Geeta Mehta , Professor at Columbia University & co-founder of Asia Initiatives & Malaysian Senator Yusmadi Yusoff joins us on the Inclusive Cities Livecast Series. Hosted by Elsa D’Silva,CEO, Red Dot Foundation (Safecity) & Prathima Manohar , Founder of The Urban Vision. We explore how to make cities more humane.

The outbreak of coronavirus and related lock downs & social distancing protocols has changed our relationship with our public spaces. This conversation will focus on the role of public spaces in these times and forecast how public spaces and the commons will change post the pandemic.

ElsaMarie D’Silva, Founder & CEO, Red Dot Foundation (Safecity) & Prathima Manohar, Founder of The Urban Vision speak with Nidhi Gulati, Senior Director at Project for Public Spaces in New York and Sulakshana Mahajan , Urban Planner in Mumbai.

Nidhi Gulati is a Senior Director at Project for Public Spaces (PPS) which is a organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public spaces that build strong communities. Nidhi manages the diverse transportation portfolio at PPS, helping to connect people and places by creating community resources.

Sulakshan Mahajan is a researcher on Urban and Women’s issues, with a particular focus on India. She has worked as a consultant urban planning, housing issues at Mumbai Transformation Support Unit (MTSU) Mumbai. She has written extensively on urban issues in India.

Juma Assiago , UN-Habitat joins us on the Inclusive Cities Livecast Series. Hosted by Elsa D’Silva,CEO, Red Dot Foundation (Safecity) & Prathima Manohar , Founder of The Urban Vision. We explore how to make cities more humane.

Mr. Assiago, an Urbanist and Social Scientist, is the Global Coordinator of the Safer Cities Programme at UN-Habitat. He has a Bachelor of Science degree (United States International University) and a Masters of Science degree in Sustainable Urban Development (Oxford University, United Kingdom). He joined UN-Habitat in October 1999 and has an 18 year international working experience providing technical support to both national and local governments on the development and implementation of city crime prevention and urban safety strategies.

Part of his achievements has been the development of the Global Network on Safer Cities (GNSC) that has organised several technical working groups including on the confluence of safety and peace building in Geneva.He lately was involved in convening the UN Task Team that developed the Issue Paper on Safer Cities for the Habitat III process.

ElsaMarie D’Silva, Founder & CEO, Red Dot Foundation (Safecity) & Prathima Manohar, Founder of The Urban Vision are hosting a series of Live Video chats with thought leaders on the topic of Inclusive Cities.

In this session We chat with Pedro Ortiz, an urban planner, has developed a unique methodology to tame urban growth in a sustainable manner.He is also a Senior Consultant of Metropolitan Management and Planning for IGO’s (International Governmental Organizations) such as the United Nations, European Union, UN-Habitat, World Bank, InterAmerican Development Bank, and others.From 1989 to 1992, Ortiz was the elected Mayor of Madrid’s Central District (Distrito de Salamanca). Additionally, he was a member of Madrid’s City Council (1987-1995)

This live webinar series will explore ideas for urbanism and programming to support marginalized communities such as migrant and daily wage workers in our cities.The coronavirus pandemic has put the spotlight on the utter helplessness of the marginalized communities during calamities. ElsaMarie D’Silva, Founder & CEO, Red Dot Foundation (Safecity) & Prathima Manohar, Founder of The Urban Vision are hosting a series of Live Video chats with thought leaders on the topic of Inclusive Cities. We chat with @JaganShah, an urban development thought leader with over two decades of experience in change-agency. He is an Architect, Educator and Former Director of the National Institute of Urban Affairs, an Autonomous Body under the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India. He is currently Senior Advisor to Department for International Development (DFID), UK