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Healthy City Design 2022

THE NEXT FRONTIER: Diversity, inclusivity and opportunity for all

10–11 October 2022

Registration

HCD 2022: Early bird tickets extended until 27 September

We are delighted to announce that our Early Bird savings on tickets for the Healthy City Design International Congress 2022 have been extended until 27 September.

Preliminary Programme

Preliminary Programme launched

We’re delighted to launch the Preliminary Programme for the 6th Healthy City Design 2022 International Congress. Taking place in-person at the Royal College of Physicians, London, UK, on 10-11 October 2022, the Congress will also be live streamed online through our virtual event platform.

Why attend?

“A great platform for learning and sharing”

Since launching in 2017, the Healthy City Design International Congress has established itself as one of the must-attend events for the health and urban design communities.

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Planetary health

HCD 2020: Designing a new world: insights and paradigms

The revenge of the suburbs, solving the urban paradox, and taking control by getting up and doing things. These were just a handful of the many insights and paradigms on ‘designing a new world’ that the three eminent keynote speakers shared with delegates during the opening session of the second day of the 4th Healthy City Design Congress.

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Pandemic preparedness

HCD 2020: Urban agendas: the impact of Covid-19

This session began with a theoretical commentary on the response to Covid-19 and its impact, followed by two papers exploring the experiences of communities in Asia.

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People at Work

HCD 2020: People at Work Summit: Fuel

Through interviews and expert panels, this session explores the relationship between food, stress and vibrant energy.

HCD 2021 Opening keynote plenary

Designing for people and planet: what’s next in the timeline?

Twelve years ago, the leaders of the world’s nations descended on Copenhagen for a key UN climate summit in the hope of securing a new worldwide agreement on addressing the growing threat of global warming.

HCD 2021 Keynote plenary: social engagement

Maximising exchange – what we all need in cities is social engagement

Often hailed as the “traffic-calming guru”, urban planner David Engwicht defines the role of transport as one of maximising trade: “The reason we invented cities is for exchange – goods, culture, friendships and knowledge – and to minimise travel.”

HCD 2021 The inclusive city

Shaping health and equity in the city

While official government rhetoric highlights health and wellbeing, ‘levelling up’ and tackling the climate/ecological emergency, the reality of action on the ground often tells a different story.