MORE contributes regularly to debates and analyses around urban development, densification and high-rise.
The New Hybrid Urban Block – from the user perspective, Symposium, Pakhuis de Zwijger, 20 May 2022
High rise debate, Pakhuis de Zwijger, 11 May 2022
The New Hybrid Urban Block, Symposium, Pakhuis de Zwijger, 1 February 2022
Book launch ‘The Amsterdam Agenda’, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, 11 February 2020
‘Go West!’, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, 22 October 2019
‘Haven-Stad, Plan B’, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, 22 May 2019
‘What you see is what you get’, Shanghai Design Week, 8 March 2019
‘Radical Ideas’, We Make the City, Amsterdam, 22 June 2018
‘The Museum Mix’ at conference ‘Museum 2050‘, Long Museum, Shanghai, 9 June 2018
Haven-Stad 2050: Radical Ideas, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, 23 May 2018
‘The Sky is the Limit’, Platform Stad, Den Haag, 14 May 2018
‘The Gradient’, Hotel Conference, Shanghai, 27 April 2018
Opening Lecture Shanghai Literary Festival, M on the Bund, 15 March 2018
Progress & Prosperity, Shanghai, 8 March 2018
China Creates #10: City = Museum, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, 19 February 2018
ULI and AIA: ‘Architecture of Progress’, Shanghai, 19 December 2017
Progress & Prosperity at Shenzhen Biennale, with Ou Ning, Jeffrey Johnson, Steven Chen and Zhou Ying, 15 December
Peking University MBA Program, ‘Emerging Cities’, 1 December 2017
Progress & Prosperity at Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, 12 November 2017
Progress & Prosperity, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 9 October 2017
Progress & Prosperity, University of Kentucky/College of Design, Lexington, KY, 6 October 2017
Progress & Prosperity, Syracuse, NY, 3 October 2017
Launch Book Progress & Prosperity, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, 29 June 2017
Panel Discussion China-Africa relations, with Davide Quadrio et al., Venice Biennale, 10 May 2017
Shanghai Project: Panel ‘A Vision for the Future’ with Li Xiangning, Yu Ting, Betty Ng, 21 April 2017
AIA Shanghai, 6 April 2017: Co-lecture with Chris van Duijn, OMA and Anderson Hsieh, AECOM
IDEO, Shanghai, 16 December 2016
Tongji University, Shanghai, 13 August 2016
AA Visiting School, Shanghai, 20 July 2016
Cape Town Art Fair, panel discussion (video) with Davide Quadrio et al., Cape Town, 19 February 2016
Urban China Initiative 2015 Annual Forum, Beijing, Lecture ‘Urban Regeneration’, 27 November 2015
Goethe Institute, Beijing, Conference ‘The Universal Ambition of Modernism’, 31 October 2015
Peking University MBA Program, ‘Innovation’, 25 September 2015
Storefront for Art & Architecture, ‘Facing East‘, (with Michiel Hulshof), New York, US, 16 June 2015
Peking University MBA Program, Beijing, 28 November 2014
Venice Biennale, Venice, 19 November 2014
USC, Shanghai, 4 November 2014
Chinese Academy of Arts, Hangzhou, Co-lecture with Pieter Bannenberg / NL Architects, 13 October 2014
Comenius Course lecture, Beijing, 23 September 2014
Launch ‘Chinese Urbanism in Africa’, seminar Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, 19 June 2014
Launch ‘Chinese Urbanism in Africa’, seminar HKU/SSC, Shanghai, 26 April 2014
Pecha Kucha Shanghai, CN, 3 April 2014
Arup Associates 50 years, Shanghai, 28 March 2014
Shibaura House, workshop City Tales, Tokyo, 5 October 2013
Urban Planning Centre Shanghai, Comenius Course lecture, Shanghai, 26 September 2013
Tongji University lecture Shanghai, 26 August 2013
