LIFE IN THE NEW GLOBAL CITIES July 1-2, 2013 Beijing, China

IDPPA MEMBERS Fundação Getulio Vargas [FGV], Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL School of Social Development and Public Policy [SSDPP], Beijing Normal University, Beijing, CHINA School of Global Affairs and Public Policy [GAPP], American University in Cairo [AUC], Cairo, EGYPT School of Government and Public Policy [JSGP], O.P Jindal Global University, Delhi, INDIA School of Government and Public Policy [SGPP], Jakarta, INDONESIA Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration [RANEPA], Moscow, RUSSIA School of Public Leadership [SPL], Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA Sabanci University School of Public Policy/Istanbul Policy Center, Istanbul, TURKEY

CONFERENCE AGENDA JULY 1 8:30-9:00 Arrival, Registration, Check in at the Jingshi Hotel, Beijing Normal University 9:00-9:05 Welcome by Dean Zhang Xiulan, School of Social Development and Public Policy (SSDPP), Beijing Normal University 9:05-9:15 Introduction by Robin Lewis, Conference Chair, SSDPP 9:15-9:45 Keynote speech: Dr. Mohamed Halfani, Head, Research Unit, UN-Habitat, Nairobi, KENYA, “Towards a Holistic and Organic Notion of Urban Prosperity” 9:45-10:00 Tea break 10:00-11:30 Panel 1 PARADIGMS FOR ASSESSING URBAN DEVELOPMENT Chair: Erhard Friedberg, School of Government and Public Policy (SGPP), Jakarta, INDONESIA Alun Rhydderch, School of International Futures, Wilton Park, UK, “The Wheel of Prosperity – a Foresight Perspective” Fabian Breuer, Public Affairs and Communications Directorate, OECD, Paris, FRANCE, “Goodbye GDP, Hello GDW (Well-Being)?” Firoz Khan, School for Public Leadership (SPL), University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA, “Global Cities: Exclusion, Violence, Reappropriations and ‘Real Utopias’” Discussant: R. Sudarshan, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JGSP), O.P. Jindal Global University, Delhi, INDIA 12:00 - 13:30 Luncheon (Jingshi Hotel) 13:30 – 15:00 Panel 2 PRODUCTIVITY Chair: Tumun Tsydypov, School of Public Policy, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow, RUSSIA Mikhail Pryadilnikov, Moscow City Government, RUSSIA, “Economic Impact of Public Spaces in Cities”

Upasana Mahanta and Indranath Gupta, Jindal Global Law School, O.P. Jindal Global University, Delhi, INDIA [presented by Indranath Gupta], “Urbanization and Shifting Notions on ‘Work’: Exploring the Issue of Domestic Workers in India” Aris Ananta, the Institute of South-East Asian Studies, SINGAPORE, “The Right to Sight in Indonesia” Discussant: Dina Wafa, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, EGYPT 15:00 - 15:15 Tea break 15:15 - 16:45 Panel 3 QUALITY OF LIFE Chair: Celso Castro, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL Susan H. Holcombe, the Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, US, “Scalability of Social Development Innovations in Urban Areas” Adeola Enigbokan, New York, NY, US and Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design, Moscow, RUSSIA, “Social Activism as Contemporary Art in the Emerging Discourse of DIY Urbanism in Russia” Bhuvaneswari Raman, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP), O.P. Jindal Global University, INDIA, “The Promise of Legal Land Tenure and the Experience of Urban Poor in Indian Cities” Leticia Ferreira, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL, “Finding Their Way Home: the Effectiveness of a Governmental Program Targeting Young Runaways in Rio de Janeiro” Discussant: Wang Xinsong, School of Social Development and Public Policy (SSDPP), Beijing Normal University, Beijing, CHINA 16:45 - 17:00 Tea break 17:00 - 18:30 Panel 4 INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT Chair: Dina Wafa, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, EGYPT Mariana Cavalcanti, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL, “Slum Urbanization in Rio de Janeiro: Past Trajectories and Future Challenges”

