Speakers

Secretariat Manager of the African Urban Research Initiative, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town

Mayor of Seoul 

President of the Republic of South Africa

Professor of Sociology at Columbia University, Centennial visiting Professor at the London School of Economics

Director General of African Capital of Culture

Head of Local Government Services of Ministry of Local Governments of Ghana

President of the United Nations General Assembly

IDP Manager of eThekwini Municipality

Executive Director of European Affairs of CEMR

Chief of Chief of Public Service Innovation Branch, Directorate for Public Institutions and Digital Government, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)

Organisational Development & Conflict Engagement

Director of UN Disaster Risk Reduction Office

Climate Government Management, C40

International Council on Monuments and Sites, Yildiz Technical University Istanbul

Senior Doctoral Fellow at the American University Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP)

Mayor of Xi’an

Vice Rector of Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

CEO of the Association of Flemish Cities and Municipalities (VVSG)

Mayor of Tolsipur

Researcher, African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town

Vice President of the National Association of Municipalities of Cape Verde (ANMCV)

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Mayor of eThekwini-Durban

Centennial Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics