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International Conference on Divided Cities and Strategies for Undivided Cities

Metropolis Inter Conference

 

Oil painting by Gerd Cruse-Sondén, Architect,
Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg

The Göteborg University
School of Economics and Commercial Law
Vasagatan 1
Göteborg, Sweden
May 25 - 26, 1998

Organized by Göteborg City, Göteborg University, Förvaltnings AB Framtiden
in collaboration with Metropolis Project, Canada

 

1st day

Monday 25th May, 1998

Time Activity Presenters/Speakers
09:30-10:00 Registration  
10:00-10:30 Plenary Chair:
Dr. Ingrid Johansson, Göteborg University, Sweden

Welcome
Professor Lars Nordström, Göteborg University, Sweden
10:30-1 1:00 Plenary The agenda of the Metropolis Project - an International Forum for Research and Policy on Migration and Cities
Mr. Meyer Burstein, Executive Head of the Metropolis Project, Citizenship and Immigration, Canada
11:00-12:00 Plenary The Cities in the Global Economy
Professor Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, USA
12:00-12:30 Health Break
  
12:30-13:30 Plenary Estates on The Edge
The Social Consequences of Mass Housing in Northern Europe
Dr. Anne Power, The London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK
13:30-14:30 Lunch
  
14:30-15:00 Plenary Segregation Dynamics and Urban Policy Issues in Sweden
Dr. Roger Andersson, Uppsala University, Sweden
15:00-18:00 Working Groups Two parallel working groups; Area-based Policy Issues and Strategies for Neighbourhood Developments in Stockholm, Malmö and Göteborg, Sweden
Group 1:
Chair:
Dr. Roger Andersson, Uppsala University,
Sweden

Presenters:
Dr. Lars-Göran Karlsson, Umei University,
Sweden

Dr. Per Broomé, BEST, Institute of Population
Economics, Stockholm, Sweden

Dr. Sören Olsson, Göteborg University,
Sweden

 Group 2:
Chair:
Dr. Ingrid Johansson, Göteborg University,Sweden

Presenters:
Dr. Irene Molina, Uppsala University, Sweden

Dr. Gunnar Alsmark, Lund University, Sweden

Dr. Urban Herlitz, Göteborg University, Sweden
16:00-16:30 Health Break
  
18:00-18:15 Closing Remarks Day One
Ms. Kristine Dösen, Senior Planner, Göteborg City, Sweden
9:30- Evening Surprise The Conference Participants meet at Lilla Bommen by "Börjessons" (across Göteborg Opera House)

 

 

 

2nd day

Tuesday 26th May, 1998

Time Activity Presenters/Speakers
09:00-10:00 Plenary Chair:
Dr. Sören Olsson, Göteborg University, Sweden

Ethnic Segregation in Dutch Cities and the Policy Agenda
Dr. Ronald van Kempen, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
10:00-10:15 Health Break
  
10:15-11:15 Plenary Tenants' Participation and Empowerment in Social Housing Improvement Schemes; Myths and Facts in France
Dr. Maurice Blanc, Université Nancy, France
11:30 Departure Visit to Hjällbo
Chair:
Dr. Sören Olsson, Göteborg University, Sweden
12:00-16:00 Hjälbo "Wandering", Lunch, Presentation, Discussion and Closing Remarks

"Wandering"
Dr. Sören Olsson, Göteborg University, Sweden
Ms. Gerd Cruse-Sondén, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden

Mr. Evald Malm, Head of the Investigation "The Future of Hjälbo", Framtiden Municipal Housing Group, Göteborg, Sweden

Framtiden Municiple Housing Group drives the processes
Mr. Sture Wemesson, Developing Manager, Framtiden Municipal Housing Group, Göteborg, Sweden

Closing Remarks
Mr. Meyer Burstein, Executive Head of the Metropolis Project,
Citizenship and Immigration, Canada
Dr. Ingrid Johansson, Göteborg University, Sweden
Ms. Kristine Dösen, Senior Planner, Göteborg City, Sweden
16:00   Return back to Göteborg University

 

 

 

 

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