Detailed Schedule
Tuesday, October 15
Afternoon
Pre-Congress Tours
7:00 pm
Opening Reception - "Experience the Intersection of Arts and Technology"
College of Fine Arts Building, Carnegie Mellon University
All events below were at the Westin Convention Center Hotel in Downtown Pittsburgh.
Wednesday, October 16
8:45 am to 11:45 am
Mobile Workshops (throughout the city)
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Wednesday Opening Lunch (Congress Themes Discussion)
2:00 pm to 2:15 pm
Break
2:15 pm to 3:30 pm
Plenary Panel - The View from North America (3 speakers)
3:30 pm to 3:45 pm
Break
3:45 pm to 5:00 pm
Plenary Panel - The View from Europe (3 speakers)
6:00 pm
Keynote Address (HRH Prince Charles, via pre-recorded video)
7:00 pm
Reception
Thursday, October 17
8:00 am to 9:15 am
Breakfast Plenary (The Pittsburgh Story)
9:15 pm to 9:30 am
Break
9:30 am to 11:00 am
Theme Workshops*
11:00 am to 11:15 am
Break
11:15 am to 12:15 pm
Study Teams*
12:15 pm to 12:30 pm
Break
12:30 pm to 2:00 pm
Lunch Plenary (Richard Florida)
2:00 pm to 2:15 pm
Break
2:15 pm to 3:30 pm
Study Teams*
3:30 pm to 3:45 pm
Break
3:45 pm to 5:00 pm
Theme Workshops*
* There were five concurrent workshop tracks, each with a theme. Each Theme Workshop (sixty persons each) began with presentations by two major thought leaders and two case studies to stimulate discussion and debate for the rest of the day. Each Theme Workshop then broke into three smaller Study Teams (twenty persons each) that met twice in the afternoon. The five Theme Workshops reconvened for a final working session at the end of the day for report outs and discussion.
On Thursday evening many Congress delegates attended Hosted Dinners, but Theme Workshop and Study Team facilitators worked on report-out presentations of the five Theme Workshops for the final Congress plenary.
Friday, October 18
8:00 am to 9:15 am
Breakfast Plenary (Designer Democracy: 21st Century Governance in the Post-Industrial City)
9:15 am to 9:30 am
Break
9:30 am to 10:45 am
Caucus Plenary: three Theme Workshop report-outs and voting
10:45 am to 11:00 am
Break
11:00 am to 12:30 pm
Caucus Plenary: two Theme Workshop report-outs and voting
12:30 pm
Remaking Cities Congress ends
Afternoon
Post-Congress Tours
Saturday, October 19
All day
Post-Congress Tours