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.

EXPERTS

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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