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The Georgetown Global Cities Initiative and the Georgetown Alumni Office welcome you to a virtual convesation with Georgetown faculty and alumni examining the post-pademic future of cities.
Cities have been inordinately impacted by the tumult of 2020––from the urban poor whose health and livelihoods have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, to local businesses struggling to make ends meet between pandemic restrictions and protests, and corporations abandoning offices for the foreseeable future. As many city-dwellers who are able to work and live elsewhere have fled to less densely populated locales, some have declared cities dead.
Yet, there are reasons why New York City and Silicon Valley remained densely-populated industry hubs, pre-pandemic, in spite of their high costs of living and the rising popularity of remote work. If working and living remotely via Zoom has shown us anything this past year, it is that human energy and connection are best experienced in person, and this energy is what tends to drive industries and communities towards our cities.
In a post-pandemic world, how will cities adapt to better suit their communities and remain desirable places to live, work, and play? How will cities evolve to become more inclusive, sustainable, and resilient in an ever-changing, unpredictable climate?
Speakers:
Introduction: Uwe Brandes, Faculty Director, Georgetown Global Cities Initiative
Moderator: Jim Reid, Robert and Lauren Steers Chair, Steers Center for Global Real Estate, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University
Sheila R. Foster, J.D., Scott K. Ginsburg Professor of Urban Law and Policy, Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University
Christopher Gergen (MBA’98), Chief Executive Officer, Forward Cities
Jessica Lappin (C’97), President, Alliance for Downtown New York
Brian McCabe, Ph.D. (F’02), Associate Professor of Sociology, Georgetown University
