Events

Placemaking Events

The events shaping the placemaking movement
regionally and globally

If you would like to collaborate on an event to support placemaking capacity and network building in your region please get in touch with us. If you are interested in hosting a regional Placemaking Week please see the guidelines.

A working google doc of 2023 placemaking related events that we are tracking or are involved with.

There are small regional events happening globally, so also check in with the regional placemaking networks.

Sep

26 – ⁠

Sep 29, 2023

Placemaking Week Europe 2023

Strasbourg, France

Sep

26 – ⁠

Sep 29, 2023

Placemaking Week Europe 2023

Strasbourg, France

More Details Soon

Oct

5 – ⁠

Oct 8, 2023

10th Anniversary of the Launch of the Placemaking Movement in Detroit, at the Better Cities Film Festival

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Oct

5 – ⁠

Oct 8, 2023

10th Anniversary of the Launch of the Placemaking Movement in Detroit, at the Better Cities Film Festival

Detroit, Michigan, USA

More Details Soon

Oct

20 – ⁠

Oct 29, 2023

Placemaking Week Bangkok 2023

Bankok, Thailand

Oct

20 – ⁠

Oct 29, 2023

Placemaking Week Bangkok 2023

Bankok, Thailand

More Details Soon

Nov

1 – ⁠

Nov 5, 2023

Global Placemaking Summit

Mexico City, Mexico

Nov

1 – ⁠

Nov 5, 2023

Global Placemaking Summit

Mexico City, Mexico

More Details Soon

Past Events

Sep

12 – ⁠

Sep 16, 2023

5º Encontro Placemaking América Latina

Rio de Janiero, Brasil

Aug

7 – ⁠

Aug 7, 2023

Revitalise

Sydney, Australia

Aug

2 – ⁠

Aug 4, 2023

Main Street Australia Conference & Placemaking Masterclass

Hobart, Australia

Jun

11 – ⁠

Jun 12, 2023

Placemaking Canada Gathering

Toronto, Canada

May

5 – ⁠

May 8, 2023

Placemaking Weekend NYC

New York, NY, USA

May

4 – ⁠

May 4, 2023

Placemaking Training NYC

New York, NY, USA

Mar

23 – ⁠

Mar 23, 2023

Rivers for People: When communities lead initiatives on regenerating urban waterscapes

New York, NY

Feb

2 – ⁠

Feb 5, 2023

Placemaking Weekend New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Nov

30 – ⁠

Dec 4, 2022

Placemaking Week India

Mangaluru, India

Nov

21 – ⁠

Nov 25, 2022

Ako Ako - Placemaking Aotearoa 2022

Virtual, New Zealand

Oct

23 – ⁠

Oct 30, 2022

Placemaking Week Nairobi 2022

Nairobi, Kenya

Oct

3 – ⁠

Oct 9, 2022

Placemaking Action Week

Global

Sep

27 – ⁠

Sep 30, 2022

Placemaking Week Europe

Pontevedra, Spain

Jun

15 – ⁠

Jun 16, 2022

H22 City Expo - Placemaking as a City Wide Endeavor

Helsingborg, Sweden

Jun

10 – ⁠

Jun 11, 2022

Placemaking Days Budapest

Budapest, Hungary

Dec

2 – ⁠

Dec 6, 2021

Placemaking Week Japan Vol. 2

Japan

Dec

2 – ⁠

Dec 4, 2021

Curso Placemaking

Mexico

Nov

16 – ⁠

Nov 19, 2021

Our City, Our Space

Havana, Cuba

Nov

15 – ⁠

Nov 19, 2021

Ako Ako: Placemaking Aotearoa

Aotearoa(New Zealand)

Oct

26 – ⁠

Oct 28, 2021

Placemaking Forever - WRLD CTY

New York, NY

Oct

5 – ⁠

Oct 7, 2021

Superilla Barcelona: The AfterCovid City

Barcelona, Spain

Sep

27 – ⁠

Oct 3, 2021

Porch Placemaking Week

Global

Sep

21 – ⁠

Sep 24, 2021

Placemaking Week Flint

Flint, MI, USA

May

13 – ⁠

May 15, 2021

Making Place in the Greater Bay Area - (online) International Symposium

Hong Kong, China

– ⁠

May 12, 2021

How Can Placemaking Contribute to Our Global Recovery?

Toronto, Canada

– ⁠

Apr 7, 2021

Health and Equitable Access to Public Space

With UCLG, UN Habitat & Metropolis.

Mar

12 – ⁠

Mar 17, 2021

Placemaking Week Japan

Tokyo, Japan

– ⁠

Jan 27, 2021

Post Pandemic Placemaking - Resilience through Public Space

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

– ⁠

Dec 16, 2020

Placemaking 2020 Review - Charlot Schans, Ethan Kent & Guillermo Bernal - Urbanistica Podcast

– ⁠

Dec 11, 2020

A Placemaking Primer: What if India Built Cities Around Places?

