Do cities hold the solutions to the world’s growing list of problems? If they do, then Q Berlin 2022 is certainly where you’ll hear about it. Starting in two weeks, the fifth edition of Berlin’s official metropolitan conference invites experts from all over the world to share their ideas on everything from fake news and food security to pandemics and the climate crisis. A two-day program of keynotes and discussions will deal with hard-hitting questions of the day: how can we identify propaganda? Can metropolises unite to solve the world’s challenges? And what does war in Europe mean for a city like Berlin? Franziska Giffey and Anne Hidalgo, mayors of Berlin and Paris, will kick off the first day before international speakers take to the stage to present this year’s three key themes: Transformation & Resilience, Global Cohesion & Solidarity and Democracies in Danger.
Among those set to speak are Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Leader of democratic Belarus, and the architect Rem Koolhaas. Day two takes things deeper, with talks and discussions that pick apart day one’s issues. Expect interesting and authoritative words from the likes of Yemeni Nobel Peace Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman, journalist and TV host Marietta Slomka and Magid Magid, Lord Mayor of Sheffield and Founder of Union of Justice. The venue for these transcendent themes and bold ideas is appropriately grand: the sci-fi-inspired colossus that is the ICC Berlin, which is hosting its first conference in nearly a decade.
Text: Benji Haughton / Photos: Kevin McElvaney & Andreas Gehrke
Q Berlin 2022 at the ICC Berlin, Main Entrance, Neue Kantstraße, 14057 Berlin–Westend; map
15 & 16.09.2022. Tickets can be purchased online.
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