The day started with a number of inspiring lectures that showcased concrete examples of innovative ‘city making’. These were followed by a lively debate chaired by Xavier de Souza Briggs (American sociologist and planner, affiliated to the MIT, and Associate Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget from 2009 to 2011) that sought to elaborate further on the findings of the ‘Agenda for Making City’.

This Urban Summit continues the concerted international quest for new ways of ‘making city’. The key question was what the findings to date mean for the various parties involved in the process of city making. The aim is for as many people as possible to contribute to this agenda, to embrace it, and to shape it to suit local conditions. 

The agenda will be developed further in the coming period with input from the delegates who attended the Summit. The next occasion when the elaborated results will be presented is the Meeting of Director Generals, Spatial Planning and Territorial Development of the European Union, which takes place in Copenhagen on 8 and 9 May.