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MOSCOW URBAN FORUM

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MOSCOW URBAN FORUM “Moscow, Europe’s largest megacity, is once again initiating dialogue on topical urban planning issues. Today we have a vibrant and developing city. The ideology underlying the development of our megacity should change: instead of creating isolated pockets of prosperity, we need to focus on improving the quality of city life as a whole.”

S. Sobyanin, Mayor of Moscow, III Moscow Urban Forum

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The Moscow Urban Forum is an annual international conference dedicated to city development, architecture, economics and strategic planning of cities The Moscow Urban Forum has been held annually since 2011 under the auspices of the Moscow Government The Forum has established itself as a key international forum for interaction among world-renowned urbanists, city managers and representatives of the business community At the Forum the opportunities and challenges related to modern megacities are discussed openly, and their development prospects are considered not just in the context of economics and effectiveness of governance, but through the prism of the person – city residents

FORUM PARTICIPANTS

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RESULTS OF III MOSCOW URBAN FORUM

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plenary sessions

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main programme sessions

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special events

OVER 50 FOREIGN SPEAKERS 16 SESSION CURATORS OVER 3,000 PARTICIPANTS FROM 35 COUNTRIES AND 27 SUBJECTS OF THE RF International partner Urban Land Institute

In cooperation with the World Bank

THE FORUM’S PROGRAMME OF EVENTS WAS CURATED BY EXPERTS FROM OVER 20 ORGANISATIONS

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IN 2013 REPRESENTATIVES OF GOVERNMENT DELEGATIONS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES PARTICIPATED IN THE FORUM GERMANY Uwe Bekker, City Treasurer, Frankfurt on the Main Frank Junker, Head of ABG, Frankfurt’s Housing Development Company, Frankfurt on the Main Markus Frank, Head of Frankfurt’s Economic Affairs Department, Frankfurt on the Main Martin Hunscher, Deputy Head of the Department of Urban Development and Planning, Frankfurt on the Main

BRAZIL Silvio Torres, Secretary of Housing of the State of Sao Paulo, Vice President of the National Forum of Secretaries of Housing and Urban Development Fernando de Mello Franco, São Paulo’s Municipal Secretary for Urban Development Mariana Barroso Ferreira, Urban Planning Manager at the Urban Planning Municipal Bureau

CHINA Feifei Feng, Head of the Department of Urban Development, Urban Development Institute, Beijing Yang Ming, Chief Engineer of the Planning Research Department, Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design (BICP) Sun Shan, Deputy Director of the Shanghai Urban Planning and Design Research Institute

SPAIN Willy Müller, Managing Director of the Agency for the Development of Urban Infrastructure Barcelona Regional

SINGAPORE Liu Thai Ker, General Planner, Urban Redevelopment Authority

SOUTH AFRICA Rashid Seedat, Head of the Gauteng Planning Commission (GPC), Johannesburg

UK Edward Lister, Deputy Mayor of London for Policy and Planning Joe Montgomery, Chief Executive of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) for Europe

INDIA Pravesh Ranjan Jha, Pvt. Secretary to the Chief Minister, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi

TURKEY Köksal Tandıroğlu, Deputy Secretary General of the Instanbul Metropolitan Municipality Selamettin Ermis, Director of the Foreign Relations Department of the City of Istanbul FINLAND Pekka Sauri, Deputy Mayor of Helsinki, Public Works and Environmental Affairs

MEXICO Gabriella Gomez Mont, Director of Laboratorio Para la Cuidad

PARTICIPANTS IN THE FORUM 2013 ALSO INCLUDED: Maurice Leroy (France), Minister of City Affairs in charge of Grand Paris (2010-2012) Yasushi Aoyama (Japan), Professor at Meiji University, Tokyo, Doctor of Political Science and former Vice Governor of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Enrique Peñalosa (Colombia), Former Mayor of Bogota, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Transportation and Development of New York

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IV MOSCOW URBAN FORUM “DRIVERS OF CITY DEVELOPMENT” A city develops of its own accord and is at the same time subject to management.

How can effective management be ensured? The main tools:  Infrastructure – a factor in the quality growth of the city  Economy – sustainable and innovative  Social development – human resources, expectations of citizens and capabilities of the city  Culture – the trust factor, intellectual and creative development Discussion at the Forum will focus on opportunities for managing urban development, effective work with growth drivers of megacities and promising models for the future development of Moscow.

