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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

Meryl and James Tisch Director of Branch Libraries and Education 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 Three-Term Mayor of New York City (2002-2013) New York, New York, U.S.A.

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, United Kingdom

Okela Douglas-Norgrove

Founder and CEO of Sister System London, United Kingdom

Youseline Dufrene

Journalist for Journal of Young Investigators London, United Kingdom

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, United Kingdom

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, United Kingdom

Tommi Laitio

Principal at Studio Laitio Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.

Alexandra Lange

Design Critic New York, New York, U.S.A.

Eric S. Lee

Founder of Skylight New York, New York, U.S.A.

José Luis Martínez-Almeida

Mayor of Madrid, Spain

Mariana Mazzucato

Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London London, United Kingdom

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 Østergaard

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

CEO of Via Transportation New York, New York, U.S.A.

Carlo Ratti

Director of the MIT Senseable City Lab and Founding Partner of Carlo Ratti Associati Turin, Italy

Andrea Römmele

Vice President at the Hertie School Berlin, Germany

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

Co-Director of EpiArts Lab New York, New York, U.S.A.

Vico Sotto

Mayor of Pasig City, Philippines

Sōichirō Takashima

Mayor of 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

Alexander Zambrano

Head of Knowledge Management and Public Innovation at the Bogotá Library System Bogotá, Colombia

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