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Cities worldwide face unprecedented challenges: extreme heat, intense flooding storms, rising ocean levels, growing populations, inequity combined with declining human and ecosystem health. Future proofing cities is about designing built environments, public spaces, services and policies that make our communities more adaptable and resilient in the face of these challenges. Green infrastructure involves capturing stormwater as a resource, and using it to grow plants in, on and around buildings.

Green infrastructure remains a fundamental and underutilized opportunity for us to secure a healthier and more prosperous future. At CitiesAlive hundreds of experts will come together to share new research, design practices, products, policies and services that help all of us advance our collective ability to future proof our cities. 

Thank you for joining us at CitiesAlive 2026!

If you’re taking a tour on Saturday October 3rd, please see the Tours page for more information.


Keynote Speakers

Daniel Sundlin

Partner, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)

The BIG U: Reimagining the Coast of Lower Manhattan

Anthony Fieldman, AIA, LEED® AP

Partner, Architect, DIALOG

Centennial Upheaval: The Coming Age of Abundance

Jennifer Bousselot, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Colorado State University

Roofscapes Reimagined: Food, Flowers, and Power for Resilient Cities

Bill Browning

Founding Partner, Managing Partner, Terrapin Bright Green

Rewilding Our Buildings: New Insights in Biophilic Design

 

Rutger Huiberts, AIA

Director of MVRDV North America

Jo Anne Simon

New York State Assemblymember, District 52

 

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