Founding Director, Yale Center for Ecosystems + Architecture, New Haven, U.S.A
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FEATURED SPEAKERS
We are proud to present some of the finest architects and experts from science, business and politics. They will contribute to making the World Congress a powerhouse of knowledge and inspiration about sustainable and equitable change in the built environment. Click names for more information about speakers and which sessions they will contribute to.
Architect & Founder, Studio Anna Heringer
For Anna Heringer architecture is a tool to improve lives. As an architect, activist and honorary…
Wilks Family Director, Ian L. McHarg Center, Pennsylvania University
Billy Fleming is the Wilks Family Director of the Ian L. McHarg Center in the Weitzman…
Founder, BIG
Bjarke Ingels founded BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group in 2005 after co-founding PLOT Architects in 2001…
Professor and Director, Senseable Lab MIT (US), Founding Partner of Carlo Ratti Associati
An architect and engineer by training, Professor Carlo Ratti teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…
Professor, University of Sorbonne, Paris
Carlos Moreno is French of Colombian origin. He is a Senior University Professor, a driving force…
Architect & Founder, Architecture for the Blind
Chris Downey is an architect, planner, and consultant. Working with design teams and clients, he draws…
Senior Principal, MASS Design Group, and Director of The African Design Centre
Christian Benimana is a Rwanda-born architect. In 2010 he joined MASS Design Group as a Global…
Master of Ceremonies
With two decades of experience in international and domestic executive policy making, Ms. Connie Hedegaard today…
Founder, Creative Director, Adjunct Professor & Architect MAA
Danish architect Dorte Mandrup founded her studio in 1999, eight years after graduating from Aarhus School…
Founder & Director of Design, Office of: Office
Elizabeth, co-founder of Office of Office, is a third-generation architect born in Texas and raised in…
UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture
Mr Ernesto Ottone R. is the Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO. Prior to this position,…
Founder & Principal, Kéré Architecture, 2022 Pritzker Prize winner
Francis Kéré is an internationally renowned Burkinabè architect and the 2022 Laureate of the Pritzker Architecture…
Lord Mayoral Councillor, City of Sydney and Global Public Leadership Fellow, World Economic Forum
Councillor HY William Chan is an architect, civic champion and cities expert known for ‘designing for…
Founder & Managing Director, Bauhaus Earth
Hans Joachim Schellnhuber is Director Emeritus of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), which…
Director of Urban Planning and Design, C40 Cities
Hélène Chartier is the Director of Urban Planning and Design at C40, the network of global…
Mayor, City of Aarhus, Denmark
Jacob Bundsgaard, 46, holds an MA in Political Science from Aarhus University and worked as an…
Architect, Professor (ret.) of Urban Design, The Royal Danish Academy, Founding Partner, Gehl
More than 50 years ago in 1971 Jan Gehl published the seminal book Life Between Buildings…
Senior Advisor, NREP
Jan Vapaavuori is Senior Adviser at NREP, the largest real estate investor and developer in the…
Architect & Founding Partner, Studio Gang
Jeanne Gang, FAIA, is the founding partner of Studio Gang, an international architecture and urban design…
Architects & Founders, Comunal
Comunal is a collaborative team composed of women who, since 2017, work as facilitators and mediators…
Chairman, UIA2023 Honorary Committee, & CEO, Realdania
Jesper Nygård is the CEO of Realdania, a private member based philanthropic association in Denmark, with about…
Chairman, Siemens, World Economic Forum Trustee
Jim Hagemann Snabe is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG (D) and Member of…
Former Executive Director, UN Habitat
Dr. Joan Clos is the former Executive Director of the UN-Habitat (2010- 2017). During his mandate,…
Architect & Founder, Junya Ishigami + Associates
After completing the master’s program at the Department of Architecture, in Tokyo University of the Arts,…
Architect & Founder, Snøhetta
Kjetil Trædal Thorsen completed his architecture studies in Graz, Austria in 1985 and co-founded Snøhetta in…
Founder & Principal, NLÉ
Kunlé Adeyemi is an architect, professor, and development strategist whose works are internationally recognized for originality…
Founder, Lina Ghotmeh - Architecture
Architect Lina Ghotmeh is the founder of the Paris-based studio Lina Ghotmeh – Architecture. Evoking her…
Executive Vice President, A Europe Fit for the Digital Age and Competition, EU Commission
Margrethe Vestager, age 55, is Executive Vice president for a Europe fit for the digital age.…
WHO Director, Department of Environmental, Climate Change and Health
Dr. Maria P. Neira is the Director of the Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health…
Executive Director, C40 Cities
Mark has served as Executive Director of C40 Cities since December 2013. Mark’s aim as Executive…
Founding Partner & Principal, Martha Schwartz Partners
Martha Schwartz is a landscape architect and artist with major interests in cities, communities and the…
CEO, SLA
Ms. Skjold is CEO of the Danish nature-based design studio SLA. As the head of SLA,…
Deputy Executive Director, UN-Habitat
Dr. Michal Mlynár (Slovakia) is a seasoned diplomat and educator with almost 30 years of experience…
Professor of Geology, University of Copenhagen
Minik Rosing is a Professor of Geology at the University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on…
Architect & Founding Partner, MVRDV
As the “DV” of MVRDV, founding partner Nathalie de Vries has led many successful MVRDV projects…
