Speakers
Bloomberg CityLab will feature mayors, city innovators, tech entrepreneurs, and more through panel discussions, interviews, and interactive breakout sessions.
Madrid, Spain
April 27-29, 2026
Unis Ali
Youth Engagement Specialist for the City of London, United Kingdom
Brian Bannon
Chief Librarian and Merryl and James Tisch Director at the New York Public Library New York, New York, U.S.A
Anna Bedmar
Co-CEO and Co-Founder of habitacion.com Barcelona, Spain
Michael R. Bloomberg
Founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies and 108th Mayor of New York City New York, U.S.A. (2002-2013)
Adrian Brown
Chief Executive of the Windfall Trust Kalmar, Sweden
Nadia Calviño
President of the European Investment Bank Group Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Sarah Douglas
Founder of Night Club; Executive Director of The Liminal Space London, U.K.
Okela Douglas-Norgrove
Founder and CEO of Sister System London, U.K.
Youseline Dufrene
Journalist for Journal of Young Investigators London, U.K.
Norman Foster
Founder and Executive Chairman of Foster + Partners; President of the Norman Foster Foundation Madrid, Spain
Margaret Frisbie
Executive Director of Friends of the Chicago River Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Francisco Fullana
Violinist Mallorca, Spain
Carlos Fernando Galán
Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia
Kahlil Greene
Digital Educator Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
Hahrie Han
Director of the SNF Agora Institute; Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Political Science; Faculty Director of the P3 Research Lab at Johns Hopkins University Timonium, Maryland, U.S.A.
Joshi Herrmann
Founder of Mill Media Manchester, London, U.K.
Cristina Iglesias
Artist Madrid, Spain
Bjarke Ingels
Founder of Bjarke Ingels Group New York, New York, U.S.A.
Ray Koçi
Advisor to the Mayor of the City of Tirana, Albania
Francine Lacqua
Anchor for Bloomberg News London, U.K.
Tommi Laitio
Principal at Studio Laitio Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.
Alexandra Lange
Design Critic New York, New York, U.S.A.
José Luis Martínez-Almeida Navasqüés
Mayor of Madrid, Spain
Mariana Mazzucato
Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London London, U.K.
Stephanie Mehta
CEO and Chief Content Officer of Mansueto Ventures New York, New York, U.S.A.
Dasha Niarchos
Founder and CEO of Ray New York, New York, U.S.A.
Marie Øestergaard
Library Director of Aarhus Public Libraries Maarslet, Denmark
Alice Park
Senior Health Correspondent for TIME New York, New York, U.S.A.
Elena Parras Durán
Founder and CEO of Movimento 55+ Associação Lisboa, Portugal
Dan Porterfield
President and CEO of the Aspen Institute Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Daniel Ramot
Co-Founder and CEO of Via Transportation New York, New York, U.S.A.
Andrea Römmele
Dean of Executive Education and Professor of Communication in Politics and Civil Society at the Hertie School Berlin, Germany
Eric S. Lee
Founder of Skylight New York, New York, U.S.A.
Janette Sadik-Khan
Principal at Bloomberg Associates New York, New York, U.S.A.
Andreina Seijas
Founder and Principal at Night Tank Barcelona, Spain
Jill Sonke
US Cultural Policy Fellow and Co-Director of EpiArts Lab at University of Florida New York, New York, U.S.A.
Victor Ma Regis Sotto
Mayor of Pasig City, Philippines
Sōichirō Takashima
Mayor of Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
Gene Tan
Chief Librarian and Deputy Chief Executive of the National Library and Archives Board of Singapore
Theresa Williamson
Founding Executive Director of Catalytic Communities Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
