FUCKUP NIGHT: How València turned an America’s Cup hangover into a loss

Ramon Marrades served as the Chief Strategy and Finance Officer at La Marina de València, Valencia’s waterfront redevelopment agency, and a board member of the Worldwide Network of Port Cities (AIVP). He holds an Executive MSc in Cities from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

A personal story about La Marina de València: from America’s Cup mega-event legacy to public experiment, and from civic activation to the risk of privatization. A talk about debt, temporary uses, public value, governance and the mistake of thinking a public place can protect itself.