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Dedicated to highlighting innovation and effective practices in urban governance, CityLab gathered the world’s most creative mayors and city practitioners with artists, academics, funders, and other public and private sector leaders focused on improving cities and spreading urban strategies that work.
This year, with Miami as our campus, we looked forward to meeting in a culturally dynamic city on the cutting edge of urban innovation to once again tackle the most pressing challenges cities face and present innovative ideas for growing livable, sustainable and economically vibrant communities. Miami has one of the most diverse populations in one of the fastest growing regions in the country, where a unique confluence of Caribbean, North and South American cultures adds vibrancy and texture to the civic landscape.
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Speakers
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George Abbott Knight Cities Challenge Project Lead Knight Foundation -
Mike Ableson Vice President, Global Strategy General Motors @michaelableson -
Devon Akmon Director Arab American National Museum @devonakmon -
Nikolas Albarran Principal Engineer MakerHealth @nikalbarran -
Fernando Albertorio Sunu, Inc. Co-Founder @sunu_io -
Mohamed Ali Director Iftiin Foundation @mohamedaali -
Michael Allegretti Head of Public Policy Rubicon Global @MikeAllegretti -
Amanda Allen Design Lead eMocha Mobile Health @amanda9985 -
Victoria Alonsoperez CEO Chipsafer @vic_alonsoperez -
Alexandra Ames Brachowicz General Director of Social Prestations Ministry of Social Inclusion and Development -
James Anderson Government Innovation Bloomberg Philanthropies @jmsndrsn -
Sarah Auslander Civic Designer Tel Aviv I-Team @sausland -
Willie Avendano Director and Co-Founder 1 @WillieAvendano -
Stonly Baptiste Co-Founder and Partner Urban.us @stonlyb -
Megan Barry Mayor Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County @MayorMeganBarry -
Richard Berry Mayor City of Albuquerque -
Jared Bienz Senior MPC Evangalist Microsoft @jbienz -
Alissa Black Investment Principal Omidyar Network @alissa007 -
Beth Blauer Executive Director, Center for Government Excellence Johns Hopkins University @biblauer -
Greg Bloom Founder Open Referral @greggish -
Michael R. Bloomberg Founder, Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies 108th Mayor of the City New York @MikeBloomberg -
Rudi Borrmann Undersecretary of Innovation and Open Government City of Buenos Aires @donrudi -
Janis Bowdler Head of Community Development for Global Philanthropy J.P. Morgan Chase @janistkq -
Muriel Bowser Mayor District of Columbia @mayorbowser -
David G. Bradley Chairman Atlantic Media -
Tessy Britton Founder Participatory City @tessybritton -
Simone Brody Executive Director, What Works Cities Results for America @whatworkscities -
Angela Brown Burke Mayor Kingston and St. Andrews Corporation @brownburke -
Ron Brownstein Senior Editor The Atlantic @RonBrownstein -
Amanda Burden Principal, Urban Planning Bloomberg Associates @amandamburden -
Ricky Burdett Director LSE Cities @BURDETTR -
Kathleen Carlson President, Portfolio Manager, Managing Partner, Treasurer, Chief Compliance Officer, and Director Parker Carlson & Johnson -
Joie Chen Journalist and Contributor AtlanticLIVE @joiechen -
Joshua Choi AR/VR Developer Synchro Ltd. -
Steve Clemons Washington Editor at Large The Atlantic @SCClemons -
Pablo Collada Executive Director Smart Citizen Foundation @PabloCollada -
Idania Del Rio Creative Director Clandestina -
Matthew Desmond Associate Professor Harvard University @just_shelter -
Manny Diaz Senior Partner Lydecker Diaz; Former Mayor, City of Miami @mamny_a_diaz -
Tomas Diez Ladera Director @ Fab City Research Lab IAAC @tomasdiez -
Mike Duggan Mayor City of Detroit @mayormikeduggan -
Fred Dust Partner and Global Managing Director IDEO @f_dust -
Buddy Dyer Mayor City of Orlando @orlandomayor -
