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

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