Can architecture and design be a force for positive transformation? Sn&oslash;hetta believes so, and their thoughtful, iconic projects across the globe have proven it.

Craig Edward Dykers

Keynote: Designing for Positive Transformation

Nature based solutions to mitigate urban heat and flooding, while improving human health and comfort.

Vincent Lee

Sponge Cities

How we can reimagine and reinvent the built environment to stop urban sprawl as we know it and create cities that are super-natural.

Dror Benshetrit

Bioplanning the Cities of the Future

Mixed-use, mixed-income, mixed generations&hellip;The way we&rsquo;ve been thinking about &ndash; and building &ndash; housing needs to change.

Marc Norman

Kimberly Driggens

Maria Barry

Flipping the Script on Housing

Hila Oren believes that the DNA of a city stems from its public spaces. Have we been designing and stewarding these spaces in ways that make cities flourish - or have old habits held us back?

Dr. Hila Oren

Fighting the Loneliness Pandemic via Public Spaces

Thomas F. Prendergast

Janette Sadik-Khan

The Art of Complex Urban Change

While 2022 was the year of the metaverse hype, Howard Hughes Corp pushed forward with a digital meets physical Web3 community.

Julie Allen

The Web3 City. Buildings, Blocks and Blockchain

From generative design algorithms to robotic construction, AI is already pushing the boundaries of what is possible in architecture. Will technology make the architect redundant in our pursuit of better cities?

Steven Cornwell

Claire Johnston

Elisa Ours

Alex Baum

Siqi Zhu

Andrew Witt

Shane Burger

Death of the Architect? Will Technology Make the Architect Redundant in our Pursuit of Better Cities? 

Ed Gleaser and Jay Cross sit down for an intimate fireside chat to discuss the future of our cities.

Jay Cross

Edward Glaeser

The Triumph of a City 

We are building grey infrastructure like there is no tomorrow, at the cost of water bodies, green spaces, and public areas, which is leading to heat islands, flooding, worsening mental health, air/noise pollution, and rising stress. Manas Rath will show practical ways to build blue and green infrastructure into even the most congested towns and cities in India.

Manas Rath

Blue and Green Infrastructure: The Potential to Make Indian Cities Livable, Sustainable, and Resilient 

Is it enough to be an expert? To collaborate or co-design? Heath Gledhill explores why our profession needs Integrators, and their crucial value as orchestrators inside city-shaping projects.

Heath Gledhill

From Experts to Integrators: Reforming Our Value

What are the ingredients of a good neighborhood, and how can we create this green and thriving urban environment for everyone in every neighborhood?&nbsp;

Hélène Chartier

Rob Adams

From Experimentation to Transformation

Can a community-led plan and a new mechanism for accountability leverage the private sector, reverse years of environmental injustice, and create a thriving and healthier neighborhood? Look no further than the Gowanus rezoning in Brooklyn for a case study. The playbook for collaboration that can champion urban transformation is complicated&hellip; and rewarding. Here&rsquo;s how it&rsquo;s playing out in real-time.

James Lima

Michelle De la Uz

Gary Pooni

Community Power to Planning Progress

A historical system of racism manifested in the physical environment decimates communities limiting their access to certain geographies and services. How do we tackle these injustices and create more inclusive and equitable places for all?

Bryan C. Lee Jr

Designing Spaces for Racial and Cultural Justice

From empty office towers to vacant strip malls and weathered cultural buildings &ndash; giving new life to existing buildings not only reduces carbon emissions, it is also a chance for neighborhood renewal.

Robert Claiborne

Sarah M. Whiting

Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose 

Talent is now migratory. Does your city have what it takes to not only lure, but keep remote workers?

Lev Kushner

Greg Lindsay

The Nomadic City 

Electrification is a powerful tool in fighting climate change, and cities are in dire need of an upgrade. It is a gargantuan task, so where do we start?

Dr. Amy Myers Jaffe

Electrify the City

In his General Theory of Walkability, veteran WRLDCTY speaker and Walkable City author Jeff Speck explains how people only choose to become pedestrians if the walk is simultaneously &ldquo;useful, safe, comfortable, and interesting.&rdquo; Of those four requirements, comfort is the most counterintuitive and fascinating. Join Jeff as he waxes poetic through a photographic essay on what makes for truly comfortable walking. Hint: It&rsquo;s not just good shoes.

Jeff Speck

Keynote: The Comfortable Walk

WRLDCTY wraps up with a look at the global forces and conditions that will shape what&rsquo;s to come for cities around the world. Anchored in trends and data, this session serves as a guidebook to what cities need to be paying attention to &ndash; and preparing for &ndash; over the short, medium, and long term.

Chris Fair

Greg Clark

What's Next for World Cities?

Signe Kongebro

Tobias Degsell

Tristan More

Ole Scheeren

Scott Rechler

Eric A. Clement

Ernest Chrappah

Fokke Moerel

Andrew King

Rohit T. “Rit” Aggarwala

Steven Pedigo

Keefe Harrison,

Arsha Cazazian-Clement

Linda Appel Lipsius

Jad Daley

Ashley Williamson

Creighton Hofeditz

Baharash Bagherian

Matthias Hollwich

Colleen Litkenhaus Tague

Eamon Waterford

Bàrbara Pons Giner

Mayor Claudia López

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Meet the world’s leading urban innovators at WRLDCTY 2023 – bold minds who have made it their mission to flip ideas on their heads and take unconventional approaches to experimenting, building, and shaping better cities for tomorrow.




WRLDCTY October 2nd & 3rd

WRLDCTY October 2nd-4th, 2023

Agenda

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