The conference will be simultaneously translated into English and Portuguese

October 27th, 2023

9 am – Institutional Opening | Insper & MIT

Celebrating recent collaborations between MIT and Insper, by MIT Brazil

9:30 am – Opening talks | conceptual framework

Prof. Siqi Zheng (MIT) – Sustainable Real Estate and Cities: A Framework

Prof. Adriano Borges Costa (Arq.Futuro Cities Lab, Insper) – Sustainable Mobility and Accessibility

10 am – Evidence talks (studies)

Clarisse Cunha Linke (ITDP) – The Compact City Scenario Electrified. ITDP and the University of California, Davis. 2021.

Rafael Pereira (IPEA) – Accessibility for Inclusive and Sustainable Cities

Erik Vergel-Tovar (Universidad de los Andes) – Location Matters: Land Use, Urban Development Patterns, and Transport Inequality

11 am – Policy Panel (policymakers and industry)

Mediation: Fabio Duarte (MIT)

Kelly Fernandes (GIZ)

Vladimir Iszlaji (Abrainc)

Anie Amicci (BNDES) – to be confirmed –

Washington Fajardo (Arq.Futuro Cities Lab, Insper)

12 am – Comments and Discussion

Mediation: Carolina Guimarães (Arq.Futuro Cities Lab, Insper)

12:30 pm – Lunch & networking

2 pm – Warming talks

Anaclaudia Rossbach (Lincoln Institute) – Housing policies in Latin America

Juan Palacios (Maastricht University) – Low Carbon Real Estate

2:30 pm – Evidence talks (studies)

Mariana Giannotti (POLI-USP) – Investigating socio-spatial inequalities related to urban transport to support public policies: evidence from brazilian cities

Adriano Borges Costa (Arq.Futuro Cities Lab, Insper) – Access to Urban Opportunities in São Paulo’s Master Plan

Simon Buchler (MIT) – Climate risk and commercial real state

Rounaq Basu (MIT) – Planning sustainable cities: Coordinating accessibility improvements with housing policies

3:30 pm – Policy Panel (policymakers and industry)

Mediation: Sergio Avelleda (Arq.Futuro Cities Lab, Insper)

José Police Neto (São Paulo State Government)

Miguel Setas (CCR)

Hannah Arcuschin (Climate and Cities Working Group, IAB/SP)

Ilan Cuperstein (C40) – to be confirmed –

4:30 pm – Comments and Discussion

Mediation: Carolina Guimarães (Arq.Futuro Cities Lab, Insper)

5 pm – Institutional Closing

5:30 pm – Happy Hour & Networking