Learning from Cairo seeks to engage the current political and urban transformation unfolding in Cairo as a critical context for examining relevant international case studies and best practices in areas ranging from housing, transportation, public space, and local governance to informality. Learning from Cairo emphasizes a comparative and interdisciplinary approach bringing practitioners, academics, officials and local stakeholders into dialogue, with the objective of generating an ongoing critical urban discourse, and future visions for Cairo.
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To register go to: http://forms.aucegypt.edu/learningfromcairo/
Friday, April 12th, 2013
Public Plenary sessions
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Oriental Hall, Palace Building
American University in Cairo
Tahrir Campus
Program
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9:00 - 9:30 am Coffee and Registration
9:30 - 10:00 am Opening Remarks
Urban Political Change: Southern Perspectives
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Khaled Fahmy, Department of History, AUC
Gautam Bhan, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Delhi
Mokena Makeka, Makeka Design Lab
Discussant:
Mohamed Elshahed, Cairobserver
12:00 - 1:30 pm Lunch and Prayer
Right to the City: Emergent Practices in Latin America
1:30 - 3:30 pm
Heba Raouf Ezzat, Cairo University
Jennifer Bremer, Department of Public Policy and Administration, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, AUC
Lindsey Sherman, Urban-Think Tank, Caracas/ Zurich
Discussant:
Diane Singerman, Department of Government, American University, Washington D.C.; Tadamun: Cairo Urban Solidarity Initiative
3:30 - 4:00 pm Coffee Break
Cities in Transition: Public Engagement and Civic Design
4:00 - 6:00 pm
David Sims, Author of Understanding Cairo: The Logic of a City Out of Control
Damon Rich, Division of Planning and Community Development, Newark, NJ
Gregers Tang Thomsen and Selva Gürdogan, Superpool, Istanbul
Discussant:
Ayman Ismail, Department of Management, School of Business, AUC
Saturday, April 13th, 2013
Cairo Tours
(please register for one tour only)
9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Tour 1. Urban Core
Led by: May Al-Ibrashy, Megawra
Mohamed Elshahed, Cairobserver
Tour 2: Desert Cities
Led by:
Nabil Elhady, Cairo University
Rick Tutwiler, Desert Development Center, AUC
Tour 3: Informal Settlements
Led by:
Yahia Shawkat, Shadow Ministry of Housing
Khaled Abdel Halim, Department of Public Policy and Administration, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, AUC
Kareem Ibrahim, Urban Development Consultant | Co-Founder of Takween ICD
Tours end with a joint lunch in Al-Azhar Park
Sunday, April 14th, 2013
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Parallel Working Sessions
9:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Falaki Academic Center, American University in Cairo
Tahrir Campus
24 El Falaki Street, Bab El Louk
Coffee and Registration:
9:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m.
Morning parallel sessions:
9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Session 1. Mapping Informality
Omar Nagati and Beth Stryker, CLUSTER
Gregers Tang Thomsen and Selva Gürdogan, Superpool
Discussant: Mohamed Elshahed, Cairobserver
Session 2. Evictions and Urban Citizenship
Gautam Bhan, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Delhi
Yahia Shawkat, Shadow Ministry of Housing, Cairo
Discussant: Joseph Schechla, Housing and Land Rights Network, Cairo
Session 3. Design Innovation and Urban Development
Mokena Makeka, Makeka Design Lab, Cape Town
Mohamad Abotera and Ahmed Zaazaa, MADD Platform
Discussant: Amr Abdelkawi, Department of Construction and Architectural Engineering, School of Sciences and Engineering, AUC
Lunch
12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
Afternoon parallel sessions:
1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m.
Session 4. Community Activism and Avenues of Participation
Kareem Ibrahim and Diane Singerman, Tadamun
Damon Rich, Chief Urban Designer, Division of Planning & Community Development, Newark, NJ and Founder, Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP)
Discussant: Khaled Abdel Halim, Department of Public Policy and Administration, School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, AUC
Session 5. Security, Segregation and Borders
Aida Elkashef, Filmmaker
Lara Baladi, Artist
Omnia Khalil, Urban Action
Video presentations and panel discussion
Discussant: Samia Mehrez, The Center for Translation Studies, AUC
Session 6. Research/Design Interventions and the Informal City
Lindsey Sherman, Urban-Think Tank, Caracas/Zurich; Chair of Architecture and Urban Design, ETH Zurich
Dina Shehayeb, Shehayeb Consult
Discussant: Magda Mostafa, Department of Construction and Architectural Engineering, School of Sciences and Engineering, AUC
Closing Session, Oriental Hall
Oriental Hall, Palace Building
American University in Cairo
Tahrir Campus
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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