This document outlines the schedule and curriculum for a 10-day metropolitan leadership training program at MIT. Each day focuses on a different theme related to metropolitan areas and includes sessions led by instructors from MIT, the Metro Lab, the World Bank, and other organizations. The schedule provides details on session topics, times, locations, and instructors for presentations, workshops, field visits and discussions covering issues such as metropolitan environments, infrastructure, governance, and leadership.

1. DAY 1 | MONDAY 8
THEME: Metropolitan Environment
INSTRUCTORS: Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab), David Gómez Alvarez (Metro Lab), CEO (MIT-ESI), Pedro Ortiz (Int. Sr.Consultant), Christian
Taylor (AySA), John Fernandez (ESI – MIT).
DAY 2 | TUESDAY 9
THEME: Metropolitan Society
INSTRUCTORS: Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab , David Gómez Alvarez (Metro Lab), COLAB, Nicolas Buchoud (Renaissance Urbaine), Marco Valerio
Pérez Gollanz (AMS, Guadalajra), Ramón Reyes (UDG), Robin Rajack (IDB).
TIME SUBJECT DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTORS
9:00 - 9:30 MIT Metro Lab Presentation
Welcome to MIT. MIT Metro Lab team
presentation. Participants Presentation
Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab), David
Gómez Alvarez (Metro Lab), John
Fernandez (ESI-MIT)
9:30 - 11:30
From Metro Gaps to the
Metro Discipline
Introduction to Metropolitan Gaps Analysis Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab)
11:30-12:30 Natural Environment Urban Methabolism John Fernandez (ESI -MIT)
12:30 - 1:30 LUNCH BREAK
1:30 - 3:30 Metropolitan Infrastructure I Gray and green infrastructure Pedro Ortiz (Int. Sr. Consultant)
3:30 - 4:30 Metropolitan Infrastructure II Blue infrastructure Christian Taylor (AySA)
4:30 - 5:00 Open Fair
Simultaneous 10 minute presentation by
Participants
Up to 9 Participants chosen by the
organization
6:00 - 8:00
Welcome dinner to
Instructors
Closed event Instructors and Guest speakers
TIME SUBJECT DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTORS
09:00-9:30 Introduction to Metro society Metro Gaps: Planificaxion Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab)
09:30-11:00 Social Cohesion Values for a Metropolitan Community Alyssa Bryson (COLAB)
11:00-12:30 Social Capital
Methods for collaborative development in
metro areas
Nicolas Buchoud (Renaissance Urbaine)
12:30 - 1:30 LUNCH BREAK & PHOTO Killian Court
1:30 - 3:00 Metropolitan Citizenship Participation and Metropolitan activism David Gómez Alvarez (Metro Lab)
3:00 – 4:00 Security
Security Metro Agency & Metro Security
Lab
Marco Valerio Pérez Gollanz (AMS,
Guadalajara) - Ramón Reyes (UdeG)
4:00 - 5:00
Book Presentation:
Steering the Metropolis
Presented by its co-editors and authors
David Gómez Alvarez (Metro Lab), Robin
Rajack (IDB), Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab)
5:00 - 7:00 MIT Tour + Drinks MIT Campus + Kendall Area Participants and Metro Lab staff

2. DAY 3 | WEDNESDAY 10
THEME: Metropolitan Wealth
INSTRUCTORS: Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab), Horacio Terraza (WB), Cesar Buenadicha (IDB-FOMIN), Robin Rajack (IDB), Enrique Silva (LILP).
*To be confirmed
DAY 4 | THURSDAY 11
THEME: Metropolitan Governance
INSTRUCTORS: Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab), Pedro Ortiz (Int. Sr. Consultant), David Gómez Alvarez (Metro Lab), Igor Calzara (Oxford),
Eugeni Villalba (Metrópolis).
