IMFG Visiting Scholar Izabella Barati-Stec presents on, "The Practice of Municipal Finance in Hungary." Barati-Stec is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Economics, at Corvinus University, Budapest.

This Big City, Big Ideas lecture features Ricky Burdett, Director of the London School of Economics Cities and Urban Age Program, was entitled Living in the Endless City: Global Challenges in an Urban Age.

This panel discussion is moderated by David Crombie, President, David Crombie and Associates, and former Mayor of Toronto. The panelists included: John Matheson, Partner, Strategy Corp.; Lorne Sossin, Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School and City of Toronto Open Meeting Investigator; Karim Bardeesy, Editorial Writer at the Globe and Mail, and 2011 DiverseCity Fellow; and Fiona Crean, Ombudsman, City of Toronto.

This Big City, Big Ideas lecture features Leslie Koch, President of The Trust for Governors Island, New York.