Which 8850 Form Urban 2016-2025

So, welcome back. I'm Neil Brenner. I teach urban theory at this fine institution. It's wonderful to be here with everyone. It's really a privilege to chair this panel with two really cutting-edge thinkers about the contemporary urban condition. We have a slightly smaller group at this stage of the day, but just so everyone knows, some of the faculty have to teach and have other obligations. Hopefully, they will be returning, so we can expect the size of the audience to fluctuate during the day. But we're delighted to have all of you with us. I also just want to join my colleagues in thanking the Dida's team, Boya Young and Majda, for their incredible dedication and hard work. I started conversations with them many months ago about planning this, and you all have really rocked it in terms of not just the organizational coherence but the intellectual vision behind the conference. It's really a wonderful opportunity for all of us at the school to reflect upon some fundamental issues that really underpin and animate the work that so many of us are doing, both in our research and in our practice. Hats off to the Dida's team. I also just want to look at the list. I mean they went through it earlier, but have a look if you haven't already on the program of the list of all the different units at the GSD that have contributed to supporting this. The effort to construct the budget in order to make it possible to bring everyone here and to support this day was also a very non-trivial thing. We're all grateful to them for making that effort. I also just want to reiterate their thanks to all the different departments and units around the GSD that have contributed,...