Richard J. Daley Global Cities Forum

Welcome Session and Introduction of Municipal Leaders

Richard M. Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago
Bertrand Delanoë, Mayor, City of Paris

Innovative Partnerships from Global Cities

Carol Coletta, President and CEO, CEOs for Cities

UCLG Congress Meetings

Roundtable Discussion Session 1: "Rethinking Infrastructure in a Time of Financial Challenge and Technological Change"

Moderator: Carol Coletta, President and CEO, CEOs for Cities

Topic Speakers:

• Martin Blank, President, Institute for Community Schools and Director, Coalition for Community Schools
• Sarah Dunn, School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
• Gordon Gill, Partner, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture LLP
• Matthew Miszewski, General Manager, Worldwide Government, Microsoft Corporation

Break/Group Photo

Roundtable Discussion Session 2: "Making Our Cities Safe"

Moderator: Ellen Alberding, President, The Joyce Foundation

Topic Speakers:

• Tom Diaz, Senior Policy Analyst, Violence Policy Center
• Boubker Mazoz, President and Founder, Neighborhoods Association of IDMAJ
• B. Diane Williams, President and CEO, Safer Foundation

Policy Seminar Session 1: "How is a 'New Economy' Shaping Cities?

Moderators: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene, The B&G Report

Policy Seminar Session 2: "The Present and Future of Urban Partnerships"

Moderator: William Barnes, National League of Cities

UCLG Executive Bureau Meeting and Extraordinary General Assembly

Entrance of Municipal Leaders and Welcoming Remarks

• Paula Allen-Meares, Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
• Richard M. Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago
• Bertrand Delanoë, Mayor, City of Paris

Innovative Partnerships from Global Cities

• Carol Coletta, President and CEO, CEOs for Cities

Panel 1: "Transforming Government to Promote Innovation"

Moderator: Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent, PBS NewsHour

Panelists:

• Greg Brown, Co-CEO, Motorola and CEO, Motorola Solutions
• Bertrand Delanoë, Mayor, City of Paris
• Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff, The White House
• Michael Nutter, Mayor, City of Philadelphia

Break

Panel 2: "Generating New Value from Local Assets"

Moderator: Neal Peirce, Columnist, Washington Post Writers Group

Panelists:

• Marcelo Ebrard Casaubon, Mayor, Mexico City
• Christopher G. Kennedy, President, Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. and Chairman, Board of Trustees, University of Illinois
• Amos Masondo, Mayor, City of Johannesburg
• Katherine Sierra, Vice President, Sustainable Development, The World Bank

Panel 3: "Rebooting the Economy with a Premium on Talent"

Moderator: Judy Woodruff, Senior Correspondent, PBS NewsHour

Panelists:

• Richard M. Daley, Mayor, City of Chicago
• Omar Maani, Mayor, Greater Amman Municipality
• Claudio Orrego Larraín, Mayor, Municipality of Peñalolén
• Anne Eleanor Roosevelt, Vice President, Global Corporate Citizenship, The Boeing Company

Conclusion

Post-Forum Open Discussion

Moderators:

• Susan Clarke, University of Colorado-Boulder
• Alan Ehrenhalt, Pew Center on the States
• Peter Harkness, Founder, Governing Magazine

UCLG Executive Bureau Meeting and Extraordinary General Assembly (continuation)