‘Archtivist’, Architect, LinkedIn Top Voice Green, Business Strategist, Educator, Speaker, Writer
Nyasha Harper-Michon is a creative and strategic thinker who thrives at the intersection of design, business,…
Architect & Principal, Omar Gandhi Architects
Omar Gandhi is the Principal of Omar Gandhi Architects, an architectural practice founded in 2010 with…
Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Cambridge
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta is Frank Ramsey Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge…
Architect & Partner, Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA)
Reinier de Graaf (1964, Schiedam) is a Dutch architect and writer. He is a partner in…
CEO, BIG
As Chief Executive Officer and Partner at Bjarke Ingels Group, Sheela Søgaard manages the overall health…
Lord Mayor, City of Copenhagen
Sophie Hæstorp Andersen is a member of the Danish Socialdemocratic Party. She was elected Lord Mayor…
Architect & Founding Principal, DnA_Design and Architecture
Xu Tiantian is the founding principal of DnA _Design and Architecture. She has received numerous awards…
Architect and CEO, Heritage Foundation of Pakistan
Yasmeen Lari is Pakistan’s first female architect and among the best-known architects of the country. She…
Architect & Co-Founder, Atelier Bow-Wow
Co-founder of Tokyo based Architecture firm Atelier Bow-Wow together with Momoyo Kaijima in 1992. Professor of…
Founders, Grafton Architects
Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara co-founded Grafton Architects in 1978, having graduated from University College Dublin…
SESSION CHAIRS
Together with the keynote dialogues, the congress programme will include a wide range of sessions which will explore how architecture and the built environment can contribute to a more sustainable future. Confirmed Session Chairs are listed below. Click names to see which sessions they will chair.
Director, UIA Public Health Work Programme
Dr. Pentecost is a registered architect, Board Certified in the healthcare architecture specialty, a former nursing…
Architect & Director, Allen Kong Architect, Co-Director, UIA Architecture for All Work Programme
Allen’s cultural background has influenced his conceptual framework for his holistic view of architecture. He blends…
Architect & CEO, Lendager
Anders Lendager is an architect, CEO and founder of Lendager. His company has established itself as…
Senior Researcher, Center for Sustainable Urban Development (CSUD), The Climate School, Columbia University, US
Prior to joining CSUD in 2012, Anna Rubbo, B.Arch (U-Melbourne), D. Arch (U-Michigan) was Associate Professor…
Professor, Royal Danish Academy, Head of Center for Industrialized Architecture (CINARK), PH.D.
As Head of CINARK Anne Beim has led several interdisciplinary projects involving industry and academia and…
Visiting Professor, NED University Karachi, member of UNs advisory Group on Forced Evictions
Arif Hasan is an architect and planner, activist, teacher, researcher and the author of a large…
CO-Director, UIA Education Commission
Professor Ashraf M. Salama is Chair in Architecture, Professor of Architecture and Urbanism and Head of…
CEO, The Danish National Building Fund
Since 2010 Bent Madsen has filled the chair as CEO of The Danish National Building Fund.…
Partner and Research Director, Kieran Timberlake
Billie Faircloth is a design leader and educator who has transformed practice-based research and earned a…
Architect, Ph.d., Research Director at Bevica Foundation and Head of Universal Design Hub
Camilla Ryhl is an educator, researcher and specialist in Universal Design and her current work focuses…
Chief City Architect, City of Copenhagen
Camilla van Deurs is the Chief City Architect for the City of Copenhagen since February 2019,…
Technical Lead, C40 Clean Construction Programme
Cécile Faraud leads the Clean Construction Programme at C40, the network of the world’s megacities committed…
Architect & Founder, Studio Precht
Chris Precht is the co-founder of architectural studios Precht and Penda. After training at University of…
Director & Chief Curator, Oslo Architecture Triennale
Christian Pagh is Director and Chief curator of the Oslo Architecture Triennale. Christian has headed a…
Architect, Co-founder of Building Diversity, Teaching Assistant Professor
Christine Bjerke is a Danish-Norwegian architect based in Copenhagen. In 2022 she co-founded the non-profit association…
Co-Director, UIA SDG Commission
Cid Blanco Jr. has a Master’s degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of São…
Architect, Master of Inclusive Architecture
Cora Cecilia Lopez Valloire is an experienced architect working in all phases of a building process…
President, Austrian Federal Chamber of Architects and Chartered Engineering Consultants / Coordinating Partner of the ARCH-E project
Daniel Fügenschuh is the owner of an architect’s office in Innsbruck, that was founded in London…
Head of The Danish association of Youth With Disabilities (SUMH)
Trough policy and practice Ditte is working with human rights for young people with disabilities aiming…
Director, Innovation Centre Denmark (Seoul)
Ditte Veise is currently director of the Danish Innovation Center in Seoul with a mission to…
President, Editron and Incubation Division, Danfoss
Passionate leader, entrepreneur at heart, outgoing by nature. On a mission to be ahead of the…
Founder, Dominique Perrault Architecture
Architect and urban planner, Dominique Perrault gained an international recognition with the Bibliothèque nationale de France.…
UIA IPWP Co-Director & Principal - Kaihautū Whaihanga - Māori Design Leader Architecture, Jasmax Aotearoa
“What drives all work I do – architectural, strategic governance, mentorship, business development – has to…
Professor, University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management
