This conference will deliberate on the state of visionary urbanism and feature noted architects, theorists, and scholars who debate how to engage the city in the age of extreme urbanization.

Presenters include: Amale Andraos, WORK Architecture Company; David Brown, UIC; Marshall Brown, IIT; Robert Bruegmann, UIC; McLain Clutter, University of Michigan; Alexander D’Hooghe, MIT; Sarah Dunn, UrbanLab, Chicago; Keller Easterling, Yale; Ellen Grimes, SAIC; Hannah Higgins, UIC; Sam Jacob, FAT, London; Clare Lyster, UIC; John McMorrough, University of Michigan; Bill Menking, Architect’s Newspaper; Christopher Marcinkoski and Andrew Moddrell, PORT Architecture + Urbanism; Albert Pope, Rice University; and Mitchell Schwarzer, California College of the Arts.