ERSA Congress:
New Challenges for European Regions and Urban Areas in a Globalised World

High Level Session: The Big Thinkers & The Big Five in one day

Chair: Mark Partridge, Rapporteur: Andrea Caragliu

Michael Ralph (Advisor to Directorate General for Regional Policy, European Commission)
Opening address

Philip McCann:
URBAN CHALLENGES AND VISION: An Urban Emphasis?: Why. When and How

Yoshiro Higano:
URBAN JAPAN: A parable about The New Urban World in the Future

T.R. Lakshmanan, Lata Chatterjee:
URBAN INDIA: Emerging institutional innovations for the creative, inclusive and Sustainable Urban Futures

Henry Overman:
URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND CITIES DIVIDED: Cities Divided: Poor People in Rich Cities

30th August - 3rd September 2011
Aula Magna, Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona (UB)