Torino + Glasgow (Friday 8 February 2013) programme

University of Strathclyde, Court Senate Room Collins Building, Richmond Street, Glasgow (http://www.strath.ac.uk/maps/collinsbuilding/)
1300 Sir Jim McDonald (Principal, Strathclyde University). Welcome 1315 Phil Cooke (School of Humanities, Strathclyde) Introduction First Session: Glasgow and Turin - 21st Century Cities 1330 Stuart Patrick (Chief Executive, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce). Glasgow + Torino 1345 Bailie Elizabeth Cameron (Glasgow City Council). Step Changes for Glasgow. A Partnership for Regeneration 1415 Alberto Lalli (Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning (DIST) Politecnico and Universit di Torino). Torino urban regeneration policies 1996-2006 1500 Paola Pasino and Ombretta Romice (Department of Architecture, Strathclyde). Discussion 1515-1530 BREAK (TEA and COFFEE SERVED) Second Session: Turin City of Culture 1545 Ian Thomson (Author and biographer of Primo Levi). Turin: laboratory city. 1615 John Foot (Professor of Italian History, University College London) Juventus and Italian History. Cars, Championships and National Identity. 1645 Final Discussion 1700 END FOLLOWED BY WINE RECEPTION (TBC) THIS IS A FREE EVENT BUT PLEASE CONFIRM ATTENDANCE TO Mark.Law@strath.ac.uk. For other enquiries please contact Philip Cooke (p.e.cooke@strath.ac.uk).