Speakers
CityLab 2022 will feature mayors, city innovators, business leaders, urban experts, artists, activists, and more who will discuss and discover replicable solutions to pressing issues such as leading their communities through pandemic recovery to welcoming refugees from global conflicts to combatting climate change.
Laura Aalto
Executive Director for Culture and Leisure Division at the City of Helsinki Helsinki, Finland
Araf Ahmadali
Director of Art and Culture for the City of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
James Anderson
Head of Government Innovation Programs at Bloomberg Philanthropies New York, U.S.A.
Vytenis Andriukaitis
WHO Special Envoy for the European Region Vilnius, Lithuania
Sean Audain
Strategic Planning Manager for Wellington City Council, New Zealand Wellington, New Zealand
Clarence Anthony
CEO and Executive Director of National League of Cities
Kostas Bakoyannis
Mayor Athens, Greece
MarySue Barrett
Nonresident Senior Fellow for the Brookings Institution Chicago, Illinois
Christian Bason
Director, Danish Design Center Copenhagen, Denmark
Beth Blauer
Associate Vice Provost for Public Sector Innovation at Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, U.S.A.
Mike Bloomberg
Founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies New York, U.S.A.
Muriel Bowser
Mayor Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
London Breed
Mayor San Francisco, U.S.A
Amanda Burden
Principal of Urban Planning at Bloomberg Associates New York, U.S.A.
Richard Burdett
Director of LSE Cities at London School of Economics and Political Science London, U.K.
Tonantzin Carmona
David M. Rubenstein Fellow at the Brookings Institution Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Ankita Chachra
Knowledge for policy director at Bernard Van Leer Foundation Amsterdam, Netherlands
Chilando Chitangala
Mayor Lusaka, Zambia
Marta Cotrim
Head of Data and Smart City Unit for the City of Cascais Cascais, Portugal
Piotr Cywinski
Director of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Oświęcim, Poland
Fleur du Bonheur
Musician Tilburg, Netherlands
Maud de Vries
Co-Founder and CEO of BYCS Amsterdam, Netherlands
David Dudley
Senior Editor Bloomberg CityLab
Aleksandra Dulkiewicz
Mayor Gdańsk, Poland
Enver Duminy
CEO of Cape Town Tourism Cape Town, South Africa
Salla Eckhardt
Director of Digital Building Lifecycle Innovation at Microsoft Seattle, U.S.A.
Justin Elszasz
Chief Data Officer Baltimore, U.S.A.
Marianna Evenstein
Television Anchor at Deutsche Welle News Berlin, Germany
Anatolii Fedoruk
Mayor Bucha, Ukraine
Adam Freed
Principal of Sustainability Practice at Bloomberg Associates New York, U.S.A.
Renée Frissen
Founder and CEO of OpenEmbassy Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mark Foster
Managing Director Strategic Advisory Management
Norman Foster
Founder and Executive Chairman of Foster + Partners London, U.K.
Nathalia Gallego Sanchez, a.k.a. Gleo
Visual Artist Cali, Colombia
Lebawit Lily Girma
Travel News Reporter, Bloomberg Travel (Pursuits) Silver Spring, U.S.A.
Meredith Glaser
Director of the Urban Cycling Institute Amsterdam, Netherlands
Steven Goldsmith
Derek Bok Professor of the Practice of Urban Policy Harvard Kennedy School
Femke Halsema
Mayor Amsterdam, Netherlands
Patricia E. Harris
CEO of Bloomberg Philanthropies New York, U.S.A.
Ricardo Hausmann
Economy Professor at Harvard Kennedy School of Government Boston, U.S.A.
Kenneth Heijns
Managing Director, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions Amsterdam, Netherlands
Claudia López Hernández
Mayor Bogota, Colombia
Sarah Holder
Writer for Bloomberg CityLab San Francisco, U.S.A
Francine Houben
Creative Director at Mecanoo Delft, Netherlands
Stacy-Marie Ishmael
Managing Editor for Crypto at Bloomberg News New York, U.S.A.
Karrie Jacobs
Writer and Educator Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Ivan Jimenez
Managing Director Bizkaia Talent
Nancy Jouwe
Cultural Historian Utrecht, Netherlands
Lamia Kamal-Chaoui
Director of the OECD Center for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions, and Cities Paris, France
Dan Kass
Senior Vice President for Environmental, Climate, and Urban Health at Vital Strategies Brooklyn, U.S.A.
Aly Keïta
Musician
Norbert Kettner
Managing Director of the Vienna Tourist Board Vienna, Austria
Naoko Kikuchi
Musician
Ashley Kilroy
Regulatory Consultant and former Director of the Department of Excise and Licenses for the City and County of Denver Denver, U.S.A.
