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Global Conference 2025

The Global Quest to Reinvent the City

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As the world becomes increasingly developed and urbanized, finding ways in which cities can become more livable, sustainable, and digitally enabled is a growing global challenge. In addition, global cities, including their infrastructure networks, face numerous challenges from climate change, including adapting to sea level rises, global heating, and natural disasters such as floods, fires, and tropical storms. This panel will share perspectives from different cities across the globe, focusing on developing resilient infrastructure networks, adapting to climate risks, and using digital tools to improve the built environment for their inhabitants.  

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    Moderator

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    Maggie Switek

    Senior Director, Research, Milken Institute

    Speakers

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    Mikkel Bülow-Lehnsby

    Co-Founder and Executive Chair, Urban Partners
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    Thomas Heatherwick

    Founder, Heatherwick Studio
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    Matthew Kahn

    Provost Professor of Economics, University of Southern California
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    Erin L. Murphy

    Deputy Director, Chair, India and Emerging Asia Economics and Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies