The Atlantic, in partnership with The Aspen Institute and Bloomberg Philanthropies, once again convened preeminent mayors, urban scholars, architects, city leaders and innovators to address problems facing metropolitan areas. CityLab—the groundbreaking summit named Best Conference at the 2015 Folio FAME Awards—featured presentations, field trips, tutorials and roundtable conversations among these leading minds to advance the bold, scalable ideas and solutions they are using to transform metro centers around the world.
This year, CityLab travelled to London—a locale booming with breakthrough ideas in both the public and private sectors. Building on the foundations established in New York City and Los Angeles, this year's event explored income inequality, safety, mobility, infrastructure and other dynamics of modern metropolises to create more livable and sustainable cities.
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Podcasts from breakout sessions
Creatives, Contigents, Contracts - Re - Imagining The Future Of Work
Spin Doctors - Are Public Services Better Off In The Inpedendent Sector
Your City, Your Brand - Positioning A City To Residents, Visitors And Businesses
Results You Can Count On - Using Data To Protect The Public Health
What's Mine Is Yours - How To Build Trust In The Sharing Economy
In Data We Trust - How To Bring The Bureaucracy Along
Vacancy To Vibrancy - Interventions To Transform Urban Areas Through Culture
It Takes A City - Engaging Citizens In Ways That Matter
Beyond Cool - What Millennials Want From City Life
Innovate From The Inside - How Your Empolyees Can Improve Efficiency…
Innovating Affordability - The Search For New Answers On Housing
Presented by
Speakers
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![Mike Ableson]()
Mike Ableson Vice President, Global Planning and Program Development General Motors @GM -
![Rob Adams]()
Rob Adams Director City Design & Projects City of Melbourne -
![Steve Adler]()
Steve Adler Mayor City of Austin, TX @MayorAdler -
![Mohamed Ali]()
Mohamed Ali Director Iftiin Foundation @mohamedaali -
![Allison Allen]()
Allison Allen Global Practice Leader-Organizational Development Bloomberg LP -
![Katie Appel Duda]()
Katie Appel Duda Government Innovation Bloomberg Philanthropies @kjappel -
![Nir Barkat]()
Nir Barkat Mayor City of Jerusalem, Israel @nirbarkat -
![Rob Beckley]()
Rob Beckley Chief Operating Officer College of Policing @cityofmelbourne -
![Stephen Bediako]()
Stephen Bediako Founder, Managing Director The Social Innovation Partnership (TSIP) @Stephentsip -
![James Bennet]()
James Bennet President and Editor in Chief The Atlantic @jbennet -
![Brenna Berman]()
Brenna Berman Chief Innovation Officer City of Chicago @CityChicagoCIO -
![Jo Bertram]()
Jo Bertram Regional General Manager, UK, Ireland & Nordics Uber @jo_bertram -
![Andrea Biggs]()
Andrea Biggs Chief Executive Balance @balanceCIC -
![Richard Blakeway]()
Richard Blakeway Deputy Mayor for Housing, Land & Property Greater London Authority -
![Beth Blauer]()
Beth Blauer Executive Director Johns Hopkins University Center for Government Excellence @biblauer -
![Mike Bloomberg]()
Mike Bloomberg Founder Bloomberg LP @MikeBloomberg -
![Mayor Muriel Bowser]()
Mayor Muriel Bowser Mayor City of Washington, District of Columbia @murielbowser -
![Bryan Boyer]()
Bryan Boyer Partner Makeshift Society @bryanboyer -
![Mike Bracken]()
Mike Bracken Chief Digital Officer, Co-operative Group Cabinet Office @MTBracken -
![Jennifer Bradley]()
Jennifer Bradley Director, Center for Urban Innovation The Aspen Institute @jbradley_DC -
![David Bradley]()
David Bradley Chairman Atlantic Media @atlanticmedia -
![Ricky Burdett]()
Ricky Burdett Director LSE Cities @burdettr -
![Catherine Bracy]()
Catherine Bracy Senior Director, Partnerships & Ecosystem Code for America @cbracy -
![Camilla Buchanan]()
Camilla Buchanan Policy Advisor, Design Cabinet Office @annie_camilla -
![Kriston Capps]()
Kriston Capps Staff Writer, CityLab The Atlantic @kristoncapps -
![Carleen Chou]()
Carleen Chou Global Head of Business Development Fon @carleenmadrid -
![Jesper Christiansen]()
Jesper Christiansen Head of Research MindLab @MindLab -
![Steve Clemons]()
