ALL CTBUH Conferences
As the recognized international authority on tall buildings, CTBUH conferences differ significantly from the many commercial conferences now being held around the world, in terms of both quality of knowledge-sharing and networking opportunities. CTBUH events offer a wide variety of benefits to attendees, speakers, and sponsors.
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Upcoming Conferences
CTBUH 2023 International Conference
The CTBUH 2023 International Conference, "Humanizing High Density—People, Nature & the Urban Realm," which will advance the fundamental premise that high-density urbanization can support healthy living, working, and civic and social engagement.
CTBUH 2023 Regional Conferences
In tandem with the launch of three regional hubs across our entire network, regional conferences representing CTBUH Americas, CTBUH Europe, and CTBUH Asia will kick off this spring and serve as the primary annual gathering of these groups.
Past Conferences
CTBUH 2022 International Conference
The CTBUH 2022 International Conference theme this year is "Tall Excellence: Seeking the Ideal in Vertical Urbanism," integrating the 2022 CTBUH Awards Program, and the establishment of a global accreditation and certification program.
CTBUH 2022 Steel-Timber Hybrid Buildings Conference
This two-day conference will convene the leading international experts in steel and timber design & construction, to explore how the benefits of each can be utilized to advance tall steel-timber hybrid buildings.
CTBUH 2021 International Conference
The CTBUH 2021 International Conference is unlike any other, comprising CTBUH chapter events staged across multiple times zones around the world.
2021 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference
The annual CTBUH Tall + Urban Innovation Conference explores and celebrates the very best in innovative tall buildings, urban spaces, building technologies, and construction practices.
2020 Live-Streamed Conference
Live-streamed from Singapore, London, and Chicago, this event discusses how cities can be more responsive and anticipatory in the face of the rapidly changing environment.
CTBUH 2019 Chicago Congress
On the 50th anniversary of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat’s founding, the 10th World Congress returns to the Council’s home, and birthplace of the skyscraper: Chicago.
2019 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference
The annual CTBUH Tall + Urban Innovation Conference moved to China for the first time in 2019, where a global audience witnessed the final rounds of the CTBUH Awards Program and toured numerous projects underway in one of China's most dynamic cities.
CTBUH 2018 Middle East Conference
The future of cities is evolving along polycentric, multi-nodal lines, with several central business districts, offering different merits to the urban inhabitant.
2018 Tall + Urban Innovation Conference
The expanded version of the CTBUH Awards event debuted in Chicago in 2018, delivering a full program on the latest innovations in tall buildings, urban design, materials, and construction methods, with participants from around the world.
CTBUH 2017 Australia Conference
We have a responsibility to ensure that permanent urban structures engender a future-oriented urban response to the greatest challenges of our time.
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