1st METROPOLIS WORLD CONGRESS. METROPOLIS CONSTITUENT CONGRESS (14 members)                                           

• Participants: Abidjan, Addis Ababa, Colombo, London, Tokyo, New York, Los Ángeles, Île-de-France, Montréal, Metropolitan Corporation of Barcelona, Mexico (state), Cairo, Buenos Aires, Torino
• Michel Giraud, Paris, Île-de-France is elected first president
• Institution of Metropolis Commissions (until 2011)

1ST METROPOLIS WORLD CONGRESS