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SESSION

June17

9:35 AM

10:35 AM

Opening Panel: Re-imagining Cities: Transforming the 21st Century Metropolis

Can urban re-imagination be reconciled with the hard choices necessary for real transformation? Panelists will share their insights into the dream, the vision and the strategy that are essential for a city to thrive. They will engage the audience about how to achieve lasting, sustainable and inclusive transformation.

Moderated by Parag Khanna.

Executive Director, The Mori Memorial FoundationDean, Professional Graduate School, Meiji University

Parag Khanna

Managing PartnerHybrid Reality

Jaime Lerner

Celebrated Urbanist, Former Mayor of Curitiba, BrazilFormer Governor of Parana, Brazil

Arturo Sarukhan

Former Ambassador to the United StatesMexico

Richard Sennett

Centennial Professor of Sociology, London School of EconomicsUniversity Professor of the Humanities, New York University

Mpho Franklyn Parks Tau

Mpho Franklyn ParksTau

Executive MayorJohannesburg