India

– ⁠

Nov 23, 2020

Disruptive Governance for Place Resilience

Webinar - with Placemaking Australia

Nov

21 – ⁠

Nov 22, 2020

Placemaker e-Weekend ASEAN 2020

Bandung, Indonesia

Nov

16 – ⁠

Nov 19, 2020

Our City, Our Space

Havana, Cuba

Nov

9 – ⁠

Nov 13, 2020

Placemaking Week Aotearoa 2020

New Zealand

– ⁠

Sep 24, 2020

What If We Built Brazil Around Places? - Fórum Urbanidade

Brazil

– ⁠

Sep 21, 2020

The Art of City Building 2020

Halifax, Canada

– ⁠

Jul 22, 2020

Plaza Talk: Race & Place

Webinar - with PlacemakingUS

– ⁠

Jul 8, 2020

Streets as Social and Economic Drivers for Local Recovery

Webinar

May

30 – ⁠

Jun 5, 2020

Porch Placemaking Week

Global

– ⁠

Jun 5, 2020

Porch Talk: Race and Place

Webinar - with PlacemakingUS

– ⁠

May 28, 2020

Actions to Promote Healthier Informal Communities Through Placemaking

PlacemakingX Live Webinar

– ⁠

May 26, 2020

Streetery Ahead!

Webinar

Apr

18 – ⁠

Apr 27, 2020

Placemake Earth Challenge

Global

Apr

24 – ⁠

Apr 25, 2020

Ciudades Comunes 2020

Online (Placemaking Latinoamerica)

– ⁠

Apr 21, 2020

Public Spaces are Essential Services

Webinar

Feb

8 – ⁠

Feb 13, 2020

World Urban Forum

Abu Dhabi, UAE

Dec

7 – ⁠

Dec 9, 2019

Placemaking Weekend India

Chinchwad, India

– ⁠

Dec 6, 2019

Placemaking Australasia

Sydney, Australia

– ⁠

Dec 4, 2019

PlacemakingX Regional Launch

Melbourne, Australia

– ⁠

Nov 28, 2019

2019 Place Leaders Awards

Canberra, Australia

– ⁠

Nov 13, 2019

PlacemakingX Regional Launch

Perth, Australia

Nov

4 – ⁠

Nov 8, 2019

Placemaker Week ASEAN

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Oct

23 – ⁠

Oct 27, 2019

Placemaking Week Australia

Townsville, Australia

Oct

11 – ⁠

Oct 20, 2019

Tamaki Makaurau Placemaking Week

Auckland, New Zealand

Oct

1 – ⁠

Oct 4, 2019

3rd International Placemaking Week

Chattanooga, TN, USA

– ⁠

Sep 17, 2019

Placemaking Canada

Halifax, NS

Aug

5 – ⁠

Aug 11, 2019

3er Encuentro Placemaking Latinoamérica

Lima, Peru

Jun

12 – ⁠

Jun 15, 2019

Placemaking Week Europe

Valencia, Spain

Dec

6 – ⁠

Dec 12, 2018

Placemaking Week

Wuhan, China

Nov

5 – ⁠

Nov 11, 2018

2º Encuentro Placemaking Latinoamérica

México, City, Mexico

Oct

30 – ⁠

Nov 3, 2018

Tamaki Makaurau Placemaking Week

Auckland, New Zealand

Oct

30 – ⁠

Nov 3, 2018

Placemaking Week Nairobi

Nairobi, Kenya

Jan

12 – ⁠

Jan 12, 2018

Placemaking Connected Conference

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Nov

6 – ⁠

Nov 9, 2017

Placemaking Latinoamérica

Valparaíso, Chile

Oct

10 – ⁠

Oct 14, 2017

Placemaking Week

Amsterdam, Netherlands

May

3 – ⁠

May 4, 2017

Making Cities Together

Nairobi, Kenya

Nov

28 – ⁠

Dec 4, 2016

Placemaking Week Nairobi 2016

Nairobi

Sep

14 – ⁠

Sep 16, 2016

Placemaking Leadership Forum

Vancouver, BC, Canada

– ⁠

Dec 4, 2015

Placemaking Lab Canada

Montreal, Canada

Jun

29 – ⁠

Jul 1, 2015

Future of Places III

Stockholm, Sweden

– ⁠

Jan 30, 2015

SF Placemaking Summit: When we focus on PLACE, anything is possible!

San Francisco, CA, USA

Oct

16 – ⁠

Oct 17, 2014

Future of Places Adelaide

Adelaide, Australia

Sep

8 – ⁠

Sep 8, 2014

Placemaking Leadership Council

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Sep

1 – ⁠

Sep 3, 2014

Future of Places II

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Jun

4 – ⁠

Jun 6, 2014

Re-imagining Public Spaces

Durban, South Africa

Jun

24 – ⁠

Jun 27, 2013

Future of Places 1

Stockholm, Sweden

Apr

11 – ⁠

Apr 12, 2013

Placemaking Leadership Council

Detroit, MI, USA

Jul

19 – ⁠

Jul 21, 2007

Great Places Symposium

Seattle, WA, USA