AAK Annual Convention 2025

As cities around the world grow in complexity and scale, the call to shape urban environments that are inclusive, livable, climate-conscious, and future-ready has never been more urgent. In Kenya, where urban populations are expanding rapidly, the built environment sector plays a pivotal role in responding to housing needs, infrastructure development, climate adaptation, and inclusive design.

We will focus our discussion on the following sub-themes:

1. From plans to Reality: Delivering effective urban systems through Data, Policy and Finance. It explores the structural, policy, and financial levers required to translate urban development plans into implementable and impactful outcomes.
2. Designing Space for Life: Integrating homes, workplaces, public spaces and communities for safe, inclusive and high-quality living. Focuses on human-centered design approaches that create safe, inclusive, and vibrant urban environments where people can live, work, & thrive.
3. Building Climate-Resilient Cities: Advancing sustainable transformation and green growth. Centers on green infrastructure, disaster resilience, and climate adaptation as essential components of future-proof cities.
4. Driving Urban Innovation: Harnessing cross-disciplinary collaboration for next generation cities. Encourages collaboration across built environment disciplines to unlock smart, forward-looking, and context-sensitive urban innovations.