WTPD 2025 One Plan Many Cultures
For 20+ years, The Urban Collaborative has planned with communities across languages andnorms in Eastern Europe and the Pacific: pre-war Ukraine, Germany, the UK, Luxembourg,Greece,…
WTPD 2025 Closing the Feedback Loop
Planners today face a challenge: how to meaningfully engage communities while managingoverwhelming input volumes. Attendees will explore how NYC Planning uses digital tools toanalyze, synthesize,…
WTPD 2025 Opening Remarks & Indigenous Values Within the Planning Process
The Indigenous Design Guidelines at TMU show what’s possible when institutions engageIndigenous communities meaningfully. Guided by “Nothing for us, without us,” TMU’s processhonoured oral traditions,…
WTPD 2025 Making the Invisible Visible
Urban planning often overlooks marginalized groups. This session explores participatorymethods that surface hidden needs and empower overlooked voices—from underrepresentedcommunities, youth groups, people with disabilities, to…
WTPD 2025 Reframing Engagement
Traditional community engagement processes often focus on identifying and fixing problems.This session introduces a transformative, strengths-based approach using AppreciativeInquiry to shift the conversation toward the…
WTPD 2025 Fast and Fun Sessions
Fast and Fun Presentations: Nicole Marchant: Bringing World Planning Day to the Community Andrew Tumusiimirwe: Integrating Climate-Resilient Infrastructure in Bugongi Town Council: A Model for…