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Day 4 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 12; Afternoon Strategy Session: Global Partnerships to Power Global Innovation Districts
Presenters:
Matt Enstice
President and Chief Executive Officer, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC)
Mario Adrián Flores
VP of Campus, Distrito Tec
Christine Wergeland Sorbye
CEO, Oslo Science City
Julie Wagner
President, Global Institute on Innovation Districts
Integrating Diverse Innovation Ecosystems: Dogpatch and Pier 70 session at the Urban Transformation Summit 2024 in San Francisco, USA, 23 October 2024. World Economic Forum San Francisco Office
Impressions from the Urban Transformation Summit 2024 in San Francisco, USA, 22 October 2024. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Stephen Porter
Day 4 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 12; Afternoon Strategy Session: Global Partnerships to Power Global Innovation Districts
Presenters:
Matt Enstice
President and Chief Executive Officer, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC)
Mario Adrián Flores
VP of Campus, Distrito Tec
Christine Wergeland Sorbye
CEO, Oslo Science City
Julie Wagner
President, Global Institute on Innovation Districts
Integrating Diverse Innovation Ecosystems: Dogpatch and Pier 70 session at the Urban Transformation Summit 2024 in San Francisco, USA, 23 October 2024. World Economic Forum San Francisco Office
Day 3 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 at the Durfee Innovation Society Tour Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 11; Wednesday Morning Offsite: Durfee Innovation Society Tour;
Day 4 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 12; Afternoon Strategy Session: Global Partnerships to Power Global Innovation Districts
Presenters:
Matt Enstice
President and Chief Executive Officer, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC)
Mario Adrián Flores
VP of Campus, Distrito Tec
Christine Wergeland Sorbye
CEO, Oslo Science City
Julie Wagner
President, Global Institute on Innovation Districts
Integrating Diverse Innovation Ecosystems: Dogpatch and Pier 70 session at the Urban Transformation Summit 2024 in San Francisco, USA, 23 October 2024. World Economic Forum San Francisco Office
Integrating Diverse Innovation Ecosystems: Dogpatch and Pier 70 session at the Urban Transformation Summit 2024 in San Francisco, USA, 23 October 2024. World Economic Forum San Francisco Office
Transformation 1996-2000
An Art Installation Project
This project began innocently enough, I was faced with a 250 lb. three-dimensional painting that I had done in oils on built-up particle board and plywood. The painting was one of my last in a “Corporate Icon” series that I had worked on from 1988 through 1992 and it was, frankly, gathering dust and became too cumbersome to keep moving. Margaret certainly didn’t want it on the wall—and I was not so sure that I could affix it securely enough anyway. So, given those circumstances, and a desire to do an installation on our property in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, I carted the heavy painting into the woods. I chose January 1, 1996 because it seemed like a good date to start a project—what better way to begin a year than to deposit a painting in the woods and watch it deteriorate over a five year period.
Over the course of the next five years I photographed the installation in all kinds of weather and in all seasons—usually once a month—at least the first year. As the years went on I photographed it less regularly but faithfully. We referred to it as that “art thing in the woods.” Our non-artists friends just looked at me funny and smiled if I took them to see it. Come to think of it, our artist friends looked at me funny too.
Oh well, it was a grand experiment, but with none of the finesse of an Andy Goldsworthy installation. (I only learned about Andy in the year 2001—by then my installation was almost completely transformed)
The symbolism of the degradation is obvious—all things decay, dust to dust, aging, etc. But somehow, it seemed like there was a positive message in this as well, which is why I called it “Transformation” rather than “Degradation”. The almost dignified manner of the gradual transition, the stoicism, facing the elements—weather of all types, nibbling animals, and woods wanderers. And through it all, quietly facing it’s fate, hanging on to it’s color and shape up until the end.
A fitting model for any of us. I hope I can face my fate with an equally brave disposition.
