The Mayor of Torino Sergio Chiamparino has been invited to the convention "The infrastructures Challenge" within the framework of the International Economic Forum of the Americas/Toronto Forum for Global Cities held in Toronto the 5th of November 2007. The Mayor witnessed the experience of Torino in the field of urban regeneration.

The occasion has been exploited to organise - in collaboration with the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Toronto - some meetings with medias and representatives of the economic and cultural reality of Toronto and has been an important opportunity to set up future projects of cooperation and promotion.

The Mayor Chiamparino met the Mayor of Toronto David Miller; Rod Jones, Executive Director of the Ontario Aerospace Council, Samantha Sannella, President and Ceo of Design Exchange and member of the Design Advisory Committee. Furthermore the Mayor visited the urban regeneration area of Waterfront and the plants of Ferrero Canada and of the Mactor Society, Fiat supplier.