The second edition of the seminar series in 2013 called the Development and Preservation in Large Cities: An International Perspective organised by the Department of Architecture and Industrial Design Luigi Vanvitelli of the Second University of Naples, the Regional Centre of Expertise on Culture, Ecology and Economy (BENECON) – an institutional member of Forum UNESCO University and Heritage – and the Edward J. Blustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, as for the first edition in 2012, has been an extraordinary success, with 56 participants including professors and lecturers, research fellows as well as doctorate and graduate students and students from partner institutions, which have all received a joint participation certificate.