Urban Design Speakers

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

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

Real Estate Developer; Mayor; US Army Veteran

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

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

Former Mayor, City of Compton

HGTV Host, Real Estate Expert, Award-Winning Broadcaster

Designer, Social Innovator & Urbanist, Founder of Studio O

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

President & Chief Executive Officer, Community Solutions; Leader in Innovative Strategies to End Homelessness

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

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

Co-Chair of Gensler; Thought Leader on Design Innovation

Expert on Globalization, Innovation; Urbanist & Futurist

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"

Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor of City & Regional Planning & Sociology, University of Pennsylvania; Authority on Urban Planning & Housing Policy

CEO & President of Enterprise Community Partners; Former United States Secretary for Housing and Urban Development

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

Organizational Culture Expert, Design Strategist, Founder of Culture Design Studio

Senior Researcher, Design Center for Sustainable Communities at UBC; Author on Sustainable Communities