Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Strategy Session: Reimagining Waterfronts

Presenters:

Martín Anzellini

Director, Urban Projects, ProBogota

Manager of Urban Projects at ProbogotA-Region. Technical and strategic consultant in architecture, urban planning and development

Chumisa Natalia Thengwa

Deputy Head, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Energy Transition, City of Durban

Mark Wallace

President & CEO, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy

Craig Holland

Senior Director, Investments, Healthy Cities Program, Nature Conservancy

Vincent Martinez

President and Chief Operating Officer, Architecture 2030

Kerry Duggan

Chief Executive Officer, SustainabiliD

Reimagining Transportation: Salesforce Transit Center tour at the Urban Transformation Summit 2024 in San Francisco, USA, 22 October 2024. World Economic Forum San Francisco Office - Auditorium. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Stephen Porter

Cal Academy at Urban Transformation Summit 2025 in San Francisco, USA, 23/10/2025, 14 - Presidio Campus. Copyright: World Economic Forum

A creative learning summer school organised jointly by Thomas Tallis and Kidbrooke Schools in association with Emergency Exit Arts.

Jeff Merriman presents on Ortho-to-3D at the 2014 Transformation Agenda Summer Meeting, August 20, 2014

Photo Credit: Brandon Muramatsu

The Butterfly, ( transformation) ink

Cal Academy at Urban Transformation Summit 2025 in San Francisco, USA, 23/10/2025, 14 - Presidio Campus. Copyright: World Economic Forum

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Afternoon Plenary Session: Mobility

Presenters:Vivian Brady-Phillips

Head, Strategic Initiatives, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum

Mike Duggan

Mayor of Detroit, City of Detroit

Ritu Narayan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zum

Benjamin de la Peña

Chief Executive Officer, Shared Use Mobility Center

Shelby Rust Busó

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San Diego

Moderated by

Shin-pei Tsay

Director, Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability, Uber Technologies

from water to sky in 4 hours

I chose this picture for the sharp lines and contrast in shadows. The image depicts a literal interpretation of the transformation theme. I thought the out-of-focus tree branches gave the eye something to consider by following the general angle of the building without distracting from the focal point (the worker).

Here I come....

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Afternoon Plenary Session: Mobility

Presenters:Vivian Brady-Phillips

Head, Strategic Initiatives, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum

Mike Duggan

Mayor of Detroit, City of Detroit

Ritu Narayan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zum

Benjamin de la Peña

Chief Executive Officer, Shared Use Mobility Center

Shelby Rust Busó

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San Diego

Moderated by

Shin-pei Tsay

Director, Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability, Uber Technologies

After 18 months the transformation is almost complete.

Claire Lavendhomme

Transformation, 2011

Soapstone, silver, gold, paint

2” x 1 1/5” x 3/5”

Photo: Claire Lavendhomme

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Strategy Session: Reimagining Waterfronts

Presenters:

Martín Anzellini

Director, Urban Projects, ProBogota

Manager of Urban Projects at ProbogotA-Region. Technical and strategic consultant in architecture, urban planning and development

Chumisa Natalia Thengwa

Deputy Head, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Energy Transition, City of Durban

Mark Wallace

President & CEO, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy

Craig Holland

Senior Director, Investments, Healthy Cities Program, Nature Conservancy

Vincent Martinez

President and Chief Operating Officer, Architecture 2030

Kerry Duggan

Chief Executive Officer, SustainabiliD

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Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Afternoon Plenary Session: Mobility

Presenters:Vivian Brady-Phillips

Head, Strategic Initiatives, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum

Mike Duggan

Mayor of Detroit, City of Detroit

Ritu Narayan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zum

Benjamin de la Peña

Chief Executive Officer, Shared Use Mobility Center

Shelby Rust Busó

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San Diego

Moderated by

Shin-pei Tsay

Director, Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability, Uber Technologies

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Afternoon Plenary Session: Mobility

Presenters:Vivian Brady-Phillips

Head, Strategic Initiatives, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum

Mike Duggan

Mayor of Detroit, City of Detroit

Ritu Narayan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zum

Benjamin de la Peña

Chief Executive Officer, Shared Use Mobility Center

Shelby Rust Busó

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San Diego

Moderated by

Shin-pei Tsay

Director, Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability, Uber Technologies

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Afternoon Plenary Session: Mobility

Presenters:Vivian Brady-Phillips

Head, Strategic Initiatives, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum

Mike Duggan

Mayor of Detroit, City of Detroit

Ritu Narayan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zum

Benjamin de la Peña

Chief Executive Officer, Shared Use Mobility Center

Shelby Rust Busó

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San Diego

Moderated by

Shin-pei Tsay

Director, Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability, Uber Technologies

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Afternoon Plenary Session: Mobility

Presenters:Vivian Brady-Phillips

Head, Strategic Initiatives, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum

Mike Duggan

Mayor of Detroit, City of Detroit

Ritu Narayan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zum

Benjamin de la Peña

Chief Executive Officer, Shared Use Mobility Center

Shelby Rust Busó

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San Diego

Moderated by

Shin-pei Tsay

Director, Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability, Uber Technologies

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Afternoon Plenary Session: Mobility

Presenters:Vivian Brady-Phillips

Head, Strategic Initiatives, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum

Mike Duggan

Mayor of Detroit, City of Detroit

Ritu Narayan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zum

Benjamin de la Peña

Chief Executive Officer, Shared Use Mobility Center

Shelby Rust Busó

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San Diego

Moderated by

Shin-pei Tsay

Director, Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability, Uber Technologies

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Strategy Session: Reimagining Waterfronts

Presenters:

Martín Anzellini

Director, Urban Projects, ProBogota

Manager of Urban Projects at ProbogotA-Region. Technical and strategic consultant in architecture, urban planning and development

Chumisa Natalia Thengwa

Deputy Head, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Energy Transition, City of Durban

Mark Wallace

President & CEO, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy

Craig Holland

Senior Director, Investments, Healthy Cities Program, Nature Conservancy

Vincent Martinez

President and Chief Operating Officer, Architecture 2030

Kerry Duggan

Chief Executive Officer, SustainabiliD

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I was asked to paint a purple picture, I decided to paint a picture about meaning, in this case the search for meaning. It is my repsonse to that natural ability of our brains to play with shapes until they become something we recognise, like cloud busting, the mind then joins that information together to find a meaning,a story. In making the image, I journey through my symbolic knowledge and make new personal discoveries. Does this process take place in those that observe it? I can't see why not and do they by journeying through their symbolic library also come to new awareness in themselves?

Day 4 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 12; Morning Strategy Session: Fostering Inclusive and Sustainable Innovation Eco Systems

Presenters:

Tiya Gordon

Co-Founder & CEO, ItsElectric

Ned Staebler

President and Chief Executive Officer, TechTown Detroit

Gurpartap Toor

Chair of Economic Development, City of Brampton

Kerri Folmer

Managing Director, Monitor Institute by Deloitte, Deloitte

Michael Lake

President & CEO, Leading Cities

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Afternoon Plenary Session: Mobility

Presenters:Vivian Brady-Phillips

Head, Strategic Initiatives, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum

Mike Duggan

Mayor of Detroit, City of Detroit

Ritu Narayan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zum

Benjamin de la Peña

Chief Executive Officer, Shared Use Mobility Center

Shelby Rust Busó

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San Diego

Moderated by

Shin-pei Tsay

Director, Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability, Uber Technologies

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Afternoon Plenary Session: Mobility

Presenters:Vivian Brady-Phillips

Head, Strategic Initiatives, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum

Mike Duggan

Mayor of Detroit, City of Detroit

Ritu Narayan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zum

Benjamin de la Peña

Chief Executive Officer, Shared Use Mobility Center

Shelby Rust Busó

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San Diego

Moderated by

Shin-pei Tsay

Director, Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability, Uber Technologies

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Afternoon Plenary Session: Mobility

Presenters:Vivian Brady-Phillips

Head, Strategic Initiatives, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum

Mike Duggan

Mayor of Detroit, City of Detroit

Ritu Narayan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zum

Benjamin de la Peña

Chief Executive Officer, Shared Use Mobility Center

Shelby Rust Busó

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San Diego

Moderated by

Shin-pei Tsay

Director, Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability, Uber Technologies

I decided to merge Rene Magritte’s painting The Man in the Bowler Hat, where a dove covers the figure’s face, with the famous Silence of the Lambs movie poster featuring Clarice and the moth. Both images deal with identity and mystery - Magritte hides the man’s face behind the bird, while the film poster uses the moth as a symbol of transformation and hidden darkness. Putting them together felt like a way to explore how faces, masks, and symbols can both reveal and conceal meaning. I wanted the piece to spark curiosity and a little unease, inviting people to think about what lies beneath the surface.

