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Our mission

At City Nation Place, we exist to support, connect, celebrate and inspire the people behind places. Our mission is to help you grow your place economies and provide a better quality of life for your communities. Here are some of the ways you can utilize City Nation Place to support your team:

EVENTS

Be part of the conversations shaping the future of places
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INSIGHTS

Tap into insights, trends, and case studies
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TRAINING

Equip your team with new skills and showcase your impact
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CONNECT

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The Place Brand Portfolio
Access the world’s largest collection of place marketing & branding case studies.
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Articles

Dive into the latest articles on best practice in place branding and place marketing. From interviews with leading place practitioners to latest trends to how-to articles, don’t miss out on discovering your next great idea or impactful strategy.

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Who taught the machine to recognise its place?

Whoever controls the narrative of a place’s pasts also controls the futures that place is capable of imagining for itself. Increasingly, though, the ‘past’ is being defined by LLMs, input from the communities themselves – and this risks replicating global bias and erasing local narratives and voices. N/LF’s Caio Esteves outlines why we shouldn’t be aiming to rank better in AI results but instead challenging the very worldview that defines these structures.

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Reports

Discover reports, research, and toolkits to support industry leaders in tackling their biggest challenges and opportunities

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Free Report: Place-led approaches to successful talent attraction and retention
Learn from an international survey of place approaches, case studies of talent attraction and retention, and expert perspectives.
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City Nation Place Events

Join place leaders from around the world at one of our annual events. Learn more about each event below and register to attend.

CNP Americas
Vancouver, Canada
April 22-23, 2026
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CNP Australasia
Gold Coast, Australia
August 6-7, 2026
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CNP UK
Bradford, UK
September 23-24, 2026
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CNP Global
London, UK
November 4-5, 2026
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Place brand experts

Looking for the right consultant or agency to help you develop and implement your place brand and/or marketing strategy? We're delighted to make some introductions.

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Looking to partner?

If you're a supplier, consultant, or advisor to place brand and place marketing teams, we'd love to work with you. Find out how you can partner with us at events or through our website here.

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