2026 Conference Agenda

8 - 9am                 Breakfast & Coffee

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9 - 9:55am         Welcome & Opening Keynote by Vishaan Chakrabarti

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10 - 10:55am     Panel - Building a Climate Resilient Future 

                                   Fireside Chat - Financing City Projects Through Public-Private Partnerships

                                                     Lightning Lecture - Rachel Siegel, Manufactured Housing 101

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11 - 11:55am       Panel - Sustaining Public Transit in a Changing Landscape

                                                    Fireside Chat - From Recovery to Resilience in Insurance Market

12 - 1:30pm        Lunch & Networking

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1:30 - 2:20pm   Panel - The Future of Housing: Radical Ideas, Real Strategies

                                                    Fireside Chat - Building Community, Reimagining Safety 

                                                    Lightning Lecture - Alia Verloes, Blue Systems

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2:30 - 3:20pm   Panel - Cities in Transformation: AI and Technology Across the Urban Value Chain

                                                     Fireside Chat - Rethinking How We Build: Alternative Building Materials

                                                     Lightning Lecture - Laura Frances, ONE Architecture

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3:30 - 4:25pm   Closing Keynote by Majora Carter     

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4:30 - 6:30pm   Happy Hour & Networking        

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