Events

The Business of Cities team participates in more than 50 international events and roundtables each year. We provide a number of services for global events:

  • We chair major summits
  • We moderate panel events
  • We deliver keynote speeches
  • We lead and participate in roundtable events and large workshops

Engaging The Business of Cities to work with your organisation or at your event is easy. Please email Ben.

You can view some examples of our upcoming commitments by browsing the Diary below. (This is not comprehensive). A direct message to Ben, or to one of our senior team, is the best way to check current availability.

Past events

EventRoleWhereWhen
Bergen. Coast. Where are we in the world?ExpertBergen16th November 2023
Metrics, Strategy and Innovation DistrictsPanelistLondon26th September 2023
Vancouver and the Future of CitiesExpertVancouver25th September 2023
Investment Agencies & AuthoritiesExpertBrisbane19th September 2023
ERT News - Future of AthensExpertAthens7th September 2023
Benchmarking Auckland LaunchExpertAuckland30th June 2023
Melbourne SRLExpertMelbourne31st May 2023
Campus 2040: harnessing the power and potential of campus-based science and innovationModeratorHarwell27th April 2023
Future of Metrics in Innovation DistrictsExpertKings Cross26th April 2023
City Business & Civic Leadership Global RoundtableModeratorGlobal30th March 2023
Delivering Net Zero Solutions in Porto AlegrePanelistPorto Alegre29th March 2023
ARUP Roundtable: Future Cities Discussion - new trends in our cities: places of choice and resilienceExpertLondon23rd March 2023
MIPIM - CEE: Challenges - Strategies - OpportunitiesModeratorCannes15th March 2023
MIPIM - The Political Leaders’ SummitModeratorCannes14th March 2023
Lecture for Oxford University: City Leadership and InnovationGuest LecturerOxford9th March 2023
Innovation Districts Global RoundtableModeratorGlobal6th March 2023
The Melbourne Summit 2023ExpertMelbourne2nd March 2023
Auckland's Future, NowExpertAuckland27th February 2023
WRLDCTY Webinar: The Innovation-Rich CityGlobal15th February 2023
Innovation District Global RoundtableModeratorGlobal7th February 2023
Lecture for the University College London: Urban Innovation and Policy Module Guest LecturerLondon7th February 2023
City Business & Civic Leadership Global RoundtableGlobal2nd February 2023
Roundtable: Future of Investment at the Ox-Cam Arc hosted by BidwellsExpertLondon10th January 2023
Innovation Districts Global RoundtableModeratorGlobal5th December 2022
The Performance and Competitiveness of Norway's CitiesExpertTønsberg31st March 2022
Delivering Net Zero Solutions in MexicoPanelMexico City28th March 2022
Cities and Innovation Executive Masters - LSEExpertLondon17th February 2022
UK-SK Innovation Twins Report Launch EventExpertLondon7th December 2021
Net Zero in Latin AmericaExpertGlasgow1st December 2021
Oslo Science City - City Hall LaunchExpertOslo30th November 2021
EIVP - Engineering, Innovation and PlacemakingExpertParis15th November 2021
Class Conference - Scaling Social ValueExpertAmsterdam9th November 2021
Class Conference - Generation Z and CitiesModeratorAmsterdam9th November 2021
Innovation Places SummitPanelLondon23rd September 2021
Metropolitan Futures LaunchExpertSydney8th September 2021
Thames Vision 2040ModeratorLondon3rd September 2021
Thames Vision 2040ModeratorLondon29th June 2021
Latin America Net Zero Challenge and Opportunities WebinarExpertLondon16th March 2021
World Cities SummitSingapore4th July 2020
NextGen TalksNashville18th May 2020
Oslo State of the City LaunchOslo25th March 2020
MIPIM 2020Cannes10th March 2020
London 2050 Advisory BoardLondon5th March 2020
World Bank & ACI SummitSingapore17th November 2019
The Student Hotel LaunchBerlin5th November 2019
Urbanism at the Edge of the InternetLondon30th October 2019
Expo RealMunich7th October 2019
UCL Working With City LeadersExpertLondon19th September 2019
DLD Innovation FestivalPanelTel Aviv16th September 2019
UCL-BUID How to Change The WorldDubai5th September 2019
World Cities Summit Mayor’s ForumModeratorMedellin9th July 2019
Asia Pacific Cities SummitModeratorBrisbane7th July 2019
Urban Research to Policy WorkshopLondon3rd July 2019
UCL Global Policy Fellows SDGs seminarLondon1st July 2019
ESPON Functional Areas SeminarSpeakerIasi, Romania18th June 2019
Future Cities SummitSpeakerSydney24th May 2019
Business Arena GöteborgSpeakerGothenburg16th May 2019
SHE ConferenceSpeakerOslo6th March 2019
Oslo: State of the City 2019SpeakerOslo5th March 2019
Downtown Dallas Inc. Annual MeetingSpeakerDallas31st January 2019