Ellen Braae is since 2009 professor at the University of Copenhagen, heading the Research Group for…
Director, European Green Cities
Elsebeth Terkelsen is Architect MAA and director of European Green Cities. European Green Cities is a…
Architecture student, Entrepreneur, Builder
Elvira is a hands-on architect/student who started building full scale houses alongside her architectural studies at…
Senior Associate & Head of Innovation, Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects
Enlai is an architect and industrial designer specialising in the integration of engineering fields within circular…
Architect and Professor of Architecture at the University of Cambridge, UK
Flora works between industry, practice and academia across the globe on developing research to advance social…
UIA Past President, Special Envoy to UN-Habitat
World citizen. UIA Past President, Officier de l’Ordre National du Mérite and de l’Ordre des Arts…
National State Architect, Sweden
Helena Bjarnegård is Sweden’s national state architect. She is leading the work within the field of…
Architect and Founding Partner and CEO of Gehl
Through Helles strategic leadership, Gehl has developed a knowledge base and experience portfolio that is respected…
Co-Director, UIA SDG Commission
Professor Gawad is an accomplished educator in the field of architecture, with academic leadership experience, and…
Architect & Co-Founder, Architecture 00 and Dark Matter Labs
Indy Johar is an architect, co-founder of Architecture 00 and Dark Matter Labs. Dark Matter Labs…
Director, Vitti Sthapati Brindo & Vice President, UIA Region 4
Ishtiaque Zahir Titas, a practicing architect from Bangladesh, is the 1st Vice president and the Board…
Architect & Vice President, UIA Region 2
Architect Istelianna Necho Atanassova (Bulgaria, Georgia) is the Vice President of the International Union of Architects…
Chief Innovation Officer, Gehl
As Chief Innovation Officer, Jeff is passionate about the relationship between human experience and design and…
Architect SAR/MSA, White Arkitekter
Jens Axelsson is an architect at White Arkitekter – one of Scandinavia’s leading architectural practices –…
Architect, President, UIA
José Luis Cortés is the UIA President for the 2021-2023 term. He is a graduate of…
Co-Founder & CEO, Copenhagen Architecture Festival
Josephine Michau is the co-founder, CEO and chief curator of Copenhagen Architecture Festival since 2014. In…
Professor and Dean, The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, University of Toronto (CA)
Juan Du is Dean and Professor at the University of Toronto’s John H. Daniels Faculty of…
Founder & Editor in Chief, Madame Architect
Dedicated to the built environment and to the empowerment, advancement, and visibility of the women who…
Partner, BIG
Kai-Uwe Bergmann brings his expertise to proposals around the globe, including work in North America, Europe,…
Co-Director, UIA Heritage & Cultural Identity Work Programme
Possesses over twenty years of experience in the management of cultural heritage, including conceptualisation, design, implementation…
CEO, Danish Architecture Center
Kent Martinussen is a Danish architect and CEO of The Danish Architecture Centre since 2001. He…
Founder & Senior Partner, 3XN/GXN
Kim Herforth Nielsen is the Founder and a Senior Partner of 3XN. Since founding the company…
CEO, EIT Climate-KIC
Dr. Kirsten Dunlop is Chief Executive Officer at EIT Climate-KIC, Europe’s largest public-private partnership focused on…
CEO, Green Power Denmark
As a member of the UIA2023 Honorary Committee, Mr. Jensen will contribute to the opening and…
Architect & Partner, Krads
Kristján Eggertsson and Kristján Örn Kjartansson are both born in Reykjavik, Iceland and graduated from Aarhus…
Architect & Partner, Krads
Kristján Örn Kjartansson and Kristján Eggertsson are both born in Reykjavik, Iceland and graduated from Aarhus…
Rector, The Royal Danish Academy
Lene Dammand Lund has been Rector at The Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design and Conservation…
Dean & Professor in history, theory and criticism, Tongji University College of Architecture and Urban Planning, China
Dr. Xiangning Li is dean and full professor in history, theory and criticism at Tongji University…
Head of the department EU Policies, Urban Agenda and Programming, National Council of Italian Architects, Planners, Landscapers and Conservators (CNAPPC)
Since 1997, graduated with honors she has been involved in architectural design and restoration of historical…
Mayor, Technical and Environmental Affairs, City of Copenhagen
Line Barfod is Mayor of Technical and Environmental Affairs at the City of Copenhagen and is…
Director, Head of R&D, Gehl
As Team Director for Cities and Head of R&D, Liselott Stenfeldt is responsible for developing strategic…
Professor MSO Sustainable Architecture, Aarhus School of Architecture
Lotte has chaired a design engineering program at a high ranked department of civil engineering for…
Partner, Design Principal, Henning Larsen
As Design Principal and partner, Louis Becker comprises half of the executive management at Henning Larsen,…
Associate Professor of Design, Department of Architecture, The American University in Cairo
Magda Mostafa, PhD is an Associate Professor of Architecture at the American University in Cairo and…
Associate Professor, School of Future Environments, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Maibritt Pedersen Zari’s research sits at the interface between ecology and designed human experiences across spatial…
Arch-E Project Manager, Austrian Federal Chamber of Architects and Chartered Engineering Consultants
Margit Friedrich is a trained architect based in Innsbruck, Austria. After gaining international working experience in…
Architect & Director, UIA Public Spaces Work Programme
