13:00 - 15:00

INTRODUCTION
Vidar Helgesen, Laura Sprechman

THE STATE OF THINGS NOW
Gautam Bhan, Nicolas Buchoud, Ann Legeby, Karen Seto, Jan Vapaavuori
Moderator: Adam Smith

WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM ANCIENT CITIES?
Monica Smith

THE IMAGE OF THE CITY
Anna Blennow
Moderator: Karin Svensson

13:50

AN SDG PERSPECTIVE ON AFRICAN URBANISATION
Edgar Pieterse

THE RISE OF THE AFRICAN CITY
Susan Parnell, Edgar Pieterse
Moderator: Adam Smith

EMPOWERING THE CITY OF THE FUTURE: COMMUNITY ASSEMBLIES
Daniel Urquijo

SHAPING THE CITY OF THE FUTURE: CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
Sanna Ghotbi

DEMOCRACY AND THE CITY
Kevin Casas, Sanna Ghotbi, Lisa Mastiaux, Paul Romer
Moderator: Mimi Billing

14:30

WHEN SCIENTISTS TALK TO POLICY MAKERS
Interview with chemistry laureate Frances Arnold
Interviewer: Adam Smith

WORKING WITH GOVERNMENT
Nicolas Buchoud, Kevin Casas, Susan Parnell, Jan Vapaavuori
Moderator: Adam Smith

PERFORMANCE PIECE
Modise Sekgothe

15:00 - 15:20

Live from the foyer

15:30 - 17:30

15:30

THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
Interview with physics laureate Brian Schmidt
Interviewer: Mimi Billing

FROM EXTRACTING TO INTERSECTING: A POST COVID-19 VALUE PROPOSAL
Nicolas Buchoud

TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE URBANISATION
Nicolas Buchoud, Serge Haroche, Karen Seto, Monica Smith
Moderator: Juleen Zierath

THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SPACES
Anna Blennow, Limin Hee, Ann Legeby
Moderator: Karin Svensson

BUILD BACK FAIRER
Michael Marmot

TACKLING INEQUALITIES
Gautam Bhan, Edward Glaeser, Ann Legeby, Michael Marmot
Moderator: Marcus Jahnke

16:40

PERFORMANCE PIECE
Linn Björnsdotter

ON CREATIVITY
Interview with physics laureate Serge Haroche
Interviewer: Juleen Zierath

THE SENSEABLE CITY
Carlo Ratti

CITIES ARE WHERE THE ACTION IS
Talk with economic sciences laureate Paul Romer

SMART CITIES
Serge Haroche, Edward Glaeser, Carlo Ratti, Paul Romer, Monica Smith, Jan Vapaavuori
Moderator: Adam Smith

Performance piece credits:

The Songs of Secrets and Heliotropism
Production and curation:
Hedda Krausz Sjögren

Co-curation:

Hear My Voice

Phomolo Sekamotho

Mo'Afrika Mokgathi-Mvubu

Ishmael Sibiya

Secrets of Cities visual projections by:
Matías Ruiz-Tagle, Jotam Schoeman

Secrets of Cities Poetry and Performance by:
Modise Sekgothe, Linn Björnsdotter