Jorge O. Elorza Mayor City of Providence @jorge_elorza -
Roberto Fantoni Partner McKinsey & Company -
Leire Fernandez Creative Director Clandestina -
Leandro Finol Executive Director The Idea Center at Miami Dade College @leandrofinol -
Richard Florida Co-Founder and Senior Editor, CityLab Senior Editor, The Atlantic -
Rodney Foxworth Social Impact Advisor eMocha Mobile Health @investedimpact -
Adam Freed Principal Bloomberg Associates @adammfreed -
Karen Freeman-Wilson Mayor City of Gary @karenaboutgary -
Thomas Frieden Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director @DrFriedenCDC -
Robert Garita Director Fab Lab Veritas -
Juan Pablo Garnham Editor, CityLab Latino CityLab -
Elliot Gerson Executive Vice President of Policy and Public Programs, International Partners Aspen Institute -
Linda Gibbs Principal, Social Services Bloomberg Associates @lindagibbs -
Dan Gilbert Chairman and Founder Rock Ventures and Quicken Loans, Inc. @cavsdan -
Jeffrey Goldberg Editor in Chief The Atlantic @JeffreyGoldberg -
Jessica Goldman Srebnick Chief Executive Officer Goldman Properties -
José Gómez-Marquez Co-Founder MakerHealth @jfgm -
Gabriella Gómez Mont Founder and Director Laboratorio Para la Ciudad @gabriella_lab -
Nick Grossman General Manager Union Square Ventures @nickgrossman -
Matt Haggman Miami Program Director Knight Foundation @matthaggman -
David Halpern CEO Behavioural Insights Team -
Patricia E. Harris CEO Bloomberg Philanthropies @pattiharris -
Julia Haselmayer Principal Citymart @jhaselmayer -
Sascha Haselmayer CEO Citymart @llgacities -
Jeremy Heimans Co-Founder and CEO Purpose @jeremyheimans -
Ric Herrero Founder and President Mano Americas @ric23 -
Howard Herring President and Chief Executive Officer New World Symphony -
Peter Hirshberg Chairman City Innovate Foundation @hirshberg -
Viktor Hlas Application Engineer Opti @OptiRTC -
Samuel Hoi President Maryland Institute College of Art -
Lauren Hood Director Live6 @Live6Detroit -
Arianna Huffington Founder, The Huffington Post; Founder and CEO Thrive Global @AriannaHuff -
Edward Humes Author and Journalist Harper Collins @edwardhumes -
Bjarke Ingels Founder and Creative Director BIG @bjarkeingels -
Walter Isaacson President and CEO The Aspen Institute @WalterIsaacson -
Don Iverson Mayor City of Edmonton -
Elana Jacobs DIrector of International Crisis Text Line Crisis Text Line @ejacobs416 -
Shreya Devandra Jani Vice President of Corporate Affairs Pfizer -
Jim Kenney Mayor City of Philadelphia @phillymayor -
Elspeth Kirkman Head of BIT North America Behavioral Insights Team @B_I_Tweets -
Leah Kreitzman Mayoral Director of External and International Affairs for the Mayor of London Mayor of London @lkreitzman -
Corby Kummer Senior Editor The Atlantic -
Trent Kurek Account Executive Placemeter -
Mitch Landrieu Mayor City of New Orleans @mayorlandrieu -
Nancy LeaMond Executive Vice President, Community State and National Affairs; Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer AARP @nancyleamond -
Phil Levine Mayor City of Miami Beach @mayorlevine -
Margaret Low President AtlanticLIVE -
Nancy Lublin Chief Executive Officer and Founder Crisis Text Line @nancylublin -
Miguel Angel Mancera Mayor Government of Mexico City @manceramiguelmx -
Sommer Mathis Editor CityLab @sommermathis -
Laura Maydon Managing Director Endeavor Miami @limaydon -
Laurenellen McCann Director New America DC @elle_mccann -
Nelson Milian Director, Co-Founder O1 and Mano @NelsonMilian -
Jamie Miller Vice President, Public Programs The Aspen Institute -
Stephanie Miner Mayor City of Syracuse @Syracuse1848 -
Tanvi Misra Staff Writer CityLab @tanvim -
Nitin Motwani Managing Principal Miami Worldcenter @miaworldcenter -
Joe Murphy Co-Founder The Good Chance Theatre @goodchancecal -
Edward B. Murray Mayor City of Seattle @mayoredmurray -
Susan Nguyen Program Manager Boston I-Teams @susanhnguyen -
Daisy Nodal Co-Founder Moonlighter Makerspace @moonlightermia -