Maria José Gomes Feitosa is Director of the UIA Public Spaces Work Programme. She is a…
Design Engineer, Chief Consultant – DTU Skylab, Denmark
Chief Consultant and Project Manager at DTU Skylab – the interdisciplinary hub for technology-based innovation &…
Creative Design Director, Fritz Hansen
Marie-Louise Høstbo is an architect, author, photographer, and design expert who has worked at the intersection…
Head of Materials, Henning Larsen Architects
Martha Lewis is Head of Materials at Henning Larsen, where she established a material database detailing…
Senior Advisor, The OBEL Award
Martha Thorne has been entrusted with setting up OBEL AWARD teaching fellowships programme and advising the…
Secretary-General of Abdullatif Alfozan Award for Mosque Architecture
Architect, Ph.D in architectural critique, secretary-General of Abdullatif Alfozan Award for Mosque Architecture, and professor of…
PhD, BAK Utrecht
Merve Bedir is an architect based in Rotterdam and Istanbul. Her work examines infrastructures of hospitality…
Professor and Founder, Centre for IT and Architecture (CITA), Royal Danish Academy
In CITA Mette Ramsgaard Thomsen has piloted a special research focus on the new digital-material relations…
PHD, Postdoc at the Royal Danish Academy and CEO of Smith Innovation
Mikkel Thomassen is a Danish based economist specialized in systemic sustainable transformations of the built environment.…
Economist, former minister and President of the UN General Assembly
Mogens Lykketoft, born 1946, Economist. Social Democratic Member of the Danish Parliament 1981-2019. Mr. Lykketoft served…
Co-Director, UIA Heritage & Cultural Identity Work Programme
Mohammad Habib Reza is an architect, architectural historian and heritage management expert. He is a founding…
Architect SAR/MSA, Senior Advisor, White Arkitekter
Monica von Schmalensee is a senior architect at White Arkitekter. In her role as CEO of…
Co-Director, UIA Community Architecture & Human Rights Work Programme
Nadia Tromp is an internationally acclaimed architect, based in South Africa. She is an advocate for…
President of Congress, Head of Institute, Royal Danish Academy
Natalie Mossin is a Danish architect. She is the President of Congress for the UIA World…
Director of Philanthropy, Realdania
Nina Kovsted Helk is the philanthropic director (CPO) of Realdania, a private member based philanthropic association…
Partner, Nedelykov Moreira Architekten
Architect, lives and works in Berlin, partner in Nedelykov Moreira Architekten. The office has projects in…
Founder, Neighborhood Lab
How should we live today and in the future? Understanding how the built environment affects human…
Architect, Consultant
Today, Peder Baltzer Nielsen is an independent architect with his own consulting business. Peder has 42…
Dr. Pernille Berg, Science Director, Bloxhub
Pernille Berg is passionate and experienced when it comes to leadership, research, innovation, sustainability, and entrepreneurship.…
Associate Director for Climate and Sustainable Service, Arup
Peter is part of the Arup Denmark leadership team providing deep expertise in the areas of…
Professor, Chair for Biohybrid Architecture, Centre for Information Technology and Architecture (CITA), Royal Danish Academy
Professor Phil Ayres holds the Chair for Biohybrid Architecture, which is located within the Centre for…
Architect & Co-Director, UIA Social Habitat Work Programme
I created my architectural agency, in Montpellier in 1987. The work of the agency in Montpellier…
Co-Director, UIA Community Architecture & Human Rights Work Programme
Qazi M. Arif, a fellow at the Institute of Architects Bangladesh, is in practice and pedagogy…
Co-founder, Lahdelma & Mahlamäki architects & Professor, Oulu School of Architecture, Finland
Rainer Mahlamäki’s representative designs are a product of his belief in the importance of understanding each…
Co-Director, UIA International Competitions Commission & President, Swiss Conference of Architects (CSA)
Regina Gonthier is a practicing architect and co-owner with her husband of their office in Bern.…
Director, UIA Sports & Leisure Work Programme
René Kural is director of the UIA Work Program Sport and Leisure, PhD, architect MAA. Alongside…
City Architect, City of Melbourne
Since joining the City of Melbourne in 1985, Rob Adams has through his role at the…
Professor, Aarhus School of Architecture, Denmark
Ruth Baumeister is an architect, historian, researcher and writer, specializing in the post-war European avant-gardes in…
President, Architects’ Council of Europe (ACE)
Ruth is an architect who studied architecture at the University of Braunschweig and at the University…
Principal, Ensight+ Creative Design Intelligence & Vice President, UIA Region 3
Sam Oboh is an accomplished architect with over 25 years of experience, specializing in public architecture…
Co-Director of DAAR (Decolonizing Architecture Art Research), and Lise Meitner Visiting Professor at Lund University, Sweden
Sandi Hilal is an architect, artist, and educator. She has developed a research and project-based artistic…
President, RIBA
Simon Allford is President of the Royal Institute of British Architects. As a founding Director of…
Partner & Creative Director, Helen & Hard
Siv Helene Stangeland is a Norwegian architect and researcher based in Stavanger, Norway. Together with Reinhard…
Architect & Partner, Head of Operations, GXN
Susan Carruth is a Partner at GXN innovation, and an architect and researcher, with almost 20…
Secretary General, The Federal Chamber of German Architects (BAK)
Born on 4th June 1964 in Kiel. 1985-1990 University Education: Universities Kiel, Freiburg i. Br. and…
Professor, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Tine Hegli is a professor of architecture teaching sustainable building practice at The Oslo School of…
