Urban Design Speakers

Real Estate Developer, Peabody Award-Winning Broadcaster & Urban Revitalization Strategy Consultant; TED Speaker; Author of "Reclaiming Your Community"

Education Policy Advisor, Children’s Book Author, Film Producer & Public Servant

Founder & CEO of Youth Equity Platform Chicago Beyond; Star of CNN's Documentary Series "Chicagoland"

Host of HGTV's "Flipping Virgins" & Author of "Keep Calm, it's Just Real Estate"

Director of the Center for Research on Child Wellbeing; William Church Osborn Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University; PI, Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study

Licensed Contractor & Realtor; Host of HGTV and DIY Network's "Yard Crashers"

Former Mayor, City of Compton

Real Estate Developer; Mayor; US Army Veteran

Architect & Author of "A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America"

Academy Award-Winning Production Designer Known for Beyonce's "Lemonade" & Marvel's "Black Panther"

Professor of Sustainable Communities at the University of Virginia & Author

Designer, Social Innovator & Urbanist, Founder of Sutdio O

Italian Architect & Engineer; Director of MIT's SENSEable City Lab; Founding Partner of Carlo Ratti Associati

Chief Climate Strategist for the Natural Resource Defense Council

Host of Emmy Award-Winning Series "This Old House" on PBS; Host of the "Clearstory" Podcast; Author of "The Best Homes of This Old House"

President & Chief Strategy Officer at Therme Group US; Co-Founder & Former Executive Director of Friends of the High Line

City Planner & Urban Designer; Advocates for Smart Growth & Sustainable Design, Author of "Walkable City"

Futurist Keynote Speaker & AI Thought Leader

Expert on Globalization, Cities & Innovation

Research Psychiatrist; Professor of Urban Policy & Health at The New School