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Nov 11 - 13

Christ Temple East, Accra - Ghana

Christ Temple East,

Accra, Ghana

Overview

AUFC has been created to move the conversation about African cities beyond diagnosis and towards coordinated action.

The Conclave will examine how leadership, design, finance, policy, enterprise and civic participation can work together to create African cities that are more dignified, inclusive, resilient and responsive to the people who inhabit them.

AUFC has been created to move the conversation about African cities beyond diagnosis and towards coordinated action.

The Conclave will examine how leadership, design, finance, policy, enterprise and civic participation can work together to create African cities that are more dignified, inclusive, resilient and responsive to the people who inhabit them.

AUFC has been created to move the conversation about African cities beyond diagnosis and towards coordinated action.

The Conclave will examine how leadership, design, finance, policy, enterprise and civic participation can work together to create African cities that are more dignified,

inclusive, resilient and responsive to the people who inhabit them.

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22
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19
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28
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22
Days
19
Hours
28
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What to expect

What to expect

What to expect

The Conclave is being designed as a working forum rather than a conventional conference. Its programme will combine

The Conclave is being designed as a working forum rather than a conventional conference. Its programme will combine

The Conclave is being designed as a working forum rather than a conventional conference. Its programme will combine

Curated plenary dialogues

Curated plenary dialogues

Curated plenary dialogues

Ministerial and city leadership conversations

Ministerial and city leadership conversations

Ministerial and city leadership conversations

Leadership roundtables

Leadership roundtables

Leadership roundtables

Urban Futures Labs

Urban Futures Labs

Urban Futures Labs

Fireside conversations

Fireside conversations

Fireside conversations

Investment and development dialogues

Investment and development dialogues

Investment and development dialogues

Closed-door strategic sessions

Closed-door strategic sessions

Closed-door strategic sessions

Business-to-business engagement

Business-to-business engagement

Business-to-business engagement

Networking receptions

Networking receptions

Networking receptions

Place-based urban experience

Place-based urban experience

Place-based urban experience

The intention is to create the conditions for frank exchange between the people who imagine cities, those who regulate them, those who finance them and those who ultimately build and inhabit them

The intention is to create the conditions for frank exchange between the people who imagine cities, those who regulate them, those who finance them and those who ultimately build and inhabit them

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Save your spot and secure your pass for the conclave

Save your spot and secure your pass for the conclave

Save your spot and secure your pass for the conclave

The intention is to create the conditions for frank exchange between the people who imagine cities, those who regulate them, those who finance them and those who ultimately build and inhabit them

STANDARD DELEGATE


EARLY BIRD

US$500

STANDARD

RATE

US$600

LATE

REGISTRATION

US$700

WHAT THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES

Full three-day African Urban Futures Conclave programme.

Conveners' Address, opening keynote, plenaries and major dialogues.

Access to Urban Futures Labs and curated roundtables, subject to capacity and session curation.

B2B & Strategic Connections, including curated B2B meeting requests.

Eligibility for selected closed-door sessions, subject to invitation, relevance and capacity.

AUFC Delegate Passport & Notebook.

Standard Delegate Pack.

Networking lunches, cocoa breaks and refreshments across the three days.

Access to the delegate portal and programme information.

Transport to and from the Conclave venue from designated AUFC pick-up hotels.

Welcome to Accra Opening Soirée on Tuesday evening.

Access to The City Salon on Wednesday evening.

Opportunity to join Reading Accra, subject to available Standard Delegate places.

Opportunity to join Reading Accra, subject to available Standard Delegate places.

Opportunity to purchase a limited upgrade to Cities of Rhythm if additional places are released.

Selected capacity-limited and closed-door sessions remain subject to curation. Reading Accra places for Standard Delegates are subject to availability.

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PREMIUM DELEGATE

EARLY BIRD

US$900

STANDARD

RATE

US$1,150

LATE

REGISTRATION

US$1,350

WHAT THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES

Everything included in the Standard Delegate package.

Premium Gift Box in place of the Standard Delegate Pack.

Priority B2B & Strategic Connections.

Priority access to capacity-limited Urban Futures Labs and curated roundtables.

Priority consideration for selected closed-door Leadership & Governance conversations, subject to curation.

Premium check-in and priority seating for selected programme sessions.

Access to Premium / Contributors reception moments where applicable.