Vice President, UIA Region 5
A graduate of Thames College of Architecture in London, Tokunbo Omisore is a Chartered Architect with…
Architect and PhD Researcher, The Danish Association of the Architectural Firms / University of Southern Denmark
Vibeke has profound insight and experience in the process- and project leadership on development, design and…
Fuap, Asean Ar, Apec Ar, AIA Fellow, Likha Awardee
The professional life of Yolanda David Reyes is described as meaningful, wonderful and purpose driven journey…
Dean & Professor of Architecture in the School of Architecture, Tsinghua University, China
Zhang Li is the Dean / Professor of Architecture in the School of Architecture, Vice Principal…
SPEAKERS
There is always more than one side to the story. Most sessions during the congress will be packed with smart people from all walks of the built environment. Find your favourites below and click names to see which sessions they will contribute to.
Professor, Past President, Hong Kong Institute of Architects
Architect, Researcher and Lecturer
Prof. Dr., Işık University, Faculty of Art Design and Architecture, Türkiye
Senior Architect, Caroe Architecture Ltd. UK
Architect UFT Chile, MSc Sustainable Environmental Design, Director at Oficina Arquitectura Alberto Moletto
Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Research and Continuing Education, School of Architecture, Art and Design, Tecnológico de Monterrey
Professor, Ain Shams University, Cairo & Managing Partner, PUD Consultants
Urban and Transport Planner - One Works, Milan, Italy
Clean Construction Senior Advisor, C40 Cities
Deputy Mayor for Decentralization, Participation and Territorial Services, Rome
Co-founder and Director of Operations, ANIDARE
Affiliate Professor, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Writer and documentary film director
Professor for Urban Design, TU Berlin, SMUS, JAS Jugend Architektur Stadt e.V.
Architect, UIA Council Member Region IV
Furniture Designer and Cabinetmaker
PhD, Psychologist and founder of Siste Kapittel
Architect, Deputy Chairwoman of Architectural Chamber of the National Union of Architects of Ukraine
Sustainability Strategist, Swedish Industrial Design Foundation
Urban Planner, Dreamtown Representative
Student at the Royal Danish Academy
Deputy Head of Department, Senior Researcher, University of Aalborg
Director, Galmstrup Architects
City Architect, City of Aarhus, Denmark
Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management
Founder & Director, Oppeaa, Office for Peripheral Architecure
Architect & City Planner
Architect & CEO, Architects Without Borders
Professor and Head of Department of Architecture and Technology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Senior lecturer, Dept. of Architecture, Institut Teknologi
Mayor, Pleszew, Poland
Architect, SNA Arkitekter
Founder, AIMING SPACES
Architect and Architectural Photographer
President, Finnish Association of Architects
Council Member, UIA
Architect and Principal, VERITAS
Architect
Principal Architect, Haptic Space
Architect, Human Rights Advocate
Architect, Bernard Kohn Agency
Urban Practitioner, writer
Architect, Architectural Services Department of HKSAR Government
Editor in Chief, Bauwelt
Independent Architectural Designer
City Architect, City of Sydney
Executive Director, Architecture Sans Frontières Québec (ASFQ)
Associate Professor, PhD., Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey
Partner, White Arkitekter
Architect, Senior Researcher and head of unit at Capital Region´s Built Environment, New Interventions in Depression
Poet & Artist
Managing Director, Climate Solutions and Networks, C40
Executive Director, ETI Labs, Paris Sorbonne Business School
Project Manager, 120 Hours
CEO / COC Playful Minds
Community and Environmental Architect
Innovation Specialist on Governance and Planning of Green Innovations and Sustainability Transitions, DTU
Architect/President, ATELIER CK Architect Office
Associate Professor, University of Pretoria
Vice President, ConTech Lab
CEO, Molio
Architect, Coordinator, World Urban Campaign, UN-Habitat
Member of the European Parliament
Architect, JFOC Architects, Housing Spokesperson for the Royal Institute of Architects of Ireland
Head of Programme, Ocean Institute, Think Tank Hav
Registered Architect, Council Member of The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA)
Architect PUC Chile, March UPC Spain, Founder of TIRADO architects, ICC Member Chile
Assistant Professor, DTU Entrepreneurship
Senior Achitect
Legal Lead at WITNESS and Faculty at the Global Campus for Human Rights
Associate Professor, Korea University, Department of Smart City
Architect and Urban Planner, Gehl
Architect & Managing Director, DC Studios Ltd, Kigali
Partner, Knafo Klimor Architects
Professor, PhD., Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Department of Architecture, Turkey
Senior Manager for the Rainforest Journalism Fund and Leader of the Asia-Pacific Forest Communicators Network
Professor, ULB Free University of Brussels – Faculty of Architecture
Architect, President of the Architects Order of Engineers and Architects – Beirut
Secretary of Mykolaiv City Council
Resident and Co-Founder of Buisson Saint Louis Paris 10
Architect, Co-Founder and Associate of GRZ Architecture
Chair Investment Committee at Laudes Foundation, Chair at Built by Nature
President of the African Union of Architects (AUA)
Leader, Strategic Foresight Hub, ETH Zurich
Minister Plenipotentiary, Chargé d’Affaires - Embassy of Colombia in Denmark
Architect & Urban Planner
Architect
Chair of the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), former Assistant Director-General and Head of Forestry at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Architect & Heritage Conservation Teacher
Founder & Director, Lundén Architecture Ltd.