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Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 at Newlab' Central Hub, Detroit, USA on October 10; Afternoon Off-Site: Michigan Central Tour

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 at Newlab' Central Hub, Detroit, USA on October 10; Afternoon Off-Site: Michigan Central Tour

Catalina Restrepo, Director, Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, Medellín, Colombia; James Njoroge Muchiri, Deputy Governor, Nairobi City County, Kenya; Jeff Merritt, Head of Centre for Urban Transformation; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum; Jonas Brunschwig, Consul General of Switzerland in San Francisco, Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco, USA; Jonathan Reckford, Chief Executive Officer, Habitat for Humanity (HFH) International, USA; Michiel Dijkman, Chief Executive Officer, Economic Board Utrecht, Netherlands; Noridah Abdul Rahim, Director-General, Ministry of Federal Territories of Malaysia; Patrick Marmen, Chief of Staff, Bureau du design, Ville de Montréal, Canada; Sarah Dennis-Phillips, Planning Director, San Francisco Planning Department, City of San Francisco, USA; speaking in Executive Roundtable: Driving High-Quality Urban Development session at the Urban Transformation Summit 2025 in San Francisco, USA, 21/10/2025, 13:30 – 17:00, 23 - City Hall. Room 201. Copyright: World Economic Forum

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Afternoon Plenary Session: Mobility

Presenters:Vivian Brady-Phillips

Head, Strategic Initiatives, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum

Mike Duggan

Mayor of Detroit, City of Detroit

Ritu Narayan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zum

Benjamin de la Peña

Chief Executive Officer, Shared Use Mobility Center

Shelby Rust Busó

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San Diego

Moderated by

Shin-pei Tsay

Director, Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability, Uber Technologies

Day 1 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the Book Tower, Detroit, USA on October 9; Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony; Speakerss: Jeff Merritt, Head of Centre for Urban Transformation, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum; Kerri Folmer, Managing Director, Monitor Institute by Deloitte, Deloitte, USA; Vivian Brady-Phillipns, Head, Strategic Initiatives, Urbam Transformation, World Economic Forum; Heela Omarkhail, Vice President, Social Impact, The Daniels Corporation, Canada; Eiichiro Higashiyama, Senior Vice President & General Manager of the Machinery Division, Itochu International, USA; Rick Sporrere, President, North America, Danfoss, USA; James Witherspoon, Vice President of Architecture and Design, Bedrock; speaking at the Urban Transformation Summit; Detroit, USA 9 October 2023

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Strategy Session: Reimagining Waterfronts

Presenters:

Martín Anzellini

Director, Urban Projects, ProBogota

Manager of Urban Projects at ProbogotA-Region. Technical and strategic consultant in architecture, urban planning and development

Chumisa Natalia Thengwa

Deputy Head, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Energy Transition, City of Durban

Mark Wallace

President & CEO, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy

Craig Holland

Senior Director, Investments, Healthy Cities Program, Nature Conservancy

Vincent Martinez

President and Chief Operating Officer, Architecture 2030

Kerry Duggan

Chief Executive Officer, SustainabiliD

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Strategy Session: The 24 Hour City

Presenters:

Carlota Rebelo

Senior Correspondent, Monocle

Chapin Flynn

Senior Vice President , Urban Mobility, Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth

Thomas George

Head of Pebble, Google

Bruno Moser

Head of urban Design, Foster and Partners

Corean Reynolds

Director of Nightlife Economy, City of Boston

Day 2 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 10; Afternoon Plenary Session: Mobility

Presenters:Vivian Brady-Phillips

Head, Strategic Initiatives, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum

Mike Duggan

Mayor of Detroit, City of Detroit

Ritu Narayan

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Zum

Benjamin de la Peña

Chief Executive Officer, Shared Use Mobility Center

Shelby Rust Busó

Chief Sustainability Officer, City of San Diego

Moderated by

Shin-pei Tsay

Director, Global Policy for Cities and Sustainability, Uber Technologies

Day 1 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the Book Tower, Detroit, USA on October 9; Opening Reception & Awards Ceremony; Speakerss: Jeff Merritt, Head of Centre for Urban Transformation, Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum; Kerri Folmer, Managing Director, Monitor Institute by Deloitte, Deloitte, USA; Vivian Brady-Phillipns, Head, Strategic Initiatives, Urbam Transformation, World Economic Forum; Heela Omarkhail, Vice President, Social Impact, The Daniels Corporation, Canada; Eiichiro Higashiyama, Senior Vice President & General Manager of the Machinery Division, Itochu International, USA; Rick Sporrere, President, North America, Danfoss, USA; James Witherspoon, Vice President of Architecture and Design, Bedrock; speaking at the Urban Transformation Summit; Detroit, USA 9 October 2023