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<b>Sent:</b> 07 February 2017 01:42 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> CONFERENCE PROFESSOR PATRICK LE GALÈS – Thursday 16 February 2017 - Policy instruments and the governance of large metropolis
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Please join us for the Conference of Professor Patrick
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">This conference is hosted in collaboration with CUBES,
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PROFESSOR LE GALÈS - Director of Urban Studies (Ecole Urbaine) at Sciences Po, Centre d’Etudes Européennes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">16 FEBRUARY 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">Far West Studio, John Moffat Building, Wits Main Campus<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="page-break-before:always;page-break-after:avoid"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Professor Patrick Le Galès is Director of Urban Studies (Ecole Urbaine) and Research Professor of Sociology
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