Newly graduated, Landscape Architecture
Student of Landscape Architecture & Climate Activist
Climate activist in the Green Youth Movement and member of the Danish Youth Climate Council
Professor, Technische Universität, Institut für Bauklimatik und Energie der Architektur (IBEA)
Architecture student, Entrepreneur, Builder
FAIA, President AIA; USA
Project Director and Architect, Snøhetta Paris
Lawyer, Legal Advisor, CEDR Mediator
Senior Manager, VELUX
Architect
Consul General and Head of Trade and Innovation Centre Denmark in India
Professor of Kyonggi University / Curator of Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism / President of Korean Institute of Architects
Partner & Market Director, Henning Larsen
Director of Global Practice at WXY, New York + Former Project Director, Adjaye Associates (Moderator)
Director, Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Founder & Creative Director, KoozArch
City Architect, City of Malmö
Architect & former Co-Director, UIA Architecture for All Work Programme
Architect, AAK Representative
Graduate Group Chair of the PhD Program in Architecture and Associate Professor, The Weitzman School of Design of the University of Pennsylvania
Golden Cubes Awards Winner, Written media, GYIK Mühely Foundation, Hungary
Professor, University of Pécs, Hungary
Past President of the Architects Regional Council Asia (ARCASIA)
Golden Cubes Awards Winner, Institution, Kultur & Spielraum e.V., Germany
Deputy Mayor for Urban Regeneration, Milan
Executive Director of Samoo Architects & Engineers / Chair of International Relations Committee of KIRA
Member, UIA Community Architecture & Human Rights Work Programme
Head of Department, National Council of Italian Architects, Urban planning, Reform and Future of The Cities
Director for Strategic Urban Development, Henning Larsen
Project Manager, 120 Hours
Architect, researcher and social activist
Golden Cubes Awards Winner, Audio-visual Media, Megawra | BEC - Athar Lina, Egypt
Architect, Founder of Elevli Plus
Managing Director, Icelandic Design and Architecture
Consultant of Abdullatif Alfozan Award for Mosque Architecture
Co-Director, UIA Architecture & Children Work Programme
Managing Director, Snøhetta Design
Country Operations Manager in Denmark, Graphic Concrete
Architect, SNA Arkitekter
Professor and Deputy Director, Institute of Architectural History and Theory, School of Architecture, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Professor Emeritus, University of Copenhagen
Political Science student, actor, writer, and activist
Head of Department for Growth and Climate, Nordic Council of Ministers
Secretary General for the Urban Agenda, Housing and Architecture, Spain
Curator & Editor, Royal Danish Academy
President, Sonja Victorias Stiftelse / Architect MNAL, NUNO arkitektur
Forest Policy Expert and Chair of the Global Coordination Group of the Regional Forest Communicators Network
Technical Researcher, RIMOND
Deputy Mayor, Pleszew, Poland
Director, Innovation and Sustainability, Partner, Henning Larsen
Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry
Architect & Lecturer, University of Pretoria
Architect, UNESCO Delegate, France
Master of Inclusive Architecture and Universal Design Specialist, Christensen & Co
Architect, facilitator in Design for All / Founder, fourmind
Executive Manager, Water Research Commission South Africa
Mayor, Saint Hilaire de Brethmas, France
Project Architect, Arkitema
National Sustainable Operations Coordinator for the United States Forest Service and Deputy Team Leader of the Forest Communicators Network
Principal Researcher, K-Water, Korea
Architect and Urban designer, LOCAL Partner
Head of Urban Strategy & Design, NREP
Director, Public Memory and Memorials Lab
Director of City Design, Melbourne
Director, UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre
CEO, Swedish Industrial Design Foundation
Architect, Urban Planner
Architect & Founding Partner, Puri Global
Co-Founder & Co-Director, The DisOrdinary Architecture Project
Golden Cubes Awards Winner, Institution, Kultur & Spielraum e.V., Germany
Dip. Arch. (QIT), M.Sc. (Surrey), D.Univ (QUT)
Architect, Partner – Director at Sauerbruch Hutton
Regional and Sectoral Secretary (SERES) for Sustainable and Regenerative Territorial Development of the Government of Antioquia
Social Science Researcher
Architect / Representative Director, ISSHO Architects
Architect - Founder + Director, Cave bureau
Head of International Communications at the Finnish Forest Association and Leader of the UNECE/FAO Forest Communicators’ Network (FCN)
Senior Researcher
Deputy Minister to the Swedish Minister for Culture
Architect, Co-Founder, HomeEarth
Architect, Partner & Business Relation Manager, AART architects
Architect & Founder, Studio Kathryn Larsen
Architect, Partner and Creative Director, JJW Arkitekter. Chairman of the Board the Danish Association of Architectural Firms
AIA, Principal Architect, SKM; South Korea
Architectural Researcher
