An interesting conference (h/t Cluster) on mobility, globalisation, urban spaces and networks coming up in Paris on 30-31 May 2009. Here are the topics and speakers:
World-Information City, Paris 2009: In/Visibility, Access and Urban Zoning
- Mobility Futures – John Urry
- Real Time City – Carlo Ratti
- Re-Assembling the Urban – Saskia Sassen
- The Porosity of Land, Economy, and Politics – Solomon Benjamin
- Cities Under Siege: The New Military Urbanism – Stephen Graham
- The Endless Present – Eyal Weizmann
- Mobile Networks, Urban Swarms – Christophe Aguiton/ Dominique Cardon/ Zbigniew Smoreda
- Mapping Complex Networks – Bruno Latour
- Zoning VS Open Source City – Jose Perez de Lama
