Copenhagen 2023

Our goal is to promote, discuss, create and showcase architecture as a vital tool to achieve the UN 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. We will share sustainable solutions, examine the latest research results and join our efforts to make the 28th UIA World Congress a milestone in the history of what architecture can do to help save the planet.

Exhibition

Along with the plenary sessions led by prestigious speakers, the UIA Member Sections and Working Bodies will present their activities and initiatives through exhibitions and seminars.

Member Sections and Working Bodies who have reserved a stand before 15 January are invited to confirm their participation using the form they have received.

Confirmation deadline: 15 March.

Please note that the access to the Webshop will be granted to you once the form has been completed and returned.

Speakers

Keynote speakers will provide inspiration and guidance on how architecture and the built environment can contribute to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

They include:

• Bjarke Ingels (Founder BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group)

• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Award-winning writer & feminist)

• Chris Downey (architect & founder, Architecture for the Blind)

• Christian Benimana (Senior Principal, MASS Design Group & Director of the African Design Centre)

• Elizabeth Time (Founder & Director of Design, Office of Office)

• Francis Kéré (Founder & Principal, Kéré Architecture, Pritzker Prize winner)

• Jim Hagemann Snabe (Chairman, Siemens, World Economic Forum Trustee)

• Kunle Adeyemi (Founder & Principal, NLÉ)

• Maria P. Neira (WHO Director, Department of Environmental, Climate Change and Health)

• Mette Skjold (CEO, SLA)

• Partha Dasgupta (Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge)

Click here to see the Speakers’ page

Programme

The preliminary programme is now available here.

The themes that will be covered include:

• Climate adaptation

• Health

• Inclusivity

• Partnerships of change

• Resilient communities

• Rethinking resources

Registration

Registration is now open for UIA2023CPH.

All registration fees include access to the entire congress programme, the congress exhibition and coffee breaks. Please note that lunch is not included but will be available for purchase (vegetarian meals only).

For now, you can only register for the UIA World Congress of Architects CPH 2023. You will be notified when it’s time to register for more events, tours, the Congress Dinner etc.

Early bird registration (Before and on March 31st 2023):

• Delegate: 450 €

• Student: 70 €

• Fellowship Architect*: 110 €

• Fellowship Student*: free

• Accompanying person: 175 €

• Congress Dinner: 50 €

Find out more

*Fellowship: The UIA World Congress of Architects CPH 2023 supports attendance from lower-middle income countries as listed by the World Bank and offers 100 fellowships for students and 100 fellowships for architects. Students who receive a fellowship are entitled to a free registration for the entire congress. Fellowship architects are entitled to a discount of 75% on the registration fee for the congress.

The number of Fellowships given was limited. The fellowship application deadline was 15 January 2023.

Fellowship

The UIA World Congress of Architects CPH 2023 supports attendance from lower-middle income countries* as listed by the World Bank and offers 100 fellowships for students and 100 fellowships for architects.