Architect, Humanitarian Worker
Founder, Office Kim Lenschow
District Mayor, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, The Republic of Korea
Associate professor / KAIST / Urban Design
Curator, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Head of Sustainable Buildings, Municipality of Roskilde, Denmark
Founder, Steder Skaber Folk
CEO, Danish Association of Architects
CEO, VELUX
Head of Department, University of Aalborg, Denmark
Executive director, Holcim Foundation
Student, Nordic Urban Planning Studies
MAA, MA, MBA and Partner, Circle Bank
Founders, Project: As If_
PhD Candidate, Southeast University, China
Icelandic Minister of Culture and Business Affairs
Student at Columbia University, School of General Studies New York, Arts in History & Theory of Architecture
Project Manager, Graphic Concrete
Designer
Architect, Co-Founder of the Belenfant & Daubas studio
Sustainability Manager, Ikano Bolig
Professor, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
Opinion Editor, Politiken
Professor MSO Sustainable Architecture, Aarhus School of Architecture
Director, Anthropologist, Gehl
Plan International - International Organization / Co-Chair of the children and youth group of (WUC), UN Habitat
Founder of MATTERIA
Speculative Designer & Artist, Artistic Leader at NXT
Chief Executive Officer, VKR Holding & Chairperson of the Board, WWF Denmark
Senior Advisor, Sustainability 2030
Architect, Founder of Children’s Architectural Workshop, Bulgaria
Partner and Architect MAA, Gründl Haahr
Architect & Co-Founder, Urbanyna
Senior Advisor, Design and Architecture Norway – DOGA
Co-founder of Urban10
Architect, Deputy Chairperson of the HKIA Planning & Urban Design Committee
CEO at Unexum, Real Estate UK & Spain
Communications Officer, Forestry Division at Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and Global Coordinator of the Regional Forest Communicators Networks
Anthropologist, Senior Researcher, Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University
International Water & Climate Resilience, Ramboll
Professor, Technical University Delft, Netherlands
Architect & Founder, Mario Cucinella Architects
Director of Arsenal Pavilion, Paris
Founding partner, Geometria Architecture
Associate Professor, M. Arch. Ph.D., Union University Nikola Tesla, Serbia
President of the Higher Council of the Colleges of Architects of Spain (CSCAE)
Co-Founder & Partner, Space&Matter and Common City
Founding Partner CITYFÖRSTER architecture + urbanism; Netherlands
Architect and Author
Architect & Associate Professor, Royal Danish Academy
Architect/President, ATELIER KEINO SHOJI Architect & Associates
Architect, General foreman, Hempcrete expert, Teacher, Writer
Architect & Strategic Consultant, Médecins Sans Frontières
Manager, Ghana Water Company
Curator, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Ph.D. in Literature and Modern Culture, Senior Researcher at BUILD, Aalborg University, Denmark
Architect & Head of Development of Sustainable Housing and Urban Development, Domea.dk
WHO Téchne coordinator, Architect & Disaster Risk Reduction specialist
Partner and Architect, CEBRA architecture
Architect & Urban Planner
Associate Professor, Ajman University, United Arab Emirates
Architect and Urbanist, University of Lagos
Architect, Chair of UN Habitat Professionals Forum - HPF
Architect & Urban Planner, Hele Landet
Director, Gehl
Associate, Behavioural Design Specialist, MArch, MSc. Environmental Psychology, GXN
Professor, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey
Associate Professor, The American University in Cairo (AUC)
Senior Lecturer and researcher in architecture at Universiti Malaysia Kelantan
CEO, International Center for Clean Water
Architect & Urbanist
Vice President, Novo Nordisk, Global Prevention and Health Promotion
Lead Urban Designer, Henning Larsen
Newly graduated, Spatial Designs and Society
CEO & Founder, Urban Agenda
Architect & Founding Partner, Puri Global
Project Manager, 120 Hours
Architect & Founder, Oana Stanescu Studio + Critic @ Harvard Graduate School of Design
Architect & Treasurer, African Union of Architects
CEO, Ocean Rain Forest
Architect, President, National Union of Architects of Ukraine
Architect, Vice President, National Union of Architects of Ukraine
Head of the Baukultur Section, Swiss Federal Office of Culture & Chair of the Davos Baukultur Alliance
PhD student, Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen
Senior Designer at Gehl Architects
Head of Secretary, Ungdomsbureauet
Manager of "l'écho-Habitant", member of Habitat Participatif France
PhD Student, Royal Danish Academy
Associate Professor in Finance, University of York
Associate Professor, Royal Danish Academy, CINARK – Center for Industrial Architecture
Chief Consultant, Circular Construction, Capital Region of Denmark
Head of Green Transition, NCC Denmark
PhD Student, Royal Danish Academy
Chief Consultant, Danish Environmental Protection Agency
President (apm) & partners / Architect, urban planner
