Stanford Center for Sustainable Development & Global Competitiveness, in collaboration with International Towns Federation, cordially invite you to join the Sustainable Urban Development Forum at Stanford University on Jan 18, 2020.

In their 1987 landmark report entitled “Our Common Future”, the World Commission on Environment and Development issued a clear call to action.  The Commission declared that sustainability is more than natural resource conservation and environmental protection.  Sustainability promises future generations the right to a clean natural world and hope for a better future and society, while not depriving current generations of opportunity in their own lifetime.

This is the challenge we come to address, in part, through this forum.  How do urban areas build a global community to deliver not only survival and prosperity, but also a clean natural world and a better future for everyone?  Through a set of distinguished keynote addresses and curated panel discussions, we look to address this question, and propose pathways toward bold, forward-looking solutions.  Through the collective efforts of towns and cities around the globe, we envision an Earth and a world of one to answer that now-famous call to action issued over three decades ago.

Featured Keynote Speakers and Panelists Include:

• Kevin Rudd - the 26th Australian Prime Minister, Honorary Chair of International Towns Federation
• George Papandreou  - the 182th Prime Minister of Greek
• Thomas Ridge – First U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania
• Xinli Zheng – Vice Chairman, China Center for International Economic Exchanges
• Steven Chu  – Professor of Physics, Stanford University, Co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Physics
• James O. Leckie  –Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
• Marcus Feldman – Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
• Yi Cui – Professor of Material Science and Engineering, Stanford University
• Arun Majumdar –Professor at School of Engineering, Stanford University
• Bruce Cain – Professor at School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
• Michael Lepech – Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
• Sameer Sharma  –Global General Manager (Cities & Transportation) for IOT Solutions, Intel
• Allen Shi – Director of Corporate Partnerships, Mobility, IoT, Smart Cities, Plug and Play
• Stephen Zoepf  – Chief of Policy Development, Ellis & Associates
• Jie Wang – Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness, Stanford University
• Cody Simms  – Partner, Techstars
• Todd McKean  – Director of Supplier Sustainability - Asia, Apple

Thank you to our sponsors and supporters

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