Covid accelerated big changes which were already taking shape – flight to more e-commerce / virtual work and organization / regaining street space for pedestrians, bikes and neighborhoods…

But what does the future hold ? What should we want our downtowns to aspire to be ?

At Voodoo Associates, we are urban strategists, designers and real estate business modelers and have been looking in the past few years at the emerging trends & disruptions affecting society, business sectors, technologies and lifestyles to apply them into development projects.

In this conversation, we would very much like to hear how professionals from various cities, large, small, European, North American or Asian cities see this? Join the conversation with us and our partners at Ramboll to share your thoughts and experience:

• What is the role of urban centers in 2 – 5- 10 years ?
• What super interesting things came out in your city?
• Which challenges emerged and
• how these might be harnessed as opportunities to really change things ?

Open to all, we aim for a professional discussion around key themes and issues which are important for creating more long-term vibrant, liveable and relevant downtowns.

Our proposed program will be:

• Quick presentation 10 cities in 12 minutes (Voodoo & Ramboll) 12 min
• What totally changed ? What did not change but should All 25 min
• Key learnings – Important ideas All 15 min
• Concluding remarks and possible next talk date 5 min