Member, UIA Community Architecture & Human Rights Work Programme
Coordinator of Strategic Projects, Guadalajara
Dean of Architects of the University of Loja, Ecuador / PCG Research & Academia, Steering Committee of WUC, UN Habitat
Architect, Teacher, Bioclimatic designer, Writer, Illustrator
Project Manager, Berghof Foundation
Head of EIB Group Office Denmark, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Founder & CEO, Habitats
Founding Architect, MNAL / MAA / Hon.Faia
Architect, member of the Union of Moscow Architects
Partner and Creative Director, Studio Schønherr
Chairman, ULF – Inclusion Denmark
Golden Cubes Awards Winner, Written media, GYIK Mühely Foundation, Hungary
Architect
Clinical Director for Cambridge Children’s Hospital Project, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH)
Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer for M&C Saatchi Group South Africa
Architect MSA, Partner, White Arkitekter
Architect, Vera Pires Roberto Ghione Associates
Architect
Architect & Professor, Universidad Privada Domingo Sabio
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Chu Hai College of Higher Education, Hong Kong
Architect & Designer
Architect, Curator & Critic
I.D.E.A., Advisory Board of the President of the European Commission
Assistant Architect, Department of Architecture, Ministry of housing and Public Works, Government of Bangladesh
Director, Kite Runner
Architect & Professor, Aalto School of Arts, Design and Architecture
Architect/President, OSA Japan
Director of CSK Research Organization, PhD student at University of Oxford
Architect
Architect & CEO, JAMAL Architects & Engineers
Industrial PhD student
Director, Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader, Welsh School of Architecture Cardiff University; Vice-Chair of the RIAI Sustainability Task Force; Ireland
Managing Director, O’Connell Mahon Architects
Architect, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana (Medellin)
MD, Academic Director, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, The Norwegian Dignity Centre
Architect, Vice-President of the National Union of Architects of Ukraine
Architect
Director of architecture at The Mill: Architecture + Design; National President, Australian Institute of Architects (2022-2023)
Architect and Founder, Sthapotik
ACSA President, Professor, University of Michigan
CEO, Kabadiwalla
Vice Chair, Disabled People's Organizations Denmark
Founder and Partner, EFFEKT architects
Professor of Practice at Hanyang University ERICA, Department of Architecture
Associate Director, Karachi Urban Lab (KUL) / Adjunct Faculty, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture (IVSAA)
Professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
Director of the Architecture Planning Division, Seoul
Architect & Partner, Vandkunsten Architects
Architect and Founding President of Architecture and Design Foundation [India]
Partner and Architect MAA, Gründl Haahr
Architect - Founder + Director, Cave bureau
Director, CAMP – Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning
Registered Architect, Fellow of The Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA)
Architect, Senior Partner, 3XN – "Børneriget" at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen
Arkitekt SIR/MSA, MFA, Partner, White Arkitekter
Director for Science and Data, The International Union for Conservation of Nature
Head of Networks, Built By Nature
Deputy Director of Beijing Municipal Commission for Planning and Natural Resources / Deputy Director of Bid Committee for UIA 2029 Congress
Professor of Architecture & Head of Research, Aarhus School of Architecture
Architect, PhD Student, Royal Danish Academy
Architect, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Architect & Partner, Christensen & Co Architects (CCO)
Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Professor, The Oslo School of Architecture and Design (AHO)
Senior Architect, Mjölk Architekti
Professor, ETH Zürich
Golden Cubes Awards Winner, School, Architectural studio WORKS, Japan
CEO, BLOXHUB
Senior Consultant, CONCITO
CEO, Royal Institute of British Architects
Professor, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie of São Paulo; Brazil
Architect & CEO, Mozstudio
Architect, Urban Planner
Architect
Founder of Guallart Architects and Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Former Chief Architect of Barcelona
Lead Architect, Balbek Bureau
Deputy Chairman, The Danish association of Youth With Disabilities (SUMH)
Principal Architect, WTA Architecture and Design Studio
Architect and Senior Strategic Urban Designer, Henning Larsen
Architect & Director, Sharp Architects
Korea University Business School
Deputy Secretary-General, China Association of Building Energy Efficiency (CABEE)
Deputy Minister for Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine
Member, UIA Community Architecture & Human Rights Work Programme
VP, New York City Economic Development Corporation