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"CityLab: Urban Solutions to Global Challenges" conference, Sept. 29 & 30 in Los Angeles
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September 28 – 30, 2014
Los Angeles, California
Hosted by The Atlantic in partnership with The Aspen Institute and Bloomberg Philanthropies, CityLab is one of our most innovative programs of the year, bringing together 300+ of the world’s top mayors, urban experts, city planners, writers, technologists, economists, and designers. The goal of the 3-day program is to foster constructive dialogue and create scalable solutions for city leaders to share with their constituencies across the world.
Just recently, the program was named Best Conference of 2013 at the FAME Awards. The inaugural program took place last fall in New York City, and this year we'll be taking the program to Los Angeles.
The program is by invitation only, but it will be live streamed on this page on Monday and Tuesday. Additionally, we are hosting a public program, "CityLab Making L.A.," at the Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Monday night. To register for the public program, please click here.
Monday, September 29
8:45 a.m. PT / 11:45 a.m. ET Welcome and Introductory Remarks
- James Bennet, Editor-in-Chief and Co-President, The Atlantic
- Michael Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies
9:00 a.m. PT / 12:00 p.m. ET What's Mine is Yours? The New Dynamics of the Sharing City
- Brian Chesky, CEO and Founder, Airbnb
- April Rinne, Global Sharing Economy and Shareable Cities Advisor
- Arun Sundararajan, Professor of Information, Operations and Management Sciences, New York University
- David Sheard, Council Leader, Kirklees Council
- Moderator: James Bennet, Editor-in-Chief and Co-President, The Atlantic
9:40 a.m. PT / 12:40 p.m. ET Reinventing City Hall
- Eric Garcetti, Mayor, Los Angeles
- Interviewer: Walter Isaacson, President, The Aspen Institute
10:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. ET Case Study: Rethinking Resilience in a Post-Sandy World
- Henk Ovink, Senior Advisor to Secretary Shaun Donovan, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Interviewer: James Fallows, National Correspondent,The Atlantic
10:20 a.m. PT / 1:20 p.m. ET Wheels of Change: What's Driving the Future of Urban Mobility?
- Janette Sadik-Khan, Principal, Bloomberg Associates
- Donald Shoup, Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Director of the Institute of Transportation Studies, UCLA
- John Zimmer, Co-Founder and President, Lyft
- Moderator: Steve Clemons, Washington Editor at Large,The Atlantic
11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET Narrowing the Gap: How Cities Can Fight Income Inequality
- Alan Berube, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution
- Bill Peduto, Mayor, Pittsburgh
- Blair Taylor, Chief Community Officer, Starbucks
- Moderator: Richard Florida, Co-Founder and Editor at Large, CityLab.com; Senior Editor, The Atlantic
11:35 a.m. PT / 2:35 p.m. ET Governing the World's Most Complicated City
- Nir Barkat, Mayor, Jerusalem
- Interviewer: Jeffrey Golderberg, National Correspondent,The Atlantic
11:55 a.m. PT / 2:55 p.m. ET Local Food: Beyond Farm-to-Table
- Dan Barber, Owner and Executive Chef, Blue Hill Farm
12:20 p.m. PT / 3:20 p.m. ET Wrap Up
- Margaret Low Smith, Vice President, The Atlantic and President, AtlanticLIVE
Tuesday, September 30
12:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 p.m. ET Welcome/Introduction
- James Anderson, Government Innovation, Bloomberg Philanthropies
12:05 p.m. PT / 3:05 p.m. ET New in Town: Mayors on Immigration
- Kasim Reed, Mayor, Atlanta
- Ron Brownstein, Editorial Director, Atlantic Media
12:40 p.m. PT / 3:40 p.m. ET Trend Breaks: What a World of Change Means for Mayors and Cities
- Richard Dobbs, Director, McKinsey & Company
12:50 p.m. PT / 3:50 p.m. ET LA Story: Strategies for Stopping a Runaway Industry
- Kathy Garmezy, Associate Executive Director, Government & International Affairs, Directors Guild of America
- Amy Lemisch, Executive Director, California Film Commission
- Katherine Oliver, Principal, Bloomberg Associates
- Jay Roewe, Vice President of Production, HBO?
- Moderator: James Bennet, Editor in Chief, The Atlantic
1:30 p.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. ET Event Concludes
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