October 11, 2022

Bloomberg CityLab 2022, the preeminent global cities summit organized by Bloomberg Philanthropies in partnership with the Aspen Institute, concluded its ninth multi-day summit in Amsterdam. The event, the first in-person convening since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, brought together more than 500 city leaders, experts, innovators, and artists from around the world, representing cities across six continents.

October 10, 2022

Mayors from Kyiv, Bogota, Washington and Amsterdam joined urban innovators and experts for day one of the CityLab summit.

September 12, 2022

New speakers include UN Special Envoy for Water, Henk Ovink and Chief Heat Officers from Athens, Freetown, and Los Angeles. Participants include Mayors of Kyiv, Bogotá, Athens, and Washington, D.C.

June 22, 2022

As cities continue to lead through pandemic recovery, global conflict, and climate change, CityLab will convene mayors, urban innovators, business leaders, cultural experts, and more to explore scalable solutions.

March 10, 2021

City leaders responded to the pandemic by innovating like never before. To keep up the momentum, they'll need to keep expanding the number of city employees who see themselves as innovators. Here are five strategies they can use to do just that.

March 04, 2021

CityLab has always been a critical time for urban-minded leaders to connect with each other and share their best ideas for cities. But this year, in the wake of COVID-19 and its ensuing crises, it was more vital than ever. CityLab 2021 included participants from 40 countries and insights from Vice President Kamala Harris, Bloomberg Philanthropies founder and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and city leaders around the world, including the four co-host cities of Bogotá, Freetown, Helsinki, and San Francisco. Here are 10 of the most memorable moments from the conference.

February 21, 2021

Thousands of innovative city leaders from around the world gathered online for CityLab 2021—the leading global summit dedicated to exploring solutions to the most pressing issues facing cities today. Held virtually for the first time, CityLab 2021 was an opportunity to reflect both on the difficult year and on the many ways cities stepped up in response to it.

October 30, 2019

CityLab, the annual celebration of urban life that brings together mayors, artists, business leaders, and activists from around the world, took place this week in Washington, D.C. It was a time for city change makers to trade ideas for solving pressing challenges, make connections, and raise their collective ambitions for making cities work better for all their residents. Here’s ten of the most memorable moments from the conference.

October 29, 2019

Chief innovation officers from 80 cities around the world gathered in Washington, D.C., for the Chief Innovators Studio — the largest ever convening of people working in that role in local government.

December 18, 2018

Just to be clear: Ben Berkowitz doesn’t want you break any laws. But he does think urbanists can do a lot of good in their communities by pushing the limits. That’s a lesson Berkowitz, CEO and co-founder of the civic technology company SeeClickFix, picked up in Los Angeles in 2014 when attending CityLab, an annual conference sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Aspen Institute, and The Atlantic. And it’s one he’s put to great use in the city where he lives and works, New Haven, Conn.