DAY 5 | FRIDAY 12
THEME: Metropolitan Discipline
INSTRUCTORS: Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab), David Gómez Alvarez (Metro Lab), Antonella Contin (Polimi), Pedro Ortiz (Int. Sr. Consultant),
Marc Draisen (Greater Boston Area), Mario Silva (IMEPLAN), Ramón Reyes Rodríguez (UDG), Rafael Forero (UN Habitat), Giovanni Santamaria (NYIT).
TIME SUBJECT DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTORS
09:00-9:30
Introduction to
Metropolitan Wealth
Metro Gaps: Metropolitan Budget Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab)
09:30-11:00 Firms and Productivity Metropolitan Development Horacio Terraza (WB)
11:00-12:30 Human Capital The Future of Work Cesar Buenadicha (IDB-FOMIN)*
12:30 - 1:30 LUNCH BREAK
1:30 - 3:00 Assets Land Readjustment Robin Rajack (IDB)
3:00 - 4:30 Finance Metropolitan Finance Enrique Silva (LILP)
4:30 - 5:00 Open Fair
Simultaneous 10 minute presentation by
Participants
Up to 9 Participants chosen by the
organization
TIME SUBJECT DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTORS
09:00-9:30
Introduction to
Metropolitan
Governance
Research results: Metro governance in Latam and
global cases
Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab)
09:30-11:00 Legal Framework Government Systems and MG Pedro Ortiz (Int. Sr. Consultant)
11:00-12:30
Institutional
Framework
Types of governance David Gómez Alvarez (Metro Lab)
12:30 - 1:30 LUNCH BREAK
1:30 - 3:00 Legitimacy
Political Regionalism in the Age of Devolution in
Europe: Metropolitanisation and the Right to Decide
Igor Calzada (Oxford Univ.)
3:00 - 4:30 Information Metropolitan Observatory Eugeni Villalba (Metrópolis)
4:30 - 5:00 Open Fair Simultaneous 10 minutes presentation by participants Up to 9 Participants chosen by the organization
5:30 - 8:00 Closing dinner The Beat Hotel (Harvard Sq) Instructors and participants
TIME SUBJECT DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTORS
09:30-12:00 Metropolitan bodies
Field visit to the Metropolitan Area Planning
Council (MAPC)
Marc Draisen (MAPC, Boston)
Mario Silva (IMEPLAN, Guadalajara),
Rafael Forero (UN Habitat)
12:00-13:30 LUNCH BREAK
1:30-3:00
Metropolitan
Architecture
Mental Maps Antonella Contin
3:00 – 4:30
Metropolitan Discipline
(Round Table)
The rise of a new discipline: Fundamentals
Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab), Pedro Ortiz
(Int. Sr. Consultant), Antonella Contin
(Polimi), David Gomez Alvarez (Metro Lab),
Giovanni Santamaria (NYIT),
4:30 - 5:00 Closing Act Certficates of attendance Module I
Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab) & David
Gómez Alvarez (Metro Lab)

3. DAY 6| MONDAY 15
THEME: Gray Infrastructure
INSTRUCTORS: Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab), Rafael Tufts (UN Habitat), Pedro Ortiz (Int. Sr. Consultant), Giovanni Santamaria (NYIT),
Guido Quiroga (ACUMAR), John Fernandez (ESI-MIT).
DAY 7| TUESDAY 16
THEME: Blue Infrastructure
INSTRUCTORS: Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab), John Fernandez (ESI-MIT), Pablo Bereciartua (SSRH, Arg.), Jennifer Sara (World Bank),
José Luis Inglese (AySA), Diane Darras (IWA).
TIME SUBJECT DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTORS
9:00 - 9:30
Introduction to Metropolitan
Environmental Solutions
Welcome to MIT. Module presentation.
