The Next Urban Economy: Can Toronto be a Global Leader?

On Thursday, December 9th, IMFG hosted a lecture by Keynote Speaker Greg Clark entitled, The Next Urban Economy: Can Toronto be a Global Leader? Greg Clark is an international advisor to cities on economic development and investment strategy. Following the banking and economic crisis, cities are being encouraged to adopt new strategies that embrace green economies, emerging markets, new technologies, and the modernization of export industries. ‘The Next Urban Economy’ is the term applied by the Brookings Institution to these new urban strategies.