TUNE IN Going Global >> CityLab: Urban Solutions to Global Challenges

The mayor is on live now --go to https://www.facebook.com/AspenInstitute  
Nothing from the mayor's press office so far about this gathering of 300 "global mayors and urban leaders" for CityLab 2015 in London Oct 18-20 - just links by John Giles on his personal promotion site mesamayor.com.
[According to Melissa Randazzo in the Mayor's Office of Public Information in response to an email sent this morning, he was accompanied by Chris Brady, the City Manager.]

8:20 MST this morning - A live Q&A session with the mayor, organized by Elliot Gerson of the Aspen Institute around innovation and infrastructure.

This is your chance to ask questions and join the #CityLab2015 social conversations around the challenges and opportunities facing metropolitan areas.

Elliot Gerson is an executive vice president at the Aspen Institute, responsible for its Policy Programs, its Public Programs and its relations with international partners. He also oversees the Aspen Economic Opportunities Program, which focuses on low-wage Americans.

Articles he's written featured on http://www.theatlantic.com/author/elliot-gerson/ include:

• America Needs a Raise: The Case for a Higher Minimum Wage
• To Make America Great Again, We Need to Leave the Country, with the sub-heading No politician will admit that the United States is no longer number one. But other nations do a lot of things better -- and we need to learn from them.  



This year's event will explore:

- income inequality

- safety

- mobility

- infrastructure

- other dynamics of modern metropolises to create more livable and sustainable cities.
 

See whole program, agenda and speakers here >> http://www.theatlantic.com/live/events/citylab/2015/

 

With live posts like the following thread, the mayor of a city where new car sales tax revenues are the biggest income -  might be surprised how people in different parts of the world react to air quality conditions.

Five minutes ago, at the time of this post, London's Deputy Mayor for Transport says city residents aren't outraged enough about air pollution . . . “The same people who say it’s unacceptable that little Bobby has asthma will get in their big SUV and drive their child to school,” says London Deputy Mayor for Transport Isabel Dedring.