Urban Age
Global Metro Summit: Delivering the next Economy
Chicago, December 7–8, 2010
In December the London School of Economics Cities Programme, the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, and the Alfred Herrhausen Society, hosted a major metropolitan summit in Chicago. The summit articulated a vision for the next economy and demonstrated how metropolitan areas can achieve this vision, in partnership with smart federal and state policies.
Ricky Burdett, Juan Clos, Jose Serra and Bruce Katz (from left to right)
The “Great Recession” has dramatically disrupted the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. In the United States, cities and metropolitan areas are facing brutal fiscal challenges, new energy and environmental imperatives and structural demographic realities that demand innovative solutions.
The organizers of the Global Metro Summit also believe that the next economy will be led by metropolitan areas. To build the next economy, the United States must connect the macro global vision to the metro reality – the macro to the metro.
The organizers of the Global Metro Summit also believe that the next economy will be led by metropolitan areas. To build the next economy, the United States must connect the macro global vision to the metro reality – the macro to the metro.
Ricky Burdett, Juan Clos, Jose Serra and Bruce Katz (from left to right)
Happy Mayors: Times-moderator Rick Stenger with Mayor Villaraigosa (L.A.), Mayor Nutter (Philadelphia) and Mayor Daley (Chicago)
The goals of the Global Metro Summit are as follows:
- Unveil a vision of the next economy that is export-oriented, low carbon, innovation-fueled and opportunity-rich, supported by new trend analysis and research;
- Connect those macro goals to metropolitan reality;
- Provide a policy playbook for all levels of governments that empowers metro areas to deliver the next economy;
- Showcase innovative metropolitan regions, including those who will deliver Metropolitan Business Plans;
- Showcase a new vision of greater Chicago’s economy, as presented by Mayor Daley, and;
- Learn from global examples of successful federal-metro partnerships in advancing economic transformation, with examples featuring the green economy, innovation and exports.
Read more:
www.globalmetrosummit.net
www.globalmetrosummit.net
More information:
- Agenda Global Metro Summit, 8 December 2010 [PDF/ 176 KB]
- Brookings Metropolitan Programm [more]
- Urban Age Project [more]
