Welcome adresses Wolfgang Grenke President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Karlsruhe Prof. Dr. Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha Director of the ZAK | Centre for Cultural and General Studies, KIT Opening Keynote Addresses Global Civil Society: A New Kind of Citizenship in the Global Age Prof. Dr. Martin Albrow (UK) Professor Emeritus of Sociological Theory, University of Wales, Senior Fellow at the Käte Hamburger Center for Advanced Study in the Humanities “Law as Culture”, Bonn World Parliament of Mayors – Theses Prof. Dr. Benjamin R. Barber (USA) Founder and President of the Interdependence Movement, Senior Research Scholar, City University of New York Urbanisation, Megacities and Informal Settlements Prof. Dr. Janice E. Perlman (USA) President and Founder of the Mega-Cities Project, scholar, author and policy advisor Civil Society and Urban Change – Lessons from London Peter Murray (UK) Chairman of New London Architecture, writer and curator Democracy, Technology and City Evgeny Morozov (Belarus/USA) Writer and Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin Big Data + Small Data = Smarter Cities & Citizens Priya Prakash (UK/India) Designer and Founder of D4SC (Design for Social Change) – Changify Heritage at Risk: Construction Boom in London Dr. Nigel Barker (UK) Planning and Conservation Director at English Heritage in London Istanbul 2010, a City of Culture… Esra Nilgün Mirze (Turkey) Former International Relations Director for Istanbul 2010 - European Capital of Culture, Founder and Chairperson 41° 29° Istanbul Association for Art and Design Egypt 2011-2015: Failure of Democratic Change? – Voices from Cairo Prof. Dr. Amr Hamzawy (Egypt/Germany) Political scientist and human rights activist, American University in Cairo and Cairo University What is Pegida – in Dresden and Elsewhere? Prof. Dr. Werner J. Patzelt (Germany) Chair of Political Systems and System Comparison, TU Dresden No entrance fee. Registration not required.

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