![[Public Seminar] The Economic and Urban Transformation of a City - The Barcelona Experience](http://euap.hkbu.edu.hk/series/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/IMG_1719.jpg)
Date/Time
Date(s): 27/11/2014
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Barcelona
- Category B: Seminar/Talk with a city-specific focus on current urban innovation projects for an interested academic audience & special-interest groups
Language: English
Admission: Free, please register below.
Event Partner(s): This event is organized with special support from Invest in Catalonia.
Speaker(s):Mr. Mario Rubert, Director of International Economic Relations of Barcelona City Council
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Event Description:
Barcelona a cosmopolitan, open, dynamic, and entrepreneurial city, is recognized as one of the most attractive European cities to live and work and has a good international image. But few decades ago it wasn’t on the list of the top cities. The economic and urban development has been dramatic since the 1980’s. The 1992 Olympic Games helped to initiate a large renewal. In a globalized world, Barcelona has continuously evolved creating a Model to manage and improve the city in order to overcome new challenges, improve its quality of life and its competitiveness.
Opening:
– Charles Ng, Associate Director-General of Investment Promotion, Invest Hong Kong
– Raül Guerra, General Manager South China, Hong Kong & Taiwan, Invest in Catalonia / Government of Catalonia
– Dr. Christina West, Urban Geographer, Visiting Scholar of the EUAP
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“The Economic and Urban Transformation of a City – The Barcelona Experience” (by Mario Rubert)
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