Beth Simone Noveck Director The Government Lab @bethnoveck -
Cuauhtli Padilla CTO Sunu, Inc. @Cuauhtlip -
Enrique Peñalosa Londoño Mayor City of Bogotá -
Florent Peyre COO Placemeter @florentp -
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk Partner DPZ @dpzandco -
Samantha Podgorny Product Manager Rubicon Global @spring24sea -
Tom Pupo Co-Founder Moonlighter Makerspace @moonlightermia -
Marcus Quigley Founder and CEO Opti @OptiRTC -
Mike Reininger President Brightline @gobrightline -
Tomas Regalado Mayor City of Miami @tomas_regalado -
Aaron Renn Senior Fellow Manhattan Institute @urbanophile -
Seleta Reynolds General Manager City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation @seletajewel -
Rebecca Rhynhart Chief Administrative Officer City of Philadelphia @rrhynhart -
Joe Robertson Artistic Director The Good Chance Theatre @goodchancecal -
Frankie Ruiz Chief Running Officer Run The City @frankieruiz -
Fayrouz Saad Director of Immigrant Affairs City of Detroit @fayrouzsaad -
Runa Sabroe Program Director Dansk Design Center -
Neal C. Schafers Manager - Planning, Urban Design and Transportation Miami DDA @NealSchafers -
Libby Schaaf Mayor City of Oakland @LibbySchaaf -
Douglas E. Schoen President and Founder Schoen Consulting @DouglasESchoen -
Megan Sheekey Principal, Public-Private Partnerships Bloomberg Associates and Bloomberg Philanthropies @megansheekey -
James Siegal CEO KaBOOM! @JamesSiegal -
Frank Sirmans Director Perez Art Museum Miami @pamm -
Jan Erik Solem CEO Mapillary @jesolem -
José Szapocsnik Psychologist and Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences University of Miami Health System -
Bruno Teixeira COO CHIPSAFER @brunocteixeira -
Marco Trujillo CEO Sunu, Inc. -
Alexander Vaisblat Founder and CEO Sensorodit -
Christian Villum Project Manager Danish Design Centre @villum -
Stephanie Wade i-teams Senior Program Manager Bloomberg Philanthropies @stephawade -
Charley Wang CEO Josephine @_charleyw -
Karen K. Weaver Mayor City of Flint @karenaboutflint -
Elizabeth Wheaton Director of Environmental & Sustainability City of Miami Beach @betsywheaton -
Gillian White Senior Associate Editor The Atlantic @gillianbwhite -
Michael Willoughby CTO Sensoredit -
Jonathan Woetzel Senior Partner McKinsey Global Institute @jonathanwoetzel -
Howard Wolfson Principal Bloomberg Philanthropies @howiewolf -
Janine Yoong Head of Business Development Mapillary @janineyoong -
David Zipper Managing Director 1776 @davidzipper
Agenda
Spanish version of the agenda can be found here.
Note: All times are ET
- Monday, October 24
- 9:00 a.m.WelcomeDavid G. Bradley, Chairman, Atlantic Media
Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, 108th Mayor of the City of New York - 9:10 a.m.Why Cities Should Drive the Transition to Driverless CarsEdward Humes, Author, Door to Door
Seleta Reynolds, General Manager, City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation
With Walter Isaacson, President and CEO, The Aspen Institute - 9:40 a.m.Notes and ThanksMargaret Low, President, AtlanticLIVE
- 9:45 a.m.What Makes a City Resilient?*
Produced by our underwriter, McKinsey & CompanyMayor Muriel Bowser, District of Columbia
With Jonathan Woetzel, Senior Partner, McKinsey Global Institute - 9:55 a.m.Leading through TragedyMayor Buddy Dyer, City of Orlando, Florida
With Steve Clemons, Washington Editor at Large, The Atlantic - 10:10 a.m.Shaping Urban Futures: Toward Smarter CitiesRicky Burdett, Director, LSE Cities
- 10:30 a.m.Rebuilding Neighborhoods: How Businesses and Nonprofits Can Work Together*
Produced by our underwriter, JPMorgan Chase & Co.Mayor Mike Duggan, City of Detroit, Michigan
Mayor Tomàs Regalado, City of Miami, Florida
With Janis Bowdler, Head of Community Development for Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase & Co. - 10:40 a.m.Tackling Crime: A Tale of Two CitiesMayor Angela Brown Burke, Kingston and St. Andrew Corporation, Jamaica Mayor
