Monika Konrad is an architect, urban planner, researcher, educator and strategist. She is the Deputy Director of the Department of Architecture & Spatial Planning at Municipality of Warsaw, working as a chief designer on the Warsaw Strategic Masterplan. Since last year, she has held the position of Extraordinary Professor at Brno Technical University. She gained a professional background in studios like OMA, Claus en Kaan Architecten and as a project director at consulting company Strelka KB. She is an author of numerous urban standards and strategic projects on a citywide scale and a designer of urban and architectural projects in Europe, Asia, and Africa.