PROPOSED PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

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11 DECEMBER. GLOBAL AGENDA

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RUSSIAN CITIES AGENDA

EVENTS  Opening and welcome speech by Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin  Mayor's think-tank  Presentation of the results of global research  Presentation of the results of the closed workshop "Planning for a Rapidly Growing Megacity"  Discussion of international urban planning issues

EVENTS  Plenary session with the participation of representatives of the Government of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation, governors and mayors  Presentation of the results of a special study on Russian cities  Discussion of opportunities for development of Russian millioninhabitant megacities

AGENDA  Managing growth of megacities and agglomerations  The future of urban infrastructure  Society: prospects and challenges of growing cities

AGENDA  The role of the country’s major cities  Competition among cities and formation of identity for urbanised territories  Competition among cities for professionals

PARTICIPANTS  Key representatives of government, business and expert communities – representatives of world megacities

PARTICIPANTS  Governors, mayors, key representatives of the Government of the Russian Federation and the business and expert communities

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12 DECEMBER. MOSCOW AGENDA EVENTS  Special report by the Mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin  Presentation of the results of Moscow research  Presentations of urban development projects  Special presentations by experts of the Moscow Government AGENDA  Discussions revolving around current issues and opportunities for Moscow PARTICIPANTS  Key representatives of government and the business and expert communities

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13-14 DECEMBER. OPEN DAYS FOR CITIZENS/URBAN FESTIVAL EVENTS  Special events for urban communities  Exhibition of urban projects for citizens  Lectures by Forum speakers AGENDA  Research into existing urban communities in Moscow  Map of urban communities  Photo exhibition dedicated to projects by urban communities PARTICIPANTS  Around 10,000 citizens and experts

VENUES  VDNKh - "Open Pavilion" will be created, as a model for a city centre to support the development of communities  MANEZH - lectures by leading world experts on urbanism, educational seminars, the first URBAN TALKS scientific conference for experts in urbanism

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MOSCOW URBAN FORUM RESEARCH PROJECTS 

Every year the Moscow Urban Forum performs research with the aim of identifying global and local trends in relation to the development of megacities. The issues covered by each consecutive research project are determined by the theme of the Forum and are based on the results of a survey of foreign and Russian experts

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During the III Moscow Urban Forum “Megacities: Success Beyond the Centre”, the “Archaeology of the Periphery” research was presented

IV MOSCOW URBAN FORUM RESEARCH PROJECTS  International research "Global Cities and Nation States. Partnership for Success: Past, Present and Future"  Moscow research "Spatial Strategy of Moscow: A Tool for Managing the Future” and "New Moscow“

 Study on Russian cities "Fight for Citizens: Human Potential and the Urban Environment" The research is interdisciplinary in nature and focuses on the most important challenges for cities or groups of cities.

The results of the research will serve as the basis for discussions at the Forum and will be presented during plenary sessions.  Results of the PwC rating “From Moscow to Sao Pãulo” - the E7 Cities of Opportunity rating, covering 7 world cites including Moscow, will also be presented at the Forum

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INTERNATIONAL FORUM SPEAKERS*

YANG XIONG Mayor of Shanghai

GIULIANO PISAPIA Mayor of Milan, twice Member of Parliament (1996-2006)

BRUCE KATZ Urbanist, author of “The Metropolitan Revolution” (2013). Vice President of the Brookings Institution, Washington, where he is Founding Director of the Metropolitan Policy Program

VICENTE GUALLART Сhief Architect of Barcelona City Council

TEO SER LUCK Mayor of the North East District of Singapore, Minister of State (Ministry of Trade and Industry)

SEIFALLAH LASRAM Mayor of Tunis Municipality

ANTANAS MOCKUS Two-time Mayor of Bogota (1995-1997, 2001-2003), famous for his achievements in improving the city

ERIC MICHAEL GARCETTI Mayor of Los Angeles

EUGENIE BIRCH Co-founder of the Penn Institute for Urban Research, Editor of “The City in the 21st Urbanization” (2011), “Neighborhood and Life Chances. How Place Matters in Modern America” (2011)

