2009 World Investment Conference, La Baule (3-5 June 2009)

In 2030, according to forecasts, 60-80 per cent of the world’s population will live in urban areas. Today, cities already produce 75 per cent of global added-value and nine innovations in ten. City development has become one of the greatest human challenges worldwide and offers a path beyond the present crisis to economic growth, innovative social solutions, and sustainable development. The 2009 WIC is a 2-day event, with 3 plenary sessions and 7 workshops, attended by 1,000 global business leaders, innovative enterprises, architects, sociologists, policy makers, institutions and artists addressing the following strategic issues:

What will a city be like in 2030?
How do architects, sociologists, investors and city mayors foresee the “urban planet” 20 years from now?
How do we control and manage the development of European cities?
What investment opportunities will arise from these changes?
What opportunities for services?
What opportunities for technology?
How can European cities differentiate themselves from rivals’ high-growth economies?
What opportunities will there be for second-tier cities?
City development: a new source of growth to recover from the current crisis?
The 2009 WIC will also host the exhibition “Picturing the city of our future” along themes including “create the city”, ”technicities” and “shoot the city”.

For more info, cee http://www.labaulewic.org/

Event Start: Jun 3 2009 - 12:00am

Event End: Jun 5 2009 - 12:00am

Timezone: GMT +3600