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Inaugural Conference on 'Managing World Cities: Hong Kong – London – New York'

Date :

23 October 2008 (Thu) to 25 October 2008 (Sat)

Day One (23 October 2008)
Time: Venue:	9:30 – 6:00 pm Cliftons, Level 33, 9 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong
9:30 – 10:00 am	Tea reception
	Opening Ceremony
10:00 – 10:15 am	Welcoming Address Professor Richard YC Wong, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost, The University of Hong Kong
10:15 – 10:40 am	Keynote address (PDF) The Honourable Donald Tsang, The Chief Executive, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China
10:40 – 11:00 am	Messages of support from London and New York City
11:00 – 11:30 am	Keynote address Dr Victor K Fung, Council Chairman, The University of Hong Kong
11:30 am – 12:00 pm	Overview of Managing World Cities research collaboration
12:00 – 1:45 pm	Lunch
	World Cities Forum
1:45 – 2:15 pm	Professor Hank V Savitch (University of Louisville, USA): “What Makes a Great City Great? Putting the North American City in Global Context” (PPT)
2:15 – 2:45 pm	Professor Peter Newman (University of Westminster, UK): “Four Perspectives on European World Cities” (PPT)
2:45 – 3:00 pm	Tea break
3:00 – 3:30 pm	Professor Takashi Tsukamoto (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA): “World Cities: Asian Perspectives” (PPT)
3:30 – 4:00 pm	Professor Emmanuel Brunet-Jailly (University of Victoria, Canada): “Thinking about World Cities” (PPT)
4:00 – 6:00 pm	Open forum Facilitator: Leonard Lane
Day Two (24 October 2008)
Time: Venue:	8:30 am – 6:00 pm Council Chamber, 8/F, Meng Wah Complex, The University of Hong Kong
Objective:	The major objective of the second day of the Managing World Cities conference is to provide a platform for academics, policymakers and NGO leaders to identify major challenges confronting world cities, and to discuss ways to enhance governance and management in Hong Kong, London and New York. The second day will be organized as a series of roundtable discussions focused on a cluster of policy areas grouped together under a broad theme. In each session, two facilitators will encourage policymakers and NGO leaders to share with academics their perceptions of critical governance and management issues in the medium to long term. In this way, the academic collaboration that is at the heart of the Managing World Cities initiative will be informed by practitioner concerns.
8:30 – 9:00 am	Tea reception
9:00 – 11:00 am	World Cities survey data (PPT) Facilitator: Leonard Lane, Richard Walker The session will examine world cities survey data recently collected in Hong Kong, London and New York for the Managing World Cities research initiative.
11:00 – 11:15 am	Coffee break
11:15 – 12:45 pm	Parallel sessions for Theme One and Theme Two Theme One: Managing Human Capital (PPT) Facilitator: Selina Chen, Ka-Ho Mok Rapporteur: Travis S K Kong (PPT) The session will focus on immigration policy; research and development policy; and higher education policy and positioning. Theme Two: Policy Processes Facilitator: Dennis C Smith, Richard Walker Rapporteur: Sara Jordan The session will focus on governance capacity; civil engagement; and crisis management.
12:45 – 2:00 pm	Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 pm	Parallel sessions for Theme Three and Theme Four Theme Three: Quality of Life Facilitator: Chris Hamnett, Dennis C Smith Rapporteur: M Ramesh The session will focus on managing crime and public order; managing health care and health financing; and managing urban marginality. Theme Four: Sustainable Development Facilitator: Paul Ekins, Richard Walker Rapporteur: George Lin (PPT) The session will focus on energy policy; environmental protection policy; and transport and logistics policy.
3:30 – 4:45 pm	Tea break
3:45 – 6:00 pm	Managing World Cities Facilitator: Leonard Lane, Richard Walker The session will focus on culture and heritage; financial sector; and regional hub. It will then consider governance and management challenges and prospects in Hong Kong, London and New York.
Day Three (25 October 2008)
Time: Venue:	8:30 am – 6:00 pm Council Chamber, 8/F, Meng Wah Complex, The University of Hong Kong
Objective:	On the third day, the Managing World Cities conference will turn into a business meeting for academic research collaborators chiefly from HKU, KCL and NYU. The major objective is to reflect on the roundtable discussions conducted on the second day, to develop specific research themes, and to build research teams around them. At one extreme, those teams can be tight-knit groups of scholars working as an integrated team. At the other extreme, they can be loose networks of scholars working separately but in parallel. The day will begin with a plenary session designed to take stock of what was discussed on day two and to develop a broad sense of ways forward. In subsequent sessions, actual research teams will start to emerge, with specific research agendas and modes of operation.
8:30 – 9:00 am	Registration
9:00 – 10:30 am	Developing research agendas/themes
10:30 – 11:00 am	Coffee break
11:00 am – 12:30 pm	Building research teams I
12:30 – 2:00 pm	Lunch
2:00 – 3:30 pm	Building research teams II
3:30 – 4:00 pm	Tea break
4:00 – 5:30 pm	Reporting back on implementation plans
5:30 – 6:00 pm	Closing comments

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