An evening of connection, conversation, and a sneak peek at how you can go deeper at this year's GPLEX.
Doors Open: 5:00 PM
Welcome & Partnership Launch: 5:30 PM
Free parking is available on site! For those taking public transportation, we recommend the 32 bus!
Join us for our PrePLEX happy hour and the Launch of GPLEX Forward: Powered by FIFTEEN X-Change. Meet past, present, and future GPLEXers, enjoy drinks and conversation, and participate in light activities that will help identify the topics and challenges our community wants to tackle together. This is a networking event first, with opportunities to help shape what's next!
More on "GPLEX Forward: Powered by FIFTEEN X-Change":
In alignment with the conference theme, "Collaboration Across Lines of Difference," FIFTEEN Architecture + Design (GPLEX's 2026 Innovation Partner) will host a session exploring the unique value of cross-sector collaboration and the framework that has transformed their practice, enabling impact that transcends industries. Participants will discover how diverse perspectives can unlock new ways of thinking that lead to more meaningful, lasting outcomes.
At FIFTEEN, collaboration serves as the foundation of their practice. Through the Collaborator Network and X-Change Framework, they've intentionally expanded the design conversation to include diverse perspectives across disciplines, industries, and lived experiences. The strongest, most equitable, and enduring solutions emerge when more voices help shape them.
Ideas, challenges, and opportunities that emerge during this session and throughout GPLEX will be captured and carried forward into the Post-GPLEX FIFTEEN X-Change.
Following the conference, participants will reconvene to experience the FIFTEEN X-Change Framework—a proven process for turning inspiration into implementation. Together, we'll explore the challenges identified during GPLEX, uncover new perspectives through interdisciplinary dialogue, and develop actionable strategies that participants can apply within their organizations, communities, and passion projects.
GPLEX Forward ensures that the conversations don't end when the conference does and that they become the foundation for sustained collaboration, continued learning, and measurable impact.
2026 PrePLEX Kickoff Happy Hour Venue Sponsor:
This year’s PrePLEX Kickoff Happy Hour event venue has been kindly provided by NewCourtland.
The GPLEX360 2026 Series is sponsored by:
The Greater Philadelphia Community Alliance
Comcast NBCUniversal
Pew Charitable Trusts
JPMorganChase
The Philadelphia Parking Authority
PECO
