Global Super Projects Conference - Madrid 1999

P R O G R A M
| SUNDAY/MONDAY | TUESDAY | WEDNESDAY |

SUNDAY - 2 MAY
12:00 - 18:00
Conference Registration

18:00 - 20:00
Welcome Cocktail at Salon Velero, Sofitel Hotel

MONDAY - 3 MAY

09:00 - 10:15
Registration

10:30 - 11:30 Opening Session Auditorium B

José María Aznar,
Prime Minister of Spain,
Welcome

McKinley Conway, Chairman,
World Development Federation (USA)
Welcome and Opening Statement

GUESTS

Rafael Arias Salgado, Minister of Infrastructure Development (Spain)
José María Álvarez del Manzano, Mayor of Madrid
Alberto Ruíz Gallardón, President, Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid
Luis Eduardo Cortés, Councilor, Civil Works for Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid
Ignacio Echevarría, First Deputy Mayor, City of Madrid
Ignacio del Río, Second Deputy Mayor, City of Madrid

11:30 - 12:15 Opening of Exhibition Coffee Break

12:15 - 14:00 Plenary Session Auditorium B

GLOBAL CITIES IN A GLOBAL WORLD
Presiding: McKinley Conway, Chairman, World Development Federation

"The Challenges of the Global Economy"
Edouard Balladur, Former Prime Minister (France)

"Risks and Opportunities for Super Cities in the Global Economy"
Peter Hall, Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the
Environment and Strategic Planning, Britain, and Professor of
Planning at the University College London

" Madrid, City of Opportunities for the 21st Century"
Ignacio del Río, Deputy Mayor, City of Madrid

14:00 - 16:00 Luncheon Appot Hall

16:00 - 17:30 Concurrent Sessions Auditoriums B and C

AUDITORIUM B
URBAN REDEVELOPMENT SUPER PROJECTS
Moderator: Miguel Ángel Noceda, Chief Economics Editor, El País

"Designing Madrid's Future Growth Axis"
Ricardo Bofill, Architect, Taller de Arquitectura (Spain)

"Opportunities in the Castellana North Development Project"
Joaquín Sánchez Izquierdo, Chairman, DUCH, S.A. (Spain)

"Diagonal Mar: A Large-Scale Redevelopment Project in the City of Barcelona"
Gerald Hines, Chairman, Hines Interests (USA)

AUDITORIUM C
PLANNING URBAN GLOBAL SUPER
PROJECTS FOR AN AGE OF TECHNOLOGY
Presiding: Peter Hall, Special Advisor to the Secretary
of State for the Environment and Strategic Planning, Britain

"Technology and Knowledge Foundation of Super Cities"
Michael Wakelin, Vice President, Bechtel International, Inc. (USA)

"The New City of Pudong in Shanghai (China)"
Chen Binghui, Deputy Secretary General,
Pudong Shanghai New Area Administration

"The World' s Largest Hi-Tech Industrial Park Malaysia' s
Multimedia Super Corridor"
Tan Sri Othman Yeop Abdullah, Chairman,
Multimedia Development Corp. (Malaysia)

"Two Years' Living with Infoville"
José Emilio Cervero Cardona, Under-Secretary for the
Modernization of the Public Administration, Govt. of Valencia (Spain)

17:30 - 17:45 Coffee Break

17:45 - 19:15 Plenary Session Auditorium B

LATIN AMERICA CITIES AS ENGINES OF SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
Presiding: Prof. Ramón Tamames, Jean Monet Chair in Structural Economics,
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)

PANEL OF MAYORS: LATIN AMERICAN SUPER CITIES
Panel Moderator: Gumersindo Lafuente, Deputy Director, El Mundo

"Large-Scale Infrastructure Projects and Urban Development Opportunities in Latin America"
Enrique Olivera, Deputy Mayor, Buenos Aires
Celso Pitta, Mayor of Sao Paulo
Antonio Ledezma, Mayor of Caracas

19:15 Adjourn for the Day

21:30 Welcome Dinner
Crystal Palace of La Arganzuela (El Invernadero)

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