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The Future of Cities: View from the Left Coast

New Geography — Tue, 13 Dec 2022 17:04:17 -0500

Save the date! Join us live for a Speaker Panel on Friday January 20,2023 from 11:30AM - 2:30PM PST.

The Western US has long been an innovator in developing the urban form, yet now that form is showing strain and there's a fierce debate about how western cities should grow.

The speaker panel will explore these issues, from homelessness to high housing prices and the impact of regulation.

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Chapman University

Ask the Experts: The World After COVID

New Geography — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 20:05:46 -0400

On September 1, 2021, Chapman University’s Vice President for Research, Thomas Piechota hosted Ask the Experts Virtual Town Hall: The World After COVID. The event featured Richard Florida, the world’s premier urban expert, who will discuss the global future with leading experts from the US, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Florida, the author of The Creative Class and the New Urban Crisis, will be followed by Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in Urban Futures at Chapman; Behki Mahlobo, analyst and economic researcher at the Center of Risk Analysis in Johannesburg; Li Sun, expert of Chinese cities and professor at the University of Leeds; and Laure Mandeville-Tostain, senior reporter for Le Figaro in Paris.

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Ask the Experts Virtual Town Hall: The World After COVID

New Geography — Sat, 31 Jul 2021 20:40:04 -0400

Chapman University’s Vice President for Research, Thomas Piechota hosts Ask the Experts Virtual Town Hall: The World After COVID on Wednesday, September 1st from 9:00 – 10:00 AM PST. The event will feature Richard Florida, the world’s premier urban expert, who will discuss the global future with leading experts from US, Europe, Africa and Asia. Florida, author of The Creative Class and the New Urban Crisis, will be followed by Joel Kotkin, Presidential Fellow in urban futures at Chapman University; Behki Mahlobo, analyst and economic researcher at the Center of Risk Analysis in Johannesburg; Li Sun, expert of Chinese cities and professor at University of Leeds; and Laure Mandeville-Tostain, senior reporter for Le Figaro in Paris.

The discussion will be moderated by Marshall Toplansky of Chapman University.

Learn more about the Ask the Experts series here