What shape is your city?

Globalisation is bringing enormous challenges to leading western capitals like New York, London and Paris with rising inequality, growing populations and increased living costs putting huge pressures on citizens and services. Against this background, ‘What Shape is Your City?’ will ask a panel of international experts what cities can do to meet these challenges and to create neighbourhoods that work for all.

Main speaker:

Carl Weisbrod, Director of the New York City Department of City Planning and Chairman of the New York City Planning Commission

Expert Panel:
Dominique Alba, Director, APUR - Paris’ planning agency
Wulf Daseking, former Director of City Planning for Freiburg
Stewart Murray, Assistant Director - Planning, GLA
Charlie Leadbeater, Associate, Centre for London
Michael Cassidy, Chair, New London Sounding Board and Chairman Designate of Ebbsfleet Garden City (Chair)