chair in Workshop 1 (Governance Issues in Global City-Regions)
Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Breakout Room 2
Discussant in Panel 4 (Environmental Sustainability and Services in Global City-Regions)
Head of Division, Territorial Development Policies and Prospects, OECD, Paris

Akin Mabogunje Day 3| 2:00 - 3:30 PM | Breakout Room 1
  Chair in Panel 6 (The Role of Global City-Regions in Developing Economies)
Development Policy Centre, Ibadan, Nigeria

Jens Kramer Mikkelsen Day 2| 2:00 - 3:30 PM | International Hall
  Speaker in Plenary Session III
"Copenhagen-Malmö: An Emerging Cross-Border Region"
Mayor of Copenhagen, Denmark; Member of the European Committee of the Regions

Mitchell Moss Day 2| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 1
 

Speaker in Panel 1 (Globalization and the World-Wide Mosaic of Large City-Regions)
"The Role of Telecommunications and Transportation Technologies in the Development of Global City-Regions"
Taub Urban Research Center, New York University, New York

Barbara Nelson Day 1 | 3:00- 3:15 PM | International Hall
 

Opening Ceremonies: Words of Welcome
Day 1| 6:30 | International Hall
Conference Address: Opening Remarks
Day 2| 9:00- 10:15 AM | International Hall
Chair in Plenary Session II (How Regions Can Prosper from Globalization)
Day 3| 5:30 PM | International Hall

Closing Remarks

 
Dean, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research
     
Pietro Nivola Day 3| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 1
 

Chair in Panel 5 (Institution Building, Planning, and Governance Issues in Global City-Regions)

The Brookings Institution, Washington D.C.

Kenichi Ohmae Day 2| 9:00 - 10:15 AM | International Hall
 

Keynote Speaker in Plenary Session II (How Regions Can Prosper from Globalization)
"How Regions can Prosper from Globalization"

President, Ohmae & Associates, Tokyo, Japan,
International business consultant and author

Myron Orfield Day 1| 3:15 - 4:30 PM | International Hall
  Response to Allen J. Scott (Plenary Session I: Global City-Regions: an Overview of the Conference Themes)
Day 2| 10:45 - 12:15 PM | Breakout Room 2
Speaker in Panel 2 (Social Diversity and Political Conflict in Global City-Regions: Predicaments and Opportunities)
"The Social, Fiscal and Political Diversity of U.S. Suburbs and the Potential for New Regional Policies and Politics"
Minnesota House of Representatives, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Theodore Panayotou Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Breakout Room 2
 

Speaker in Panel 4 (Environmental Sustainability and Services in Global City-Regions)
"The Environmental Sustainability of Global City-Regions: Challenges, Opportunities and Policy Options"
Harvard Institute of International Development, Harvard University

Riccardo Petrella Day 2| 9:00 - 10:15 AM | International Hall
 

Response to Kenichi Ohmae: Plenary Session II (How Regions Can Prosper from Globalization)
Day 3| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | International Hall
Round Table Discussion:
Finale: The harvest and the tasks ahead
Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium; former Head of Unit, Forecasting and Assessment in Science and Technology Program, European Commission

Mario Pezzini Day 2| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 3
 

Workshop 1 Organizer for OECD: Governance Issues in Global City-Regions
Day 3| 4:00- 5:30 PM | International Hall

Round Table Discussion:
Finale: The Harvest and the Tasks Ahead
Head of Division, Territorial Reviews, OECD, Paris

Michael Porter Day 2| 12:30 - 1:45 PM | International Hall
 

Keynote Speaker

Harvard Business School, Harvard University

Jaime Ravinet Day 1| 3:15 - 4:30 PM| International Hall
 

Response to Allen J. Scott (Plenary Session I: Global City-Regions: an Overview of the Conference Themes)

Mayor of Santiago, Chile

Richard Riordan Day 1| 6:30 PM| Getty Museum
 

Introduction of James Wolfensohn

Mayo of Los Angeles

Alejandro Encinas Rodriguez Day 3| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 3
 

Speaker in Workshop 4 (Air Quality and Transportation in Global City-Regions)
Secretariat of Environment, Government of the Federal District, Mexico

Céline Sachs-Jeantet Day 3| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 2
 

Discussant in Workshop 3 (Urban Poverty, Environment and Political Participation: Yeumbeul, Dakar Case Study)
Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, and Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, France

Il SaKong Day 2| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 1
 

Chair in Panel 1 (Globalization and the World-Wide Mosaic of Large City-Regions)

Institute for Global Economics, Seoul

Frank Sartor Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Breakout Room 1
 

Speaker in Panel 3 (The cCompetitive Advantages of Large City-Regions: Local Economic Development Dynamics and Prospects in a Globalizing World)
Mayor of Sydney, Australia
Saskia Sassen Day 1| 3:15 - 4:30 PM | International Hall
 

Response to Allen J. Scott (Plenary Session I: Global City-Regions: an Overview of the Conference Themes)

