2016 CHICAGO FORUM ON GLOBAL CITIES
Global leaders in business, education, civics, and the arts converged in Chicago June 1-3, 2016 for a cross-sector dialogue on the power and limitations of global cities to shape the world’s future. On the front lines of the world’s greatest challenges, global cities have a concentration of the political, intellectual, and economic resources necessary to develop the most innovative solutions.
Terrorism. Inequality. Climate change. Migration. Culture. Technology. For good or for ill, global cities are where the action is. And in an increasingly urban world, where the focus will be.
Big issues. Big ideas. Global cities.
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PARTICIPANTS
55speakers
6Financial Times
moderators
MAYORS / ARTISTSCEOS / ARCHITECTS
JOURNALISTS / POLICYMAKERS
600delegates
35countries
represented
53local civicpartners
21international
partners
28graduate students
selected for the next generation delegation
COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
SPEAKERS
Financial Times Moderators
Caroline Daniel, Partner, Brunswick, and former Editor, FT Weekend
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, US News Editor
Edwin Heathcote, Architecture Critic
Edward Luce, Chief US Commentator and Columnist
Philip Stephens, Associate Editor and Chief Political Commentator
Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor
Speakers
Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi, Gulf-based Columnist
Ebtesam Al-Ketbi, President, Emirates Policy Center
Kara Bachman, Executive Director, Chicago Sports Commission
François Bergere, Program Manager, Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility, The World Bank Group
Mike Brown, MVO, Commissioner, Transport for London
Scott C. Brun, MD, Vice President, Scientific Affairs, and Head, AbbVie Ventures
Ricky Burdett, Director, LSE Cities
Charlie Catlett, Founding Director, Urban Center for Computation and Data, University of Chicago, and Argonne National Laboratory
Chan Heng Chee, Chairman, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore University of Technology and Design
Todd Hohn, Global Workplace Health and Safety Director, UL
Mark Hoplamazian, President and CEO, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
Umran S. Inan, President, Koç University
Tessa Jowell, MP, Dulwich and West Norwood, House of Lords
David Kilcullen, Senior Fellow, New America
Peter Kudryavtsev, Founding Partner, Citymakers
Desmond Kuek, President and Group CEO, SMRT Corporation Ltd
Liu Thai-Ker, Senior Director, RSP Architects Planners and Engineers Ltd.
Lior Meyer, Director, Brand Marketing and Communications, Tel Aviv Global
Robert Muggah, Research Director, IgarapéInstitute
Michael A. Nutter, Former Mayor, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Claudio Orrego, Governor, Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile
Boris Palmer, Mayor, City of Tubingen, Germany
Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Founder and Chairman, Paulson Institute
Dan Pelino, General Manager, Global Public Sector, IBM Corporation
Adam Pellegrini, Divisional Vice President, Digital Health, Walgreens
Ronnie C. Chan, Chairman, Hang Lung Properties
Tan Chorh Chuan, President, National University of Singapore
James Cuno, President and CEO, The J. Paul Getty Trust
Ivo H. Daalder, President, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Dan Doctoroff, CEO, Sidewalk Labs
Elizabeth Dozier, Managing Director, Chicago Beyond
Rahm Emanuel, Mayor, City of Chicago, Illinois
Ginger Evans, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Aviation
Angela Foster-Rice, Managing Director, Global Environmental Affairs and Sustainability, United Airlines
Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor GlimpProfessor of Economics, Harvard University
Dan Glickman, Cochair, Global Food and Agriculture Program, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Mayor, City of Warsaw, Poland
Christiane Hajj, Executive Director, FundaciónCarlos Slim
LaMar Hasbrouck, MD, MPH Executive Director, National Association of County and City Health Officials
Connie Hedegaard, Former EU Commissioner for Climate Action
Arne Quinze, Artist
Kasim Reed, Mayor, City of Atlanta, Georgia
James Rondeau, President and Eloise W. Martin Director, Art Institute of Chicago
Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal, President, FundaçãoGetulio Vargas
Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO, New America
Dorothee Stapelfeldt, Minister, Urban Development and Housing, City of Hamburg, Germany
Paul D. Steinberg, Chief Technology Officer, Motorola Solutions
Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Governor, City of Bangkok, Thailand
Helle Søholt, Founding Partner and CEO, GehlArchitects
Alfonso Vegara, Founder and Honorary President, Fundación Metropoli
Rachel Whetstone, Senior Vice President, Policy and Communications, Uber
Abi Williams, President, The Hague Institute for Global Justice
Keith Williams, President and CEO, UL
Thomas K. Wright, President, Regional Plan Association
Minja Yang, Former Deputy Director, UNESCO World Heritage Centre
INSIGHTS
“I think that it is a very pleasant thingfor the citizens of the city to be inmodernity and yet be reminded thatwe have history.”
Ronnie C. Chan, Chairman, Hang Lung Properties
“We as a society are obsessed with convenience...There is an expectation of it now.”
Adam Pellegrini, Divisional Vice President,Digital Health, Walgreens
“Cities are at the center of every story we write today…good stories…but also bad stories.”
Gillian Tett, US Managing Editor,Financial Times
“If inequality becomes ossified, part of the fabric of the community, that is inevitably a bad thing.”
Mark Hoplamazian, President and CEO, Hyatt Hotels Corporation
“I need to convince the haves thatthe problems of the have nots are their own problems.”
Claudio Orrego, Governor, MetropolitanRegion of Santiago, Chile
“At our heart we are a social species,we get smart by being around othersmart people and what cities do isconnect us with other people.”
Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor GlimpProfessor of Economics, Harvard University
INSIGHTS
“We are dealing with a biologic revolution on top of the urban technologic revolution.”
Scott C. Brun, MD, Vice President,Scientific Affairs, and Head, AbbVie Ventures
“What's coming is the use of big data to change the way cities operate fundamentally.”
Keith Williams, President and CEO, UL
“I see, increasingly, cities and municipalities becoming more transparent, reaching to citizens, engaging them in the process ofbeing safe.”
Paul D. Steinberg, Chief TechnologyOfficer, Motorola Solutions
“No cities, no one agency, can counter any transnationalthreats alone.”
Ebtesam Al-Ketbi, President, Emirates Policy Center
“Cities will become redefined. They will become regions. Those regions will redefine states.”
Dan Pelino, General Manager, Global Public Sector, IBM Corporation
“If you don't play a role in thiscarbon-constrained society, you may find yourself behind, losingrelevance.”
Angela Foster-Rice, Managing Director,Global Environmental Affairs andSustainability, United Airlines
GLOBAL REACH
#GlobalCities2016was a top trending hashtag in Chicago
3,115tweets
19,981,724impressions
3,500viewed forum videos
37countries engaged digitally
IN THE NEWS
“By… meeting with each other during events like today’s Chicago Forum on Global Cities, we can strengthen our ability to tackle climate change, grow our economy, and increase the livability of our cities at the same time.”
Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, Mayor of Warsaw, Huffington Post
“A truly international gathering of some of the world's best thinkers”
John Gregerson and Rob McManamy,BuiltWorlds
“At the 2016 Chicago Forum on Global Cities held in the Windy City this week, planners, architects, developers and politicians gathered to tackle the challenges faced in urban areas around the world.”
Realtor® Magazine
“That’s where cities can be more effective, Hedagaard said, by serving as ‘creative spaces’ to demonstrate the benefits of cleaner air, of renewable energy, of public transportation, so people don’t think of a low-carbon society as a collection of restrictions, but as a positive vision.”
Jeff McMahon, Forbes
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