Day 3 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 at the Durfee Innovation Society Tour Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 11; Wednesday Morning Offsite: Durfee Innovation Society Tour;
Day 4 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 12; Afternoon Strategy Session: Global Partnerships to Power Global Innovation Districts
Presenters:
Matt Enstice
President and Chief Executive Officer, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC)
Mario Adrián Flores
VP of Campus, Distrito Tec
Christine Wergeland Sorbye
CEO, Oslo Science City
Julie Wagner
President, Global Institute on Innovation Districts
Day 3 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 at the Durfee Innovation Society Tour Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 11; Wednesday Morning Offsite: Durfee Innovation Society Tour;
Impressions from the Urban Transformation Summit 2024 in San Francisco, USA, 22 October 2024. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Stephen Porter
Impressions and Opening & Awards Ceremony from the Urban Transformation Summit 2024 in San Francisco, USA, 22 October 2024 with Ahmed Al-Khateeb, Minister of Tourism of Saudi Arabia; Jeff Merritt, Head of Centre for Urban Transformation; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum; London Breed, Mayor of San Francisco, USA; Mmamoloko Kubayi. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Stephen Porter
Day 4 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 12; Afternoon Strategy Session:Rethinking Event Tourism:
Presenters:
Jeanette Pierce
President and Founder, City Institute
Sebastian Berning
Chief Executive Officer, instagrid
Igor De Biasio
Chief Executive Officer, Arexpo
Sridhar Negamanthan
SVP and Global Head of CoE, IoT WoRKS at HCLTech, HCLTech
Heela Omarkhail
Vice President, Social Impact, The Daniels Corporation
Jenifer Bradley, Senior Fellow, Kresge, USA, speaking in the Reimagining Downtown session 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
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 4 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 12; Afternoon Strategy Session:Rethinking Event Tourism:
Presenters:
Jeanette Pierce
President and Founder, City Institute
Sebastian Berning
Chief Executive Officer, instagrid
Igor De Biasio
Chief Executive Officer, Arexpo
Sridhar Negamanthan
SVP and Global Head of CoE, IoT WoRKS at HCLTech, HCLTech
Heela Omarkhail
Vice President, Social Impact, The Daniels Corporation
Integrating Diverse Innovation Ecosystems: Dogpatch and Pier 70 session at the Urban Transformation Summit 2024 in San Francisco, USA, 23 October 2024. World Economic Forum San Francisco Office
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 4 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 in the A. Albert Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 12; Afternoon Strategy Session: Global Partnerships to Power Global Innovation Districts
Presenters:
Matt Enstice
President and Chief Executive Officer, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC)
Mario Adrián Flores
VP of Campus, Distrito Tec
Christine Wergeland Sorbye
CEO, Oslo Science City
Julie Wagner
President, Global Institute on Innovation Districts
Day 3 Urban Transformation Summit 2023 at the Durfee Innovation Society Tour Taubman Center for Design Education, Detroit, USA on October 11; Wednesday Morning Offsite: Durfee Innovation Society Tour;
Impressions and Opening & Awards Ceremony from the Urban Transformation Summit 2024 in San Francisco, USA, 22 October 2024 with Ahmed Al-Khateeb, Minister of Tourism of Saudi Arabia; Jeff Merritt, Head of Centre for Urban Transformation; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum; London Breed, Mayor of San Francisco, USA; Mmamoloko Kubayi. Copyright: World Economic Forum/Stephen Porter
On 14th June 2024, we had the joy of hosting the Class of 2023 graduation of three ESCP Business School Specialised MSc programmes - Marketing & Creativity, Energy Management, and Digital Transformation Management & Leadership.
The event took place at the beautiful Waldorf Hilton in central London, and we loved every minute of celebrating our amazing graduates. All of these students started their journey in London, before spending time in Paris and then beyond for their professional missions. Alongside the proud smiles of friends and families, the best part was seeing classmates reunited for the first time since classes finished. So much love in the room!