Steve Clemons Washington Editor at Large The Atlantic @SCClemons -
![Donna Colless-Gent]()
Donna Colless-Gent Senior Executive Talent Management Bloomberg LP -
![Sonja Crisp]()
Sonja Crisp Lord Mayor of York York, United Kingdom -
![Lianne Dalziel]()
Lianne Dalziel Mayor Christchurch, New Zealand @LianneDalziel -
![Ronald Davis]()
Ronald Davis Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) U.S. Department of Justice @COPSoffice -
![ElsaMarie D'Silva]()
ElsaMarie D'Silva Co-Founder and Managing Director Safecity @elsamariedsilva -
![Robson Rodrigues da Silva]()
Robson Rodrigues da Silva Chief of Staff Polícia Militar do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil @PMERJ -
![Craig Dearden-Phillips]()
Craig Dearden-Phillips Managing Director and Founder Stepping Out @deardenphillips -
![Isabel Dedring]()
Isabel Dedring Deputy Mayor for Transport Greater London Authority -
![Joan Dunlap]()
Joan Dunlap Executive Director / Innovation Team City of Mobile, Alabama -
Itai Eiges i-team Director City of Tel Aviv, Israel -
![John Falcicchio]()
John Falcicchio Chief of Staff, Office of the Mayor City of Washington, District of Columbia @Falcicchio -
![George Ferguson]()
George Ferguson Mayor Bristol, England -
![George Fertitta]()
George Fertitta Chief Executive Officer Bloomberg Associates @bloombergassoc -
![Greg Fischer]()
Greg Fischer Mayor City of Louisville, KY @louisvillemayor -
![Paige Fitzgerald]()
Paige Fitzgerald Connected Citizens Program Manager Waze @waze -
![Ben Fletcher]()
Ben Fletcher Director of Communication, Marketing and Strategy London Legacy Development Corporation @benfletcherQEOP -
![Jan Gehl]()
Jan Gehl Founding Partner Gehl Architects @gehlarchitects -
![DW Gibson]()
DW Gibson Journalist @dw_gibson -
![Rose Gill Hearn]()
Rose Gill Hearn Principal Bloomberg Associates -
![Stephen Goldsmith]()
Stephen Goldsmith Professor and Director of the Innovations in American Government Program Harvard Kennedy School @GoldsmithonGov -
![Helen Goulden]()
Helen Goulden Executive Director Nesta @helengou -
![Richard Graham]()
Richard Graham Head of Talent Development Bloomberg LP @bloomberg -
![Vittorio Grilli]()
Vittorio Grilli Chairman of the Corporate & Investment Bank, EMEA JPMorgan Chase & Co -
![Femke Haccou]()
Femke Haccou Urban Innovation Officer City of Amsterdam @femkie -
![Zaha Hadid]()
Zaha Hadid Founding Partner Zaha Hadid Architects @ZHA_News -
![Charlene Han]()
Charlene Han Deputy Director Public Service Division, Singapore @govsingapore -
![Michael Hancock]()
Michael Hancock Mayor City of Denver, Colorado @mayorhancock -
![Alaina Harkness]()
Alaina Harkness Program Officer MacArthur Foundation @harknessa -
![Hillary Hartley]()
Hillary Hartley Deputy Executive Editor 18F @hillary -
![Sascha Haselmayer]()
Sascha Haselmayer Chief Executive Officer Citymart @llgacities -
![Ben Hecht]()
Ben Hecht President and CEO Living Cities @benhecht -
![Dr. Kelly Henning]()
Dr. Kelly Henning Public Health Bloomberg Philanthropies @bloombergdotorg -
![Arianna Huffington]()
Arianna Huffington Chair, President and Editor-in-Chief The Huffington Post Media Group @ariannahuf -
![Ron Huldai]()
Ron Huldai Mayor City of Tel Aviv, Israel @ron_huldai -
![Caroline Hyde]()
Caroline Hyde European Business Correspondent Bloomberg Television @carolineHydeTV -
![Walter Isaacson]()
Walter Isaacson President and Chief Executive Officer The Aspen Institute @WalterIsaacson -
![Nigel Jacob]()
Nigel Jacob Co-Chair of the Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics City of Boston, Massachusetts @nsjacob -
![Boris Johnson]()
Boris Johnson Mayor City of London @MayorofLondon -
![Martha Johnson]()
Martha Johnson Consultant @marthanjohnson -
![Dan Jones]()
Dan Jones Director, Innovation Lab Nesta @danfjones72 -
![Tim Jones]()
Tim Jones CEO Artscape @artscape -
![Giorgos Kaminis]()
Giorgos Kaminis Mayor City of Athens, Greece @kaminisg -
![Mary Louise Kelly]()
Mary Louise Kelly Contributing Editor The Atlantic @KellyMaryLouise -
![Charles Leadbeater]()
Charles Leadbeater Author The London Recipe @leadbeaterCh -
![Myung Lee]()
Myung Lee Executive Director Cities of Service @myunglee -
![Kate Levin]()
Kate Levin Arts Bloomberg Associates @katedlevin -
