GLOBAL CITY-REGIONS CONFERENCE

Hosted by the UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research OCTOBER 21-23, 1999

Join World Bank President and keynote SPEAKER JAMES WOLFENSOHN, policy makers, scholars, business people and community leaders from around the world in Los Angeles for three days of intensive dialogue on global city-regions. Participate with Lucien Bouchard, the Premier of Québec, and the mayors of Berlin, Sydney, Curitiba and other major cities in the search for new ways of thinking about the forces driving the growth of global city-regions and new policy approaches to harness their benefits and curb their negative impacts. Engage in free-ranging interdisciplinary discussions on vital policyquestions in the critical areas of economic development; social welfare; the environmental consequences of urbanization; and governance.

For a complete conference program, registration information and a registration form and conference hotel information, visit our website at: http//:www.sppsr.ucla.edu/globalcityregions Information can also be obtained by telephone (310) 794-5477, fax (310) 267-0282; E-mail: globalcityregions@sppsr.ucla.edu or mail: Global City Regions Conference UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research 3250 Public Policy and Social Research Box 951656 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1656

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GLOBAL CITY-REGIONS: Trends and Prospects Policies for Wealth and Well-being

All events are held in Tom Bradley International Hall, UCLA, unless otherwise stated.

DAY ONE - THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21

REGISTRATION 1:45 PM onward: West Gallery

OPENING CEREMONIES 3:00 - 3:15 PM International Hall

WORDS OF WELCOME: Barbara Nelson (Dean, School of Public Policy and Social Research, UCLA) 3:15 - 4:30 PM International Hall

PLENARY SESSION I: GLOBAL CITY-REGIONS: AN OVERVIEW OF THE CONFERENCE THEMES CHAIR: Kim Campbell (Canadian Consul General in Los Angeles, and former Prime Minister of Canada) SPEAKER: Allen J. Scott (School of Public Policy and Social Research, UCLA) "Brief Preview of Conference Issues and Summary of the Conference Theme Paper 'Global City-Regions'" (authored by John Agnew, Allen J. Scott, Edward W. Soja, and Michael Storper)

FOLLOWED BY RESPONSES AND DISCUSSION FROM: Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod (Department of Sociology, New School University, New York) Akin Mabogunje (Development Policy Centre, Ibadan, Nigeria) Myron Orfield (Minnesota House of Representatives, Minneapolis) Jaime Ravinet (Mayor of Santiago, Chile) Saskia Sassen (Department of Sociology, University of Chicago)

4:45 - 5:30 PM Transportation from UCLA to the Getty Museum

5:30 PM RECEPTION AND COCKTAILS AT THE GETTY MUSEUM (Co-sponsored by the J. Paul Getty Trust)

6:30 PM CONFERENCE ADDRESS OPENING REMARKS: Barbara Nelson (Dean, School of Public Policy and Social Research, UCLA) Rockard J. Delgadillo (Deputy Mayor, Los Angeles) Introduction of James Wolfensohn Albert Carnesale (Chancellor, UCLA)

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: James Wolfensohn (President, The World Bank) In the presence of: Lucien Bouchard (Premier of Québec, Canada) Celso Daniel (Mayor of Santo André, Brazil) Eberhard Diepgen (Mayor of Berlin, Germany) Ketso Gordhan (Chief Executive Officer, Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council, South Africa) Jens Kramer Mikkelsen (Mayor of Copenhagen, Denmark; Member of the European Committee of the Regions) Jaime Ravinet (Mayor of Santiago, Chile) Frank Sartor (Mayor of Sydney, Australia) Cassio Taniguchi (Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil)

DAY TWO - FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22

9:00 - 10:15 AM International Hall

PLENARY SESSION II CHAIR: Barbara Nelson (Dean, UCLA School of Public Policy and Social Research), UCLA

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Kenichi Ohmae (International Business Consultant and Author, Tokyo) "How Regions Can Prosper from Globalization" RESPONSE: Riccardo Petrella (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium; former Head of Unit, Forecasting nad Assessment in Science and Technology Program, European Commission)

10:15 - 10:45AM Coffee Break West Gallery

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Breakout room 1: THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS

PANEL 1: GLOBALIZATION AND THE WORLDWIDE MOSAIC OF LARGE CITY REGIONS CHAIR: Il SaKong (Chairman and CEO, Institute for Global Economics, Seoul, South Korea; and former Minister of Finance, Government of South Korea) SPEAKERS: Saskia Sassen (Department of Sociology, University of Chicago) "The Global City: Strategic Site/New Frontier" Mitchell Moss (Taub Urban Research Center, New York University, New York) "The Role of Telecommunications and Transportation Technologies in the Development of Global City-Regions" John Friedmann (Department of Urban Planning, UCLA) "Intercity Networks in a Globalizing Era" Michael Douglass (Department of Urban and Regional Planning,University of Hawaii, Manoa) "Globalization and the Asian Crisis: Intercity Competition and the Question of Economic Resilience"

