Building Livable Cities 2010 @ Delhi on Oct 19th October 19, 2010

Agenda :

1:00 - 1:15 pm : Registration

1:15 - 1:25 pm : Blueprint Showcase : Visioning the City

1:25 - 1:35 pm : Introduction : Building Livable Cities

1:35 - 3:05 pm : Presentations ( 15 mins each)

3:05 – 4:00 pm : Discussion , Q & A and Closing Remarks &Presentation

Speakers Include:

Christopher Kost , Technical Director ,

ITDP Kamal Meattle,CEO, Paharpur Business Centre

Karuna Gopal , President, Foundation for Futuristic Cities
Aditi Dass, Deputy Director , The Climate Group India

M. Ramachandran , Former Urban Development Secretary

About: Building Livable Cities is a multi city investigation to look at ideas to make Indian Cities Livable. As part of the initiative ; symposiums will take place across 5 cities – Bangalore , Mumbai , Delhi , Chennai ,and Ahmedabad between Oct 18-22.The outcome will be presented in a book. The “Urban Visioning “Program titled the Blueprint showcases the urban visions of a number of leading Indian architects . The series will also be podcasted.

The theme of Building Livable cities 2010 is EcoCities - Driving India towards the age of sustainability which will explore strategies that can make Indian cities environmentally sustainable. Today, cities occupy about 2% of the world's surface area and have a disproportionately large impact on the earth’s ecology. According to the United Nations, cities are responsible for 75% of global energy consumption and 80% of greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, a large part of the solution towards solving the crisis of Climate Change lies in solving the crisis of Cities. This series of multi city forums is aimed at creating a blueprint of a sustainable future.

Learn More here: www.theurbanvision.com/blc

Official Website: http://theurbanvision.com/blc/