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2008 Richard J. Daley Urban Forum: Schedule
| 7:30 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 9:00 a.m. | Greetings and Welcome Dr. Eric A. Gislason, Interim Chancellor, University of Illinois at Chicago Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, United States of America |
| 9:15 a.m. | Panel: "The New Urban Dwellers: Addressing the Challenge and Opportunity of Urbanization" Expert & Moderator George Martine, Author, "State of World Population 2007, Unleashing the Potential of Urban Growth", United Nations Population Fund Panelists Mohamed Kebir Addou, Wali of Algiers, Algeria Mick Cornett, Mayor of Oklahoma City, United States of America Eddie Francis, Mayor of Windsor, Canada Omar Maani, Mayor of Amman, Jordan |
| 10:30 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. | Panel: "Innovation in Access to Health Care & Education" Expert & Moderator Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution Panelists Nasser Al Kaabi, Chairman of the Central Municipal Council of Doha, Qatar Kheir Al-Kodmany, Associate Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago Samuel L. Jones, Mayor of Mobile, United States of America Mian Amer Mahmood, Mayor of Lahore, Pakistan |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch - UIC Forum |
| 1:00 p.m. | Panel: "The City as Catalyst: The Creative Potential in Urbanization" Expert & Moderator Carol Coletta, President and Chief Executive Officer, CEOs for Cities Panelists Deema Bibi, Chief Executive Officer, Injaz Vladimir M. Platonov, Chairman of the City Duma of Moscow, Russia Ahmed Mohammed Shareef, Undersecretary of the Department of Municipal Affairs of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Lois Weisberg, Commissioner, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs |
| 1:45 p.m. | Break |
| 2:00 p.m. | Panel: "Global Citizenship: The Emergence of New Communities" Expert & Moderator Marshall Bouton, President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs Panelists Abdul Rahman Al-Hamaidan, Chairman of the Municipal Council of Kuwait City, Kuwait Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago, United States of America John Friedmann, Honorary Professor, School of Community and Regional Planning, University of British Columbia Nouha Ghousseini, Mayor of Baakline, Lebanon Mohamed Sajid, Mayor of Casablanca, Morocco |
| 3:15 p.m. | Forum concludes |