Andreas Kipar
Founder, CEO, and Creative Director of LAND Milan, Italy
Vitali Klitschko
Mayor Kyiv, Ukraine
Meron Knikman
Cabinet Secretary to Minister Elke Van den Brandt Brussels, Belgium
Francine Lacqua
Anchor and Editor-At-Large Bloomberg Television
Faith P. Leach
Deputy Mayor of Equity, Health and Human Services for the City of Baltimore Baltimore, U.S.A.
Shani Leiman
Innovation Team Director for the City of Bat Yam Bat Yam, Israel
Ronald Leopold
Executive Director of the Anne Frank House Amsterdam, Netherlands
Matteo Lepore
Mayor Bologna, Italy
Kate Levin
Head of Arts at Bloomberg Philanthropies New York, U.S.A.
Margarita Leybman-Weiss
Innovation Team Director for the City of Akko City of Akko, Israel
Elizabeth Linos
Professor of Public Policy and Management at Harvard Kennedy School Boston, U.S.A.
Zé Lobo
Executive Director of Active Transport Rio de Janerio, Brazil
Pierfrancesco Maran
Deputy Mayor Milan, Italy
Melissa Martin
Chef and Author of Mosquito Supper Club New Orleans, U.S.A.
Nuala McGovern
Broadcaster for BBC News London, U.K.
Mariana Mazzucato
Professor, University College London (UCL); Founding Director, UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose
Andrea Mechelli
Professor of Early Intervention in Mental Health at King's College, London London, U.K.
José Merino
Head of Mexico City’s Digital Agency for Public Innovation Mexico
DJ Jay Mocio
Musician
Eleni Myrivilli
Chief Heat Officer for the City of Athens, Greece, and Senior Advisor for Resilience and Sustainability at Arsht Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center Athens, Greece
Amna Nawaz
Chief Correspondent for PBS NewsHour Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Amir Nizar Nuabi
Artistic Director of The Walk Productions London, U.K.
Julia Noordegraaf
Professor of Digital Heritage at University of Amsterdam Amsterdam, Netherlands
Darach O'Connor
Executive Manager for the City of Dublin Dublin, Ireland
Henk Ovink
Special Envoy for Water Affairs, Kingdom of the Netherlands Amsterdam, Netherlands
Akwasi Owusu-Bempah
Sociology professor University of Toronto
Rachel Perić
Executive director of Welcoming America Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Victor Pineda
Founder and President of World Enabled Berkeley, U.S.A.
Mehmet Polat
Musician
Linda Poon
Staff Writer at Bloomberg CityLab Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Dan Porterfield
President and CEO of the Aspen Institute Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Neta Rosenthal
Innovation Lead for Hazira Tel Aviv, Israel
Janette Sadik-Khan
Principal of Transportation at Bloomberg Associates New York, U.S.A.
Andriy Sadovyi
Mayor Lviv, Ukraine
Mariano Sagasta
Architect at Office for Metropolitan Architecture The Randstad, Netherlands
Lucas F Santana
Musician
Miguel Angel Santos
Director of Applied Research at the Harvard Growth Lab Boston, U.S.A
Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson
Host of “Common Ground Berlin” Podcast Berlin, Germany
Vivian Schiller
Director of Aspen Digital at Aspen Institute Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
Marta Segura
Chief Heat Officer and Climate Emergency Mobilization Office Director Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo
Mayor Mexico City, Mexico
DJ Rose
Musician
Remigijus Šimašius
Mayor Vilnius, Lithuania
Grace Simrall
Chief of Civic Innovation and Technology Louisville, U.S.A.
Jennifer Sondag
Executive Editor at Bloomberg CityLab New York, U.S.A.
Mārtiņš Staķis
Mayor Riga, Latvia
Paul Supawanich
Director of Programs for Global Designing Cities Initiative Atlanta, U.S.A.
Henk Swarttouw
President of European Cyclists' Federation Netherlands and Sweden
Ming Tang
Chief Data and Analytics Officer of National Health Service, England London, U.K.
Erika Thi Patterson
Campaign Director for Action Center on Race and the Economy Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Dilla Thomas
TikTok Historian Chicago, U.S.A.
Baratunde Thurston
Host of "How to Citizen" Podcast Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Yuliya Tychkivska
Executive Director of Aspen Institute Kyiv Kyiv, Ukraine
Geerte Udo
CEO of Amsterdam and Partners Amsterdam, Netherlands
Elke Van Den Brandt
Minister for Mobility, Public works and Road Safety Brussels, Belgium
Kadir van Lohuizen
Photojournalist Amsterdam, Netherlands
Veya
Musician
Wende
Artist in Residence at the Royal Carré Theatre Amsterdam, Netherlands
OK Williams
DJ London, U.K.
Randall Woodfin
Mayor Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A.
Daniel Wurtzel
Artist Brooklyn, U.S.A.