Curitiba Imagines the Future of Cities at CICI 2011
What does the ideal city of the future look like? This is the central question of the Second International Conference on Innovative Cities, CICI 2011, which will be sponsored by the Federation of Industries of Paraná (FIEP) between May 17 and 20 at CIETEP in Curitiba.
CICI 2011 will bring together 4,000 people from over 200 cities around the world. Besides discussions such as the rebirth of cities, reinventing government beginning with the city, the governance of city development, the city network, and the network of cities, this year the central themes will be the ideal cities of the future: digital cities, teaching cities, entrepreneurial cities, cities that generate clean energy and smart cities.
To ensure high-profile discussions, several notable speakers from Brazil and abroad have already confirmed their participation on the event’s panels. Among them are Austrian physicist Fritjof Capra; the American economist, Jeremy Rifkin; the director of the Global Governance Initiative and campaign advisor to U.S. President Barak Obama, Parag Khanna; and doctor and specialist in American social networks, Nicholas Christakis. Brazil will be represented by such well-known names as anthropologist Tião Richardson; architect Jaime Lerner; local development, social capital and social networks experts expert Augusto de Franco; the curator of the Brazil Twitterers Meeting, Fernanda Musard; and FIEP president and founder of CICI, Rodrigo da Rocha Loures.
New to CICI 2011 will be the discussion of the ideal model for cities that will host the World Cup 2014 games, which will be held in 12 Brazilian capital cities. All 12 cities will attend the event, presenting the innovative projects already underway in order to promote the World Cup. The cities of Stuttgart (Germany) and Durban (South Africa) were also invited to talk about their experiences in hosting the World Cup in 2006 and 2010, respectively.
As in last year’s conference, CICI 2011 is seeking to bring maximum interactivity among its participants. At the center of the event, a globe of screens will be installed representing the city theme. In a display of futurism, the main discussions of each theme will be projected onto these screens in real time.
In CICI 2010, the Twitter social network presence was a huge success and will be expanded this year. Every room will have giant screens where the messages posted on the network citing CICI 2011 will be automatically transmitted.
The First International Conference on Innovative Cities, CICI 2010, surpassed all expectations in audience attendance and content. The event had more than 3,000 participants from 200 cities around the world, attending the panels by the 105 guest lecturers. The International Conference on Innovative Cities stimulated debate and inspired in many people the desire to change the way cities are planned.
Check the complete schedule of the Second International Conference on Innovative Cities at www.cici2011.org.br
