UIA World Congress 2023

With the theme “Sustainable Futures - Leave No One Behind,” the 2023 Congress will reflect on the potential of architecture as a tool for achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The UIA World Congresses are key events for professional exchange between architects from all over the world, held every three years since 1948 and gathering thousands of participants; more than 10,000 people are expected to participate in the 2023 edition.

The UIA Nordic Section, composed of Denmark, Finland, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, won the 2023 bid. It will be the first time that the Congress will be held in a Nordic country. The UIA World Congress takes place in Copenhagen, which was also named UIA World Capital of Architecture by UNESCO in 2023. The entire city will become a stage full of events to celebrate sustainable urban development, culminating with the UIA World Congress at the Bella Center Copenhagen in July.

• Bjarke Ingels (Architect. Founder, BIG)
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Award-winning writer)
• Chris Downey (Founder, Architecture for the Blind)
• Christian Benimana (Architect. Co-founder, African Design Centre. Director, MASS Design Group)
• Connie Hedegaard (Chair of the EU Commission Mission Board on Adaptation to Climate Change)
• Elizabeth Timme (Architect. Co-founder, Office of Office)
• Francis Kéré (Architect. Founder, Kéré Architecture)
• Jim Hagemann Snabe (Chairman, Siemens. Board Member, World Economic Forum)
• Kunlé Adeyemi (Architect, professor, and development strategist. Founder and principal of NLÉ)
• Maria Neira (Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health at WHO)
• Mette Skjold (CEO & partner, SLA)
• Partha Dasgupta (Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge)

All information on registration and the program of activities can be found here.