Join the Rudin Center in its first of several talks by leading thinkers from around the world who will address issues of common concern to New York and Abu Dhabi, the anchors of NYU’s Global Network University.

In "Building Big," Professor Harry Dimitriou, Director of the Omega Centre at the University College of London, will outline a unique approach to the use of story-telling in the understanding the decision-making used in the planning and delivery of ten vast urban transportation mega-projects from around the world. He will highlight some of his early research findings from the use of this methodology as applied to the Centre’s first case study, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link between the UK and France. His remarks will include comments on how these findings apply to other mature established areas such as New York as well as newly developing cities such as Abu Dhabi.

About the Speaker: Professor Dimitriou is Bartlett Professor of Planning Studies, the Director of the Omega Centre of Mega Projects in Transport and Development at University College London, and has served as Head of the Bartlett School of Planning. He has served as an international consultant to numerous governments and international development agencies in Europe, the Middle East, West Africa and Asia, and is author of several books on urban transport policy and planning, urban development and strategic regional planning.