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Virtual Events

Conversations and convenings for the digital age

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

Nov 9, 2023 Thursday
Winning strategies for creating sustainable drinking water solutions.

Online via Zoom.

Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council, Presented by: ARCADIS
Nov 2, 2023 Thursday
Level setting on the state of drinking water in the Chicago region

Online via Zoom.

Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council, Presented by: ARCADIS
May 10, 2023 Wednesday
Building Something Better: Finding community-led solutions to damaging urban transportation infrastructure

Online via Zoom.

Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council
Dec 12, 2022 Monday
Get to Know StormStore: A guided virtual tour of the new website

Online via Zoom.

Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council, The Nature Conservancy
Nov 10, 2022 Thursday
Global Voices, Local Action: International Cities Connect on Economic Development for We Will Chicago

Online via Zoom.

Hosted by: City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Metropolitan Planning Council, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Oct 26, 2022 Wednesday
Global Voices, Local Action: International Cities Connect on Transportation & Infrastructure for We Will Chicago

Online via Zoom.

Hosted by: City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Metropolitan Planning Council, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Oct 18, 2022 Tuesday
Exploring Neighborhood Assets: A Recap of Community-Led Walking Tours

Online via Zoom.

Hosted by: Equiticity, Metropolitan Planning Council
Oct 13, 2022 Thursday
Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Future of ADA Transition Planning in the Region

Online via Zoom.

Hosted by: Active Transportation Alliance, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, Metropolitan Planning Council
Sep 15, 2022 Thursday
Global Voices, Local Action: International Cities Connect on Lifelong Learning for We Will Chicago

Online via Zoom.

Hosted by: City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Loyola University School of Education, Metropolitan Planning Council, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Aug 23, 2022 Tuesday
Prioritizing Equitable Investment: A Virtual Launch of the Equitable Financial Incentives Website

Online via Zoom.

Jul 28, 2022 Thursday
Global Voices, Local Action: International Cities Connect on Environment, Climate, and Energy for We Will Chicago

Online via Zoom.

Hosted by: City of Chicago, Metropolitan Planning Council, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Jul 14, 2022 Thursday
Show Me the Money! | Bringing Active Transportation Funding to Your Community

Online via Zoom.

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
Jun 22, 2022 Wednesday
Connected & Climate-Resilient: A virtual panel on community and transit-oriented development

Online via Zoom.

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
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
May 19, 2022 Thursday
Coffee and Connect: Darlene Oliver Hightower

Online.

Hosted by: Executives' Club of Chicago
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
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
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
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
Dec 16, 2021 Thursday
Past, Present, and Future: The MPC Legacy

Online via Zoom.

Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council
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
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
Aug 25, 2021 Wednesday
Exploring Chicago's Riverfronts

Online via Zoom

Hosted by: The Metropolitan Planning Council
Aug 19, 2021 Thursday
Drinking Water 1-2-3 Academy Virtual Event #3: Asset Management

Online via Zoom.

Hosted by: The Metropolitan Planning Council
Jul 15, 2021 Thursday
Drinking Water 1-2-3 Academy Virtual Event #2: Lead Service Lines

Online via Zoom

Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council
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
Jun 17, 2021 Thursday
Drinking Water 1-2-3 Academy Virtual Event #1: Water Affordability

Online via Zoom

Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council
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
May 26, 2021 Wednesday
Collaboration for Equitable Change: ETOD in Chicago

Online via Zoom

Hosted by: EcoDistricts
May 11, 2021 Tuesday
Where The Sidewalk Ends: It's Time For a More Walkable Chicago Region

Online via Zoom

Apr 29, 2021 Thursday
We Will Chicago | Kickoff Conversation

Online via Zoom

Apr 20, 2021 Tuesday
What Can Cities Do to Ensure Climate Success?

Online via Zoom

Mar 25, 2021 Thursday
MPC Virtual Trivia Night

Online via Zoom

Mar 9, 2021 Tuesday
Improving transportation access and equity in the Chicago region

Online via Zoom

Hosted by: Regional Transit Authority
Feb 25, 2021 Thursday
MPC State Policy Agenda

Online via Zoom

Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council
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
Jan 29, 2021 Friday
Exploring President Biden’s Urban Agenda

Online via Zoom

Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council, Regional Plan Association, SPUR
Dec 17, 2020 Thursday
2020 CUE Fellowship Showcase

Online via Eventbrite

Hosted by: Chicago United for Equity
Dec 16, 2020 Wednesday
Reflecting on MPC Accomplishments Amidst a Tough Year

Online via Zoom

Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council
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
Nov 17, 2020 Tuesday
Prioritizing the People’s Budget

Online via Zoom

Hosted by: Chicago United for Equity, Metropolitan Planning Council
Nov 12, 2020 Thursday
Life on Wheels Documentary Screening & Conversation

Online via GoToWebinar

Hosted by: Metropolitan Planning Council, Perkins & Will, SmartGO
Nov 2, 2020 Monday
Implications of a City That is Segregated

Online

Hosted by: The Executive's Club of Chicago
Oct 28, 2020 Wednesday
19th Annual CARRE Conference

Online via Zoom

Hosted by: Safer Foundation
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
Sep 2, 2020 Wednesday
Justice Involved Housing During the Time of COVID-19

Online via Zoom

Hosted by: Enterprise, Metropolitan Planning Council
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
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

This page can be found online at http://archive.metroplanning.org/events/virtual.html

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