The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), the Consortium for Sustainable Urbanization and the American Institute for Architecture New York Chapter are co-organizing a high-level discussion, which will cover key developments in the area of sustainable urbanization, entitled “The Future of Cities: An Integrated Approach to Urban Challenges”.

This event is taking place on the occasion of the High-level Thematic Debate on Means of Implementation for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda, and aims to address the mobilization of adequate means of implementation critical to achieving a truly sustainable urbanization, including financial resources, data-driven innovation, technology development and transfer, as well as capacity building.

This event will bring together high-level experts and representatives from national and local governments, non-governmental organizations, academia, foundations and industry. Speakers include Dr. Clos, Executive Director of UN-Habitat and H.E. Karen Tan, Permanent Representative of Singapore to the UN, Co-Chair, Group of Friends for Sustainable Cities and Mr. James McCullar, Architect and former President of the New York Chapter of the AIA.

A dialogue session will be moderated by Mr. Urs Gauchat, Dean of the College of Architecture and Design, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and feature the following Panelists:

• Mrs. Nilda Mesa, Director, NYC, Mayor’s Office of Sustainability
• Mrs. Ritva Viljanen, Deputy Mayor of Helsinki
• Mr. Tom Wright, President, Regional Plan Association
• Mr. Navid Hanif, Director, Department of Economic and Social Affairs , Office for ECOSOC Support and Coordination
• Mrs. Ana Marie Argilagos, Senior Advisor, Ford Foundation
• Mr. Douglas I. Foy, CEO, Serrafix Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts
• Mr. David Klingberg, CEO, David Lock Associates, Melbourne

 Event is free, but please register here to reserve your place: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-future-of-cities-an-integrated-approach-to-urban-challenges-tickets-15469865785?aff=es2&rank=26