The 9th World Congress of Metropolis held in Sydney from 22 to 25 October 2008 hailed great success with:

• 600 formal delegates

•800 people at the opening ceremony

•800 people attending the public talk held by the City of Sydney

•500 school students involved

•400 delegates attending satellite events

•350 members of the public attending the open forum Agora

•5 dedicated Metropolis research books published

•10 thousand copies of the research books distributed

•25 Congress Partners and 12 Industry Partners

•80 cities represented

Overall, the Congress featured 58 sessions and gathered approximately 150 speakers. Additionally, the Congress held social events at such remarkable venues as Sydney Opera House and the Overseas Passenger Terminal. The press conferences and the media results include the front- page sory in the Sydney Morning Herald, articles in all major Sydney Metropolitan Newspapers, local television and radio coverage including Channel 7 and ABC TV, SBS radio interviews in many languages.

During the General Assembly Meeting held on 25 October 2008, the candidature of City of Barcelona to hold permanently the seat of the Secretariat General of Metropolis has been approved. At the Board of Directors Meeting, new members of the Board of Directors as well the candidature of Mr. Jordi Hereu, Mayor of Barcelona, as a First Executive Vicepresident have been approved.

The General Assembly has also approved the "Urban Renovation Alliance" Initiative, a program which will encourage the alliance between distinguished private sector companies and members of Metropolis in order to integrate innovative solutions within the Cities.

Conclusions and documents of the 9th World Congress of Metropolis, Sydney 2008:

Congress Report

Special Student Rates for 9th World Congress of Metropolis

Metropolis Congress Provides Insight into Opportunities in Urban India

Media Release: Unique opportunity to network with influential women from cities all over the world.

Event Alert: FREE - THE WORLD'S CITY LEADERS

Publicaciones:

Publication I - Connecting Cities: Networks

2Mb Introduction by Chris Johnson

• 1Mb Cities in Today's Global Age by Saskia Sassen
• 2Mb World City Network by Peter Taylor
• 2Mb Physical Connection: Airline Networks by Ben Derudder & Frank Witlox
• 2Mb Virtual Connection: Information Networks and Cities by Johnathan Rutherford
• 1Mb Global Knowledge Networks by Michael Hoyler and Heike Jons
• 2Mb D_City: Networking the Data Modelling Revolution by Davina Jackson

Publication II - Connecting Cities: City Regions

3Mb Introduction by Chris Johnson

• 2Mb City Regions and Economic Development by Kathy Pain
• 2Mb City-Regions and Governance by John Harrison
• 2Mb Polycentric Structuring of Sydney's Metropolitan Region by Chris Johnson
• 1Mb Urban Transport Sustainability by Jeffrey Kenworthy
• 2Mb Polycentric Employment Formation in Australasian Cities by John Black
• 2Mb 14-Hour City by James Calder

Publication III - Connecting Cities: China

1Mb Introduction by Chris Johnson

• 3Mb Chinese Cities in Contemporary Globalisation by Peter Taylor and Michael Hoyler
• 2Mb Urbanisation in China: Causes and Consequences by Eric Heikkila
• 3Mb Three City Regions in China by CB Richard Ellis
• 3Mb Mega-City Region Development in the Greater Pearl River Delta by Anthony Yeh and Jiang Xu
• 2Mb The Chinese Urban Age by Richard Hu
• 3Mb Shanghai's Waterfront by Richard Marshall

Publication IV - Connecting Cities: India

1Mb Introduction by Chris Johnson

• 5Mb Urban India: Comparing Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Bangalore by Phillipp Rode and Rit Chandra
• 3Mb Globalisation and Exclusionary Urban Growth in Developing Countries: the Indian case by Amitabh Kundu
• 4Mb Vision Mumbai by Bombay First
• 2Mb The Emergence of a World City: Bangalore by H.S. Sudhira
• 3Mb Creative Financing of Urban Infrastructure in India through Market-based Financing and Public-private Partnership Options by Chetan Vaidya

Publication V - Connecting Cities: Mega Event Cities

1Mb Introduction by Chris Johnson

• 2Mb The Sydney Olympic Park Model: Evolution and Realisation by Adjunct Professor Richard Cashman
• 1Mb The Operation of the Bejing 2008 Olympic Precinct by Professor Hai Ren
• 2Mb Planning London Olympic Park as a Global and Local Place - A Comparative Analysis with Sydney Olympic Park by Hiromasa Shirai
• 2Mb The Influence of Mega Events on City Structure under Contemporary Urban Governance by Dr Glen Searle
• 2Mb Urbanising a Post-Olympic Landscape by Darlene van der Breggen
• 2Mb Sydney Olympic Park: Centrality, Mobility and Metropolitan Publics by Professor Donald McNeill and Doctor Mark Davidson
• 2Mb Marketing the Park to the Community - Visitors and Audiences at Sydney Olympic Park by Alan Marsh