Lectures
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 MORE on Facebook MORE on Instagram
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 MORE on Facebook MORE on Instagram