Smart regulation for smart cities: can urban planning and law strengthen social innovation in Montreal?

Professors Hoi Kong and Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse are kickstarting a series of seminars on urban innovation, in collaboration with the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy (CIPP) and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Montreal (CIRM) and Gorka Espiau, Professor of Practice with the CIRM.

For the first event, join us in Old Montreal at the Centre d’entreprises et d’innovation de Montréal (CIEM), for a panel discussion.

Participants

Mehdi Benboubakeur, Directeur, Printemps numérique

Gorka Espiau - Centre de recherches interdisciplinaires en études montréalaises (CRIEM), Université McGill et Young Foundation

John Geraci - Entrepreneur, Bionic; collaborateur Harvard Business Review, New York

Peter V. Hall - Directeur, Urban Studies Program, Simon Fraser University, Colombie Britannique

Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse - Directeur, CIPP, Faculté de Droit, Université McGill

Moderator : Diane Bérard, Journal Les Affaires.

Cocktail by Norton Rose & Raymond Chabot to follow.

The series is supported by the McConnell Foundation and Cities for People.