Program        

FEBRUARY 8, 2007

Welcome & Introduction – 9:00AM

Panel I: What are the Problems of Shrinking Cities? Lessons Learned from an International Comparison – 9:30AM
Moderator: Helen Mulligan, Cambridge Architectural Research, UK

Panel II: Kicking Off the Shrinking Cities Debate in North America – 11:30PM
Moderator: David Dowall, IURD

Lunch – 1:00PM

Panel III: Creative Approaches to Revitalizing Shrinking Cities – 2:30PM
Moderator: Karina Pallagst, Shrinking Cities Group

Reception – 4:30 to 6:00PM

FEBRUARY 9, 2007

Panel IV: Governing the Shrinking City, Part 1: Insights from an International Perspective – 9:00AM
Moderator: Jasmin Aber, Shrinking Cities Group

Panel V: Governing the Shrinking City, Part 2: Planning and Policymaking for Shrinking Cities – 11:00AM
Moderator: Elizabeth Deakin, Center for Global Metropolitan Studies

Lunch – 12:30PM

Roundtable — Shrinking Cities: Future Challenges and Needs – 2:00PM
Moderator: Margaret Weir, Depts. of Political Science and Sociology, UC Berkeley

Closing Remarks – 3:45PM
Closing Reception – 4:00 to 5:00PM