We also participate in Projects and Forums.

PRESENTATIONS

2009

“Creativity, Public Engagement and Political Accountability: The New Measure,” Linda Lees, CCI

Paper presented at “Government Encounters: Policies, Research and the Emergence of Creative Spaces Conference”

Sponsor: Copenhagen Business School, May 2009

2008

“Cities Live! Vision and Implementation,” Linda Lees, CCI

“Marketing Cities: Place Branding in Perspective” Conference

Sponsors: Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies, Humboldt University, and Association for Place Branding and Public Diplomacy
City Hall, Berlin, December 2008

2007

Economic Development Competitiveness

December 2007
Sponsors:  Charlotte Regional Partnership Investor Forum
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Johnson & Wales University
Charlotte, North Carolina
Participants included:

  • Richard Greene, Principal, Creative Cities International
  • Ed McCallum, Principal, McCallum Sweeney Consulting
  • Eric Stavriotis, Jones Lang LaSalle
  • Jessica Hayden, Jones Lang LaSalle
  • John Rhodes, MSB Consulting


Brooklyn Matters:  “Brooklyn Matters”

October 2007
Sponsor:  The Wilson Center for National Affairs, The New School
Participants:

  • Candace Carponter, Head of Legal Team, Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn
  • Francis Morrone, architecture critic
  • Ron Schiffman, Director, Pratt Institute Center for Community and Environmental Development
  • Isabel Hill, filmmaker, Building History Productions
Moderator:  Linda Lees, CCI

Featuring Isabel Hill’s documentary film, “Brooklyn Matters”


Sustainability Conference, CoreNet Global, London Summit
“Building Lasting, Sustainable Communities”

September 2007
Presenters:

  • Linda Lees, CCI, “Elephant & Castle: A Cultural Approach to Economic Development”
  • Susie Wilson, Community Development Manager, Greenwich Peninsula (MDL), Lend Lease, “Greenwich Peninsula Development”
Moderator: Philip Tidd, Managing Director, DEGW UK Ltd
(http://www2.corenetglobal.org/summits_events/london_2007/reports/wednesday.vsp#ep_x)


“Art as an Impetus for Successful Re-Development”

Sponsor: Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Hudson, New York
September 2007
Panelists:

  • Joyce Schwartz, arts consultant
  • Maider Bilbao Echeverria, artist-in-residence
  • Linda Lees, CCI
Moderator: Livia Straus, Founder


2006

Urban Land Institute: ULI Europe
Cinderella Cities: Tales of Modern Urban Renaissance

Birmingham, UK
June 2006
Culture: Celebrating Cornerstones of Community
Panelists:

  • Sir Albert Bore, Councillor, Ladywood Ward, Birmingham, UK
  • Pierre Baillargeon, Director, HOK International Ltd, London, UK
  • Charles-Henri Malécot, Director of International Relations, City of Lyon, France
  • Linda Lees, CCI, New York
Moderator: Reinier de Graaf, Partner, Office of Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam, The Netherlands


2003-2005

“Making the Creative City:  A Vitality Index”

Presentation at the New York Metro American Studies Association Annual Conference: “Public and Private in Urban Space”
Hunter College, City University of New York
October 2005


Immigration Today: Revisiting The “Fertile Verge”

Sponsor: The Wilson Center for National Affairs, The New School
October 2005
Panelists:

  • Tamera Luzzatto, Chief of Staff to US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton
  • Elzbieta Matynia, Director, Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, Graduate Faculty
  • Judy Rabinovitz, Senior Staff Counsel with the ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project
  • Earl Shorris, author of “New American Blues”
Moderator:  Linda Lees, CCI


The Prince of the City?
Giuliani’s New York and the Genius of American Life

Sponsor:  The Wilson Center for National Affairs, The New School, New York
June 2005
Panelists:

  • Andrew Kirtzman, WCBS-TV, author, “Rudy Giuliani: Emperor of the City”
  • Michael Tomasky, Executive Editor, American Prospect
  • Jon Avlon, New York Sun
  • Andrew White, Director for New York City Affairs, Milano Graduate School
  • Fred Siegel, author, “The Prince of the City”
Moderator:  Linda Lees, CCI


Creative Capital: The Creative Class

April 2003
Sponsors: Beacon Project Space and The Vera List Center for Art and Politics, The New School
April 1: The New School, New York
Panelists:

  • Alberta Arthurs, arts consultant
  • Jeff Madrick, Editor, CHANGE and writer for New York Review of Books
  • Neil Scott Kleiman, Director, The Center for an Urban Future
  • Vera Zolberg, Professor of Sociology, Graduate Faculty, The New School

April 8: “The Hudson River Valley: Case Study in Culture and Community Development,” Beacon Project Space, Beacon, New York
Panelists:

  • Sidney Plotkin, Professor, Political Science, Vassar College
  • Ann Davis, Professor, Economics, Marist College
  • David A. Ross, Director, Beacon Cultural Project

Moderator:  Linda Lees, CCI