![Maria Logotheti]()
Maria Logotheti Head of Mayors Office City of Athens -
![Juan Felipe López Egaña]()
Juan Felipe López Egaña Executive Director, Government Lab Government Lab, Chile @juanfelopez -
![Rick Lowe]()
Rick Lowe Artist @PRH_Houston -
![Anant Maringanti]()
Anant Maringanti Director Hyderabad Urban Lab @AMaringanti -
![Chelsea Mauldin]()
Chelsea Mauldin Executive Director Public Policy Lab @chelseamauldin -
![Sommer Mathis]()
Sommer Mathis Editor, CityLab The Atlantic @sommermathis -
![George McCarthy]()
George McCarthy President & Chief Executive Officer Lincoln Institute of Land Policy @gmacmccarthy -
![Sonja Miokovic]()
Sonja Miokovic Global Director & Co-Founder YouthfulCities @youthfulcities -
![Munira Mirza]()
Munira Mirza Deputy Mayor of London for Education and Culture City of London, United Kingdom @LDN_Pressoffice -
![Geoff Mulgan]()
Geoff Mulgan Chief Executive Nesta @geoffmulgan -
![Christine Murray]()
Christine Murray Editor The Architectural Review @tcmurray -
![Sunita Narain]()
Sunita Narain Director General Centre for Science and Environment @sunitanar -
![Herman Narula]()
Herman Narula Chief Executive Officer Improbable @HermanNarula -
![Katherine Oliver]()
Katherine Oliver Principal Bloomberg Associates @kolivernyc -
![Hila Oren]()
Hila Oren Founder and CEO Tel Aviv Global @hila_citymaker -
![Bimal Patel]()
Bimal Patel President CEPT University @drbimalpatel -
![Sheela Patel]()
Sheela Patel Director Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres @sparcindia -
![Pedro Peracio]()
Pedro Peracio Chief Digital Officer Rio de Janeiro City Hall @pperacio -
![Nicole Pollock]()
Nicole Pollock Chief Innovation Officer City of Providence, Rhode Island @nicompollock -
![Peter Rabley]()
Peter Rabley Director, Investments Omidyar Network @OmidyarNetwork -
![Commissioner Charles Ramsey]()
Commissioner Charles Ramsey Commissioner Philadelphia Police Department @PPDCommish -
![Andrew Rasiej]()
Andrew Rasiej Founder Civic Hall @rasiej -
![Heather Ring]()
Heather Ring Founding Director Wayward -
![Ben Rogers]()
Ben Rogers Director Centre of London @ben_rog -
![Wingham Rowan]()
Wingham Rowan Director Beyond Jobs -
![Julie Rusk]()
Julie Rusk Santa Monica Wellbeing Project City of Santa Monica @santamonicacity -
![Janette Sadik-Khan]()
Janette Sadik-Khan Principal Bloomberg Associates @jsadikkhan -
![Megan Sheekey]()
Megan Sheekey Public-Private Partnerships Bloomberg Associates @MeganSheekey -
![Jonathan Shepherd]()
Jonathan Shepherd Professor of Surgery Cardiff University @violencesociety -
![Justine Simons]()
Justine Simons Head of Culture Greater London Authority @LDN_Culture -
![Arzu Tekir]()
Arzu Tekir Executive Director World Resource Institute Sustainable Cities-EMBARQ Turkey @embarqturkiye -
![Bill Tucker]()
Bill Tucker Delivery Director, Central Section Crossrail Ltd. @crossrail -
![Molly Turner]()
Molly Turner Global Head of Civic Partnerships Airbnb @mollysturner -
![Frans Van der Avert]()
Frans Van der Avert CEO Amsterdam Marketing @avertf -
![Alfred Vanderpuije]()
Alfred Vanderpuije Mayor City of Accra, Ghana -
![Luiz Villar]()
Luiz Villar Executive Director CasaDigital @luizvillar -
![Stephane Vincent]()
Stephane Vincent Director La 27e Région @la27region -
![Denis Weil]()
Denis Weil 2015 Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow Harvard University @denisweil -
Clare Williams Learning Partner Bloomberg LP @bloomberg
Agenda
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Monday, October 19
Morning Plenary Program
9:00 AM Welcome
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Michael R. Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies, 108th Mayor of the City of New York
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David Bradley, Chairman, Atlantic Media
9:10 AM Interview
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Boris Johnson, Mayor, London
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Michael R. Bloomberg
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With Walter Isaacson, CEO and President, The Aspen Institute
9:45 AM India’s Urban Transformation
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Sheela Patel, Director, Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC)
