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20th Annual Urban Leadership Forum

2025 Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize Winners
20th Anniversary On-campus
April 25, 2025
20th Annual Urban Leadership Forum: Urban Leadership for the 21st Century

Join the Penn Institute for Urban Research for the 20th Annual Urban Leadership Forum celebrating the 2025 Nussdorf Urban Leadership Prize winners.

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr Patrick Harker Enrique Peñalosa
Urban Development
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Past Events

Apr 25 2025 Past Event 20th Annual Urban Leadership Forum: Urban Leadership for the 21st Century Speakers:  Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr Patrick Harker Enrique Peñalosa Urban Development
Apr 24 2025 Past Event Opportunities & Challenges of Climate Action Planning in Indian Cities: A Case of Mumbai City Speakers:  Lubaina Rangwala Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development
Apr 14 2025 Past Event Special Briefing | Mayors under Stress: Financing Local Development around the World Speakers:  Steve Adler Stephanie Miner Nasiphi Moya Jaime Pumarejo Heins Eugénie L. Birch William Glasgall State & Local Finance
Apr 11 2025 Past Event Seventh Annual Nowak Memorial Lecture | Founding Visions: A Journey of Collaboration and Impact Speakers:  Patricia L. Smith Eva Gladstein Joyce Wilkerson Dr. Katherine O’Regan Urban Development
Apr 10 2025 Past Event Book Talk | Unforgiving Places: The Unexpected Origins of American Gun Violence with Jens Ludwig Speakers:  John MacDonald Jens Ludwig Urban Development
Mar 27 2025 Past Event Book Talk: Power, Politics and Territory in the ‘New Northern Ireland’ Speakers:  Vincent Reina Elizabeth DeYoung Housing
Mar 18 2025 Past Event Defying Displacement: Book Talk and Conversation with Andrew Lee Speakers:  Andrew Lee Akira Drake Rodriguez Urban Development Housing
Mar 18 2025 Past Event Special Briefing: The Future of Mass Transportation under Trump and the GOP Speakers:  Kurt Forsgren David Greising Randy Iwasaki Leslie Richards Polly Trottenberg Eugénie L. Birch William Glasgall State & Local Finance
Feb 28 2025 Past Event Wharton – Weitzman Future of Cities Conference Urban Development
Feb 27 2025 Past Event PhD Lunch & Lightning Talks Urban Development
Feb 20 2025 Past Event Special Briefing: The New Administration’s First Month Speakers:  Mark Zandi Carolyn Bourdeaux Jeffrey Holland Eric Kim Vikram Rai Torsten Slok William Glasgall Susan Wachter State & Local Finance
Jan 23 2025 Past Event The City in the 21st Century: Celebrating the Reflective Practitioner featuring Enrique Peñalosa Londoño Speakers:  Enrique Peñalosa Manuel A. Diaz Richard Freeland Judith Rodin Eleanor Sharpe Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 1
Dec 05 2024 Past Event Special Briefing: The Road Ahead for the Economy, States, and Localities as Donald Trump and the GOP Take Charge Speakers:  Torsten Slok Annie Linskey Carolyn Bourdeaux Eric Kazatsky Teryn Zmuda State & Local Finance
Nov 22 2024 Past Event Statecraft Urbanism: Building Garden City in Shenzhen Speakers:  Li Hou Urban Development
Nov 20 2024 Past Event GIS Day Keynote: Exploring Cities through the Lens of Urban Analytics Speakers:  Andrew Crooks Urban Development

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