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Innovative Americas: Program of Events at Next City's World Urban Forum Exhibit

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Next City's Innovative Americas pavilion will see a full week of discussions on how cities throughout the hemisphere can be more livable, equitable and sustainable. Inside, you'll find a guide to the week's events, speakers and themes. For updates on the pavilion's programming, follow @InnovAmericas on Twitter and check back for dispatches on the conference's events at nextcity.org.

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Innovative Innovative AmericasAmericas

World Urban Fo um 7World Urban Forum 7MedellínMedellín

Creating Equitable Creating Equitable Global Cities in the Global Cities in the U.U.U S. and Latin AmericaS. and Latin AmericaSU.U.U S. and Latin AmericaS. and Latin AmericaS

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ABOUTINNOVATIVEAMERICAS

The seventh World Urban Forum comes at an exciting moment when cities around the world are fi nally getting the credit they deserve as places of cultural, social and economic ferment. At the same time, they are places where inequality is growing, where corruption or incompetence cheats citizens of the governance they deserve, where poor planning has led to unlivable conditions and weak economies. The Innovative Americas booth seeks to generate a discussion about this intersection between the great opportunities that cities provide, and the challenges that accompany urban areas in the United States and Latin America.

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Produced by Next City and funded by the Ford Foundation and the Kresge Foundation, theInnovative Americas booth showcases ingenious solutions to social, economic and environmental challenges through a week-long series of programming. With an aim to foster a dialogue between cities, panels of experts will share innovations from their work that can be replicated in cities around the world. Next City will extend these conversations through commentary and documentation on NextCity.org and social media.

The booth itself features a brief exhibition about a selection of innovations in the United States and Latin America. Visitors to the booth are urged to contribute innovations from their hometowns through the booth’s dialogues and the exhibition’s participatory aspects. Indeed, even the construction of the booth itself (described in greater detail by Quilian Riano of DSGN AGNC) mimics the style and materials of “tactical urbanism,” the informal efforts of urban advocates to cheaply and effectively provide the infrastructure and public spaces that cities lack.

Finally, the booth encourages visitors to grapple with the buzzwords of our times: “equity,” “resilience” and “justice” have become widespread aspirations for cities. But these terms are not always understood (especially outside the fi eld), and therefore the vision of a more equitable, resilient and just city can sometime seem vague and unattainable. What do these terms mean to people working to improve cities? And what are tangible examples of equity, resilience and justice today? Next City will gather responses from visitors, incorporate them into a report on the use of these terms and share those ideas with its online audience.

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ABOUTTHE EXHIBITION

Innovative Americas is designed in a partnership between Quilian Riano from DSGN AGNC, Anthony Smyrski and Diana Lind from Next City, and local partners Proyecto NN.

The project was conceived in New York and Philadelphia, designed in collaboration with a project team in Medellín, and its elements will be used by community groups in Medellín long after the World Urban Forum.

Exhibition booths are often anonymous spaces, made from short-term construction components that lead to additional waste after the exhibition. The Innovative Americas booth seeks to upend the typical exhibition booth process and program.

Here, by hiring a local team, using local materials for all construction and fi nding a way to reuse the exhibition’s elements after the World Urban Forum, the design and construction of the Innovative Americas booth lives up to its name.

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The exhibit acknowledges that complex issues such as resilience, equity and justice are never fully defi ned and are always changing as different ideas and voices are introduced to the discussion. Thus, the physical design of Innovative Americas refl ects the need for conversation by being fl exible and allowing multiple uses. A series of movable and transformable elements, include:

Framing Structures and Exhibition Cubes Built in Medellín, two large metal structure serves as a framing element to the exhibition space as well as a place to store exhibition cubes. The cubes have images and information about innovative projects from the Americas. These cubes can be removed from a framing structure to serve as seating and to serve as catalysts for conversation.

TablesThree movable panels contain a working defi nition of resilience, justice and equity. Those panels then fold to create tables and opportunities to discuss and work on those defi nitions. The panels also fold to reveal a series of strings where visitors’ defi nitions and ideas about each subjects can be hung.

