Le 9ème Congrès mondial de Metropolis célébré à Sydney du 22 au 25 octobre 2008 a été un grand succès:

• 600 délégués incrits

• 800 assistants à la cérémonie d'ouverture

• 800 assistants au Public Talk organisé par la Ville de Sydney

• 500 étudiants impliqués

• 400 délégués dans les événements parallèles

• 350 participants au forum ouvert  "Agora"

• 5 livres d'investigation dédiés à Metropolis

• 10 000 exemplaires de livres d'investigation distribués

• 25 membres du congrès et 12 partenaires industriels

• 80 villes représentées

Dans l'ensemble, le congrès accueillit  58 séances et réunit 150 orateurs. De plus, des évènements sociaux se célébrèrent dans des lieux aussi extraordinaires telle que la Sydney Opera House ou la Overseas Passenger Terminal. Les conférences de presse et la couverture médiatique  incluent la première page du Sydney Morning Herald, des articles dans les principaux journaux métropolitains

Conclusions et documents du 9ème Congrès Mondial de Metropolis, Sydney 2008:

Rapport Congrès

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

Publications:

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