About Chris Luebkeman
Chris’s career to date has spanned professions and geographies. His multidisciplinary education includes degrees in Geology and Civil Engineering (Vanderbilt), Structural Engineering (Cornell), and a Doctorate in Architecture (ETH). He became an academic gypsy teaching courses on Design and on Technology at ETH Zurich, the University of Oregon, the Chinese University of Hong Kong and at the MIT. He joined Arup in London to lead the Research and Development group in 1999 and became a corporate intrapreneur by founding the Foresight, Innovation and Incubation teams. For twenty years he travelled the globe, sharing his observations and insights by leading projects focused on the future for Arup, Arup’s clients and for many of the world’s leading institutions. He returned to the ETH in Zurich in 2020 to join the team of the president, Joel Mesot, as a strategic advisor. Chris Luebkeman currently leads the Strategic Foresight Hub where he and his team are working on understanding the future of higher education, encouraging the role of foresight in an academic setting and developing closer ties within the Swiss Foresight community.
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Boards
Chris Luebkeman is a member of the executive board of the Swiss Institute of Engineers and Architects and the ETH Zurich Foundation (USA). He sits on the URA International Panel of Experts , EMPA Industrial Advisory Board and the Research, Innovation and Enterprise Council of Singapore.
Projects
[Y]our 2040 is curating a select community to accelerate the transition to a planetary boundary compatible society and focuses on next steps, actions and strategies towards a more positive future.
Braintrusts
As part of a brain trust, Chris supports the Climate Music Project, Innovation Foundation and the UIA2023 Scientific Committee on future actions.
Judging
As part of a judging committee Chris Luebkeman helps to select the most future-proof projects for the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize and the CapitaLand Sustainability X Challenge.
Archive
Chris Luebkeman is a seasoned professional with a plethora of experience to draw from. Learn more about his previous engagements. Engagements are or chronologically ordered (most recent – old)
2019
- Global Health Institute, San Francisco
- Future of Building Engineering, Amsterdam
- Leeds 2050 Roundtable, Leeds
- Danish Architecture Center, Copenhagen
- World Web Forum, Zurich
- World Economic Forum, Davos
- Urban Land Institute, London
- Millennium Gallery, Sheffield Museum
- AIA, Los Angeles
- South by Southwest, Austin
- CERA Week, Houston
- HHM Academy, Schönenwerd
- HKS Green Week, Dallas
- Rosenfeld Symposium, Berkeley
- University of California, San Francisco
- Civil Engineering Summit, Dallas
- Mead & Hunt, Madison
2018
- Design Professionals Coalition Futurist Session, Pebble Beach CA
- Autonomous Vehicle Workshop, Melbourne
- The Future Suburbs Symposium, Auckland
- Hosted Jeffersonian Dinner, TED, Vancouver
- Shaping Future Cities, Sintra Portugal
- SDG: A Better World Conference, Boston
- Security Technologies, ETH Meets New York, Brooklyn
- Higher Education Design Quality Forum: University 2040, London
- Sustainable Built Environment Strategic Panel, Singapore
- Rob | Arch, ETH, Zürich
- Greenbuild – Zero Energy Industry Leadership, Chicago
- Robotics Event, Milan
- Stanford, Palo Alto
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- ARUP, London
2017
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zürich
- World Science Festival, Brisbane
- Griffith University, Nathan, Queensland, Australia
- Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, San Francisco
- Center for the Built Environment, Berkeley
- Vitra, Learning Journey, New York City
- White & Company, Los Angeles
- American Institute of Architects, Seattle
- Autodesk, San Francisco
- IDEO, San Francisco
- Exhibition Artificial Intelligence – Enabling Machines to Learn, London
- URA, Singapore
- Net Zero Conference, Los Angeles
- Swiss Energy and Climate Summit, Bern, Switzerland
- Retail Design Collaborative, Long Beach, California
- Morrison & Forester, LLP, San Francisco
- CEMEX Symposium, San Francisco
- Center for Workplace Innovation Summit, San Francisco
- Swissnex – ETH Meets You in San Francisco, San Francisco
2016
- Canadian Institute of Steel Construction, Calgary
- American Society of Civil Engineers, Washington DC
- Design Futures Council Innovation Summit, La Jolla
- World Science Festival, Brisbane
- Office of the Prime Minister, Canberra
- University of New South Wales, Sydney
- Digital Fabrication Summit, San Francisco
- Data Analytics in the Built Environment Course, San Francisco
- University of Oregon, Festschrift Charlie Brown, Eugene
- Krankenkasse Schweiz, Luzern
- Swissnex: Swiss Department of Energy, San Francisco
- VERGE Conference, San Francisco
- ARUP Annual Meeting, New York
- Arup | Drivers of Change (on-going)
- Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority | Advisor (2014-present)
- Google: External Consultant (2019)
- Walmart (while at Arup): External Consultant (2019)
- MTRC Hong Kong Executive Council (while at Arup) (2016-2017)
- Qualcomm (while at Arup): Future of the Connected Street (2016)
- AD Magazine | AD2050 (while at Arup) (2015)
- Danish Maritime Forum: External Consultant (2014)
- Arup | Building Design 2020 (2014)
- Arup | Cities Alive (2014)