Carlo Castelli is an architect, masterplanner and city solutions expert with more than 25 years’ experience delivering innovative urban solutions and the founder of Urban Purpose. Carlo is passionate about the purpose of cities. He leads and advises on major international and inter-disciplinary urban projects at various scales, with particular expertise in integrated spatial and socio-economic strategies, underpinned by transport and infrastructure oriented development. He is a strategic advisor on purposeful visions for cities, capacity development and international cooperation between cities and local governments. He advocates a ‘purpose case’ approach to city-making which aims to put quality of life and well-being at the core of the holistic integration of economic, social, environmental and cultural values. Carlo has recently acted as the Chief Technical Advisor of the UNDP capacity-building and strategic urban advisory programme with the Riyadh Regional Municipality in Saudi Arabia. He has voluntary roles such as the co-chair of the ULI Europe Urban Regeneration Council and the LSE Global Real Estate Group’s Executive Committee. Carlo publishes on social media and speaks regularly in international conferences, as well as providing strategic advice and leadership to some of the world’s most interesting urban contexts and projects, including The New London Agenda with the NLA, a regeneration project in Newham, London, the Edinburgh City Centre Transformation Plan (with Jacobs), The Strategic Process towards the Development Agreement for the Scali Ferroviari in Milan with Sistemi Urbani, (with AECOM), Al Mouj Muscat, Oman (with AECOM), the Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop (with Jacobs), Meridian Water regeneration project in London (with Jacobs) and the KKIA Concept Masterplan in Riyadh (with AECOM).