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Exhibition
Exhibition
WCS 2026 provides a platform for cities, corporates and others to profile themselves on a global stage through physical booths and pavilions within the exhibition area. Key highlights will include the Singapore Pavilion, booths by Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize Laureate cities, CLC partners, as well as other booths and pavilions by participating cities and corporations.
The WCS Trade Visitor Pass provides access to the WCS Exhibition and up to 3 WCS Sessions or Masterclasses across the Summit days, at no charge. Register for your trade visitor pass at https://go.gov.sg/wcs2026reg-tradevisitor.
Singapore Pavilion
The Singapore Pavilion showcases Singapore’s innovation and strides in urban solutions that drive liveability, sustainability, and resilience. Led by the public sector in partnership with industry, academia, civic organisations, and the community, the Singapore Pavilion presents bold ideas that can help shape the future of industries and communities to be inclusive and sustainable while appreciating our rich culture and heritage.
Delegates can explore how Singapore envisions our city of tomorrow, integrating with nature and rejuvenating spaces for the well-being of our citizens. Together, the Pavilion’s showcases capture Singapore’s dynamic approach to building future-ready cities and we invite the world to collaborate in reimagining sustainable urban development for all.
- Lived Heritage: Championing Heritage for Lovable Cities
presented by National Heritage Board
- Nature for Urban Well-being
presented by National Parks Board
- Reimagining Urban Spaces for Active Living
presented by Sport Singapore
- Re-Inventing Cities of Tomorrow
presented by Ministry of National Development
- Revitalising Cities for Inclusive, Sustainable Communities
presented by Housing & Development Board
- Shaping the Future of Industries in Cities
presented by JTC Corporation
- Singapore Food Story 2: Strengthening Our Food Resilience
presented by Singapore Food Agency
- Space for our Dreams
presented by Urban Redevelopment Authority
Exhibitors
- Arup
- Centre for Liveable Cities
- Google
- International Urban and Regional Cooperation programme (IURC)
- Keppel
- Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize Cities
- NUS Cities
- Santiago de Cali
- Singapore Management University
- Shenzhen Urban Planning & Resource Centre
- Singapore University of Technology and Design
- Surbana Jurong
- Therme Group
CLC World Stage
The Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC), Singapore, presents the CLC World Stage. Taking place from 15 – 16 June, join experts, academia, and young leaders for more up-close exchanges on urban innovation, liveability and sustainability.
The CLC World Stage presents an exciting line up of focused conversations, intimate fireside chats, and special presentations featuring publications and projects from WCS 2026.
15 June, Monday
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 11.00am – 11.30am |
Meet the Author: Arun Jain –
"Reframing Cities for Resilience: Embracing Complex & Uncertain Futures”
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| 2.00pm – 2.45pm |
ULI Waterside Chat:
Advancing Knowledge Exchange for Liveable and Resilient Cities
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| 3.00pm – 5.15pm | WCS Science of Cities Spotlight |
| 5.15pm – 5.30pm | Norman Foster Institute Presentation |
16 June, Tuesday
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 9.00am – 10.15am |
NUS Cities: Imagining Cities in 2050
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| 10.30am – 12.00pm |
Shaping Liveable Cities: CLC Publications Spotlight
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| 2.00pm – 3.45pm | Fan the Flame: Young Leaders’ Insights |
15 June, Monday
Meet the Author: Arun Jain - "Reframing Cities for Resilience: Embracing Complex & Uncertain Futures”
Through a short author sharing by Arun Jain followed by an open dialogue with the audience, this session surfaces the book's key ideas and their implications for city leaders, policymakers and practitioners navigating increasingly uncertain urban futures. It provides an opportunity for the international WCS audience to engage directly with the author and reflect on how these perspectives can inform their own contexts and decisions.
Through a short author sharing by Arun Jain followed by an open dialogue with the audience, this session surfaces the book's key ideas and their implications for city leaders, policymakers and practitioners navigating increasingly uncertain urban futures. It provides an opportunity for the international WCS audience to engage directly with the author and reflect on how these perspectives can inform their own contexts and decisions.
ULI Waterside Chat: Advancing Knowledge Exchange for Liveable and Resilient Cities
As cities around the world confront accelerating climate, social, and economic challenges, the role of strong global leadership and trusted knowledge networks has never been more critical. This discussion brings together Urban Land Institute (ULI) leadership on the CLC stage to explore how ULI’s global platform, research, and cross sector community can translate international best practice into locally relevant, market ready urban solutions.
The conversation will reflect on ULI’s unique role in shaping more liveable, resilient, and inclusive cities through its worldwide membership, thought leadership, and city to city learning networks. It will highlight how ULI connects public and private sector leaders, advances applied urban knowledge and drives impact at scale by aligning global insights with local market realities.
