This year’s Athens Democracy Forum will convene a special ‘Architecture & Democracy’ panel discussion at the Southwest Peloponnesian destination Costa Navarino on September 17-18, following proceedings in Athens.
Hosted by NYT columnist Roger Cohen, the invitation-only event will explore the many real and dramatic ways architecture and urban planning can both represent and facilitate democracy.
The ‘Architecture & Democracy’ speaker line-up, with more to be announced, is:
Patrik Schumacher, partner, Zaha Hadid Architects
Charles Landry, author and urbanist
Yorgos Kaminis, mayor of Athens, Greece
Petros Themelis, emeritus professor of archaeology, University of Crete
Keep up to date with further speaker announcements on the conference website and by following @NYTlive on Twitter. The hashtag for the conference is #NYTADF.
The Athens Democracy Forum has been convened in cooperation with the United Nations Democracy Fund, the City of Athens, and Kathimerini newspaper. Costa Navarino is the principal sponsor for the event. The event has become the premier global event marking the UN International Day of Democracy on September 15, attracting 400 delegates from 23 countries to Athens last year.
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