In 2026, InfraVision is exploring the theme: The awakening of the infrastructure force, amid today’s global transitions
As infrastructure systems are pushed to evolve faster than ever, the real challenge is not whether to transition, but how to do so at the appropriate pace, with optimal risk-taking, the most effective and aligned incentives, and a well-designed governance.
Critical pace
How can we synchronize and accelerate the sustainable transitions at a pace that is both ambitious and realistic?
Targeted incentives
How can we design incentives that truly align all stakeholders and engage infrastructure for long-term success?
Needed Governance
What forms of governance are needed to plan delivery, monitor execution, and define performance?
Optimal pricing
How should risks be priced so that strategic, investment, and technological trade-offs are transparent and future-proof?
And many more question, perhaps yours ?
What we are planning
We organize a series of workshops to discuss the awakening of the infrastructure force
For 2026 annual research, we aim to organize:
- Three podcasts
- A webinar with expert speakers
- An in-person breakfast panel
- A keynote speech featuring a public figure
These workshops and podcasts will contribute to the development of a long‑form report, which will be presented at InfraVision’s annual conference during Paris InfraWeek in November 2026.
SAVE the date - 3rd of November 2026 annual event during Paris InfraWeek
Replay of the event of 2025
00:00:00 Introduction
Gwenola Chambon (CEO and founding Partner at Vauban Infrastructure Partners)
00:04:45 Keynote speech: Virginijus Sinkevičius
(Member of the European Parliament and former European Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries)
00:21:15 Panel 1: Building cities for the long haul
Building cities for the long haul: urban infrastructure at the core of 21st challenges
Speakers: Reuven Carlyle (Former Washington State Senator), Jacques Darcy (Director at the European Investment Fund), Peter Haupt (CEO of Optimus Tower), Antoine Picon (Professor at Harvard University)- Moderator: Julia Sieger
01:04:10 Student competition – Award Ceremony
01:32:13 Keynote speech Ladeja Godina Košir
Founder and Executive Director of Circular Change
01:50:24 Panel 2: Ways forward
Ways forward: key levers to evolve towards adaptive systems of urban infrastructure
Speakers: Dominique Alba (CEO of Ateliers Jean Nouvel), Sébastien Fraisse (CEO of Indigo), Xavier Hürstel (Deputy CEO at ADP International), Paulo Moura (Deputy Director at IMREDD), Jon Phillips (CEO of Global Infrastructure Investors Association) – Moderator: Julia Sieger
02:34:48 Interview: Thomas Jolly
Artistic Director of the Paris 2024 Olympic Ceremonies, by Gwenola Chambon
02:49:33 Wrap up: Christophe Béchu
Mayor of Angers, former Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion
Pictures of the event of 2025
Pictures taken by Guillaume Galmiche
Here you will find all the workshop we did last year on our topic Cities of tomorrow:
Videos 2025 theme : Cities of tomorrow
Podcasts about Cities of Tomorrow
Listen to our podcast on all major platforms (Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music)
Previous years researches
Leveraging on Vauban Infrastructure Partners & Altermind’s last four years of research
Cities of Tomorrow: reimagining urban infrastructure
Infrastructure & Inclusion
Circular Infrastructure
Social License to Operate
Infrastructure For Climate
