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INURA Conference 2010

Monday, June 28

Location: Rote Fabrik, Seestr. 395, 8002 Zürich How to get there

Morning: Keynote Lectures, 09.30h

Welcome Note by Corine Mauch, Mayor of Zurich

The 21st Century Metropolis: New Horizons of Politics
Ananya Roy, Global Metropolitan Studies Center, University of California, Berkeley

The New Metropolitan Mainstream
Christian Schmid, ETH Zürich / INURA Zürich

Slums in the Age of Globalization - The Case of Howrah, the Other Kolkata
Sobhanlal Bonnerjee, Centre for the Built Environment, Kolkata

The Production of Space in Hong Kong since 1997
Wing Shing Tang, Baptist University, Hong Kong

Medellín's Boom: Between Paramilitarism and Civic Engagement
Omar Urán Arenas (Instituto Popular de Capacitacion, Medellín

The 2010 FIFA World Cup and Evictions in South Africa
Zodwa Nsibande, Abahlali baseMjondolo, Durban

Afternoon: New Metropolitan Mainstream Poster Sessions, 15.00h

Contributing Cities: Addis Abeba, Amsterdam, Athínai, Barcelona, Basel, Beirut, Beograd, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles/Brussel, Firenze, Genève, Glasgow, Granada, Green Bay, Hamburg, La Habana, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Kolkata, London, Ciudad de México, Medellín, Palermo, Paris, Rhein/Ruhr, Roma, Tallinn, Toronto, Wien, Winnipeg, Zürich

Evening: INURA Jubilee Dinner