Rio 2013 Blog: Rio de Janeiro as a Global City
Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes and Maria Silvia Bastos Marques, president of the Municipal Olympic Company, discussed Rio's upcoming mega-events.
The two keynote speakers at AS/COA's Rio 2013 conference focused on Rio as a global city, as well as the constructive impact of upcoming mega-events. Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes noted that Rio is "a city that believes in entrepreneurship," and one with great opportunities given the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games.
Rio Mayor @eduardopaes_ : #Rio is becoming a safer city, a less unequal city. Watch live: bit.ly/ZsJwj8 #techrj
— AS/COA Online (@ascoa) April 11, 2013
Watch Paes' keynote below.
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Maria Silvia Bastos Marques, president of Rio's Municipal Olympic Company, said that the Olympics should leave a positive legacy for the city. One part of that legacy, she noted, was that the city "finally has long-term planning" in place. Transportation projects will reduce the city's bus fleet of 9,000 by a third, aiming to reduce traffic. Bastos Marques also mentioned an "intangible" legacy: to change the culture of informality in the city.
#Rio's port revitalization is the biggest PPP in #Brazil right now, receiving R$8b in investment. - Bastos Marques #techrj
— AS/COA Online (@ascoa) April 11, 2013
Watch Bastos Marques' remarks below.
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