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Breakout Room 2 PANEL 2: SOCIAL DIVERSITY AND POLITICAL CONFLICT IN GLOBAL CITY-REGIONS: PREDICAMENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES CHAIR: Lucie Cheng (Department of Sociology, UCLA) SPEAKERS: Susan Fainstein (Department of Urban Planning, Rutgers University) "Inequality in Global City-Regions" Myron Orfield (Minnesota House of Representatives, Minneapolis,Minnesota) "The Social, Fiscal and Political Diversity of U.S. Suburbs and the Potential for New Regional Policies and Politics" Roger Waldinger (Department of Sociology, UCLA) "The Immigrant Niche in Global City-Regions)

10:45 AM 12:15 PM Breakout Room 3 WORKSHOP 1: GOVERNANCE ISSUES IN GLOBAL CITY-REGIONS Session organized by Josef Konvitz and Mario Pezzini on behalf of the OECD CHAIR: Josef Konvitz ( Head of Division, Territorial Development Policies and Prospects, OECD, Paris) PRESENTATIONS BY: Renato Cocchi (Minister for Territory, Planning and Environment, Emilia-Romagna, Italy) John Kasarda (Director and Kenan Professor, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Brian Howe (former Deputy Prime Minister of Australia; Centre for Public Policy, University of Melbourne, Australia) Greg Clark (Managing Director, Economic Development, Greater London Enterprise, United Kingdom)

LUNCH 12:30 - 1:45 PM International Hall KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Michael Porter (Harvard Business School, Harvard University)

2:00 - 3:30 PM International Hall PLENARY SESSION III CHAIR: Kathleen Connell (Controller of the State of California) SPEAKERS: Sir Peter Hall (University College, London, United Kingdom) "Global City Regions in the 21st Century: A New Taxonomy" Jens Kramer Mikkelsen (Mayor of Copenhagen, Denmark; Member of the European Committee of the Regions) "Copenhagen-Malmö: An Emerging Cross-Border Region"

3:30 - 4:00 PM Coffee Break West Gallery

4:00 - 5:30 PM Breakout Room 1: THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS: PANEL 3: THE COMPETIVE ADVANTAGES OF LARGE CITY-REGIONS: LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY AND PROSPECTS IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD CHAIR: Allen Huie (Managing Partner, Asian Strategic Partners, Hong Kong) SPEAKERS: Roberto Camagni (Politecnico di Milano; Former Head of the Department of Urban Affairs, Presidency of Council of Ministers, Rome, Italy "Interactions Between Economic Functions of the Global City-Regions and Public Costs" Thomas Courchene (John Deutsch Institute, Queen's University, Canada) "Ontario as a North American Region State" Won-Bae Kim (Korean Research Institute, Seoul, South Korea) "Asian Economic Crisis and Repositioning of Mega-City Regions: The Case of the Seoul Mega-City Region" Frank Sartor (Mayor of Sydney, Australia)

4:00 - 5:30 PM Breakout Room 2 PANEL 4: ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND SERVICES IN GLOBAL CITY-REGIONS CHAIR: S. David Freeman (General Manager, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power) SPEAKER: Theodore Panayotou (Harvard Institute of International Development, Harvard University) "The Environmental Sustainability of Global City-Regions: Challenges, Opportunities and Policy Options" DISCUSSANTS: Alain Lipietz (Member of the European Parliament and Spokesperson for the French Green Party Les Verts) Stephanie Pincetl (Research Associate Professor of Geography and Coordinator of the Sustainable Cities Program, University of Southern California) Josef Konvitz (Principal Administrator, Urban Affairs, OECD) J.R. De Shazo (Department of Policy Studies, UCLA)

4:00 - 5:30 PM Breakout Room 3 WORKSHOP 2: INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING AND CAPITAL MARKETS IN GLOBAL CITY-REGIONS Organized by Dana Weist on behalf of the World Bank. CHAIR: Dana Weist (Senior Economist, East Asia Urban Development Unit, The World Bank) PRESENTATIONS BY: Pilar Solans (Former Finance Director, City of Barcelona, Spain) "Barcelona's Experience in financing Infrastructure for the Olympics and Beyond" Keshav Varma (Former Municipal Commissioner, Ahmedabad Corporation, India) "Issuing a Municipal Bond in Ahmedabad -- Financial and Other Opportunities" Douglas Webster (Senior Advisor, National Economic and Social Development Board, Royal Thai Government and Stanford University's Asia/Pacific Research Center) "Urban Financing in East Asian Cities" Andrés Vasiliadis (Director General of Credito Publico, Secretaria de Hacienda, Gobierno de Buenos Aires, Argentina) "Buenos Aires' Experience in Restructuring Debt as a Way of Restructuring the City's Budget"

7:00 PM CONFERENCE DINNER Covell Commons, Grand Ballroom KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Lucien Bouchard (Premier of Québec, Canada)

DAY THREE - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23

9:15 -10:15 A.M. International Hall PLENARY SESSION IV CHAIR: To be determined SPEAKERS: Eberhard Diepgen (Mayor of Berlin, Germany) "Berlin on the Threshold of the New Millennium-Opportunities and Challenges" Cassio Taniguchi (Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil) "Sustainability and Quality of Life Issues in Curitiba, Brazil"