Participants presentation
Rafael Tufts – call (UN Habitat)
9:30 - 11:00
Solutions for Gray
Infrastructure
The Metropolitan Structure Pedro Ortiz (Int. Sr. Consultant)
11:00 - 12:30 Inspiring talks Landscape and Urban Methabolism Giovanni Santamaria (NYIT)
12:30 - 1:30 LUNCH BREAK
1:30 - 3:00 Studycases presentation
Matanza Riachuelo Basin case
(Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Guido Quiroga (ACUMAR)
3:00 - 5:00 Workshop #1: Metro Matrix & Metropolitan Architecture Instructors and participants
6:00 - 7:30
Welcome dinner for
Instructors
Closed event Instructors
TIME SUBJECT DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTORS
09:00-10:00 Introduction to Blue Infrastructure John Fernandez (ESI-MIT)
10:00-11:00 Blue Infra Planning National Water Plan Pablo Bereciartua (SSRH, Arg.)
11:30-12:30 Finance and Blue Infrastructure Jennifer Sara (World Bank)
12:30 – 2:00 LUNCH BREAK
2:00 – 2:45 Blue Infra Management
Components and lessons learned from
AySA´s water Plan
Jose Luis Inglese (AySA)
2:45 – 3:30 Blue Infra Solutions Key themes for a water-wise world Dianne Darras (IWA)
3:30 – 5:00 Workshop #2: Blue infrastructure and slum upgrading Instructors and participants
5:00 – 6:00 Round Table Comments on the Workshop
Jennifer Sara (World Bank),
Pablo Bereciartua (SSRH, Arg.),
José Luis Inglese (AySA),
Diane Darras (IWA)
6:00 - 7:30 MIT Tour + Drinks in Harvard Sq Barker Library Participants and Metro Lab staff

4. DAY 8| WEDNESDAY 17
THEME: Green Infrastructure
INSTRUCTORS: Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab), Salvador Rueda (BCN Ecología), Eric Huybrecht (L'IAU).
DAY 9| THURSDAY 18
THEME: White Infrastructure
INSTRUCTORS: Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab), Salvador Rueda (BCN Ecología), Alfredo Ramirez (AA, London), Lorena Isla.
DAY 10| FRIDAY 19
THEME: Leadership for Metropolitan Governance
INSTRUCTORS: Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab), David Gómez Alvarez (Metro Lab), Kant Larson (MIT Media Lab), Phil Tinn (MIT Media Lab).
*To be confirmed
TIME SUBJECT DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTORS
09:00-9:30
Introduction to Green
Infrastructure
Conceptual framework Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab)
09:30-10:30 Urban Ecology Planning Green Infrastructure Salvador Rueda (BCN Ecología)
10:30-11:30 Green Planning Paris Plan Eric Huybrecht (L'IAU)
12:30 - 1:30 LUNCH BREAK
1:30 - 3:30 Workshop #3
Environmental services and green
Infrastructure
Instructors
3:30 - 4:30 Round Table Round table organized by AySA y Acumar Invited guest speakers by AySA / Acumar
4:30 - 5:00 Book Presentation II Inspirational Talks Open Fair
TIME SUBJECT DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTORS
09:00-9:30
Introduction to White
Infrastructure
Conceptual framework (Smart City -
Sharing Economy)
Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab)
09:30-11:00 Energy Urban Metabolism Salvador Rueda (BCN Ecología)
11:30-12:30 Innovation Technology and Sustainability Alfredo Ramirez (AA, London)
12:30 - 1:30 LUNCH BREAK
1:30 - 3:30 Workshop #4: Smart Metro Planning Instructors
3:30 - 4:30 Open Fair
Simultaneous 10 minute presentation by
Participants
Up to 9 Participantes chosen by the
organization
4:30 - 5:00 Inspiring talks Future of Mobility Lorena Isla
5:30 - 8:00 Closing dinner Kendall Sq Instructors and participants
TIME SUBJECT DESCRIPTION INSTRUCTORS
10:00-12:00 Field Visit MIT Media Lab Kant Larson* (MIT Media Lab) – Phill Tinn (MIT Media Lab)
12:00 - 1:30 LUNCH BREAK
1:30 - 3:00 Final Presentation Groups presentation by participants
3:00 - 4:00 Final Panel Conclusions Practitioners and Academics
4:00- 5:00 Closing act Certficates of attendance Module II
Gabriel Lanfranchi (Metro Lab) & David Gómez Alvarez
(Metro Lab)