Rethinking the city: how mayors respond to the needs of a post-COVID city
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This pandemic has been a wakeup call, which has shown that cities are at the front lines of the COVID-19 response and that the virus has the power to reconfigure urban spaces and human interactions. This webinar discussion will be open to all mayors from around the world. Mayors will be given the opportunity to go beyond sharing emerging good practices at the local level by debating their visions for an improved post-COVID city and the urban agenda. In panels and open debates mayors will discuss how they have reframed their knowledge and experience in light of the shifts caused by COVID-19. Issues on expanded governance, democracy, public health, urban sustainability, education and culture are among the topics that will be discussed. In addition to mayors, leaders of city networks and international organisations will be invited to share their expertise in the debates. This webinar will also facilitate a Q&A session for everyone to put forward questions, particular interests and concerns.
MODERATOR?
Dr. Shipra Narang Suri, Chief Urban Practices Branch, UN-Habitat. Twitter: @ShipraSuri


Ricardo Rio
Mayor of Braga
Portugal

Rohey Malick Lowe
Mayor of Banjul
The Gambia

Hayet Bayoudh
Mayor of Carthage
Tunisia

Pedro Palacios
Mayor of Cuenca
Ecuador

Annekatrin Klepsch
Deputy Mayor of Dresden
Germany

Emil Boc
Mayor of Cluj-Napoca
Romania

Mxolisi Kaunda
Mayor of eThekwini/Durban
South Africa

Grace Mary Mugasa
Mayor of Hoima
Uganda

Tunç Soyer
Mayor of Izmir
Turkey

Peter Kurz
Mayor of Mannheim
Germany

Esther Ndyanabo
Mayor of Mityana
Uganda

Landing B. Sanneh
Mayor of Mansakonko Area Council
The Gambia

Geoffrey Ngiriker
Mayor of Nebbi
Uganda

Graig Simmons
Lord Mayor of Oxford
The United Kingdom of Great Britain

Leoluca Orlando
Mayor of Palermo
Italy

Óscar Escobar
Mayor of Palmira
Colombia

Manuel de Aurajo
Mayor of Quelimane
Mozambique

Catarina Vaz Pinto
Deputy Mayor International Relations & Culture
Lisbon, Portugal

Mohamed Sadiki
Mayor of Rabat
Marocco

Bryan Barnett
Mayor of Rochester Hills
U.S.A

Xosé Antonio Sánchez Bugallo
Mayor of Santiago de Compostela
Spain

Baikuntha Neupane
Mayor of Vyas
Nepal

Jakub Mazur
Deputy Mayor of Wroclaw
Poland

Ed Johnson
Former Mayor of Asbury Park, GPM Honorary Member
USA

Shipra Narang Suri
Chief Urban Practices UN Habitat
Nairobi, Kenya

Ian Klaus
Senior Fellow
Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Kobie Brand
Deputy Secretary General ICLEI
South Africa

Charles Landry
Urban Specialist Creative City
GPM Advisory Committee Member

Juma Assiago
Specialist-Safer Cities, HR&SIU/Urban Practices Branch
UN Habitat

Aziza Akhmouch
Head of Division Cities
OECD

Eric Corijn
Professor Urban Studies Free University of Brussels
GPM Advisory Committee member

Thomas George
Chief of Urban and Senior Advisor
UNICEF

Pier Luigi Sacco
Professor of Cultural Economics, University of Milan
Senior Researcher, Visiting Scholar
Harvard University

Dr. Ege Yildirim
Heritage Planner, ICOMOS Focal Point for the SDGs
Istanbul

Wolfgang Teubner
Regional Director
ICLEI Europe