Challenging Urban Identities (International conference)

Thursday, 25th September 2003

Venue
University of Milan-Bicocca
Building U2 - Room U72 - Floor -1
Piazza della Scienza, 3
I-20126 MILANO Italy

11:00-15:00 Badge distribution
15:00 Welcome
Marcello Fontanesi (Rector of the University of Milan-Bicocca)
Hartmut Haeussermann (President of RC21-ISA)
Enzo Mingione (RTN Urban Europe International Coordinator)

15:30 Patrick Le Galès (Sciences Po, Paris, France)

Keynote lecture 1: Challenging Urban Identities: is Governance the Answer?
15:50 Discussion
16:10 Peter A. Kraus (Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany)

Keynote lecture 2: The Multilingual City
16:30 Discussion
16:50 Coffee Break
17:20 Licia Valladares (IUPERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Keynote lecture 3: The challenge of urban poverty: the case of Favelas
17:40 Discussion
18:00 End of the first day
Friday, 26th September 2003

Venue
University of Milan-Bicocca
Building U6 - U7
Via Bicocca degli Arcimboldi, 8
I-20126 MILANO Italy

Parallel Sessions

The Multicultural City (Convener: Chris Kesteloot)
Governing Cities (Convener: Hartmut Häussermann)
Housing and Social Mix (Conveners: Sako Musterd , Marco Oberti)
Time, Space and Mobility in the City (Conveners: Francesca Zajczyk, Mario Boffi )
Competitive and Cohesive Cities (Convener: Ian Gordon)
The Entertaining city (Convener: Guido Martinotti)
The city and Everyday life (Convener: Carmen Leccardi)
Social memory, identity and politics in the reshaping of cities (Convener: Brian Elliott)
Urban neighbourhoods from a cross cultural perspective. (Convener: Philip Olson)
Urban movements: new theoretical approaches, new urban challenges. (Conveners: Chris Pickvance, Manlio Cinalli)
Segregation in Third world cities (Convener: Ranvinder Sandhu)

Saturday, 27th September 2003

Venue
University of Milan-Bicocca
Building U2 - Room U72 - Floor -1
Piazza della Scienza, 3
I-20126 MILANO Italy

10:00 Kuniko Fujita (Michigan State University, USA)

Keynote lecture 4: Nested cities. Tokyo, Bangkok, Paris and New York
(co-author: Richard Child Hill)
10:20 Discussion
10:40 Angelo Pichierri (University of Turin, Italy)

Keynote lecture 5: The regulation of local systems: Actors, strategies and structures
11:00 Discussion
11:20 Coffee break
11:40 Round table on “Challenging Urban Identities”
Chair: Enzo Mingione (University of Milan-Bicocca)
13:00 End of the third day