A worldwide meeting place

• Meet over 1.000 urban decision-makers from 250 cities in one place
• Discover concrete achievements in public-private cooperation
• Enlarge your international cities’ network
• Analyse innovative solutions applied in world’s cities
• Compare numerous urban strategy models
• Share experiences and approaches with counterparts
• Address key issues involved in sustainable urban development

A cutting-edge conference program featuring:

• Urban comparative sessions where 2 or 3 cities having tackled the same issue present, one after the other, with one of their private partner, their choice of solution, the reasons for this choice as well as their implementation process
• Workshop sessions where all participants are allowed to share practical experiences on key subjects
• Panels where leading international city leaders exchange their vision with renowned experts and key urban partners
• Keynote speeches of City visionaries

A half-day think-tank program dedicated to City Leaders:

• The Leaders’ Summit & Lunch: focused on urban leadership challenges, this closed-door meeting is exclusively for city leaders and by invitation only. Provides an opportunity for them to meet with their international counterparts, share their personal visions of sustainability, and discuss the pressing issues which face their communities

GLOBAL CITY 2007 in figures

• 1.026 urban decision-makers including 63% from the public sector
• 250 cities from 43 countries
• 119 international Mayors and elected Officials
• 80% of attendees are political leaders, chief executives and senior officers
• 45% of international audience

Cities committed to GLOBAL CITY 2007

An international showcase for cities: 
Angers – Amsterdam – Asturias – Barcelona – Berlin – Birmingham – Bordeaux – Breda – Brno – Calgary –Commune de Settimo Torinese - Dunkerque – Freiburg – Ghent – Gateshead – Krakow – The Hague – Leeds – Lille EuroMetropole – Liverpool – Lodz – London – Los Angeles – Luxembourg – Lyon – Madrid – Marseille – Manchester – Mecca -Metz – Milano – Munich -Nancy – Nantes Metropole – Paris – Portland – Rome – Santa Monica Seattle – Solidaridad – South East England Region – Stockholm – Stuttgart – Toronto – Turin – Valencia – Vitoria –York Regional Municipality – Zurich – Zaragoza…

A dynamic platform for private cities’ partners:
Apsys Group – Caisse des dépôts et Consignations – Cisco System – CVL: Commerce en Ville et en Ligne – Drees & Sommer Gmbh – DTZ – EDF Group – Envac – Gaz de France – ING real Estate – JC Decaux group – Kapsch Trafficcom – Marazzi – Motorola – Philips Lighting – Porter Novelli – Sogelym Steiner – Standards & Poors – Suez – Urbaser – Veolia Environnement – Vinyl 2010…