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The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, will promote London as the top choice to do business and beat the recession, during a visit to MIPIM, the world’s premier property conference in Cannes.

He will highlight the multitude of investment opportunities that London offers - from the 2012 Olympics, to major infrastructure projects like Crossrail.

The MIPIM property conference brings together the most influential decision-makers in the market and the Mayor will ensure London is promoted at every opportunity as the place to invest in and locate to. Only last week, the capital was rated the top global financial centre in a new survey published by the City of London.

The Mayor, Boris Johnson, said: “During my short stay at MIPIM I will be taking every opportunity to shout from the roof tops that London is simply the best city in the world to invest in and it’s getting better all the time. With the 2012 Games just around the corner and construction of Crossrail ready to start, investors will be spoilt for choice in the range of opportunities arising from these two projects alone. I’ll be telling those investors and developers that the future for London is spectacularly bright and they can look forward to a good return on every pound, dollar, euro or yuan that they put into our fantastic city.”
The Mayor will be making several keynote speeches, as well as attending fringe events around the main conference.

Key events on the Mayor’s itinerary, which are open to the media, are as follows:

Tuesday 10th March
14.45 – 15.00 - Photo opportunity:
The Mayor will greet cyclists from the Cycle to Cannes (C2C) charity challenge outside the Palais de Festivals conference centre after their 1,500km sponsored cycle from London.

15.00:
The Mayor will tour and officially open the London Stand in the Palais de Festivals.

16.30 – 17.00
The Mayor will hold a press conference where he will announce details of an exciting initiative that will promote fuller use of London’s public space. (Diane Room, Majestic Hotel)

17.30:
The Mayor will host the London Reception (Diane Room, Majestic Hotel)
Wednesday 11th March

08.45 – 09.45
The Mayor will address the New Urban Agenda breakfast meeting (Salon la Cote, Carlton Hotel)

10.00 – 10.20
The Mayor will give a keynote speech to MIPIM delegates entitled "2012: Opportunity London" and will also outline Think London's economic action plan (Esterel Room, Palais des Festivals).