PrintMayors' Dialogue on Innovative Cities
Dynamic public figures who run innovative cities across the world and cutting edge thinkers from the private sector will share their ideas and experience on how to enhance the investment climate in, for example, Ahmedabad, Curitiba, Marikina, Dakar, Dar-es-Salaam, Da Nang, Washington, Pittsburgh, and others.
Cities as Engines of Economic Growth: Enhancing Sub-national Investment Climate
Dates: June 22-23, 2010
Time: 9.00 am to 5.30 pm both days
June 22, 9.15-10.00 a.m.
Welcome by Sanjay Pradhan, Vice President, World Bank Institute
Opening Remarks by Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution
June 23, 9.30-10.00 a.m.
Keynote Address by The Honorable Shaun Donovan, Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Speakers
- Maria Lourdes Carlos Fernando, Mayor of Marikina, Philippines
- Khalifa Ababacar Sall, Mayor of Dakar, Senegal
- Jerry William Silaa, Deputy Mayor of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania
- Phung Tan Viet, Vice-Chairperson, Da Nang, Vietnam
- Giselle Rosario Medeiros, Mayor of Curitiba, Brazil
This event is sponsored by the World Bank Institute's Urban practice and the World Bank's Urban Development and Local Government group.
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