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The event will take place at NEOMA’s Paris campus on 2nd June, 2023.** The forum will be of interest to researchers, academics, practitioners, and policy makers with interests in foreign investment into cities in an era where sustainability, China’s emergence as a global investor in cities, and city mobility are under increasingly the spotlight. Co-hosted by [NEOMA](https://neoma-bs.com/), [University of York (School for Business and Society)](http://www.york.ac.uk/business-society/), and [United Nations University (Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies)](https://cris.unu.edu/), the forum is the opportunity to hear from some of the latest thinking and to discuss from both academic and policy perspectives, in three panels themes: - Sustainability, FDI and Cities - Chinese FDI and Cities - Mobility, FDI and Cities ## Speakers and talks - **Alexandre de Crombrugghe,** Economist at OECD Keynote speech: *Making international investment work for sustainable and regional development* - **Dr Simone SANDHOLZ,** Head of Urban Futures & Sustainability Transformation Programme at the United Nations University – Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). *Urban sustainability transformation for whom, why and how?* - **Phil HENRY,** Built Environment Development Director at Genuit Group *The challenges of installing cloud connected blue and green infrastructure to existing assets in order to manage increase rainfall events and promote biodiversity in cities.* - **Dr Filip DE BEULE,** Associate professor of International Business at the Faculty of Economics and Business of KU Leuven *Location decisions of Chinese MNCs during the internationalization process* - **Dr Haiyan ZHANG,** Associate professor at NEOMA Business School *Location decisions of Chinese MNCs during the internationalization process* - **Alex Irwin-Hunt,** Global Markets Editor and host of Rising Ecosystems Podcast at fDi Intelligence - **Dr Davide Castellani,** Professor of International Business and Strategy at Henley Business School, University of Reading *Getting there and around. The role of global and urban connectivity in MNEs’ location choices* - **Dr Martin KASPAR,** Head of Corporate Development, Fränkische Industrial Pipes *The current revolution of the automotive industry and its impact on location choice* ## Location NEOMA Business School, Paris Campus (room 409), and ZOOM Date: 2nd June 2023 Time: 12.30 – 18:00 CET ## Information and registration Open to staff, students (postgraduate researchers only) and practitioners/policy/business leaders. Free admission, booking required. 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