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Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
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Bimal Patel, President, CEPT University
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With Ritula Shah, Presenter, The World Tonight, BBC Radio 4, BBC News
10:15 AM Executive Perspectives: McKinsey & Company
- Jonathan Woetzel, Director, McKinsey Global Institute and Global Leader of the Cities Special Initiative, McKinsey & Company
10:20 AM How to Keep Cities Moving
- Isabel Dedring, Deputy Mayor for Transport, Greater London Authority
- With Caroline Hyde, European Business Correspondent, Bloomberg Television
10:40 AM Dot Gov: Government’s Digital Transformation
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Mike Bracken, Chief Digital Officer, Co-operative Group
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Hillary Hartley, Deputy Executive Director, 18F
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Dominic Campbell, Founder and Director, FutureGov
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Ron Huldai, Mayor, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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With Steve Clemons, Washington Editor at Large, The Atlantic
11:20 AM Elliot Gerson, The Aspen Institute
Afternoon Plenary Program
3:40 PM Ricky Burdett, Director, LSE Cities
3:50 PM Interview
- Zaha Hadid, Zaha Hadid Architects
- With Christine Murray, Editor, The Architectural Review
4:10 PM Executive Perspectives: J.P. Morgan
- Vittorio Grilli, Chairman of the Cooperate & Investment Bank, EMEA, J.P. Morgan
4:15 PM Migrants, Refugees and the Challenge Facing European Cities
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Giorgos Kaminis, Mayor, Athens, Greece
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George Ferguson, Mayor, Bristol, United Kingdom
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With James Bennet, Editor in Chief and President, The Atlantic
4:40 PM Executive Perspectives: General Motors
- Mike Ableson, Corporate Strategy and Global Portfolio Planning, General Motors
4:45 PM The Nimble Metropolis: Making Data Work for Cities
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Geoff Mulgan, Chief Executive, Nesta
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Paige Fitzgerald, Connected Citizens Program Manager, Waze
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Pedro Peracio, Chief Digital Officer, City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Jo Bertram, Regional General Manager, UK, Ireland & Nordics, Uber
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Herman Narula, Chief Executive Officer, Improbable
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With Katherine Oliver, Principal, Bloomberg Associates
5:40 PM James Anderson, Bloomberg Philanthropies
Tuesday, October 20
Morning Plenary Program
9:00 AM Margaret Low Smith, President, AtlanticLIVE
9:05 AM Changing Streets, Changing the World
- Jan Gehl, Founding Partner, Gehl Architects
- Alfred Vanderpuije, Mayor, Accra, Ghana
- With Janette Sadik-Khan, Principal, Bloomberg Associates
Closing Plenary Program
12:20 PM Communities and the Police: Global Perspectives on Collaboration
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Charles Ramsey, Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department
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Rob Beckley, Chief Operating Officer, College of Policing
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Ronald Davis, Director, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), United States Department of Justice
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Robson Rodrigues da Silva, Chief of Staff, Polícia Militar do Estado do, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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With Mary Louise Kelly, Contributing Editor, The Atlantic
1:00 PM More Together: Rewriting the Urban Social Contract
- Charles Leadbeater, Author, “The London Recipe”
1:40 PM James Anderson, Government Innovation, Bloomberg Philanthropies
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