HUSSAIN NASSER LOOTAH Director General of Dubai Municipality

JOAN CLOS Executive Director of UN-HABITAT (since 2010), Mayor of Barcelona (1997-2006)

* Participation to be confirmed

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MOSCOW GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS

SERGEI SOBYANIN Mayor of Moscow

OLEG BOCHAROV Head of the Department of Science, Industrial Policy and Entrepreneurship

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SERGEI KAPKOV Moscow Government Minister, Head of the Department of Culture of Moscow

MARAT KHUSNULLIN Deputy Mayor of Moscow on Urban Planning Policy and Construction

SERGEI CHEREMIN Moscow Government Minister, Head of the Department for External Economic and International Relations of Moscow

ANASTASIA RAKOVA Deputy Mayor of Moscow, Chief of Staff to the Mayor of Moscow and the Moscow Government

ALEXANDER KIBOVSKY Moscow Government Minister, Head of the Department of Cultural Heritage of Moscow

MAXIM RESHETNIKOV Moscow Government Minister, Head of the Department for Economic Policy and Development of Moscow

MAXIM LIKSUTOV Deputy Mayor of Moscow, Head of the Department for Transport and Road Transport Infrastructure Development of Moscow

ANTON KULBACHEVSKY Head of the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Protection of Moscow

NATALIA SERGUNINA Deputy Mayor of Moscow for Economic Policy and Property and Land Relations

SERGEY KUZNETSOV KARIMA NIGMATULINA Chief Architect of Acting Director of State Moscow Unitary Enterprise, Scientific-Research and Design Institute of the General Plan of the City of Moscow

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RUSSIAN FEDERATION GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS

IGOR SHUVALOV First Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation

MIKHAIL MEN Minister for Construction, Housing and Utilities of the Russian Federation

ELVIRA NABIULLINA Chairman of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation

MORE THAN 50 MAYORS AND GOVERNORS OF SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION ARE INVITED

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PARTNER CITIES RUSSIAN CITIES AGENDA Issues of Russian cities: plenary session with the support of the Ministry of Construction, Housing and Communal Services of the Russian Federation, presentation of the results of a study on Russian cities (curator of research – Higher School of Economics, Graduate School of Urban Studies).

CONFERENCE “NVOLVEMENT OF CITIZENS IN CITY MANAGEMENT” The conference will focus on issues of open government, and direct interaction between citizens and the municipal authorities through electronic services and other advanced technologies. The event will include thematic roundtables and discussions, lectures by experts, exhibitions, presentations of the experience and projects of the Moscow Government, as well as strategic closed sessions.

SPECIAL EVENTS: URBAN TALKS – a scientific conference for experts and professionals in urbanism, architecture and urban planning.

SCHOOL FOR CITY PLANNERS (with ISOCARP*) – young city planners study and propose solutions for the development of a specific area of Moscow. The results of their work will be presented during the Forum’s Open Day for Citizens.

* ISOCARP (the International Society of City and Regional Planners) is a worldwide association of city and regional planners from more than 80 countries. Founded in 1965, ISOCARP is a non-governmental organisation recognised by the United Nations, the Council of Europe and UN-Habitat.

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EXHIBITION 2014  Exhibition of the Moscow Government projects  Exhibition of research projects

 Exhibition of technologies and platforms for involving citizens  Exhibition of Forum partners and sponsors

VENUE MANEZH EXHIBITION OPEN DAYS 11-14 December 2014 Open to citizens daily:  11-12 December – from 18:00 to 22:00  13-14 December – from 10:00 to 20:00

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FORUM VENUES 2014 MANEZH

VDNKh

Special opportunities for Forum guests and partners:  closed events with the participation of members of the Moscow Government  special cultural programme: • theatre trips (Bolshoy Theatre, Maly Theatre, etc.)

• excursions (Tretyakov Gallery, Red Square, The Kremlin, etc.)

• thematic walking and bus tours around Moscow

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CURATORS AND SESSION PARTNERS* SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS

World Bank

RUSSIAN PARTNERS

Lomonosov Moscow State University

* To be confirmed

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SEE YOU AT IV MOSCOW URBAN FORUM!

Submit an application for registration at the Forum http://mosurbanforum.com/form/

Contacts of the Organising Committee of the MUF +7 (495) 650-50-45

welcome@mosurbanforum.com

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