The future vision for Dubai is to be unveiled at a new urban planning conference held next month alongside CityScape Global.
The new event, organised in by Dubai Municipality and the Environmental Centre for Arab Towns (ECAT) in conjunction with CityScape organisers IIR, will also “showcase leading solutions and technologies, deliver information and inspire debate on the needs of the cities of tomorrow,” according to a statement.
Scheduled to take place from September 27-29 in Dubai, Future Cities 2011 will welcome high level speakers from the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change, Birmingham City Council, the Sao Paulo City Council, Dubai Exports and the Arab Urban Development Institute have already been confirmed.
It will also feature an exhibition and conferences on sustainability, urban design, and creating identities.
CityScape MD, Rohan Marwaha says the event has been produced in response to industry demand for discussion on the “key challenges that face every city today”, including sustainable economic growth, infrastructure provision and social well-being and cohesion.
“Whilst great advances have been made in ‘greening Dubai’ in the last few years, there is still much more to be done,” said Dubai Municipality director general His Excellency Hussain Nasser Lootah, who give an opening keynote speech at the event.
“For this reason and many others we are honoured to host this event in Dubai and look forward to welcoming regional and international leaders to discuss this important subject to ensure sustainable growth and development of our future cities.”
“Dubai Municipality and the Environmental Center for Arab Towns (ECAT) are proud of the significant steps we have taken to launch green policies and we intend to use Future Cities as a springboard for new environmental initiatives to be announced at the event,” he continued.