October 4-5, 2022
In-person in New York at the Times Center
WRLDCTY is designed to inspire real urban innovation so you can help change our cities from the ground up.
We are the definitive gathering that brings together a community of catalysts who are leading urban innovation through vision, experiments and projects that are transforming life in communities across the globe.
WRLDCTY exposes the pathways to urban ingenuity by digging into applied projects that are solving urban challenges in ambitious, inventive and collaborative ways.
Richard Florida
Professor, Urbanist & Writer
Jan Gehl
Founder & Senior Advisor
After two successful editions online, bringing together more than 10,000 leading urban leaders, developers and placemakers, WRLDCTY is excited to welcome you in-person to the Times Center in New York City for an intimate gathering of the world’s leading urban innovators and city-makers for two days of exciting on-site and off-site programming, tours and networking.
First confirmed speakers include:
Thomas Heatherwick
Founder, Heatherwick Studio
Helle Søholt
Founding Partner & CEO, Gehl
Michael Turner
President, Oxford Properties
Lynn M. Ross
Founder & Principal , Spirit for Change Consulting
Brooks Rainwater
Director, National League of Cities
Katrina Johnston-Zimmerman
Urban Anthropologist, Think.urban
William Ruh
CEO, Lendlease Digital
Manish Vora
CEO, Museum of Ice Cream
Claire Johnston
Managing Director, Lendlease for Google Real Estate Development
Jason Long
Partner, OMA
Alexa Arena
Senior Director of Real Estate Development, Google
Patrik Schumacher
Principal, Zaha Hadid Architects
More Speakers will be added soon.
Watch videos from previous events.
2-days and nights of networking with the world’s leading developers, cities, urban planners, innovators and designers.
With on-site keynotes, panel conversations and roundtables and off-site tours of New York’s most exciting projects conducted by leading urban practitioners, WRLCTY will bring unique global perspectives, learnings and initiatives to you.
Since 2020, WRLDCTY has innovated in so many ways, engaging with the world’s leading cities, developers and urban visionaries and practitioners from all around the world to create a new community of catalysts, leading urban innovation and breaking down silos between disciplines.
Limited capacity.
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