Bleachers / ChalkboardsFlexible and movable bleachers will serve as the main seating area for lectures and discussions. The bleachers, however, can be placed upright to reveal a chalkboard at their bottom. Together, these elements create multiple ways to use the space and to discuss and share ideas about the key concepts of the exhibit.

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THE WEEKAT ATGLANCE

April 5Saturday

April 6Sunday

April 7Monday

April 8Tuesday

April 9Wednesday

April 10Thursday

April 11Friday

10 AM

Opening Design for the Just CityDesign for the Just CityDesign for the Putting Poor

People at the Putting Poor People at the Putting Poor

Center of People at the Center of People at the

Strategies for Urban Strategies for Urban Strategies

Development

11 AM

Toward a Sustainable Consumption of Space in Rapidly Consumption of Space in Rapidly Consumption of

Urbanizing CitiesSpace in Rapidly Urbanizing CitiesSpace in Rapidly

Value Capture in Latin AmericaValue Capture in Latin AmericaValue Capture in

12 PM

Open Offi ce Hours

Context Partners Offi ce Hours

1 PM

2 PM

Opening Events Infrastructure From the Bottom Up

Economic Resilience and Cities

3 PM

Affordable Housing for PractitionersHousing for PractitionersHousing for

Applying Placemaking for Applying Placemaking for Applying

Urban Equity in Placemaking for Urban Equity in Placemaking for

Latin AmericaUrban Equity in Latin AmericaUrban Equity in

A Global Development Alliance to

velopment Alliance to

velopment

Improve Infrastructure

4 PM

Next City Opening

City Opening

City Local Performer

Local Performer

5PM

Next City Opening

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April 5Saturday

April 6Sunday

April 7Monday

April 8Tuesday

April 9Wednesday

April 10Thursday

April 11Friday

10 AM

The Role of Philanthropy in Improving Philanthropy in Improving Philanthropy

Citiesin Improving Citiesin Improving

Science for Cities

Talking TransitionTalking TransitionTalking Designing

and Planning Designing and Planning Designing

Better Transit and Planning Better Transit and Planning

Oriented Development

11 AM

The Effects of Climate Change on Vulnerable Climate Change on Vulnerable Climate Change

Populations

Science for Cities

Lessons for Global Coastal Communities in an Era of Climate Change

New Prospects for Transport New Prospects for Transport New Prospects

and Land-Use for Transport and Land-Use for Transport

Equity

12 PM

Urban Institute Offi ce Hours

NYU Offi ce Hours

Media & Design in CitiesMedia & Design in CitiesMedia & Design Open Offi ce

Hours

1 PM

2 PM

Igniting YourNetwork

International and Philanthropic Innovation in and Philanthropic Innovation in and Philanthropic

Cities

International Innovation in Municipal Governance

Mapping Informality

pping Informality

pping

in Cairo’s Informality in Cairo’s Informality

Revolution

3 PM

The MIT OpenAG Project

DesigNYC: Three Perspectives on Urban Design

Caminos de la Prosperidad: Investing Prosperidad: Investing Prosperidad:

in Local Investing in Local Investing

Collaboration

The Experience of Being an

Experience of Being an

Experience

Experimentof Being an Experimentof Being an

4 PM

Equitable Anchor Institution Strategies

Local Performer

Local Performer

Next City Closing Party

5PM

Lincoln Institute Happy Hour

Context Partners Happy Hour

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DAILYEVENTSCHEDULE

April 5SATURDAY

10AM TO 3PMEXHIBITION OPENEXHIBITION OPEN

3PMAFFORDABLE HOUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR PRACTITIONERSFOR PRACTITIONERSSaeed Hajarizadeh, Vancouver Housing Authority; Dan Trozzi, independent consultant; Helen Sause, independent consultant and former president of NAHROThe discussion will be geared towards governments or nonprofi ts who want to delve into how we develop mixed income housing communities in the United States from a practical standpoint.

4PMNEXT CITY OPENINGNEXT CITY OPENINGDiana Lind, Next City; Anthony Smyrski, Next City; Quilian Riano, DSGN AGNC Join Next City and architect Quilian Riano for a presentation about the process of conceiving, designing and constructing the Innovative Americasexhibit.

