Future of Cities Summit

Cities are eternal. They are centres of business, culture, history and leisure. They are where most of us live, work and socialise. And more are appearing around the world, growing outwards, as the 21st Century progresses.

But cities are also under question. After almost two years of pandemic, in which we’ve been shut away in our houses and discovered new ways of working, the idea of commuting into built-up centres is less appealing for many. With the planet in the throes of a climate emergency, areas of concentrated emissions are an urgent threat. Digitisation, unattainable housing, new forms of mobility… all raise challenges for cities as they currently function.        

That’s why Tortoise Media and Toronto’s Globe and Mail are once again partnering for the second annual Future of Cities Summit. Taking place virtually on Thursday 25 November, we will be bringing together the worlds of business, politics and civil society to share their thoughts and actions on the future of work, housing, transport and culture in our global cities.

We'll be joined by an esteemed line-up of speakers, including: 

• Melanie Leech CBE, Chief Executive, British Property Federation 
• Sowmya Parthasarathy, Urban Design Leader, ARUP
• Agamemnon Otero MBE, Energy Garden
• Lisa Taylor, Future of London
• Claire Bradbury, Author of Dwellbeing
• Simon Birkett, Founder and Director of Clean Air in London
• Tony Juniper, CBE, Chair of Natural England
• Dr Tilly Collins, ecologist, urban environment expert, and senior teaching fellow, Imperial 
• Menno Schilthuizen, Professor at Leiden University and author of “Darwin comes to town” 
• Hashi Mohamed, Barrister, Broadcaster and an Author
• Maria Smith, Director, Buro Happold
• Dr Deborah Potts, author of Broken Cities: inside the global housing crisis
  
  

Colleagues and friends of the British Property Federation can join the Summit for free using the code BPFGUEST when you sign up here. 

Find out more here