Priority access to Reading Accra: A Curated City & Project Journey.

Cities of Rhythm: A Closing Experience of Food, Music & Story.

Curated dining by Midunu as part of the Cities of Rhythm experience.

Intimate Wiyaala musical performance within the closing experience.

Impact by Design voices woven through the closing set through short stories, reflections and provocations.

Premium priority does not guarantee access to every closed-door session or a meeting with a specific contributor or organisation. Named culinary, artist and production formats remain subject to final confirmation.

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STANDARD GROUP
· 5 DELEGATES

EARLY BIRD

US$2,400

STANDARD

RATE

US$2,750

LATE

REGISTRATION

US$3,250

For organisations attending as a team of five, with the full Standard Delegate experience for every nominee.

Five full Standard Delegate registrations under one organisational booking.

Each of the five delegates receives all Standard Delegate benefits listed above.

Five individual delegate profiles and access to B2B & Strategic Connections.

One consolidated organisational payment / invoice.

Delegates may be nominated at registration or supplied later.

Each nominee completes their own dietary, accessibility, programme and B2B profile.

Group saving compared with purchasing five equivalent individual registrations.

Equivalent individual total:

Early Bird US$2,500;

Standard Rate US$3,000;

Late Registration US$3,500.

Buy your ticket

PREMIUM GROUP
· 5 DELEGATES

EARLY BIRD

US$4,250

STANDARD

RATE

US$5,250

LATE

REGISTRATION

US$6,250

For organisations attending as a team of five, with the full Standard Delegate experience for every nominee.

Five full Premium Delegate registrations under one organisational booking.

Each of the five delegates receives all Premium Delegate benefits listed above.

Five individual delegate profiles with priority B2B & Strategic Connections.

Five Premium Gift Boxes.

Priority access for all five delegates to Reading Accra, subject to final operational capacity.

Cities of Rhythm included for all five delegates.

One consolidated organisational payment / invoice.

Delegates may be nominated at registration or supplied later.

Each nominee completes their own dietary, accessibility, programme and B2B profile.

Group saving compared with purchasing five equivalent individual Premium registrations.

Equivalent individual Premium total:


Early Bird US$4,500;

Standard Rate US$5,750;

Late Registration US$6,750.

Buy your ticket

STANDARD DELEGATE


EARLY BIRD

US$500

STANDARD

RATE

US$600

LATE

REGISTRATION

US$700

WHAT THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES

Full three-day African Urban Futures Conclave programme.

Conveners' Address, opening keynote, plenaries and major dialogues.

Access to Urban Futures Labs and curated roundtables, subject to capacity and session curation.

B2B & Strategic Connections, including curated B2B meeting requests.

Eligibility for selected closed-door sessions, subject to invitation, relevance and capacity.

AUFC Delegate Passport & Notebook.

Standard Delegate Pack.

Networking lunches, cocoa breaks and refreshments across the three days.

Access to the delegate portal and programme information.

Transport to and from the Conclave venue from designated AUFC

pick-up hotels.

Welcome to Accra Opening Soirée on Tuesday evening.

Access to The City Salon on Wednesday evening.

Opportunity to join Reading Accra, subject to available Standard Delegate places.

Opportunity to join Reading Accra, subject to available Standard Delegate places.

Opportunity to purchase a limited upgrade to Cities of Rhythm if additional places are released.

Selected capacity-limited and closed-door sessions remain subject to curation.


Reading Accra places for Standard Delegates are subject to availability.

Buy your ticket

PREMIUM DELEGATE


EARLY BIRD

US$900

STANDARD

RATE

US$1,150

LATE

REGISTRATION

US$1,350

WHAT THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES

Everything included in the Standard Delegate package.

Premium Gift Box in place of the Standard Delegate Pack.

Priority B2B & Strategic Connections.

Priority access to capacity-limited Urban Futures Labs and curated roundtables.

Priority consideration for selected closed-door Leadership & Governance conversations, subject to curation.

Premium check-in and priority seating for selected programme sessions.

Access to Premium / Contributors reception moments where applicable.

Priority access to Reading Accra: A Curated City & Project Journey.

Cities of Rhythm: A Closing Experience of Food, Music & Story.

Curated dining by Midunu as part of the Cities of Rhythm experience.

