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The Response of Major Cities to the Challenges of the 21st Century
08 June 2021, 5.00-6.00pm

Speaker: Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona
Chair: Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies and Director of LSE Cities and Urban Age at LSE

Hosted by the LSE European Institute and LSE Cities

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Localising Transport: Towards the 15-minute city or the one-hour metropolis?
20 May 2021, 1.00-2.00pm

Speakers: Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University; Sir Peter Hendy, Chair of Network Rail; Yolisa Kani, Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO) of Transnet

Co-chairs: Isabel Dedring, Global Transport Leader and Group Board Member at Arup; Philipp Rode, Executive Director of LSE Cities and Associate Professorial Research Fellow at LSE

Hosted by LSE Cities, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and the LSE School of Public Policy

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Humanising the City
27 April 2021, 5.30-7.00pm

Speakers: Elizabeth Diller, architech and partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R); Rozana Montiel, founder and director of Rozana Montiel | Estudio de Arquitectura; Amanda Levete, founder and principal of Amanda Levete Architects (AL_A); Suketa Mehta, writer, critic and urbanist
Chair: Ricky Burdett, professor of Urban Studies, Director of LSE Cities, co-founder of the Urban Age.

Hosted by LSE Cities, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and the LSE School of Public Policy

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Shaping the Post-COVID City: imagining futures to improve urban health
6 March 2021, 12.30-1.30pm

Speakers: Kieron Boyle, Chief Executive of Guy's and St Thomas' Charity; Professor Tony Travers, Associate Dean of the School of Public Policy and Director of LSE London at LSE.
Chair: Dr Suzanne Hall, Associate Professor in Sociology and Director of the Cities Programme at LSE.

Hosted by LSE Festival: Shaping the Post-COVID World

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Socialising Remote Work
19 January 2021, 1.00-2.15pm

Speakers: Richard Florida, urbanist, author and journalist, Professor of Economic Analysis and Policy, University of Toronto; Ayesha Khanna, strategic advisor on artificial intelligence, CEO of AI solutions and incubator ADDO AI, Singapore; Janina Kugel, independant strategic advisor, member of the Managing Board, Siemens AG (2015-2020)
Chair: Camilla Cavendish, author and contributing editor, Financial Times.

Hosted by LSE Cities, the Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft and the LSE School of Public Policy

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Blog post by Richard Florida on Remote work, Peloton and online education.
Richard Florida in conversation with Ricky Burdett.

Experiencing Density: Report Launch
Tuesday 10 March 2020, 6:30-8:00pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Speakers: Kath Scanlon, Distinguished Policy Fellow, LSE London; Loretta Lees, Professor of Human Geography, University of Leicester; Sripriya Sudhakar, Head of Regeneration, London Borough of Tower Hamlets; Bob Allies, Architect and Founding Partner, Allies and Morrison
Chair: Ricky Burdett, Director, LSE Cities

Public lecture hosted by LSE Cities and LSE London

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Shaping London
Tuesday 3 March 2020, 6:00-7:00pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Speakers: Ricky Burdett, Director, LSE Cities; Muhammed Butt, Leader, Brent Council; Amica Dall, Founding Director, Assemble; Georgia Gould, Leader, Camden Council
Chair: Tony Travers, Director, LSE London

Public lecture hosted by LSE Cities and LSE Festival: Shape the World

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(Re)imagining synAthina for the 2020s
Tuesday 11 February 2020, 6:30-8:00pm
Summet Valrani Lecture Theatre, Centre Building, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE

Speakers: Amalia Zepou, Former Vice Mayor for Civil Society and Innovation, Municipality of Athens, and Bloomberg Visiting Fellow in Government Innovation at LSE Cities.

Public lecture hosted by LSE Cities

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Smarter London: The role of city government for a digital future

Tuesday 10 December 2019 | 18:30-20:00
Wolfson Theatre, LSE New Academic Building, 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields, WC2A 3LJ

Speaker: Theo Blackwell, Chief Digital Officer, Mayor of London's Office
Respondent: Léan Doody, Associate Director & Europe Digital Property and Smart Cities Leader, Arup

Public lecture hosted by LSE Cities

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Making Connections for Climate Action: urban transport and renewable energy

Thursday 14 November 2019 | 18:30-20:00
LSE Shaw Library, Old Building, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE

Speakers: Florian Bieberbach, Chief Executive Officer of Stadtwerke München;
Juliet Davenport, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Good Energy;
Rasita Chudasama, Principal Transport Planner at Nottingham City Council; and
Keith Townsend, Corporate Director of Environment and Regeneration at Islington Council

Chair: Philipp Rode, Executive Director, LSE Cities

Public lecture hosted by LSE Cities and the Urban Transport Group

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Planning New York

Tuesday 5 November 2019 | 18:30-20:00
LSE Saw Swee Hock Student Centre, 1 Sheffield St, WC2A 2AP

Speaker: Marisa Lago, Director NYC Planning Department
Respondent: Tony Travers, Director, LSE London
Chair: Peter Trubowitz, Director, US Centre, LSE

Public lecture hosted by LSE Cities, LSE School of Public Policy and LSE US Centre

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