10:15 - 10:45AM Coffee Break West Gallery

10:45 AM - 12:15PM Breakout room 1: THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS: PANEL 5: INSTITUTION BUILDING AND GOVERNANCE ISSUES IN GLOBAL CITY-REGIONS CHAIR: Pietro Nivola (The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.) SPEAKER: Michael Keating (European University Institute, Florence, Italy, and University of Aberdeen, Scotland) "Region Building in Europe" Doug Henton (President, Collaborative Economics, Palo Alto, CA) "Joint Venture: Silicone Valley. An Innovation Region Takes its Next Step" Ketso Gordhan (Chief Executive Officer, Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council, South Africa) "Building Democracy and Sustainability from a Divided Past-The Johannesburg Story" Celso Daniel (Mayor of Santo André, Brazil) "Working Together on a New Model for Regional Planning: The Case of the Greater ABC Region, Sao Paulo, Brazil"

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Breakout room 2 WORKSHOP 3: URBAN POVERTY AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION Workshop organized by Geneviève Domenach-Chich on behalf of UNESCO

CHAIR: Geneviève Domenach-Chich (Chief, Cities and Human Habitat Unit, UNESCO) SPEAKERS: Mohamed Soumaré (Program Coordinator, ENDA Tiers-Monde, Dakar, Senegal) "Urban Poverty, Environment and Politicla Participation: Yeumbeul, Dakar Case Study" Anne Golden (President, United Way of Greater Toronto; Chair, Mayor's Homelessness Action Task Force; and Chair, Greater Toronto Area Task Force) "Homelessness, Political Restructuring: Toronto at a Turning Point"

DISCUSSANTS: Céline Sachs-Jeantet (Foundation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris, France) Richard Stren (Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto, Canada) "Local Governance and Social Diversity in the Developing World: New Challenges for Globalizing City-Regions"

10:45AM - 12:15PM Breakout room 3 WORKSHOP 4: AIR QUALITY AND TRANSPORTATION IN GLOBAL CITY-REGIONS Workshop organized by Jack Broadbent on behalf of the South Coast Air Quality Management District

Chair: Jack Broadbent (Deputy Executive Officer, South Coast Air Quality Management District, Los Angeles) Speakers: Mikael Stamming (Development Director, County Council of Helsingborg, Sweden) Alejandro Encinas

12:30 - 2:00 PM Lunch International Hall

2:00 - 3:30 PM Breakout room 1: THREE PARALLEL SESSIONS:

PANEL 6: GLOBAL CITY-REGIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CHAIR: Akin Mabogunje (Development Policy Centre, Ibadan, Nigeria) SPEAKERS: Richard Stren (Centre for Urban and Community Studies, University of Toronto) "Social Diversity and Local Governance in the Developing World: New Challenges for Globalizing City-Regions" Hubert Schmitz (Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, United Kingdom) "Global Competition and Local Cooperation: Success and Failure in the Sinos Valley, Brazil" Tim Campbell (The World Bank, Washington, D.C.) "Innovation and Governance Reforms in Large Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean"

2:00 - 3:30 P.M Breakout room 2 PANEL 7: CIVIL SOCIETY, CITIZENSHIP, AND DEMOCRACY IN GLOBAL CITY-REGIONS CHAIR: Michael Dear (Director, Southern California Studies Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles) SPEAKERS: James Holston (Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego) "Globalization and Urban Citizenship" Alain Lipietz (Spokesperson for the French Green Party Les Verts) "Social Bonds in the Stochastic City-Region"

2:00 - 3:30 PM Breakout room 3 WORKSHOP 5: POLICY RESOURCES TO CREATE EQUITY FOR THE POOR Workshop organized by Larry Fondation on behalf of the Industrial Areas Foundation. CHAIR: Larry Fondation (Senior Organizer, Southern California Industrial Areas Foundation, Los Angeles) SPEAKERS: Peter Tufano (Professor of Finance, Harvard Business School,

Harvard University) Saundra Willingham (Executive Director, Nehemiah Housing

Corporation, Alta Dena, California)

3:30 - 4:00 P.M. West Gallery Coffee Break

4:00 - 5:30 P.M. International Hall PLENARY SESSION V FINALE: THE HARVEST AND THE TASKS AHEAD CHAIR: Michael Dukakis (Former Governor of Massachusetts) Round table discussion with: Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod (Department of Sociology, New School University, New York) Alice Amsden (Department of Urban Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Riccardo Petrella (Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium; former Head of Unit, Forecasting and Assessment in Science and Technology Program, European Commission) Mario Pezzini (Head of Division, Territorial Reviews, OECD, Paris) Donald Straszheim (President, Milken Institute; former Chief Economist, Merrill Lynch and Co.)

5:30 P.M. CLOSING REMARKS: Barbara Nelson (Dean, School of Public Policy and Social Research)

CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Allen J. Scott (CHAIR) John Agnew Steve Commins Linda Griego Gene Grigsby Robert Rodino Edward Soja Michael Storper Lynne Zucker Nga Scott (Conference Coordinator) ________________________________________________ GLOBAL CITY-REGIONS CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM

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