Hosted by Penn IUR, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, UN-Habitat’s World Urban Campaign and Next City.

Featured speakers include:

Eugenie Birch, co-director, Penn IUR, and Lawrence C. Nussdorf Professor of Urban Research and Education, City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania School of Design;
Shahana Chattaraj, former postdoctoral fellow, Penn’s Lauder Institute; 
Yamina Djacta, officer in charge, New York Office, UN-Habitat (invited);
Maureen George, assistant professor, family and community health, Penn School of Nursing;
Ana Marie Argilagos, deputy assistant secretary, Office for International and Philanthropic Innovation, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;
David Gouverneur, associate professor of practice, landscape architecture, PennDesign; 
Albert Han, doctoral candidate, City and Regional Planning, PennDesign; 
Mark Alan Hughes, professor of practice, city and regional planning, PennDesign;
Devesh Kapur, associate professor of political science and director of Penn’s Center for the Advanced Study of India;  
Neelanjan Sircar, visiting dissertation research fellow, Penn’s Center for the Advanced Study of India; 
Harris Steinberg, executive director, Penn Praxis; and 
Richard Voith, president and principal, Econsult Solutions. 
Moderated by Susan Wachter, co-director, Penn IUR, and Richard B. Worley Professor of Financial Management and professor of real estate and finance, Penn’s Wharton School.