Aseem Prakash, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP), O.P. Jindal Global University, Delhi, INDIA, “Small Town Capitalism: The Limits of Formal Regulation” Jennifer Bremer, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, American University in Cairo (AUC), Cairo, EGYPT [presented by Dina Wafa], “Community Self-help Strategies and Government-led Infrastructure: Rivals or Partners in Extending Basic Services to Informal Urban Areas?” Discussant: Abuzar Asra, School of Government and Public Policy (SGPP), Jakarta, INDONESIA 18:30 – 20:00 Conference Dinner (Yumadun Restaurant)

JULY 2 9:00 – 10:30 Panel 5 EQUITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION Chair: R. Sudarshan, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP), O.P. Jindal Global University, Delhi, INDIA Bianca Freire-Medeiros, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL, “Urban Poverty in a Transforming Global Order” Sergey Zuev, School of Public Policy, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow, RUSSIA, “Challenges for Migration Policy in Moscow” Tian Fangmeng, School of Social Development and Public Policy (SSDPP), Beijing Normal University, Beijing, CHINA, “The ‘Internationalization’ of China’s Hukou Residence System” Joseph K. Assan, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, US, “Exploitation and Vulnerability of Young Peasant Migrants Working in Urban Food Markets in Ghana” Discussant: Celso Castro, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL 10:30 – 10:45 Tea break 10:45-12:15 Panel 6 SUSTAINABILITY Chair: Zhang Xiulan, School of Social Development and Public Policy (SSDPP), Beijing Normal University, Beijing, CHINA Christian Deseglise and Delfina Lopez Freijido, BRICLab, Columbia University, New York, NY, US,

“Towards a More Sustainable Urban Economic Development: Tackling Consumption” Korel Göymen, Sabancı University and Istanbul Policy Center, Istanbul, TURKEY, “Sustainability Issues of Turkish Cities” Vivian Fonseca, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV), Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL, “Immaterial Heritage in Brazil” Discussant: Sergey Zuev, School of Public Policy, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA), Moscow, RUSSIA 12:15-12:30 Conference Summary by Robin Lewis, Conference Chair, SSDPP FOR IDPPA MEMBERS AND THEIR GUESTS ONLY: 12:30-13:30 Lunch (box lunch) 13:30-14:00 Bus to Columbia Global Centers| East Asia 14:00 – 17:00 URBANIZATION IN CHINA AND THE CASE OF BEIJING A symposium hosted by the Columbia Global Centers|East Asia and the Urban China Initiative (UCI), a research consortium of Tsinghua University, Columbia University, and McKinsey & Company Joan Kaufman, Director, Columbia Global Centers|East Asia, Beijing, CHINA, “Challenges of Urbanization in China” Zhang Gengtian, Director of Research, Urban China Initiative (UCI), Beijing, CHINA, “The Urban Sustainability Index and China’s Urbanization Indicators System” Wang Jun, Senior Reporter, Xinhua News Agency and author of Beijing Record: A Physical and Political History of Planning Modern Beijing, Beijing, CHINA, “Beijing’s Urban Transformation in the Past Ten Years: An Illustrated Lecture” 17:15-18:00 Bus to Farewell Banquet at Studio X 18:00-20:00 Farewell Banquet at Studio X, which is a facility of the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Preservation, and Planning (GSAPP) located in a former factory in one of Beijing’s preserved traditional areas (hutong) in the heart of the city.

JULY 3 9:00 – 12:00 IDPPA Business Meeting at SSDPP, Beijing Normal University (for representatives of current and prospective IDPPA member-schools) *******

CONFERENCE CO-SPONSORS UN-Habitat OECD Urban China Initiative Columbia Global Centers|East Asia Columbia University BRICLab The Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture, and Design McKinsey & Company