The main theme of this event is big cities. The event was to reflect on the growth of Bogotá and the problem of mobility.

Bogota
Colombia

Carlosfelipe Pardo

Colombian psychologist with an MSc in Contemporary Urbanism from the London School of Economics. He worked with a foundation in Bogotá as mobility coordinator in 2002-2004. During 2005-2009, he coordinated the GTZ Sustainable Urban Transport Project in Asia and Latin America (www.sutp.org). Was ITDP Country Director for Colombia, and has served since 2005 as a steering committee member for Sustran LAC. He has taken part in the development of training courses on Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), Travel Demand Management (TDM) non-motorised transport (NMT), sustainable transport and public awareness in China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Mexico, Uruguay, Brazil, and elsewhere around the world.

Jorge Acevedo

Director del Departamento de Ingeniería Civil y Ambiental de la Universidad de los Andes. Estudios: Título de Civil Engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Estados Unidos 1971. MSc. in Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, Estados Unidos 1969. Ingeniero Civil, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá - Colombia, 1967. Áreas de Investigación: Planeación y evaluación social de proyectos. Desarrollo regional y urbano. Transporte urbano e interurbano. Política pública y sistemas públicos. Sistemas urbanos. Administración pública. Ingeniería económica.