The Art Of Citymaking

A global festival for people shaping the future of cities.

What makes a city truly memorable, liveable, and human?

The Art of Citymaking Festival brings together leading urban thinkers, creatives, developers, designers, and community builders from around the world for a highly curated one-day gathering in Singapore.

Through talks, debates, immersive experiences, film, and cross-sector exchange, the festival explores how cities are shaped not only through infrastructure and policy but through culture, creativity, participation, and identity.

Highlights Include:

• Opening Dialogue: Charles Landry, Author, The Creative City
• Cities at Scale: Sanjeev Sanyal, Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister of India
• Launch: Conscious Cities Index by XDG Labs
• World Debut: Countless Cities Asia
• A Postcard from the Future: Brisbane 2032
• Festival Finale: “The way we measure city success is fundamentally wrong.” - Oxford-style 'Agree to Disagree' Debate, presented by The New York Times
• Global Voices: Hear from Helen Marriage (Artichoke), Lily Kuo (The New York Times), Carla and Viola Bartoli (Farm Cultural Park), Raj Ahuja (WSDM Haus), and 25+ speakers.
• Closing Reception – The Citymakers’ Soiree: Hosted by The Citymaking Circle

Festival Themes

1. Adaptive Neighbourhoods - How cities adapt to the people who live in them, across a lifetime.
2. Urban Software - How connection, participation, and lived experience shape cities in practice.
3. Placemaking & Legacy - How culture and identity shape places that endure and evolve.

Who should attend?

Urban planners, architects, policymakers, developers, designers, cultural leaders, entrepreneurs, researchers, and anyone interested in the future of cities and communities.

Event Details

17 June 2026, 10:00am
Glass Dome, Singapore

Presented by Leadership For Cities.

Tickets are limited for this inaugural edition.

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