Copenhagen 2023
02/07/2023 - 06/07/2023
Sustainable Futures – Leave No One Behind
The mission of the UIA World Congress for Architects 2023 in Copenhagen was to unite the whole value chain of the built environment to innovate and discover regenerative and inclusive solutions, and to generate a big leap forward towards the realization of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
The Congress invited architects and professionals from the building and planning communities to meet in Copenhagen to back the UN 17 Sustainable Goals, to innovate and discover sustainable solutions and to enable a leap forward towards accomplishing the goals by 2030.
Its goal was to promote, discuss, create and showcase architecture as a vital tool to achieve the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.
Along with the plenary sessions led by prestigious speakers, the UIA Member Sections and Working Bodies presented their activities and initiatives through exhibitions and seminars.
Keynote speakers provided inspiration and guidance on how architecture and the built environment can contribute to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.
They included:
- Bjarke Ingels (Founder BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group)
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Award-winning writer & feminist)
- Chris Downey (architect & founder, Architecture for the Blind)
- Christian Benimana (Senior Principal, MASS Design Group & Director of the African Design Centre)
- Elizabeth Time (Founder & Director of Design, Office of Office)
- Francis Kéré (Founder & Principal, Kéré Architecture, Pritzker Prize winner)
- Jim Hagemann Snabe (Chairman, Siemens, World Economic Forum Trustee)
- Kunle Adeyemi (Founder & Principal, NLÉ)
- Maria P. Neira (WHO Director, Department of Environmental, Climate Change and Health)
- Mette Skjold (CEO, SLA)
- Partha Dasgupta (Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge)
Click here to see the Speakers’ page
The programme is available here.
The themes covered include:
- Climate adaptation
- Health
- Inclusivity
- Partnerships of change
- Resilient communities
- Rethinking resources
Early bird registration (Before and on March 31st 2023):
- Delegate: 450 €
- Student: 70 €
- Fellowship Architect*: 110 €
- Fellowship Student*: free
- Accompanying person: 175 €
- Congress Dinner: 50 €
*Fellowship: The UIA World Congress of Architects CPH 2023 supported attendance from lower-middle income countries as listed by the World Bank and offers 100 fellowships for students and 100 fellowships for architects. Students who received a fellowship were entitled to a free registration for the entire congress. Fellowship architects were entitled to a discount of 75% on the registration fee for the congress.
The UIA World Congress of Architects CPH 2023 supports attendance from lower-middle income countries* as listed by the World Bank and offers 100 fellowships for students and 100 fellowships for architects.
Students who receive a fellowship are entitled to a free registration for the entire congress and budget accommodation for 4 nights waived (hostel).
Fellowship architects are entitled to a discount of 75% on the registration fee for the congress.
Priority will be given to applicants who are contributing to the World Congress programme (such as abstract submitter, panelist or speaker). Furthermore age and gender of applicants will be considered to ensure a balanced distribution of the fellowships.
The fellowship application deadline was 15 January 2023.
*Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Rep, Cote D’ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Arab Rep., El Salvador, Eswatini, Ghana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Rep., Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao Pdr, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mauritania, Micronesia, Fed. Sts., Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Sao Tome And Principe, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Tunisia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vietnam, West Bank And Gaza, Zimbabwe.
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