SundayAPRIL 6

10AMDESIGN FOR THE DESIGN FOR THE JUST CITYJUST CITYToni Griffi n, The J. Max Bond Center on Design for the Just CityWhat are the core principles of urban justice, and how can cities be designed to refl ect these values? This presentation will feature video manifestos of what a just city is. It will move the audience through an interactive discussion, reviewing images of different spaces, and asking for critiques of the design elements of justice.

11AMTOWARD A SUSTAINABLE TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION OF CONSUMPTION OF SPACE IN RAPIDLY SPACE IN RAPIDLY URBANIZING CITIES: THE URBANIZING CITIES: THE CASE OF SANTA MARTA, CASE OF SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIACOLOMBIAJacqueline Burton, New York University; Hunt Hobbs, New York University; Alejandro Schwedhelm, New York UniversitySanta Marta, Colombia is currently experiencing a strain on land and resources due to rapid population growth fueled by economic success and

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the internal displacement of families. Hired by UN-Habitat, the presenters will discuss their plan for Santa Marta that will steer the city away from its current path of uncontrolled growth to one that embodies UN Habitat’s principles of sustainable urban development.

2PMINFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE FROM THE BOTTOM UPFROM THE BOTTOM UPKate Holmquist, DUMBO Improvement District 2013 FellowWhen a central government stops investing in infrastructure, can it be built from the bottom up, rather than top down? This presentation focuses in on a Business Improvement District in Brooklyn, NY, as an example of a community level approach to improving infrastructure.

3PMAPPLYING PLACEMAKING APPLYING PLACEMAKING FOR URBAN EQUITY IN FOR URBAN EQUITY IN LATIN AMERICALATIN AMERICAEthan Kent, Project for Public Spaces; Dan Latorre, Project for Public SpacesUsing Project for Public Spaces’ project in Cali, Colombia as a case study, the panel will discuss how placemaking works in Buenos Aires and other Latin American cities.

4PMLOCAL PERFORMERLOCAL PERFORMER

MondayAPRIL 7

10AMPUTTING POOR PEOPLE PUTTING POOR PEOPLE AT THE CENTER OF AT THE CENTER OF STRATEGIES FOR URBAN STRATEGIES FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENTPatrick Maghebula, Federation of the Urban Poor, South Africa; Sarah Nandudu, National Slum Dweller Federation of Uganda; Irene Karanja, Muungano Support Trust, Kenya; Joseph Muturi, Muungano wa Wanavijiji, Kenya Key national leaders from organized communities of the urban poor and their support NGOs from cities in Kenya, South Africa and Uganda will highlight new institutional responses to poverty that prioritize both the needs and voices of poor people. They will highlight methods that organized communities of the urban poor across the Global South are using to develop relationships with their governments and some of the outcomes of these relationships such as scaling up slum upgrading and improving quality of life.

11AMVALUE CAPTURE IN VALUE CAPTURE IN LATIN AMERICALATIN AMERICAMartim Smolka, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; Gregory K. Ingram, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy This presentation will discuss the idea of value capture — a way to fi nance urban development — and its implementation in Latin American cities. Free copies of the recent report, Implementing Value Capture in Latin America, will be available in English and in Spanish.

12PMCONTEXT PARTNERS CONTEXT PARTNERS OFFICE HOURSOFFICE HOURSStewart Sarkozy-Banoczy, Context PartnersOffi ce hours are an informal opportunity to meet with WUF7 presenters.

2PMECONOMIC RESILIENCE ECONOMIC RESILIENCE AND CITIESAND CITIESHarriet Tregoning, Offi ce of Economic Resilience, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban DevelopmentHarriet Tregoning, the new director of the Offi ce of Economic Resilience at HUD, will discuss her offi ce’s work and how it relates to World Urban Forum 7.

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3PMA GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT A GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE TO IMPROVE ALLIANCE TO IMPROVE INFRASTRUCTUREINFRASTRUCTUREJerry Marcus, USAID; Angela Arevalo, USAID; Fernando Gama, EDI; David Painter, EDI; Enrique Pees, EDI; Margarita Macias, EDIUSAID/Colombia and Evensen Dodge International Inc. (EDII), a global public fi nance advisory fi rm, entered into a Global Development Alliance (GDA) partnership. This four-year GDA will support local governments and public infrastructure authorities to raise market debt fi nancing for the development of local infrastructure projects. This presentation will discuss what the partnership entails and how it will multiply resources available for development in USAID’s priority regions.

