University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning will host a conference, Future of Urbanism, March 19 & 20, 2010. An international roster of speakers – academics and practioners – will address some of the most critical issues facing our cities and their environs in six sessions, comprised of 15-minute segments and a panel discussion.
Event details:
Friday, March 19, 2010: 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 20, 2010: 9:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Location:
Rackham Auditorium
915 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109
Speakers include:
Alan Berger
Founder, Director, P-REX (Project for Reclamation Excellence); Associate Professor, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Benjamin Bratton
Director, California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology; Associate Professor of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego
Marshall Brown
Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture
Teddy Cruz
Founder, Principal, Estudio Teddy Cruz; Associate Professor, Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego
Dana Cuff
Principal, Community Design Associates; Professor, Architecture and Urban Design, University of California, Los Angeles
Bryan Finoki
Author, Subtopia (Blog); Lecturer, Woodbury University School of Architecture
Joy Garnett
Independent artist, represented by Winkleman Gallery, New York; Visiting Artist/Visiting Professor of Art, Roger Williams University, School of Architecture, Art & Historic Preservation
Laurent Gutierrez
Cofounder of MAP Office (Hong Kong); Associate Professor The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Design
Jonathan Levine
Chair and Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Bart Lootsma
Professor, Leopold-Franzens University in Innsbruck; Guest Professor, University of Luxembourg
Christian Nold
Founder and Creative Director, Softhook Design; Professor, The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London
Myron Orfield
Executive Director, Institute on Race & Poverty, University of Minnesota; Professor, Law, University of Minnesota; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Megan Owens
Executive Director, Transit Riders United, Detroit
Valerie Portefaix
Director and Cofounder of MAP Office (Hong Kong)
Michaele Pride
Associate Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning
Christopher Reed
Founder, Principal, Stoss Landscape Urbanism; Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Saskia Sassen
Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University; Centennial Visiting Professor, London School of Economics
Kazys Varnelis
Director, Architecture Lab, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation; Co-founder, AUDC
Alex Wall
Partner, UMNet; Professor, Urban Design, Institute for the Design of City and Landscape, Faculty of Architecture, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Mabel Wilson
Associate Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation
Dr. Jianfei Zhu
Associate Professor, University of Melbourne
Look for more speakers and event information after break!
The speaker presentations will be available on Taubman College’s YouTube site in April.
Future of Urbanism is the 2nd conference in a series of events that brings together international experts to provide insight and debate on design initiatives past, present and future. The other conferences include:
Future of Design Fall 2009
Future of Technology Fall 2010
Future of History Winter 2011
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