On Monday 22 January 2024 in Madrid, the Norman Foster Foundation launched the Norman Foster Institute’s inaugural Programme on Sustainable Cities with an event that brought together leading design practitioners, policy makers, health experts and city representatives, providing insights and strategies for the current challenges facing cities, including architecture, city governance and climate change.

With the participation of:

Tim Stonor, Member of the Advisory Board, Norman Foster Foundation, Madrid, Spain; Managing Director, Space Syntax, London, United Kingdom

Norman Foster, President, Norman Foster Foundation; Co-Director, Norman Foster Institute, Madrid, Spain; Advocate of the United Nations Forum of Mayors; Founder and Executive Chairman, Foster + Partners

Kent Larson, Norman Foster Institute Co-Director; Member of the Advisory Board, Norman Foster Foundation, Madrid, Spain, Director, City Science Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, United States

Edgar Pieterse, Norman Foster Institute Provost; Founding Director, African Centre for Cities (ACC), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Dava Newman, Norman Foster Institute Honorary Dean; Director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab, Cambridge, MA, United States

Dr. Georgios Stamtsis, President of the Athens Development and Destination Management Agency, Athens, Greece

Eider Inunciaga Serna, Department for Euskera, Public Services, Civic Engagement, Agenda 2030 and Internationalization, Bilbao, Spain

Stefano Canti, Minister for the Territory, Environment, Agriculture and Civil Protection, San Marino

Alejandro Aravena, Member of the Academic Council, Norman Foster Institute; Executive Director, ELEMENTAL; ELEMENTAL Copec Chair, Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Jury Chair of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, Chicago, IL, United States; Member of the Advisory Board, Norman Foster Foundation, Madrid, Spain

Vishaan Chakrabarti, Member of the Academic Council, Norman Foster Institute; Honorary Trustee, Norman Foster Foundation, Madrid, Spain; Founder and Creative Director, Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU), New York, NY, United States

Beatriz Corredor, Member of the Norman Foster Institute Academic Council; Chairwoman, Redeia; Former Minister of Housing of Spain, Madrid, Spain

Glyn Richards, Group Sustainability Director at Bupa, London, United Kingdom

Bret Stephens, Journalist, Editor, and Columnist; The New York Times, New York, NY, United States