While I am from NYC, I have been in Barcelona now for several years. I am working with a former mayor here to launch an urban governance executive education program at the Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (www.ibei.org); the program, which is based on the United Nation's New Urban Agenda, will be for officials from local municipalities to better understand how to manage and improve their cities. I am also collaborating with a data science company called Eixos (eixos.cat) to advise cities on improving their commercial areas, including through placemaking, forming business improvement districts, and forming innovation districts.