El 9º Congreso Mundial de Metropolis celebrado en Sídney del 22 al 25 de octubre de 2008 ha sido un gran éxito:

• 600 delegados inscritos

• 800 asistentes en la ceremonia de apertura

• 800 asistentes en el Public Talk organizado por la Ciudad de Sídney

• 500 estudiantes involucrados

• 400 delegados en los eventos paralelos

• 350 participantes en el foro abierto "Ágora"

• 5 libros de investigación dedicados a Metropolis

• 10.000 ejemplares de los libros de investigación distribuidos

• 25 socios del congreso y 12 socios industriales

• 80 ciudades representadas

En conjunto, el congreso acogió 58 sesiones y reunió a 150 oradores. Además, se celebraron eventos sociales en lugares tan extraordinarios como la Sydney Opera House or la Overseas Passenger Terminal. Las conferencias de prensa y la cobertura mediática incluye la primera página del Sydney Morning Herald, artículos en los principales periódicos metropolitanos de Sídney, televisión local y cobertura radiofónica, incluyendo Channel 7, ABC TV, SBS, entrevistas radiofónicas en diversos idiomas.

Conclusiones y documentos del 9º Congreso de Metropolis en Sydney:

Informe del Congreso (ENG)

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