Day 2| 10:45 - 12:15 PM | Breakout Room 1
Speaker in Panel 1 (Globalization and the World-Wide Mosaic of Large City-Regions)
"The Global City: Strategic Site/New Frontier"
Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

 

Herbert Schmitz Day 3| 2:00 - 3:30 PM | Breakout Room 1
 

Speaker in Panel 6 (The Role of Global City-Regions in Developing Economies)
"The Limitation of Private Local Governance: lesson from a Brazilian Cluster"
University of Sussex, United Kingdom

Allen J. Scott Day 1| 3:15 - 4:30 PM | International Hall
  Speaker in Plenary Session I (Global City-Regions: an Overview of the Conference Themes)
Brief Preview of Conference Issues and Summary of the Conference Theme Paper 'Global City-Regions'
Day 2| 7:00 PM | Covel Commons Grand Ballroom
Introduction of Lucien Bouchard
Chair of the conference organizing committee,
School of Public Policy and Social Research, University of California, Los Angeles

Edward Soja Day 3| 4:00 - 5:30 PM| International Hall
  Roundtable Discussion
Finale: The Harvest and the Tasks Ahead
Department of Urban Planning, University of California, Los Angeles

Pilar Solans Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Breakout Room 3
 

Workshop 2 Presenter (Infrastructure Financing and Capital Markets in Global City-Regions)
"Barcelona's Experience in Financing Infrastructure for the Olympics and Beyond"
Former Finance Director, CIty of Barcelona, Spain

Mohamed Soumaré Day 3| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 2
 

Workshop 3 Speaker (Urban Poverty, Environment and Political Participation: Yeumbeul, Dakar Case Study)

Program Coordinator, ENDA Tiers-Monde, Dakar, Senegal

Mikael Stamming Day 3| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 3
 

Speaker in Workshop 4 (Air Quality and Transportation in Global City-Regions)
Development Director, County Council of Helsinborg, Sweden

Richard Stren Day 3| 2:00 - 3:30 PM | Breakout Room 1
 

Speaker in Panel 6 (The Role of Global City-Regions in Developing Economies)
"Local Governance and Social Diversity in the Developing World: New Challenges for Globalizing City-Regions"

Day 3| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 2
Discussant in Workshop 3 (Urban Poverty, Environment and Political Participation: Yeumbeul, Dakar Case Study)
Director, Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, Canada

Cassio Taniguchi Day 3| 9:00 - 10:15 AM | International Hall
 

Speaker in Plenary Session IV
"Sustainability and Quality of Life Issues in Curitiba, Brazil"
Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil
 
Peter Tufano Day 3| 2:00 - 3:30 PM| Breakout Room 3
 

Speaker in Workshop 5 (Community Organizing for Local Economic Development)

Professor of Finance, Harvard Business School, Harvard University
 
Andrés Vasiliadis Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Breakout Room 3
 

Workshop 2 Presenter (Infrastructure financing and capital markets in global city-regions)
"Buenos Aires' Experience in Restructuring Debt as a Way of Restructuring the City's Budget"

Director of Public Finance Office, Secretaria de Hacienda, Gobierno de Buenos Aires, Argentina
 
Roger Waldinger Day 2| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 2
 

Speaker in Panel 2 (Social Diversity and Political Conflict in Global City-Regions: Predicaments and Opportunities)
"The Immigrant Niche in GLobal City-Regions"
Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles

Dana Weist Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Breakout Room 3
 

Workshop 2 Organizer on behalf of the World Bank (Infrastructure Financing and Capital Markets in Global City-Regions)
Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Breakout Room 3
Chair in Workshop 2 (Infrastructure Financing and Capital Markets in Global City-Regions)
Senior Economist, East Asia Urban Development Unit,The World Bank

Douglas Webster Day 2| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | Breakout Room 3
 

Workshop 2 Presenter (Infrastructure Financing and Capital Markets in Global City-Regions)
"Urban Financing in East Asian Cities"

Senior Advisor, National Economic and Social Development Board, Royal Thai Government and Stanford University's Asia/Pacific Research Center

Saundra Willingham Day 3| 2:00 - 3:30 PM| Breakout Room 3
 

Speaker in Workshop 5 (Community Organizing for Local Economic Development)

Executive Director, Nehemiah Housing Corporation, Alta Dena, California

James Wolfensohn Day 1| 6:30 PM | Getty Museum
 

Keynote Speaker

President,The World Bank

Ching-Shi Yang Day 3| 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM| Breakout Room 3
 

Presenter in Workshop 4 (Air Quality and Transportation in Global City-Regions)
Senior Specialist, Bureau of Air Quality Protection and Noise Control, Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan, R.O.C

Zev Yaroslavsky Day 3| 9:00 - 10:15 AM | International Hall
 

Chair in Plenary Session IV

Third District Supervisor, Board of Supevisors, County of Los Angeles

 





The proceedings of this conference will be published in book form by Oxford University Press.

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