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.

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

ParagKhanna
Managing PartnerHybrid Reality

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

ArturoSarukhan
Former Ambassador to the United StatesMexico

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

Mpho Franklyn ParksTau
Executive MayorJohannesburg
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