Building Livable  Cities 2010:  Delhi

Date: October 19th , 1:00p.m – 4:00 p.m

Venue: India International Centre Auditorium

 Agenda :

 1:00 - 1:15 pm  : Registration

1:15 - 1:25 pm  : Blueprint Showcase : Visioning the City

Featuring the Vision for future Indian Cities by Leading Indian Architects like Jaisim , Hafeez Contractor , SK Das and many others. Click Here to learn more

1:25 - 1:35 pm  : Introduction : Building Livable Cities

1:35 - 3:05 pm  : Presentations ( 15 mins each)

3:05 – 4:00 pm : Discussion , Q & A and Closing Remarks &Presentation

Speakers Include:

Christopher Kost , Technical Director ,

ITDP Kamal Meattle,CEO, Paharpur Business Centre

Karuna Gopal , President, Foundation for Futuristic Cities
 
Aditi Dass,  Deputy Director , The Climate Group India

M. Ramachandran , Former Urban Development Secretary

About: Building Livable Cities is a multi city investigation to look at ideas to make Indian Cities Livable. As part of the initiative ;  symposiums will take place across 5 cities – Bangalore , Mumbai , Delhi , Chennai ,and  Ahmedabad between Oct 18-22.The outcome will be presented in a book. The “Urban Visioning “Program titled the Blueprint showcases the urban visions of a  number of leading Indian architects . The series will also be podcasted.

 The theme of Building Livable  cities 2010 is EcoCities - Driving India towards the age of sustainability which will explore strategies that can make Indian cities environmentally sustainable. Today, cities occupy about 2% of the world's surface area and have a disproportionately large impact on the earth’s ecology. According to the United Nations, cities are responsible for 75% of global energy consumption and 80% of greenhouse gas emissions.  Therefore, a large part of the solution towards solving the crisis of Climate Change lies in solving the crisis of Cities. This series of multi city forums is aimed at creating a blueprint of a sustainable future.

Learn More here:  www.theurbanvision.com/blc