Placemaking on the web? In spring 2020, COVID-19 inspired the MPC team to move our well-known events online. What we lost in face-to-face intimacy, we’ve gained in our ability to gather great minds from across the world, free from geographic limitations.
Our virtual events deliver conversations vital to our time, from the economic cost of suburban sprawl, to the value of anti-racism work among development professionals, to the potential of stormwater credit trading as a tool to reduce urban flooding.
Join us! Online we’re building a wider community, together.
Previous Virtual Events events
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Jun 23, 2022
Thursday
- Global Voices, Local Action: International Cities Connect on We Will Chicago (Arts & Culture)
Online via Zoom.
- Hosted by: City of Chicago, Metropolitan Planning Council, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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Jun 22, 2022
Wednesday
- Connected & Climate-Resilient: A virtual panel on community and transit-oriented development
Online via Zoom.
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Jun 9, 2022
Thursday
- Global Voices, Local Action: International Cities Connect on We Will Chicago (Housing & Neighborhoods)
Online via Zoom.
- Hosted by: City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Metropolitan Planning Council, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs
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May 24, 2022
Tuesday
- Calculating Impact: A Roundtable on the Policy, Participation, and Tools Reshaping Equitable Transit-Oriented Development
Online via Zoom.
- Hosted by: Center for Neighborhood Technology, Metropolitan Planning Council
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May 19, 2022
Thursday
- Coffee and Connect: Darlene Oliver Hightower
Online.
- Hosted by: Executives' Club of Chicago
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Apr 28, 2022
Thursday
- Perspectives on Planning: A Webinar on Developing Community Bicycle/Pedestrian Plans
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Active Transportation Alliance, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, Metropolitan Planning Council
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Apr 7, 2022
Thursday
- Health Segregation in Chicago: Envisioning a Future of Health Equity
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council, The Folded Map Project, WTTW
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Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday
- Introducing FIRSTHAND: SEGREGATION - An intimate look at segregation in Chicago
Online via Zoom.
- Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council, The Folded Map Project, WTTW
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Feb 10, 2022
Thursday
- Rethinking Regional Transit: An Expert Panel on the Power and Potential of Fare Integration
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council
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Dec 16, 2021
Thursday
- Past, Present, and Future: The MPC Legacy
Online via Zoom.
- Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council
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Dec 2, 2021
Thursday
- Health Equity in Action: Exploring the scales of intervention to achieve healthier and thriving communities
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Regional Plan Association
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Oct 14, 2021
Thursday
- Trading Stormwater: A Training on MWRD's Pilot Project & StormStore™ Support
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, The Nature Conservancy
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Aug 25, 2021
Wednesday
- Exploring Chicago's Riverfronts
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: The Metropolitan Planning Council
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Aug 19, 2021
Thursday
- Drinking Water 1-2-3 Academy Virtual Event #3: Asset Management
Online via Zoom.
- Hosted by: The Metropolitan Planning Council
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Jul 15, 2021
Thursday
- Drinking Water 1-2-3 Academy Virtual Event #2: Lead Service Lines
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council
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Jul 13, 2021
Tuesday
- Accelerating Climate Action: The Power of Regional Planning and Municipal Implementation
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, Metropolitan Planning Council
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Jun 17, 2021
Thursday
- Drinking Water 1-2-3 Academy Virtual Event #1: Water Affordability
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council
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Jun 3, 2021
Thursday
- Building Bike Culture: How Lessons From Latin America Can Be Applied in Chicago
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council
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May 26, 2021
Wednesday
- Collaboration for Equitable Change: ETOD in Chicago
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: EcoDistricts
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May 11, 2021
Tuesday
- Where The Sidewalk Ends: It's Time For a More Walkable Chicago Region
Online via Zoom
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Apr 29, 2021
Thursday
- We Will Chicago | Kickoff Conversation
Online via Zoom
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Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday
- What Can Cities Do to Ensure Climate Success?
Online via Zoom
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Mar 25, 2021
Thursday
- MPC Virtual Trivia Night
Online via Zoom
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Mar 9, 2021
Tuesday
- Improving transportation access and equity in the Chicago region
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Regional Transit Authority
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Feb 25, 2021
Thursday
- MPC State Policy Agenda
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council
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Feb 4, 2021
Thursday
- Transit Equity Day
Online via Zoom and Facebook Live
- Hosted by: Active Transportation Alliance, Chicago Jobs with Justice, Metropolitan Planning Council
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Jan 29, 2021
Friday
- Exploring President Biden’s Urban Agenda
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council, Regional Plan Association, SPUR
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Dec 17, 2020
Thursday
- 2020 CUE Fellowship Showcase
Online via Eventbrite
- Hosted by: Chicago United for Equity
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Dec 16, 2020
Wednesday
- Reflecting on MPC Accomplishments Amidst a Tough Year
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council
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Dec 10, 2020
Thursday
- The Intersectional Failures that COVID-19 Exacerbates: Learned Lessons on Building a Housing Equity Movement
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Enterprise, Metropolitan Planning Council
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Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday
- Prioritizing the People’s Budget
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Chicago United for Equity, Metropolitan Planning Council
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Nov 12, 2020
Thursday
- Life on Wheels Documentary Screening & Conversation
Online via GoToWebinar
- Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council, Perkins & Will, SmartGO
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Nov 2, 2020
Monday
- Implications of a City That is Segregated
Online
- Hosted by: The Executive's Club of Chicago
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Oct 28, 2020
Wednesday
- 19th Annual CARRE Conference
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Safer Foundation
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Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday
- Lead Weight: How We Can Drop This Drinking Water Threat for Good
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council, part of Chicago Water Week organized by Current
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Sep 2, 2020
Wednesday
- Justice Involved Housing During the Time of COVID-19
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: Enterprise, Metropolitan Planning Council
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Aug 25, 2020
Tuesday
- Forecasting the future of tax policy, revenues and municipal government
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: and the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, Metropolitan Planning Council, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
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Aug 6, 2020
Thursday
- Stories from the Suburbs – A Mayors’ Panel on COVID-19 and its Effects
Online via Zoom
- Hosted by: and the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, Metropolitan Planning Council, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
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