2025 EFA Conference Announces Opening Keynote Speaker

Happy Cities Founder and Author Charles Montgomery will kick off the 2025 EFA Conference in Lexington, Ky., on Sunday, April 27.
Published: January 15, 2025
Charles Montgomery, Happy Cities

Charles Montgomery (Headshot credit: Courtesy of Charles Montgomery)

The 2025 Environments for Aging Conference + Expo announces writer and urbanist Charles Montgomery as the opening keynote speaker at the 2025 conference, held April 26-29, in Lexington, Ky.

Montgomery is the founder of Happy Cities, an urban planning, design, and consulting firm (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada), and author of Happy City: Transforming Our Lives Through Urban Design, which examines the intersection between urban design and the emerging science of happiness.

His keynote session will be held on Sunday, April 27.

During his career, Montgomery has collaborated with the World Health Organization and the American Society of Landscape Architects (Washington, D.C.) to create experiments and design methods that help participants alter their relationships with their cities and with each other.

For more information on the 2025 EFA Conference + Expo and to register, visit environmentsforaging.com.

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