Smart people, small firms, connections to the outside world - how #cities work #Glaeser #cities2012

#Cities2012 Ed glaeser: 'big firms don't need cities. They are self contained'.

#Cities2012 glaeser: you can't create policy for entrepreneurship. I disagree ish. You can create the context.

#Cities2012 glaeser. Public private partnerships are not a panacea. They can be 'boom goggles'. I like the phrase 'boom goggles'!

Glad you're enjoying it @HousingStressed: Missing Ed Glaeser at CompCities but #Cities2012 is giving a good overview if you're interested.

Peter Verwer moderating the cities panel at #cities2012 with @timhorton_IDC Neil McInroy Prof Ed Glaeser and Lucy Turnbull

We need targets to #makemycitywork but we also need to be careful that those targets don't become too prescriptive #cities2012 #saplan

#Cities2012 goes global! RT "Estrella Sibila: check out convo under #cities2012 - Oz conf re challenges to our cities. Same across Earth!”

Prosperity without population growth - is it possible? No consensus among panel yet... #Cities2012

Thanks Neil McInroy for adding 'snuggling' into the city thinking discourse. #Cities2012

Paul Kursawa gets underway w a new theme for the Conference - time. 'The most valuable commodity to our customers & guests.' #Cities2012

Paul K giving #Cities2012 a taste of The Grove shopping experience.

Hospitality model makes the Caruso Ltd difference. They 'create environments that are aspirational'. #Cities2012

Calif. property sector experiencing administrative headache following abolition of all urban development agencies. #Cities2012

Paul K -'We view our front line as crucial to our bottom line.' #Cities2012

XCLT - also known as cross-laminated timber - is an exciting new approach to building. C/o Andrew Nieland from Lend Lease. #Cities2012

Sam Sangster Places Victoria talking about the challenges in delivering the Docklands renewal project in Melbourne. #Cities2012

Michael Argyrou from Unitised Building is spruiking benefits of modular construction...looking fwd to the XCLT v modular clash! #Cities2012

The Conference may be over, but the Competitive Cities mission is still ahead of us. Thanks to all our incredible speakers #Cities2012 contd