WHAT IS GLOBAL CITY

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• WHAT IS GLOBAL CITY ?
• GLOBAL CITY is the only international networking
  forum where city leaders, mayors, political
  leaders and city executives can share strategies,
  methods and concrete solutions to help them
  implement their vision of a sustainable city and
  metropolitan region.
• Here they are able to meet with both private and
  public sector decision-makers in order to address
  the most pressing issues facing modern cities

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• WHO ATTEND ?
• Key players from across the world

• Private partners
• - Urban service providers
• - Developers, planners, architects
• - Investors
• Urban related partners
• - City networks associations
• - Experts, consultants, academics

• City decision-makers
• - Mayors, elected officials and political leaders
• - Local authorities senior executives
• Public partners
• - Development agencies
• - Public private joint ventures
• - Chambers of commerce
• European, national regional institutions

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• WHY ATTEND ?

• A worldwide meeting place
• Meet over 1.000 urban decision-makers from 250
  cities in one place
• Discover concrete achievements in public-private
  cooperation
• Enlarge your international cities network
• Analyse innovative solutions applied in worlds
  cities
• Compare numerous urban strategy models
• Share experiences and approaches with
  counterparts
• Address key issues involved in sustainable urban
  development

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• A cutting-edge conference program featuring
• - Urban comparative sessions where 2 or 3 cities
  having tackled the same issue present, one after
  the other, with one of their private partner,
  their choice of solution, the reasons for this
  choice as well as their implementation process
• - Workshop sessions where all participants are
  allowed to share practical experiences on key
  subjects
• - Panels where leading international city leaders
  exchange their vision with renowned experts and
  key urban partners
• - Keynote speeches of City visionaries
• A half-day think-tank program dedicated to City
  Leaders
• - The Leaders Summit Lunch focused on urban
  leadership challenges, this closed-door meeting
  is exclusively for city leaders and by invitation
  only. Provides an opportunity for them to meet
  with their international counterparts, share
  their personal visions of sustainability, and
  discuss the pressing issues which face their
  communities

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• GLOBAL CITY in figures
• 1.026 urban decision-makers including 63 from
  the public sector
• 250 cities from 43 countries
• 119 international Mayors and elected Officials
• 80 of attendees are political leaders, chief
  executives and senior officers
• 45 of international audience

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• Already committed to GLOBAL CITY

• An international showcase for cities
• Angers Amsterdam Asturias Barcelona
  Berlin Birmingham Bordeaux Breda Brno
  Calgary Commune de Settimo Torinese - Dunkerque
  Freiburg Ghent Gateshead Krakow The
  Hague Leeds Lille EuroMetropole Liverpool
  Lodz London Los Angeles Luxembourg Lyon
  Madrid Marseille Manchester Mecca -Metz
  Milano Munich -Nancy Nantes Metropole Paris
  Portland Rome Santa Monica Seattle
  Solidaridad South East England Region
  Stockholm Stuttgart Toronto Turin
  Valencia Vitoria York Regional Municipality
  Zurich Zaragoza

A dynamic platform for private cities
partners Apsys Group Caisse des dépôts et
Consignations Cisco System CVL Commerce en
Ville et en Ligne Drees Sommer Gmbh DTZ
EDF Group Envac Gaz de France ING real
Estate JC Decaux group Kapsch Trafficcom
Marazzi Motorola Philips Lighting Porter
Novelli Sogelym Steiner Standards Poors
Suez Urbaser Veolia Environnement Vinyl
2010