Dutch Embassy Ethiopia workshop Addis Ababa, 1 July 2013
Pakhuis De Zwijger lecture Amsterdam, 24 May 2013
Architecture Night Co-lecture with Florian Idenburg / SO-IL, Arnhem, 23 May 2013
Afrofuture lecture Milan, 13 April 2013
Strelka Institute, Moscow lecture Shanghai, 17 December 2012
Waseda University, Tokyo lecture Tokyo, 12 December 2012
Columbia University lecture New York, 15 October 2012
Princeton University lecture Princeton, 11 October 2012
University of Illinois at Chicago lecture Chicago, 8 October 2012
University of Kentucky lecture Lexington, 5 October 2012
University of Cincinnati lecture Cincinnati, 3 October 2012
LA Forum lecture Los Angeles, 27 September 2012
SPUR San Jose lecture San Jose, 24 September 2012
Hult TEDx Shanghai TED Talk Shanghai, 15 July 2012
Hopkins China Forum Co-lecture with Duncan Hewitt Shanghai, 26 June 2012
Delft University of Technology Co-lecture with Liu Xiaodu (Urbanus) Delft, 7 June 2012
Chambers of Commerce lecture Hong Kong, 3 May 2012
TEDx Beijing TED Talk Beijing, 29 April 2012
Urban Planning Centre Shanghai, Comenius Course lecture, Shanghai, 25 April 2012
Cafe Cox book launch Dutch Edition Amsterdam, 13 April 2012
TU Berlin introduction semester Berlin, 12 April 2012
Vice Mayors Amsterdam workshop ‘Learning from China’ Amsterdam, 10 April 2012
De Buren / deSingel book launch Dutch Edition Antwerp, BE, 29 March 2012
Oiltanking, Shanghai lecture at conference ‘East of Suez’ Shanghai, CN 20 March 2012
New York University, Shanghai lecture Shanghai, CN, 13 March 2012
University of Hong Kong/SSC lecture series ‘Under the Skin’ Shanghai, CN, 7 November 2011
ISOCARP Conference, Wuhan lecture Wuhan CN, 25 October 2011
Glamour Bar lecture + book launch Shanghai, CN, 16 October 2011
Gopher Hole Gallery lecture + book launch London, UK, 22 September 2011
Stadsschouwburg, Amsterdam symposium + book launch Amsterdam, 13 September 2011
with Jiang Jun, Wang Fei, prof. Stefan Landsberger, prof. Peter Ho
Ullens Center for Contemporary Art lecture and panel discussion Beijing, 4 September 2011
Chengdu University lecture Chengdu, 22 June 2011
CASLA lecture and panel discussion Almere, NL, 8 April 2011
Design Academy Eindhoven lecture and workshop Eindhoven, NL, 6 April 2011
Editors Urban China lecture Shanghai, 31 March 2011
Delft University of Technology workshop ‘Best of Both Worlds’ Delft, 5 April 2011
SH Literary Festival, M on the Bund lecture Shanghai, 6 March 2011
Studio X lecture Beijing, CN, 26 February 2011
Beijing Literary Festival, M Capital lecture Beijing, 25 February 2011
Pecha Kucha Shanghai pecha kucha talk Shanghai, 19 December 2010
Kaili, City government seminar Kaili, 28 November 2010
NRC Academy lecture and panel discussion Shanghai, 20 October 2010
Dutch Design Workspace seminar/panel Shanghai, 17 September 2010
University of Hong Kong/SSC summer school lecture Shanghai, 21 June 2010
Tongji University lecture Shanghai, 19 May 2010
University of Hong Kong/SSC lecture for 2nd year students Shanghai, 23 March 2010
Xi’an University lecture & workshop Xi’an, 16 March 2010
De Balie, Amsterdam public lecture and debate Amsterdam, 11 February 2010
Shenzhen/ Hong Kong Biennale artist talk Shenzhen, 9 December 2009
Delegation South Holland province lecture Beijing, 24 October 2009
Ferguson Lane public lecture Shanghai, 22 October 2009
University of Hong Kong/SSC lecture for 2nd year students Shanghai, 20 October 2009
Pecha Kucha Shanghai pecha kucha talk Shanghai, 16 October 2009
The Factory public lecture Shanghai, 25 June 2009