Architects including Junya Ishigami, Elizabeth Diller and Shohei Shigematsu are speaking at the inaugural The World Around architecture forum today. Watch the conference live from New York.
The second part of the livestream is now live. The first session of the conference is still available to watch below.
The World Around is an architecture forum curated by Beatrice Galilee, with the first edition taking place at the Renzo Piano-designed The Times Center in New York City. It will feature talks and conversations with over 20 leading figures in architecture from around the world.
Dezeen is a media partner for the event and is livestreaming the entire conference, split up into three parts.

Watch the first part of the livestream above
The first part of the conference featured quick-fire presentations by Ishigami and speakers including author Julia Watson, artist Michael Wang and MoMA's senior curator of architecture and design Paola Antonelli. The second part of the conference, which is streaming now, features a talk by Canadian designer Bruce Mau and presentations by writer Caroline Criado Perez, speculative architect Liam Young and Architectural Association director Eva Franch i Gilabert.

A conversation between Diller Scofidio + Renfro co-founder Elizabeth Diller and V&A East chief curator Catherine Ince will kick off the third part of the event, which is scheduled to start 4:15pm New York time.
This will be followed by more rapid-fire talks by OMA New York's Shigemat...