Date: November 20-23th, 2012 Venue: Cebu Philippines Southeast Asia has some of the world’s largest and most vibrant cities. Roughly 250 million people or over 40% of the population in the region live in urban areas. Mega-cities like Manila, Jakarta, and Bangkok are home to more than ten million people each, and serve as administrative and financial centers as well as migration, transportation and communication hubs. Singapore is touted as a “global city,” a status to which Kuala Lumpur also aspires. “Secondary cities” like Cebu, Chiang Mai, Penang and Surabaya have histories and cultures that are as rich as those of the national capitals from whose shadows they are emerging […]