Eva Franch and Shumon Basar speak at The World Around architecture forum in New York this week

British curator Beatrice Galilee has launched a new architecture forum that will kick-off as a conference in New York on 25 January, with speakers including AA Director Eva Franch and AA alumnus Shumon Basar (AADipl 2000).

The all-day series of talks, set to take place at the Renzo Piano-designed The Times Center in New York, also includes speakers Elizabeth Diller and Shohei Shigematsu. Also on the roster are Japanese architect Junya Ishigami, MoMA's senior curator of architecture and design Paola Antonelli.

Find out more about The World Around and watch the conference live