Mistra Urban Futures Annual International Conference 2017

Date: 

Monday, November 13, 2017 (All day) to Wednesday, November 15, 2017 (All day)

Location: 

Kisumu, Kenya

The rapidly growing number of people moving into cities all over the world presents a challenge of unprecedented size. It is crucial to find ways to make urbanisation a source of shared wealth, health and sustainability. The Mistra Urban Futures Annual International Conference will take place from 13 to 15 November 2017 in Kisumu, Kenya under the banner “Realising Just Cities – Learning Through Comparison.”

Keynote speakers include:

Caroline Wanjiku Kihato, Visiting Researcher at the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and a Global Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington DC. Member of Mistra Urban Futures Board.

Edgar Pieterse, South African Research Chair in Urban Policy & Director of African Centre for Cities.

ORGANIZER(S): Mistra Urban Futures
EVENT WEBSITE: http://www.mistraurbanfutures.org/en/realising-just-cities-learning-thro...