Our first seminar "Crisis and cities: a dual world of capital cities" took place in Warsaw on 23rd of September at wonderful venue - Old Library of Warsaw University. Special big thanks to Maciek Smietkowski and Dorota Celinska-Janowicz for excellent organisation of the event and for making everybody feel very welcome and comfortable.
Event had two crucial parts: official, with the actual presentations and discussions; and unofficial, with the debates over coffee, lunch and excellent dinner at Delicja Polska. Sometimes it is difficult to say which one is more important and thought-provoking.
Following links below you can find seminar agenda and speakers' presentations.
Seminar agenda
Presentations:
1. Zoltan Gal, Restructuring financial services sector in crisis environment: can offshoring be a key driver in repositioning international financial centre functions in CEE?
2. Maciej Smętkowski, Capital cities in CEECs: global vs. national importance in the eve of the global financial crisis
3. Tetyana Korneyeva, The Response of France in Light of the Global Economic Crisis – the Case of Paris
4. Michał Szwabe, Immigrants facing crisis – return migrations or riots?
5. Daiva Repeckaite, Reluctant neighbors: Ethnicity, housing problems and mobilization in Tel Aviv
6. Leszek Dolega, Resilience, Fragility, and Adaptation: New Evidence on the Performance of UK High Streets during Global Economic Crisis and its Policy Implications
7. Dorota Celińska-Janowicz, Shopping centres and shopping streets in the capital city – Warsaw case study
8. Dalia Čiupailaitė, Changes in the socio-spatial structure of the City of Vilnius
9. Donatas Burneika, Ruta Ubareviciene, The economic crisis and development of Vilnius urban region – spatial aspects
10. Mirosław Grochowski, Exurbanisation in emerging metropolitan area: drivers, consequences and challenges for spatial planning and development management
11. Wojciech Wagner, Poland’s Uncontrolled Exurbanisation – Trading Future of Polish Cities for Short-Term Gains?
