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| Date: | Apr 12, 2013 9:00am–6:00pm |
| Organized by: | CLUSTER (Cairo Lab for Urban Studies, Training and Environmental Research) The American University in Cairo |
| Venue: | Oriental Hall, AUC Tahrir Campus |
| Address: | 113 Kasr El Aini Street, Downtown Cairo |
| Admission: | by registration |
| Supported by: | The Ford Foundation, the American University in Cairo, Department of Construction and Architectural Engineering, School of Sciences and Engineering, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, School of Business
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| Event Language: | (Arabic/English translation will be provided) |
| Website: | http://www.learningfromcairo.org |
Learning from Cairo seeks to engage the current political and urban transformation unfolding in Cairo as a critical context for examining relevant international case studies and best practices in areas ranging from housing, transportation, public space, and local governance to informality. Learning from Cairo emphasizes a comparative and interdisciplinary approach bringing practitioners, academics, officials and local stakeholders into dialogue, with the objective of generating an ongoing critical urban discourse, and future visions for Cairo.
To register go to: http://forms.aucegypt.edu/learningfromcairo/
Friday, April 12th, 2013
Public Plenary sessions
Participants include:
Gautam Bhan, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Delhi
Mohamed Elshahed, Cairobserver
Heba Raouf Ezzat, Cairo University
Khaled Fahmy, Department of History, AUC
Ayman Ismail, Department of Management, School of Business, AUC Mokena Makeka, Makeka Design Lab
Damon Rich, Division of Planning and Community Development, Newark, NJ
Lindsey Sherman, Urban-Think Tank, Caracas/ Zurich
David Sims, Author of Understanding Cairo: The Logic of a City Out of Control
Diane Singerman, Department of Government, American University, Washington D.C.; Tadamun
Gregers Tang Thomsen and Selva Gürdogan, Superpool, Istanbul
