8:00 – 9:00 am CEST / 11:30am - 12:30 pm India                                                              Plenary 3

            

    Informality, Public Space and Urban Development 

    Moderator: Tarun Arora

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       Mathew Idiculla – A Right to the City? Housing Rights and Urban Informality in India 

   

 

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9:00 – 9:15 am CEST / 12:30 – 12:45 pm Indonesia                                                          Break

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9:15am – 10:45am CEST / 12:45 - 2:15pm India /  2:15 – 3:45 pm Indonesia                Parallel Sessions 2

 

     Parallel Session 2.1: Socio-Legal Recognition / Housing and Enforcement 

    Moderators: Fabian Thiel & Martin Meyer

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         Margarita Vladimirova – Facial Recognition in Public Spaces: Resilience of Privacy and the Example             of China (Australian Eastern Standard Time: 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm) 

 

         Yustina Trihoni Dewi, Jonathan Kwik, and Andreas Pandiangan  - Empowerment of Civil Participation             in the Context of Post-Conflict Urban Development Planning: A Case Study in Ambon (Indonesia Time           2:15pm - 3:45pm) 

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         Sofia Ranchordás & Nadine Schawe – AirBnB: Closing the Enforcement Gap 

 

 

    Parallel Session 2.2: Urban Development, Housing, and Local Empowerment 

    Moderator: Paulus van der Kuil

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         Asmaa Abdellahim & Salma El-Lakany - Citizen Participation in Egyptian Urban Renewal Policies: A             Review of the Current Situations and Proposed Recommendations

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         Emmanuel Caliwan – “Empowered” Cities and their Local Government in Fight against the National             Governments Corruption: The Case of the Philippines Local Government Units Saving Acts during the             Covid Pandemic (Philippines Time Zone)

 

         Nikhil Ravindra – Catalyzing Sustained Urban Development of Bengaluru through Social                                 Entrepreneurship 

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4:45 – 5:00 am EDT / 10:45 – 11:00 am CEST                                                                Break

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5:00 - 5:20 am EDT / 11:00 – 11:20 am CEST                                                                 Poster Session 1

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       Maria Christina Pangallozzi – Cultural Heritage, Law and Technology in the City: The Role of Museums

 

       Alessio Sardo – The Spatial Development Strategies for the City of London and the Fundamental Right to         Habitation: An Inquiry into Law and Architecture

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5:20 – 6:50 am EDT / 11:20 am – 12:50 pm CEST                                                          Plenary 4

 

    Housing Politics, Activism, and Community in Berlin 

    Moderator: Nestor Davidson​

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       Papon Dev – Statelessness and Refugee Dynamics in Berlin: Crisis or Strength 

 

       Dr. Rudolf Schäfer – Housing Politics and Legislation in Berlin

 

       Fabian Thiel – Helmut Ridder - Urban Law, Berlin Housing Activists, and Constitutional Positivism 

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6:50 – 7:15 am EDT / 12:50 – 1:15 pm CEST                                                                   Break

  

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7:15 – 8:45 am EDT / 1:15 – 2:45 pm CEST                                                                     Parallel Sessions 3

 

     Parallel Session 3.1: Participation and Rights in the City 

     Moderator: Fabian Thiel         

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         Alceu Fernandes-Neto – How are rights born? A socio-legal analysis of the recognition of Mercado Sul           de Taguatinga, Brasília - Brazil, as a Special Area of Cultural Interest. (Brasilia Time, 8:15am-9:45am)

 

         Pablo Celhay & Diego Gil  (presented by Gil) – Property Rights and Market Behavior in the Low-                   Income Housing Sector: Evidence from Chile

 

         Pablo Aguilar - Urban Binding Agreement for Latin America: Towards Equity, Inclusion and Urban                 Participation. 

 

 

       Parallel Session 3.2:  Housing, Markets, and Community 

      Moderator: Geeta Tewari 

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          Rachelle Alterman & Yiffat Holzman-Gazit – Invisible Affordable Housing: Attempts to Regularize                  Accessory Dwelling Units in Israel 

 

          Tali Margalit, Yael Shmaryahu-Yeshurun & Shai Stern – A Market within a Market: How a Hasidic                  Community Shapes the Urban Real-Estate Market 

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8:45 – 9:00 am EDT / 2:45 – 3:00 pm CEST                                                                     Break

 

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9:00 – 9:20 am EDT / 3:00 - 3:20 pm CEST                                                                      Poster Session 2

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     Ivan Mugabi – Legal challenges facing cities in the Global South: Would Uganda’s approach of enacting         incriminating legislation (The Physical Planning Amendment Act No 2 of 2020) change problems of urban       littering 

 

     Astrid Voorwinden – Regulating the Smart City in European Municipalities: A Case Study of Amsterdam

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9:20 - 10:15 am EDT / 3:20 - 4:15 pm CEST                                                                    Break

 

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10:15 – 10:45 am EDT / 4:15 – 4:45 pm CEST                                                 Virtual Berlin Presentation 2

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10:45 am – 11:45 am EDT / 4:45 pm – 5:45 pm CEST                                                   Plenary 5

 

    Cities, Rights, and International Development 

    Moderator: Nestor Davidson

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       Helmut Aust – International Human Rights Law in the Urban Age 

 

       Yishai Blank – The Legal Role of Cities in a (De)Globalizing World

  

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11:45 – 12:00 pm EDT / 5:45 – 6:00 pm CEST                                                               Break

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12:00 – 1:30 pm EDT / 6:00 – 7:30 pm CEST                                                                 Parallel Sessions 4

 

     Parallel Session 4.1: Local Politics, Home Rule, and Private Localism 

     Moderator: Marc Roark

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           Kenneth Stahl – The Meaning of Corruption in Local Politics 

 

           Darien Shanske – Proportionality and Home Rule 

 

           Manal Totry-Juban – Towards Regulating Private Localism  

 

       Parallel Session 4.2: Governance and the Built Environment 

      Moderator: Papon Dev

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           Eman Ateek – Governance & Urban Morphology 

 

           Rawan Khattab – The Impact of Mixed Land Use on Sustainability and the Built Environment 

 

           Dr. Hassan Elmoulihy & Muhammad Martini – Heritage Areas and Urban Development of the City –               Laws and Reality 

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       Parallel Session 4.3:  Blight, Degradation, and Property Rights 

       Moderator: Christopher White

           

           Amy Laura Cahn & Paula Segal - Blight is Out: New Tools and Terms for Redistribution 

 

           Chiara Feliziani – How to Deal with Urban Degradation? Suggestions from the Italian Experience 

 

           Giacomo Pailli & Alessandro Simoni – Regulating urban public space in Italian cities 

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1:30 pm EDT / 7:30 pm CEST                                                                              End of Conference Day 2

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