Placemaking Week is a global gathering of public space professionals and advocates that emphasizes hands-on learning and innovative social events, while leaving behind a placemaking legacy in host cities.
This conference will take place over three days and consists of plenaries, breakout sessions, on-site and off-site workshops, networking receptions, and more.
Embracing a wide variety of sectors and disciplines, the event creates a dynamic forum for attendees to develop and share concrete strategies to advance placemaking both locally and globally. The International Placemaking Week conference has proven to be a vital platform to build connections and share ideas across borders, to provoke local debate and action on public space, and to experience the host city’s places, issues, and initiatives firsthand.
Learn about our previous Placemaking Week in Detroit, Michigan in June 2026, by visiting our Conference Report.
Interested in bringing the next Placemaking Week to your city? Submit a Letter of Interest to co-host the next conference in 2028! Submit by January 27, 2027.
Register to join us for an Info Session on December 15, 2026, at 12pm ET, to meet our previous co-host, learn more about the Call for Cities process and how to submit a Letter of Interest.
Don’t miss out on important announcements! We will continue to update www.placemakingweek.org, including this FAQ page, with all conference news as soon as they’re available, including call for proposals, registration, program content, speakers, hotels and travel, events, and more.
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To learn more about Placemaking Week—its programming, activities, and impact—check out the conference report from our most recent event in Detroit, Michigan, which includes a highlight video and photo gallery that will give you a sense of what to expect. You can also see the reports from our conferences in 2026, 2024, 2019, 2017, and 2016.
The placemaking movement is vast and growing worldwide! Between our International Placemaking Week conferences, please visit our partners at PlacemakingX, which curates and supports many regional placemaking networks and events around the world. These networks grew out of earlier efforts by Project for Public Spaces and our partners to convene placemaking leaders around the world.
Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2025, Project for Public Spaces has spent the past five decades bringing some of the most successful public places in the world to life. Today, it remains committed to putting community participation at the center of everything it does, from placemaking partnerships with corporations and foundations to workshops, trainings, conferences, on-the-ground design and planning services, and more. The interdisciplinary team has helped over 3,500 communities in 52 countries create inclusive places that change society for the better. Project for Public Spaces is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.
