An Urbanicity Conference Alert for Global Mayors Forum 2010 - web version

a major international event for senior local government and urban development stakeholders

HONG KONG AND SHENZHEN, CHINA ON 5-8 NOVEMBER 2010
Speech Opportunities of the 2010 Global Mayors Forum

We are looking for the best speakers who are willing to share their experience, skills, and stories with a high profile diverse crowd of global mayors, government officials, entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, scholars, Media elites from all over the world. We are now calling for speakers around the world to speak at the following sessions/panels:

 

Conference Types

Topics
Plenary Session
(preferred mayors ONLY)
A total of 1,000 guests from all over the world will present, including tens of UN officials, 200 global mayors, 500 global leading investors, 200 top urban operators, 100 experts on urban development, etc.
Plenary Session will invite one representative of the outstanding mayors respectively from the six continents to deliver a speech and share the experience on Leadership for Sustainability.
 Leadership for Sustainability

Date: November 6th , 2010
Venue: Asia World-Expo
High-End Dialogues
Communicate with the UN officials and the leaders of international organizations, policy makers, urban managers, global top experts and scholars and media elites, to engage in in-depth discussions of the much-debated topics such as Financial Reform, Climate Changes, Energy Application, Food Security, Urban Design, etc.

1. Financial Reform
2. Climate Change
3. Food Security
4. Energy Application
5. Urban Design

Date: November 6th , 2010
Venue: Asia World-Expo

Parallel Sessions
(preferred mayors ONLY)


The Parallel Sessions will be organized around the Melbourne Principle. The Melbourne Principles were developed by the United Nations Environment Program International Environmental Technology Centre and the Environment Protection Authority Victoria.


Concentrating on the Melbourne Principle, the 10 Parallel Sessions exchange management experience internationally and promote the technology and experiment of global sustainable development by discussing and studying the much-debated topics such as the urban economic development and social security, the design and construction of livable cities?

Every Parallel Sessions will invite one official from UN or international organizations to be the moderator, four global excellent mayors to be the guest speakers, one of which will be a mayor from China.

1. Long-term Vision for Sustainable Cities
2. the Economic and Social Well-being of Sustainable Cities
3. Biodiversity and Protection of Natural Ecosystems-the Economic Value of Nature
4. Ecological Footprint-demand Side Management
5. Cities as Sustainable Ecosystem-Resiliency and Adaptation
6. Building on Distinctive Characteristics to Establish a City’s Identity-Cultural Cities
7. Empower People and Foster Participation
8. Expand and Enable Cooperative Networks
9. Sustainable Production and Consumption, Environmental Technologies and Demand Management
10. Accountability, Transparency and Good Governance

For the first FIVE topics:

  • Date: November 6th ,2010 (14:30-16:00)
    Venue: Asia World-Expo
    For the last FIVE topics:
  • Date: November 7th ,2010 (8:30-10:00)
    Venue: Asia World-Expo
We are accepting speaking proposals now; interested potential speakers please select the topics on which you would like to deliver a speech and inform us by e-mail. If you have any suggestions for the topics above, please feel free to contact us at the following contact details:

Permanent Secretariat of the Global Mayors Forum: International Mayors Communication Centre (IMCC)
Shenzhen Address: 16F, International Mayor Communication Center Building, Shennan Road, Shenzhen, China, Zip Code: 518053
Tel: (86) 755-8610 0516, 8610 0515, Fax: (86) 755-8610 0235
Email:info@hk-imcc.com
Website: Http://www.g-mforum.org

 

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