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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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Past Conferences

2016 Awards Symposium, Ceremony & Dinner

3 Nov 2016, Chicago

The CTBUH 2016 Award Winners will be recognized at the CTBUH 15th Annual Awards Symposium, Ceremony & Dinner, organized in conjunction with the Illinois Institute of Technology.

CTBUH 2016 Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Hong Kong Conference

16-21 Oct 2016

There is perhaps nowhere on the planet that demonstrates the impact of urbanization as markedly as the cities of China’s Pearl River Delta.

2016 China Awards Symposium, Ceremony & Dinner

13 May 2016, Shanghai

The inaugural CITAB-CTBUH China Tall Building Awards were held at Shanghai Tower culminating with Bund SOHO winning China Best Tall Building Overall Award.

2015 Awards Symposium, Ceremony & Dinner

12 Nov 2015, Chicago

The CTBUH 2015 Award Winners are recognized at the CTBUH 14th Annual Awards Symposium, Ceremony & Dinner, organized in conjunction with the Illinois Institute of Technology.

CTBUH 2015 New York Conference

26-30 Oct 2015, New York City

After a post-recession hiatus in tall building construction in many countries lasting several years, numerous cities are again resurgent.

CTBUH 2014 Shanghai Conference

16-19 Sep 2014, Shanghai

The survival of humanity relies on a repositioning of our cities to develop them beyond a collection of disparate icons, towards a connected Sustainable Vertical Urbanism.

2013 Awards Symposium

7 Nov 2013, Chicago

In its fourth year, the CTBUH’s free Awards Symposium was expanded to a full day event, bringing in presentations from four of the Finalist projects and the Innovation Winners.

2013 London Conference: Height & Heritage

11-13 Jun 2013, London

In the midst of two decades of unprecedented tall building development globally, Europe has increasingly embraced the skyscraper, even in cities seen as “anti-tall.”

2012 Awards Symposium

18 Oct 2012, Chicago

In its third year, the annual free Awards Symposium was held the day before the Annual Awards Dinner & Ceremony.

2012 Shanghai Congress: Asia Ascending

19-21 Sep 2012, Shanghai

The Shanghai Congress drew a wide variety of industry professionals from all over the globe with over 800 attendees from 430 companies and 43 countries.

2011 Awards Symposium

3 Nov 2011, Chicago

For the second year, the CTBUH has organized a free afternoon Awards Symposium to precede the annual Awards Ceremony & Dinner.

2011 Seoul World Conference: Why Tall?

10-12 Oct 2011, Seoul

The CTBUH 2011 World conference shed new light on the meaning and value of tall buildings in the modern society.