CityLab

October 22 – 24, 2017
Paris

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CityLab is a celebration of cities and city life. This one of a kind gathering brings together mayors from around the world, along with urban experts, business leaders, artists and activists.

This year we will be in Paris, a global center for art, fashion, food and culture. The city offers an extraordinary backdrop for this change-making experience. For two and a half days, participants come together to explore solutions for the most pressing issues facing city leaders and city dwellers alike. Through panel discussions, one on one conversations, workshops and field trips, the event is a showcase for innovation and ingenuity. And while there are deep divisions in the world today, CityLab attendees are united by their ambition to make their cities more vibrant and livable.

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Speakers

Mike Ableson* Vice President of Global Strategy General Motors
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Author Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions and Americanah @adichiespeaks
Majid Adin Animator and Filmmaker Good Chance Theatre
Steve Adler* Mayor City of Austin @mayoradler
Rohit T. Aggarwala Head of Urban Systems Sidewalk Labs @Rit_Aggarwala
Laura Alcock-Ferguson Executive Director Campaign to End Loneliness @EndLonelinessUK
Robert Barr CEO and Founder jobs4refugees @jobs4refugees1
Douglas Bettcher Director PND World Health Organization @DougBettcher
Michael R. Bloomberg Founder, Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies; 108th Mayor of New York City
David Bradley Chairman Atlantic Media
Jennifer Bradley Director, Center for Urban Innovation The Aspen Institute @jbradley_dc
Ricky Burdett Director LSE Cities and Professor of Urban Studies, LSE
Andy Burnham Mayor GMCA @AndyBurnhamGM
Catherine Centlivre Director of Operations Paris Batignolles Amenagement
Raj Chetty Professor of Economics Stanford University
Cheryl Chung Deputy Director Strategic Planning, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
Steve Clemons Washington Editor at Large The Atlantic @SCClemons
Ta-Nehisi Coates National Correspondent The Atlantic @tanehisicoates
Eddie Copeland Director of Government Innovation Nesta @EddieACopeland
Kyril Courboin* Senior Country Officer for France JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Dag Detter Managing Partner Detter & Co @dagdetter
Sheila Dugan Director of Cities, Center for Government Excellence Johns Hopkins University @gov_ex
Tor Fagerland Professor The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU
Mohammad Faisal Bin Moammar* Advisor to H.E Minister of Housing, and Executive Chairman of National Housing Services Co; Ministry of Housing, NHSC
James Fallows National Correspondent The Atlantic @jamesfallows
Hany Fam* Executive Vice President President, Enterprise Partnerships MasterCard
Nastaran Fekri Solution Consultant PayPal
Yona Friedman Architect, Urban Planner, Designer
Téo Garcia Chargé d'opérations à la Direction de l'Aménagement Paris Batignolles Aménagement @tgkrcik
Phil Goff* Mayor City of Auckland @phil_goff
Jeffrey Goldberg Editor in Chief The Atlantic @jeffreygoldberg
Alaina Harkness Fellow Brookings @harknessa
Kelly Henning Director Public Health, Bloomberg Philanthropies @drkellyhenning
Anne Hidalgo Mayor City of Paris
Lamia Kamal-Chaoui Director O.E.C.D.
Mary Louise Kelly Contributing Editor The Atlantic @nprkelly
Caroline Kennedy Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan
Gilles Kepel Author Terror in France: The Rise of Jihad in the West
Diébédo Francis Kéré Principal & Founder Kéré Architecture @fuergando
Parag Khanna* Leading Global Strategist and Best-Selling Author
Yuriko Koike Governor of Tokyo Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Tommi Laitio Executive Director Culture and Leisure, City of Helsinki @tommilaitio
Matteo Lepore Deputy Mayor City of Bologna @matteolepore
Suzanne LeVine Former US Ambassador to Switzerland @ambsuzi
Eric Liu Founder, Citizen University, Executive Director, Citizenship and American Identity Program, The Aspen Institute; Author, You’re More Powerful than You Think @ericpliu
Juan Felipe Lopez Executive Director Laboratorio de Gobierno, Chile @juanfelopez
Ruth Mackenzie Artistic Director Theatre du Chatelet @ruthmackenzie
Marius Macku* Senior Associate Public Policy & Government Relations, EU Uber
Shiraz Maher Deputy Director International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation (ICSR) @ShirazMaher
Peter Mangan Founder & CEO 1970 @TheFreebirdClub
Mirik Milan Night Mayor Amsterdam @mirikmilan
Jonathan Mintz President & CEO Cities for Financial Empoewrment Fund, Inc. @jmintzCFE
Jan Mischke* Senior Fellow McKinsey Global Institute
Joe Murphy Artistic Director Good Chance Theatre @goodchancecal
Eleni Nicolaides Project Manager, Alliance For Digital Employability Alliance For Digital Employability
Hand Ulrich Obrist Artistic Director Serpentine Galleries, London
Philippe Oddou* Head of Sport dans la Ville
Joe Robertson Artistic Director Good Chance Theatre @GoodChanceCal
Mauricio Rodas Mayor City of Quito @MauricioRodasEC
Steve Rotheram Metro Mayor LCR @Steve4LCRMayor
Scott Schwaitzberg* Solution Lead, City Voices McKinsey & Company
Alison Stewart Contributing Editor AtlanticLIVE @alisonstewart
Elizabeth Streb Performance Artist and Choreographer
Laurent Thomas Business development Director Exsens
Anthony Townsend Principal Consultant Bits and Atoms
Michael Tubbs Mayor City of Stockton
Molly Turner Professor @mollysturner
Aik van Eemeren Chief Technology Officer Gemeente Amsterdam @aikvaneemeren
Stephan Vincent Director La 27e Région @La27eregion
Thomas Vonier President American Institute of Architects @thomasvonier
Stephanie Wade Innovation Teams - Senior Program Manager Bloomberg Philanthropies @stephawade
Severine Wernert Member of Cabinet of Commissioner Julian King, Security Union European Commission
Graeme Wood National Correspondent The Atlantic @gcaw
Marilyn Wrenn Chief Operating Officer Coalfield Development Corporation @CoalfieldWV
Amalia Zepou Vice Mayor Municipality of Athens @synathina

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