Intimate Wiyaala musical performance within the closing experience.

Impact by Design voices woven through the closing set through short stories, reflections and provocations.

Premium priority does not guarantee access to every

closed-door session or a meeting with a specific contributor or organisation.


Named culinary, artist and production formats remain subject to final confirmation.

Buy your ticket

STANDARD GROUP
·5 DELEGATES

EARLY BIRD

US$2,400

STANDARD

RATE

US$2,750

LATE

REGISTRATION

US$3,250

For delegates seeking the fullest AUFC experience, with priority access and the signature closing programme.

Five full Standard Delegate registrations under one organisational booking.

Each of the five delegates receives all Standard Delegate benefits listed above.

Five individual delegate profiles and access to B2B & Strategic Connections.

One consolidated organisational payment / invoice.

Delegates may be nominated at registration or supplied later.

Each nominee completes their own dietary, accessibility, programme and B2B profile.

Group saving compared with purchasing five equivalent individual registrations.

Equivalent individual total:


Early Bird US$2,500;

Standard Rate US$3,000;

Late Registration US$3,500.

Buy your ticket

PREMIUM GROUP
·5 DELEGATES

EARLY BIRD

US$4,250

STANDARD

RATE

US$5,250

LATE

REGISTRATION

US$6,250

WHAT THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES

Five full Premium Delegate registrations under one organisational booking.

Each of the five delegates receives all Premium Delegate benefits listed above.

Five individual delegate profiles with priority B2B & Strategic Connections.

Five Premium Gift Boxes.

Priority access for all five delegates to Reading Accra, subject to final operational capacity.

Cities of Rhythm included for all five delegates.

One consolidated organisational payment / invoice.

Delegates may be nominated at registration or supplied later.

Each nominee completes their own dietary, accessibility, programme and B2B profile.

Group saving compared with purchasing five equivalent individual Premium registrations.

Equivalent individual Premium total:


Early Bird US$4,500;

Standard Rate US$5,750;

Late Registration US$6,750.

Buy your ticket

FAQ

FAQ

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What is the African Urban Futures Conclave?

The African Urban Futures Conclave (AUFC) is a curated platform bringing together leaders, practitioners and institutions shaping the future of African cities. It convenes voices from architecture, urban planning, government, finance, infrastructure, technology, academia, culture and civil society to develop practical, locally grounded responses to Africa’s urban challenges and possibilities

What is the purpose of the Conclave?

AUFC has been created to move the conversation about African cities beyond diagnosis and towards coordinated action. The Conclave will examine how leadership, design, finance, policy, enterprise and civic participation can work together to create African cities that are more dignified, inclusive, resilient and responsive to the people who inhabit them.

What makes AUFC different from a conventional conference?

AUFC is intentionally designed as a working conclave rather than a large-scale conference. Participation is curated, the gathering is limited in size, and the programme prioritises meaningful dialogue, cross-sector relationships and concrete outcomes. Alongside plenary sessions, participants will engage in focused roundtables, Urban Futures Labs, leadership dialogues and carefully facilitated networking.

Is attendance open to everyone?

AUFC is a curated gathering with a limited number of places. Some participants will attend by invitation, while a selected number of places will be made available through registration or an expression-of-interest process. Submitting an expression of interest does not automatically confirm participation. Successful applicants will receive formal confirmation and further registration instructions.

How many people will attend?

AUFC 2026 is being designed for approximately 120–150 participants. This deliberately limited size will support deeper conversations, stronger relationships and more productive exchanges

What is the format of the programme?

The three-day programme will combine conveners’ and keynote addresses, plenary conversations, Leadership and Governance Dialogues, Urban Futures Labs and roundtables, cross-sector working sessions, curated business and institutional meetings, cultural and city-based experiences, and opportunities for informal exchange and collaboration. A detailed programme will be released closer to the Conclave.

What is the dress code?

The recommended dress code is professional, contemporary and suitable for Accra’s warm climate with comfortable footwear. Specific guidance will be provided for any formal dinners, cultural experiences or site visits included in the programme.

Can I apply to speak or contribute to the programme?

The majority of speakers and contributors are identified and invited by the curatorial team. However, expressions of interest may be considered where the proposed contribution is directly relevant to the programme. AUFC does not guarantee speaking opportunities in exchange for sponsorship or delegate registration.