Enrique Peñalosa Londoño, City of Bogotá, Colombia
With Joie Chen, Contributor, The Atlantic - 11:00 a.m.Making Mexico City Government More TransparentMayor Miguel Ángel Mancera, Government of Mexico City, Mexico
With Elliot Gerson, EVP, The Aspen Institute - 11:10 a.m.Under the Klieg Lights of Calais: What Happens When You Start a Theater in a Refugee CampJoe Murphy and Joe Robertson, Founders and Artistic Directors, The Good Chance Theatre
With Ron Brownstein, Senior Editor, The Atlantic - 11:25 a.m.Bridges Not Walls: Welcoming RefugeesMayor Don Iveson, City of Edmonton, Canada
Leah Kreitzman, Mayoral Director for External and International Affairs,
Greater London Authority
Fayrouz Saad, Director of Immigrant Affairs, Mayor’s Office, City of Detroit
With Ron Brownstein, The Atlantic - 11:45 a.m.Notes and ThanksMargaret Low, President, AtlanticLIVE
- 2:00 p.m.Celebration of the 2016 Bloomberg Philanthropies Mayors ChallengePresented by Patricia E. Harris, CEO, Bloomberg Philanthropies
- 2:10 p.m.Water Worries: How Cities Are Dealing with Aging InfrastructureMayor Karen Weaver, City of Flint, Michigan
Mayor Stephanie Miner, City of Syracuse, New York
With Roberto Fantoni, Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company - 2:35 p.m.Transforming Transportation: The Nashville Perspective*
Produced by our underwriter, General MotorsMike Ableson, Vice President, Global Strategy, General Motors
With Mayor Megan Barry, Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee - 2:45 p.m.How Mexico City Mobilized the Public to Improve TransitGabriella Gomez-Mont, Founder and Director, Laboratorio para la Ciudad
- 3:00 p.m.How High, How Fast? Global Cities and Rising Sea LevelsAndrea Dutton, Assistant Professor, University of Florida
- 3:20 p.m.Igniting Ideas: How Cities Are Investing in Entrepreneurship and Why It Matters*
Produced by our underwriter, Knight FoundationLeandro Finol, Executive Director, The Idea Center at Miami Dade College
Laura Maydon, Managing Director, Endeavor Miami
With Matt Haggman, Miami Program Director, Knight Foundation - 3:30 p.m.Rethinking Economic InclusionMayor Jorge O. Elorza, City of Providence, Rhode Island
Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson, City of Gary, Indiana
Mayor Mitch Landrieu, City of New Orleans, Louisiana
With Richard Florida, Senior Editor, The Atlantic - 3:55 p.m.Can Smarter Crowdsourcing Stop Zika?Rudi Borrmann, Undersecretary of Public Innovation & Open Government, Ministry Of Modernisation, Argentina Presidency
Beth Simone Noveck, Co-Founder and Director, The GovLab - 4:15 p.m.How and Why to Enact a Soda Tax in Your CityMayor Jim Kenney, City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Mayor
Libby Schaaf, City of Oakland, California
With Corby Kummer, Senior Editor, The Atlantic - 4:40 p.m.Notes and ThanksJamie Miller, The Aspen Institute
- Tuesday, October 25
- 9:00 a.m.Welcome and Government Innovation at Bloomberg PhilanthropiesJames Anderson, Bloomberg Philanthropies
- 9:05 a.m.Can the Dryline Save New York?Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner, BIG
With Steve Clemons, The Atlantic - 9:25 a.m.City Neighborhoods Made by Everyone, For EveryoneTessy Britton, Founder, Participatory City
- 9:40 a.m.The Affordable Housing Crisis: Evictions, Homelessness, and How City Leaders Can Make a DifferenceMatthew Desmond, Author, Evicted
Mayor Ed Murray, City of Seattle, Washington
With Gillian White, Senior Associate Editor, The Atlantic - 10:15 a.m.Power to the People: Public Engagement and Participation in the 21st CenturyJeremy Heimans, Co-Founder and CEO, Purpose
- 10:30 a.m.Notes and ThanksMargaret Low, President, AtlanticLIVE
- 1:00 p.m.Pandemic: A View from the Top on How to Stop ZikaTom Frieden, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
With Jeffrey Goldberg, Editor in Chief, The Atlantic - 1:30 p.m.Closing ThoughtsKathleen Carlson, Government Innovation, Bloomberg Philanthropies









