Gerard Reinmuth was invited to speak at the 2008 Metropolis Laboratory in Copenhagen, Denmark.
His talk was titled "Is sustainability nothing more than a nice idea? Aesthetic and spatial challenges for the developing city in the 21st century"
Also speaking at this extraordinary think-tank on the role of art and architecture in the urban realm were Saskia Sassen, Nan Ellin and a range of artists, urbanists and artists from Denmark and overseas.