14:00–14:30
Doors open
The rooftop room opens over the City of London: the skyline first, then the evening's first conversations.
Welcome
Programme
The shape of the evening.
The proven B2BV2V arc, from first idea to closed value. The evening at a glance:
14:30–15:10
Canvas I · Vision
The futurists and the world's leading architects open the evening: why build at all, and why like this. Moderated by Peter Murray OBE, urbanist, curator and convenor. See the full canvas →
Vision
15:10–15:50
Canvas II · SkyScraper Dialogue
The panel we are building: developers behind the world's landmark towers, The Shard & the Burj Khalifa, in conversation. Mark Davy is confirmed to speak. See the full canvas →
Dialogue
15:50–17:30
The break
The room steps back. An independent art expert gives the keynote on art as an asset class at 17:00, 15 to 20 minutes. See the keynote →
Keynote & networking
17:30–18:10
Canvas III · Value
Capital closes the loop: LPs, banks and investors. What vision is worth when the music stops. See the full canvas →
Value
18:10–20:30
Networking
The evening opens out across The Skyline London, the rooftop room at Tower Suites by Blue Orchid.
Networking
The four moments
Open a canvas, see who holds it.
Three canvases and the art keynote. Choose one for its topic, its moderator, its speakers, and what the conversation covers.
Canvas I · 14:30 to 15:10
Vision
The futurists and the world's leading architects open the evening: where the built environment is heading, why we build at all, and why we build like this.
Moderator
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Photograph: Bernd Ott
Peter Murray OBE
Urbanist, curator and convenor
Peter Murray OBE Hon FRIBA is an independent urbanist, curator and convenor, known principally as an architectural writer and commentator. He was appointed OBE in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to architecture, city planning, design, publication and charity.
Speakers
- To be confirmedArchitect or futurist
- To be confirmedArchitect or futurist
- To be confirmedArchitect or futurist
Invitations are out. A name appears here only once it is agreed.
What this canvas covers
- Where the built environment is heading this decade, and what a city is entitled to expect of what it permits.
- Why a tower gets built at all, and why it takes the shape it takes.
- What the design argument has to answer for long before a foundation is poured.
Canvas II · 15:10 to 15:50
SkyScraper Dialogue
The centre of the evening, and the conversation the series is named for: the panel we are building, developers behind The Shard & the Burj Khalifa, joined by a third skyline, on one stage.
Moderator
- To be confirmedModerator
Speakers
- Mark Davy Speaker
- To be confirmedThe Shard
- To be confirmedThe Burj Khalifa
- To be confirmedA third skyline
Invitations are out. A name appears here only once it is agreed.
What this canvas covers
- What it takes to carry a landmark tower from a sketch to a working district.
- The Shard & the Burj Khalifa, told by the people who delivered them.
- A third skyline, and what it took from both.
The art keynote · 17:00, inside the break
Value beyond the balance sheet
A curated cultural moment inside the break: an independent art expert on art as an asset class, where the language of the canvas meets the language of trophy real estate.
Keynote
- To be confirmedAn independent art expert
The speaker is being confirmed. The slot is fixed at 17:00.
Running time
- 15 to 20 minutesInside the break, which runs 15:50 to 17:30
What the keynote covers
- Art as an asset class, and the buyers it shares with trophy real estate.
- The legacy of David Hockney, whose light shaped this edition.
- Where a collection and a portfolio start to behave the same way.
Canvas III · 17:30 to 18:10
Value
Capital closes the evening: the LPs, banks, lenders and investors who decide what a vision is actually worth.
Moderator
- To be confirmedModerator
Speakers
- To be confirmedInvestor or fund
- To be confirmedLender or financing bank
- To be confirmedInvestor or fund
Invitations are out. A name appears here only once it is agreed.
What this canvas covers
- What a tower is worth when the cycle refuses to behave.
- Where capital is moving, and what it now demands of a building.
- How risk gets priced on the next skyline, before anyone else dares to.
Peter Murray OBE moderates Canvas I and Mark Davy speaks on Canvas II. Every other seat is being confirmed, with invitations in progress. We publish a name only once it is agreed, and we say which kind of commitment it is.
Between the canvases
The break runs
The break runs
from 15:50 to 17:30.
The room steps back, the keynote lands at 17:00,
and then Value closes the evening.
Tickets on sale
The programme is set. The room is the part still filling.
Three canvases run from Vision through the SkyScraper Dialogue to Value in one evening, and a ticket is what puts you in front of all three.
Buy your ticket101 places at The Skyline London, Tuesday 8 September 2026. Standard £240, Elite Advisors £360, VIP Patron £1,999.