4PMLOCAL PERFORMERLOCAL PERFORMER

TuesdayAPRIL 8

10AMTHE ROLE OF THE ROLE OF PHILANTHROPY IN PHILANTHROPY IN IMPROVING CITIESIMPROVING CITIESBenjamin Kennedy, The Kresge Foundation; Xavier de Sousa-Briggs, The Ford

Foundation; Janis Bowdler, JP Morgan Chase Global Philanthropy; Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy, Context PartnersAmerican and international philanthropies are dedicating millions to improving cities around the world. This panel will discuss examples of innovative philanthropic investments and how to leverage the assets of public, private, philanthropic and civic players to collectively create an impact in cities.

11AMTHE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON VULNERABLE CHANGE ON VULNERABLE POPULATIONSPOPULATIONSArmando Carbonell, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy; Anthony Flint, Lincoln Institute of Land PolicyIn the face of climate change, cities around the world need to anticipate and respond adaptively to changing conditions that threaten the safety and livelihoods of vulnerable populations. Armando Carbonell, senior fellow and chairman of the Department of Planning and Urban Form at the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, will share insights and feedback based on his presentations and dialogue on this topic at World Urban Forum 7.

12PMOFFICE HOURS HOSTED OFFICE HOURS HOSTED BY THE URBAN INSTITUTEBY THE URBAN INSTITUTESarah Rosen Wartell, The Urban InstituteOffi ce hours are an informal opportunity to meet with WUF7 presenters.

1PMEXHIBITION OPENEXHIBITION OPEN

2PMIGNITING YOUR NETWORKIGNITING YOUR NETWORKStewart Sarkozy-Banoczy, Context Partners; Dr. Oliver Weigel, German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development; Dr. Marc Weiss, Global Urban Development (GUD); Karin Sullivan, Offi ce of Economic Policy, Western Hemisphere Affairs Bureau, U.S. Department of StateNetworked and sustainable organizations are not just the future, they are also the present.Hear from international government, corporate and non-government experts on their lessons and experiences creating and managing local, regional and transnational networks focused on innovation, governance and urban development.

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3PMTHE MIT OPEN THE MIT OPEN AGRICULTURE PROJECTAGRICULTURE PROJECTCaleb Harper, MIT Media LabThe CityFARM research group at the MIT Media Lab explores the technological, environmental, social and economic design of scalable agricultural systems for urban environments. An initiative of the CityFARM group, the OpenAG project is envisaged as the world’s fi rst “AG Tech” research collective for the creation of the agricultural data commons enabling rapid advancement of networked urban agricultural innovation, invention, sensing, data collection and data sharing.

4PMLOCAL PERFORMERLOCAL PERFORMER

WednesdayAPRIL 9

10AMSCIENCE FOR CITIES: SCIENCE FOR CITIES: INTEGRATING SOCIAL, INTEGRATING SOCIAL, COMPUTATIONAL, COMPUTATIONAL, PHYSICAL AND LIFE PHYSICAL AND LIFE SCIENCES SCIENCES TO ADDRESS URBAN TO ADDRESS URBAN CHALLENGESCHALLENGESAlaina Beverly, University of Chicago; Charlie Catlett, University of Chicago and Argonne

National Laboratory;Seth Snyder, The Energy Policy Institute at Chicago (EPIC), University of ChicagoThere are few, if any,  urban challenges that are “simply social” or “simply engineering.” Our panel will identify innovations in science and technology that bring together computation and data, social science, and the life and physical sciences to improve the quality of urban life and environmental sustainability.  The discussion will highlight examples from the fi eld related to public health, social cohesion, water, energy effi ciency and adaptability to climate change

11AMCONTINUED SESSION CONTINUED SESSION FROM ABOVEFROM ABOVE

12PMOFFICE HOURS OFFICE HOURS HOSTED BY NEW YORK HOSTED BY NEW YORK UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITYUrban Planning Department of New York UniversityOffi ce hours are an informal opportunity to meet with WUF7 presenters.

2PMINTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL AND PHILANTHROPICAND PHILANTHROPICINNOVATION IN CITIESINNOVATION IN CITIESSalin Geevargheese, International and Philanthropic Innovation, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban InnovationThis presentation will discuss the role of the International and Philanthropic Innovation program at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

3PMDESIGNYC: THREE DESIGNYC: THREE PERSPECTIVES ON URBAN PERSPECTIVES ON URBAN DESIGNDESIGNThaddeus Pawlowski, NYC Dept. of City Planning; Skye Duncan, NYC Dept. of City Planning; Jeff Shumaker, NYC Dept. of City PlanningMembers of the NYC Department of City Planning Urban Design Offi ce will discuss how the tools and processes of design can be used to create a more livable, equitable and resilient city. From the scale of the entire region down to that of the block and building and, ultimately, the scale of the individual pedestrian and sidewalk, they will illustrate how design is shaping the city from three very different perspectives.

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4PMLOCAL PERFORMERLOCAL PERFORMER

ThursdayAPRIL 10

10AMTALKING TRANSITION: TALKING TRANSITION: ENGAGING CITIZEN VOICE ENGAGING CITIZEN VOICE IN TRANSITIONS IN URBAN IN TRANSITIONS IN URBAN GOVERNANCEGOVERNANCEAndrea Batista Schlesinger, Open Society FoundationsTalking Transition is a new experiment in how to turn transitions in urban governance — moments that are typically elite, insular, and narrow—into opportunities for public debate and dialogue. On November 2013, New York City elected its fi rst new mayor in 12 years. Five days later, the Talking Transition tent opened, a clear glass pop-up “open transition” headquarters where civil society organizations led two weeks of engaging conversations on the most important issues facing New Yorkers. At the same time, the Talking Transition fi eld team spread out across the neighborhoods of the city, engaging almost 60,000 New Yorkers in a digital survey that provides the most insightful neighborhood-based refl ections on the state of the city ever gathered.

11AMLESSONS FOR GLOBAL LESSONS FOR GLOBAL COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN COASTAL COMMUNITIES IN AN ERA OF CLIMATE AN ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE: COMMUNITY-CHANGE: COMMUNITY-BASED PLANNING AND BASED PLANNING AND REBUILDING AFTER REBUILDING AFTER HURRICANE SANDYHURRICANE SANDYJudd Schechtman, Rutgers University and New York University; Wilmer Patricio Cantos, New York University; Elham Azimi, New York University; Thomas G. Dallessio, New Jersey Institute of TechnologyThis panel will discuss major questions regarding global lessons learned from the Sandy rebuilding process. Presentations will include progress on a study to evaluate the $25 million Community Reconstruction Zone program, evaluation of FEMA-mandated Hazard Mitigation Planning, and innovative community-design initiatives on the Jersey Shore.

12PMMEDIA & DESIGN IN CITIESMEDIA & DESIGN IN CITIESAnthony Smyrski, Next CityThis presentation explores media’s role in shaping the reality and perception of cities and the public sphere.

2PMINTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL INNOVATION IN MUNICIPAL INNOVATION IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNANCE AND GOVERNANCE AND STRATEGIC PLANNINGSTRATEGIC PLANNINGStewart Sarkozy-Banoczy, Context Partners; Maria de Fatima Araújo, Coordinator of Sao Paulo Macro-Metropolis Master Plan; Gerardo Ardila Calderón, Planning Secretary of Bogotá; Michael Gordon, VancouverJoin us for a followup discussion from the previous day’s Networking Event, featuring representatives from Brazil, Canada, the United States and Colombia, on how to engage citizens, innovate on strategic planning and capitalize on partnerships, networks and international exchange to change the way cities plan and grow.

3PMCAMINOS DE LA CAMINOS DE LA PROSPERIDAD: INVESTING PROSPERIDAD: INVESTING IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL IN LOCAL AND REGIONAL INNOVATION AND INNOVATION AND COLLABORATIONCOLLABORATIONStewart Sarkozy-Banoczy, Context Partners; Karin Sullivan, Offi ce of Economic Policy, Western Hemisphere Affairs Bureau, U.S. Department of State; Aaron Spencer, 100 Resilient Cities

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The Pathways to Prosperity/Caminos de la Prosperidad Innovation Challenge is underway in Latin America and the Caribbean. Participate in a discussion with hosts and partners about this unique opportunity to grow markets for SMEs in LAC, build cross-sector collaboration and invest in important, but often overlooked, businesses.

