Join us for a celebratory closing to this year’s Conscious Cities Festival as we gather for a special retrospective event. This will be a space for connection, reflection, and inspiration—bringing together city chapters and community members from around the world who took part in the festival.

The session will open with a brief message from the CCD organizers, followed by presentations from each of our 16 Conscious Cities representatives. Through a collaborative slide deck, each chapter will share a snapshot of their event: what took place, the key takeaways, and how their local communities are engaging with the broader vision of conscious design.

To help us close the festival on a meaningful note, we are honored to welcome our guest of honor, Dr. Upali Nanda. A long-standing friend of CCD, Upali will offer reflections on this year’s festival themes—Regrounding, Reconnecting with Place, The Design of Time, and The Human-Tech Convergence—as well as on the insights shared by the chapters. Her unique perspective, weaving poetic sensibility with deep expertise in research-informed design, will leave us inspired to carry this energy forward.

Let’s come together to celebrate our global community and the shared journey of building more conscious cities!