This event marks the launch of the GENS Conference Program, exploring how high-quality Baukultur (building culture) shapes the built environment through collective intelligence and cross-sector collaboration. It highlights the shared responsibility of governments, businesses, and communities in fostering cultural, social, and economic well-being. In line with the theme of the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, Intelligens, the conference examines how collective thinking and innovative practices can generate meaningful, high-quality spaces that enhance everyday life across diverse contexts.

Co-organized with the Davos Baukultur Alliance, a global initiative bringing together over 80 governments, businesses, and civil society organizations to promote collective action aimed at improving the quality of living environments through cultural, social, and environmental solutions.

Speakers: Oliver Martin (Chair of the Davos Baukultur Alliance), Vivian Brady-Phillips (Head of Strategic Initiatives, Urban Transformation, World Economic Forum), H.E. Zaliha Mustafa (Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of Federal Territories), Priti Parikh (Director of the School of Sustainable Construction & Professor of Infrastructure Engineering and International Development, UCL), Claudia Acuña Fernandez (Managing Director of Impact, New Story), Carlo Ratti (Curator, 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale).

Moderator: Antonio Gómez-Palacio (Chair of DIALOG).