4PMEQUITABLE ANCHOR EQUITABLE ANCHOR INSTITUTION STRATEGIESINSTITUTION STRATEGIESAlex Feldman, U3 AdvisorsThis presentation will discuss efforts to leverage the economic power and community impact of anchor institutions, such as universities and hospitals, to help build more equitable cities.

FridayAPRIL 11

10AMDESIGNING AND PLANNING DESIGNING AND PLANNING BETTER TRANSIT-BETTER TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTSORIENTED DEVELOPMENTSLuc Nadal, ITDP; B.R. Balachandran, Alchemy Urban Systems Private Limited; Mariane Jang, Consultant, ITDP Global ProgramThis session will discuss in depth the principles and metrics of the new TOD Standard and explore the

implications of the fi rst round of development scores, released the previous day. Discussion will focus on how to apply the Standard, and how it can be used to improve urban design and planning practices.

11AMNEW PROSPECTS NEW PROSPECTS FOR AFFORDABILITY, FOR AFFORDABILITY, TRANSPORT AND LAND TRANSPORT AND LAND USE EQUITYUSE EQUITYJemilah Magnusson, ITDP Global; Michael Kodransky, ITDP Global; Bernardo Baranda, ITDP Latin America; B.R. Balachandran, ITDP IndiaLow-income constituents typically face greater transport costs proportionally, whether in time or money, than middle- and upper-income households. Spatial planning and regulatory reform offer opportunities for bringing these underserved communities closer to jobs, decreasing their transport expenses, and improving their quality of life. The panel will address how affordable housing oriented to transit, density and transport access are being addressed in Ahmedabad, India and Mexico City. Particular focus will be given to how these new mobility models can work in emerging economies.

2PMMAPPING INFORMALITY MAPPING INFORMALITY IN CAIRO’S REVOLUTIONIN CAIRO’S REVOLUTIONOmar Nagati, Cairo Lab for Urban Studies, Training and Environmental Research; Yahia Shawkat, Shadow Ministry of Housing This presentation will explore the intersection of mapping, the informal sector and civil society organizations during the revolution in Cairo.

3PMTHE EXPERIENCE OF BEING THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING AN EXPERIMENTAN EXPERIMENTStephen Danley, Rutgers-Camden UniversityUsing New Orleans and Camden, N.J. as case studies, this presentation explores the way local residents of struggling urban communities respond to being treated as an “experiment” for policymakers.

4PMNEXT CITY CLOSINGNEXT CITY CLOSINGDiana Lind, Next City; Anthony Smyrski, Next CityJoin Next City to refl ect on WUF7 and ways to remain engaged and in contact after the forum.

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ABOUTNEXT CITY

Next City is a non-profi t organization with a mission to inspire social, economic and environmental change in cities by creating media and events around the world. Our vision is for a world in which cities are not in crisis and are instead leading the way toward a more sustainable, equitable future.

Next City provides daily online coverage of the leaders, policies and innovations driving progress in metropolitan regions across the world. In addition to daily blog content, each week we publish a deeply reported long-form story. The series, Forefront, is available by web subscription or as an app on the Apple Newsstand. In addition to our online journalism, we produce events including an annual urban leadership conference, Vanguard.

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EXHIBITIONSPONSORS

The Ford Foundation is an independent, non-profi t grant-making organization. For more than 75 years it has worked with courageous people on the frontlines of social change worldwide, guided by its mission to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. With headquarters in New York, the foundation has offi ces in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.For more information, visit fordfoundation.org.

The Kresge Foundation is a $3 billion private, national foundation that works to expand opportunities in America’s cities through grantmaking and investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development efforts in Detroit. In 2013, the Board of Trustees approved 316 awards totaling $122 million; $128 million was paid out to grantees over the course of the year. In addition, our Social Investment Practice made commitments totaling $16 million in 2013. For more information, visit kresge.org.

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