The 11th International and Comparative Urban Law Conference
Taking place in Mexico City,
Tuesday, May 12 - Thursday, May 14, 2026.
DAY THREE – Thursday, May 14th
7:55 am: Get on bus at the Holiday Inn Express Mexico City Satelite
8:00 am: Shuttle to UNAM
If you are leaving the hotel on the 14th, please check out of your room prior to leaving for the conference. The hotel will hold your bags through the day, and the shuttle will return to the hotel at the end of the day.
8:45 am – 9:30 am: Coffee
9:30 am – 11:00 am: Urban Dialogue - Plenary Session
Session Theme: INFORMATION POLICY AND ALGORITHMIC GOVERNANCE
Quintana Roo - Queretaro Hall
Moderator: Luis Martín Sánchez Adame
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Adrián Diego Campos - International Standards on the Right of Access to Public Information in Urban Contexts: The Case of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
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Carlos Nandayapa Hernandez - Algorithmic Nudges in the City
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Ngozi Okidegbe - Algorithms, Public Participation and the City
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Jerome Uchenna Orji - Between Smart Cities and Public Health Concerns over 5G Networks: An Inquiry into Regulatory Developments in Nigeria
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Weibo Zhou - Compliance-by-Design for Urban Digital Twins
11:00 am – 11:30 am: Coffee Break - Terrace CEMM
11:30 am – 1:00 pm: Urban Dialogue - Plenary Session
Session Theme: CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT
Quintana Roo - Queretaro Hall
Moderator: Mónica Pérez Báez
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Toki Ashraf - Environmental Concerns towards Sustainability in Urban Development of Least Developed Country
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Sidney Guerra - Climate Change In The State Of Rio De Janeiro: Challenges And Opportunities
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Akif Khan - Global Analysis of Municipal Food Waste Policies
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Evaldas Klimas - Urban Greenery Protection Regulation – Lithuania case
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Priyanka Paul - Urgency of Local Climate Change Strategy in Global South
1:00 pm: – 2:30 pm: Lunch - Terrace CEMM
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm: Parallel Sessions
Session Theme: PUBLIC-PRIVATE INTERSECTIONS
Puebla Oaxaca Hall
Moderator: Luis Martín Sánchez Adame
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Patience Crowder - Building Equitable Entrepreneurial Ecosystems through Private Contracts in Critical Geographies
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Emile Loza de Siles - Cabildos, Participatory Democracy, and Crowd-Sourced Wisdom
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Steven Nelson - The Implementation of State Takeover Laws & Disingenuous Care
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Arturo Tovar Goris - Public–private partnerships of Urban Centrality Production:Comparative Models and Legal-Political Operations in Metropolitan Peripheries in Mexico
Session Theme: GESTIÓN DEL TERRITORIO: DISEÑO NORMATIVO MULTINIVEL - SPANISH LANGUAGE
Quintana Roo - Querétaro Hall
Moderator: Francisco Javier Romero Pérez
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Louise David - Metropolitan governance in Mexico: from vision to collaborative projects
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Cuauhtémoc García Casas - Protección y Gestión de Ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad: Legislación Urbana Comparada entre México y España
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Arianne Berenice Reséndiz Flores - A diez años de la Nueva Agenda Urbana
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Alfredo Manrique Reyes - Legislacion territorial en Colombia
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm: Closing Session
Congress Unit CEMMM
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Supreme Court of Justice Mexico: Ministry Lenia Batres Guadarrama
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Intervention CJUR: Pablo Aguilar Gonzalez, President
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Fordham Urban Law Center: Aaron Saiger
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UNAM FES Closing Declaration
4:30 pm: Shuttle from conference back to hotel