13th Annual Global Development Conference -- Urbanization and Development: Delving Deeper into the Nexus

GDN is hosting its 13th Annual Global Development Conference titled ‘Urbanization and Development: Delving Deeper into the Nexus’ in Budapest, Hungary on 16-18 June, 2012. The international event is being held in partnership with the Central European University (CEU). About 350 participants are expected to attend the conference from all over the world. The conference is a prime opportunity for the exchange of ideas on the above important topic with internationally renowned researchers, representatives of national and international organizations and sponsors of research.

Confirmed Plenary Speakers (in alphabetical order):

• Isher Ahluwalia (ICRIER)
• Robert Buckley (New School for Social Research)
• Teresa Caldeira (University of California, Berkeley)
• Susan Fainstein (Harvard University)
• J. Vernon Henderson (Brown University)
• Matthew Kahn (University of California, Los Angeles)
• Ravi Kanbur (Cornell University)
• Christine Kessides (World Bank Institute)
• Eduardo Lora (Inter-American Development Bank)
• Mario Pezzini (OECD Development Centre)
• Thomas Sevcik (Arthesia)
• Simon Snoxell (Canadian International Development Agency)
• Carlos Vainer (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
• Anthony Venables (Oxford University)

Keynote Speaker: Saskia Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University