The director of Fab City Research Group Tomás Díez and the director of the Project for the Self-Sufficient City Vicente Guallart participate at the CityLab 2016 held in Miami.
Presented by the Aspen Institute, The Atlantic, and Bloomberg Philanthropies, the fourth annual CityLab: Urban Solutions to Global Challenges will once again bring together more than 400 global city leaders — mayors, urban theorists and innovators, city planners, entrepreneurs, scholars, architects, and artists — for a series of conversations about urban ideas that are shaping the world’s metro centers.
Fab City Research Group director, Tomás Díez, will participate this next Tuesday in Maker’s Mind Round table, along with Peter Hirshberg, autor of The Maker City, Daisy Nodal, Moonlighter Makerspace co-founder and Juan Pablo Garnham, CityLab Latino editor.
IAAC Co-founder Vicente Guallart will take part to the gathering exchanging ideas on how can a city’s “civic commons” build inclusion, encourage community participation and promote local democracy culture and civic engagement.
The inaugural CityLab 2013 was held in New York City; CityLab 2014 was held in Los Angeles, CA; and CityLab 2015 was held in London, England.
About the event
Dedicated to highlighting innovation and effective practices in urban governance, CityLab gathers the world’s most creative mayors and city practitioners with artists, academics, funders, and other public and private sector leaders focused on improving cities and spreading urban strategies that work.
This year, with Miami as our campus, we look forward to meeting in a culturally dynamic city on the cutting edge of urban innovation to once again tackle the most pressing challenges cities face and present innovative ideas for growing livable, sustainable and economically vibrant communities. Miami has one of the most diverse populations in one of the fastest growing regions in the country, where a unique confluence of Caribbean, North and South American cultures adds vibrancy and texture to the civic landscape.