Urban Age Conference Developing Urban Futures Addis Ababa 29–30 November 2018
URBAN AGE CONFERENCE DEVELOPING URBAN FUTURES ADDIS ABABA 29–30 NOVEMBER 2018 16.15–18.00 DELIVERING HOUSING FOR ALL 14.00–15.45 FINANCING URBAN FUTURES DAY 1 THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2018 Co-chairs: Ricky Burdett, Director, LSE Cities and Urban Age Co-chairs: Ricky Burdett, Director, LSE Cities and Urban Age and and Tau Tavengwa, Co-Founder and Editor, Cityscapes Magazine, Astrid Haas, Senior Country Economist (Cities), Cities that Work, Cape Town & Visiting Associate, LSE Cities IGC, Kampala 08.30–09.30 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE Framing Presentations (10 min each) Keynotes (15 min each) 09.30–09.45 WELCOME Gautam Bhan, Lead, Academics and Research, Indian Institute for THE POLITICS OF URBAN FINANCE Takele Uma Banti, Mayor of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Human Settlements, Bangalore Vera Songwe, Under Secretary General, UN & Executive Secretary, Anna Herrhausen, Executive Director, Alfred Herrhausen Jose Castillo, Principal, a911, Mexico City UNECA, Addis Ababa Gesellschaft, Berlin Kecia Rust, Executive Director and Founder, Centre for Affordable Babatunde Fashola, Minister for Power, Housing and Works, Julia Black, Pro Director for Research, London School of Housing Finance in Africa, Johannesburg Government of Nigeria Economics (LSE) Jennifer Semakula-Musisi, Executive Director, Kampala Capital City Presentations (5 min each) Authority, Uganda 09.45–10.00 CONFERENCE OVERVIEW MASS HOUSING MODELS Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies, LSE & Director, LSE Cities Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Elias Yitbarek Alemayehu, Architect and Presentations (10 min
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