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Keynote at Shanghai Sustainable Urban Development Forum

Lars Reuterswärd, Director at Mistra Urban Futures is holding a keynote speech today the 11th October at the 2013 Shanghai Sustainable Urban Development Forum. The forum is a part of the 2013 Shanghai Building Energy Efficiency and Green Building Technology Week.

It is organized by the Science and Technology Committee of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Urban and Rural Construction and Transport and the goal is to investigate the risks and problems in current society and forecast Shanghai and global metropolis development in the forthcoming 30 years.

Lars Reuterswärd will speak about Sustainable Development of Cities in a global context. Other keynote speakers include QIU Baoxing, Vice Minister, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Klaus Töpfer, former Deputy Secretary-General of UN and WU Zhiqiang, Vice President, Tongji University. Tongji University is Mistra Urban Futures partner in Shanghai.