Moderator: Najib Hourani, Michigan State University
- The Master Planning Effect
Mona Fawaz, American University of Beirut
- Speaking of the City: Establishing Urban Expertise in the Persian/Arab Gulf
Ahmed Kanna, University of the Pacific
- City as Microcosm: Reflections on Neoliberalism in the Arab World
Koenraad Bogaert, University of Ghent
- Neoliberal Authoritarianism in the City - Lessons from Pre-war Damascus
Yannick Suderman, Edinburgh University
- Neoliberalism and the Iconography of the Local: Place Making and Power
Christopher Parker, University of Ghent