Event: World Infrastructure Summit
12–14 November 2013 
Amsterdam, Netherlands
2013 has seen a swathe of activity from institutional investors looking to finance deals, bonds too are making headway and the products, platforms and procurement developments signify a shift in mindset. With top-notch key speakers – such as Columbia’s National Infrastructure Agency President Andrade Moreno; John McCarthy, Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s Global Head of Infrastructure; and many more – the World Infrastructure Summit 2013 will provide the platform and space to further drive forward developments that will kick-start deal-flow and the delivery of vital infrastructure. Learn more.
Event: New Cities Summit 2014
17–19 June 2014 Dallas, Texas
The New Cities Summit is rapidly becoming the leading global event on the future of urbanization. This annual gathering provides a platform for global decision-makers, CEOs, public sector leaders, entrepreneurs, thinkers and media leaders to discuss urbanization and innovation in the 21st century. This summit is different from other city events because it analyzes a broad range of urban topics from multiple angles and perspectives. It brings together people at the top of their field with emerging innovators. Learn more.
Event: World Urban Forum 7
5–11 April 2014 Medellín, Colombia
“From pain to hope then to life.” This is the simple message the Mayor of Medellin, Mr. Anibal Gaviria Correa, says he wants to pass to the delegates visiting his city for the Seventh Session of the World Urban Forum in 2014. The WUF7 theme is “Urban Equity in Development – Cities for Life.” Learn more.
Opportunity: UN Habitat International Competition: Urban Revitalization of Mass Housing
UN-Habitat is promoting a new urban planning paradigm that calls for planning in advance at the scale of expected development of cities with a better integration of urban uses — housing, business, retail, recreation, education, agricultural, amongst others. The aim of this paradigm shift is to achieve adequate urban densities to minimise the impact of urban sprawl, improve mobility and reduce greenhouse emissions. The ultimate goal is to attain the social, economic, environmental and cultural sustainability of cities.
The purpose of the competition is to address the issues of mass housing through proposals to revitalize a mass housing locality in one’s respective city. For this development-oriented competition, participants will need to contact the owners of the housing stock to jointly select a typical mass housing complex for revitalization. The scope will include research, proposal, and policy. Click here to learn more.
Event: 3rd World Forum of the Metropolis Women International Network
24–27 September 2013 Abidjan, Ivory Coast
This Forum is being organised by the Metropolis Women International Network’s antenna in Abidjan, with the participation of locally elected women representatives and opinion leaders from 42 cities, Metropolis members from all over the world.
The 3rd World Forum will provide an opportunity to discuss a highly topical issue, i.e. the perpetration of violence against women. A review will be conducted of the current state of play as regards women’s situation in armed conflicts as well as the outlook in post-conflict situations. Moreover, an assessment will be made of the national and international instruments and mechanisms for the protection of women’s rights. The issue of political governance for safer cities for women will also be addressed. Learn more.
Event: Legacy and Innovation
11 October 2013 Philadelphia, USA
Welcome to the website for Penn’s Fall 2013 Provost Interdisciplinary Seminar: Legacy and Innovation – Unlocking Value in Regional Energy Assets. Innovation is a prominent item on many agendas: universities celebrate discovery and support tech transfer, think tanks rank places on patents and advocate for investment, enterprises nurture a culture and market its results, and jurisdictions compete on performance and design policies to leverage their advantages. These efforts all happen within a legacy of existing conditions, endowments, and expectations.
Join us on October 11, 2013 to explore the nexus between legacy and innovation using a salient platform: the Philadelphia region’s active discussion of how to leverage its large collection of legacy energy assets into an economic development strategy. Learn more.
Opportunity: Senior Community Manager Africa, Global Shapers
The Global Shapers Team is building an international community of the most outstanding young people committed to improving the state of the world, one community at a time. The Global Shapers Community enables youth to be a voice for the future in local, regional and global thought processes and a catalyst of entrepreneurship in the global public interest. To achieve its mission, the Global Shapers Community is built on a network of local Hubs located in major cities around the world.
You will join the Forum as part of our Global Leadership Fellows Programme. As such, you will be fully integrated in the World Economic Forum and benefit from an intensive work and learning experience intended to develop and train future leaders of global enterprises and international organizations. Click here to learn more.
Opportunity: LGT Venture Philanthropy’s ICats Program
As part of LGT Venture Philanthropy’s support to scale proven local solutions, the ICats Program was established to provide additional know-how to social organizations. The program connects social organizations in need of professional know-how, and experts with the desire to apply their knowledge in a meaningful way, thus acting as “Impact Catalysts”. This is how the name ICats came about. Global corporations can integrate the ICats Program into their leadership development programs to promote responsible leadership through first hand experience.
We are now welcoming applications for over 20 LGT VP Fellowship 2014 positions. Click here to learn more.
Opportunity: Intern with Future Cape Town
Future Cape Town is a non-profit think tank, passionate about the future of cities. It delivers on its mission through engagement, research and collaboration, creating a space for awareness, debate and action, in the area of urbanism in Cape Town and in cities around the world. Future Cape Town’s Urban Intelligence Unit (UIU), the research wing of the organisation, is in search of passionate, inspiring interns to assist this team.
We conduct research in various arenas, through an experiential approach, across a vast range of urban and public issues e.g. public space, models of engagement, new media, urban regeneration, economic development and so forth. Click here to learn more about the internship and to apply.
Event: Sustainable Building Conference
5–7 November 2013 Cairo, Egypt
Democratic Transition and Sustainable Communities: Overcoming Challenges through Innovative Practical Solutions
The goal is to redefine urban challenges in light of the democratic transition of the society and to capture knowledge and best practice with the target of prioritising and mapping innovative solutions to local, regional, and international challenges. This is achieved through four main subthemes to investigate integrated planning and implementation policies, to explore potentials for incorporating new/alternative energy technologies on the urban and architectural scale, to govern the successful implementation through local governance and capacity building; and finally to demonstrate state-of-the-art knowledge through real life innovative practical solutions for disseminating and sharing lessons learnt. Learn more.