As cities around the world confront accelerating climate, social, and economic challenges, the role of strong global leadership and trusted knowledge networks has never been more critical. This discussion brings together Urban Land Institute (ULI) leadership on the CLC stage to explore how ULI’s global platform, research, and cross sector community can translate international best practice into locally relevant, market ready urban solutions.
The conversation will reflect on ULI’s unique role in shaping more liveable, resilient, and inclusive cities through its worldwide membership, thought leadership, and city to city learning networks. It will highlight how ULI connects public and private sector leaders, advances applied urban knowledge and drives impact at scale by aligning global insights with local market realities.
WCS Science of Cities Spotlight @ CLC World Stage
WCS Science of Cities Symposium (SOCS) Spotlight at the CLC World Stage is a curated platform featuring selected WCS SOCS ideas and research on Responsive Cities. For more info, visit WCS Science of Cities Symposium.
16 June, Tuesday
Imagining Cities in 2050 – What cities will truly mean to the people who inhabit them in 25 years
The NUS Cities: Imagining Cities in 2050 event is an “open-mic” urban dialogue; it will be an immersive, participatory discussion led by a moderator, designed as a living Laboratory. The session will begin with a visionary provocation, followed by an integrative circular dialogue that moves between invited residents and spontaneous contributions from the WCS delegation. It concludes with a synthesised Manifesto for the Future Urban Inhabitants.
The session is intended to surface ground-level truths for high-level planning. For practitioners, the “ACT Now!” mandate requires understanding the social fabric that climate and AI solutions must serve. This session provides a reality check from the street level, offering practitioners a diagnostic toolkit to ensure their technical solutions resonate with the human sentiment and cultural identity of the residents they serve.
The NUS Cities: Imagining Cities in 2050 event is an “open-mic” urban dialogue; it will be an immersive, participatory discussion led by a moderator, designed as a living Laboratory. The session will begin with a visionary provocation, followed by an integrative circular dialogue that moves between invited residents and spontaneous contributions from the WCS delegation. It concludes with a synthesised Manifesto for the Future Urban Inhabitants.
The session is intended to surface ground-level truths for high-level planning. For practitioners, the “ACT Now!” mandate requires understanding the social fabric that climate and AI solutions must serve. This session provides a reality check from the street level, offering practitioners a diagnostic toolkit to ensure their technical solutions resonate with the human sentiment and cultural identity of the residents they serve.
Shaping Liveable Cities: CLC Publications Spotlight
This session brings together CLC’s latest research work with a spotlight on CLC’s latest publications that explore how cities can translate emerging ideas into practical approaches for morea liveable, sustainable and resilient urban environments.
Through a curated spotlight and expert sharing, the session surfaces key themes related to the publications and reflects on how these can be applied in real-world contexts. The format allows for a more focused and conversational exploration of key ideas emerging from the publications, complementing the main launches at plenary level.
It consolidates publication-related engagements into a single, curated moment at the CLC World Stage. Rather than fragmenting audience attention across separate sessions, it positions CLC’s publications collectively, reinforcing a stronger narrative around liveability, sustainability and urban transformation.
This session brings together CLC’s latest research work with a spotlight on CLC’s latest publications that explore how cities can translate emerging ideas into practical approaches for morea liveable, sustainable and resilient urban environments.
Through a curated spotlight and expert sharing, the session surfaces key themes related to the publications and reflects on how these can be applied in real-world contexts. The format allows for a more focused and conversational exploration of key ideas emerging from the publications, complementing the main launches at plenary level.
It consolidates publication-related engagements into a single, curated moment at the CLC World Stage. Rather than fragmenting audience attention across separate sessions, it positions CLC’s publications collectively, reinforcing a stronger narrative around liveability, sustainability and urban transformation.
Fan the Flame: Young Leaders’ Insights
This session highlights how young leaders are actively shaping cities today — through emerging practices, lived experience, and forward-looking ideas. This session positions youth young leaders not just as future leaders, but as active contributors to urban life and innovation. It brings together ground-up civic perspectives and actionable insights from emerging young leaders.
The session will feature two segments – a fireside chat and a sharing session from WCS Young Leaders who attended the WCS Young Leaders Symposium Workshop.
For more info, visit WCS Young Leaders.
The session will feature two segments – a fireside chat and a sharing session from WCS Young Leaders who attended the WCS Young Leaders Symposium Workshop.
For more info, visit WCS Young Leaders.
City Innovators Stage
Together with City Development Group (CDL) and Enterprise Singapore, the City Innovators Stage and Innovators Alley at the exhibition floor will showcase innovative solutions and strategies by start-ups and entrepreneurs to address urban living challenges.
Innovators Alley
Innovators:
- CBM
- Carbon1010 by SUTD
- EcoVolt
- Energy Research Institute ERI@N
- GreenPhyto
- Joe Green
- N&E Innovations
- Pivot
- V-Plus Agritech
Find out more about the innovators:
WCS 2026 Innovators Alley [PDF: 257KB]
WCS 2026 Innovators Alley [PDF: 257KB]