Airports, Cities, and China’s Copycat Kings

With the holidays upon us, I’m grounded for a while. But a few video clips and images have surfaced from various stops on the Fall leg of my endless tour.

1. On November 14, the World Policy Institute hosted a Political Salon for my book Aerotropolis. Moderated by WPI fellow Michelle Fanzo and hosted by WPI president Michele Wucker and Deborah Berke Architects, I spoke for an hour on the usual topics of cities, air travel, and globalization before realizing that was wine, not water I was sipping. A few photos from the event are available here.

2. Back on October 14, I gave the morning keynote at CCIM Live!, a conference for commercial real estate executives, moderated by Todd Clarke. Clink on the screenshot below for a link to the full-length video.

3. On November 10th, I spoke at the second annual L2 Innovatioo Forum, a sort of TED for the luxury industry. I talked a bit about the shanzhai, China’s copycat kings, and how their bottom-up piracy actually embodies the best hope (or threat, depending on how you look at it) for innovation in China. (The talk was a gloss on my TEDxUIllinois talk in September.)

Combatting the Bamboo Ceiling: Shanzhai Copy Cats by FORAtv