Greg is Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at Queens and currently Thomas J Baird Visiting Professor at Cornell University USA. He is an urban designer with over 30 years experience in designing innovative climate resilient and low carbon neighbourhoods. He is a three-time RIBA competition winner and the designer of the Biospheric Project, an innovative building based aquaponic food system. Greg is currently working on a range of design research projects around the food energy water nexus.

Charles Kelley AIA LEED AP BC+D, is a former senior principal at ZGF Architects with more than 35 years of experience. He brings an interdisciplinary approach to design that incorporates community aspirations and the use of natural and financial resources to reach a balanced solution for institutions and municipalities. Charles’ practice uses the value of integrated urban design to leverage multiple objectives across transportation, land use and open space systems, which contribute to resilient neighborhoods. He is a founding member of the 1% for Green Committee at the City of Portland, a founding member of the non-profit Ecodistricts, lead designer for Portland's We Build Green Cities export program, and founding advisor to Maalka Inc. He is currently working on the Kashiwa-no-ha Smart City Innovation Campus Plan in Chiba Prefecture Japan; Sound Transit Design Standards and Guidelines Manual, Seattle, WA; and Independent Assessment of Highway Covers, Oregon Department of Transportation, Portland Oregon (www.albinahighwaycovers.com).

Heba Khalil, professor of sustainable urbanism & the senior coordinator of the Architectural Engineering and Technology Program at Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University focusing on community development, informal areas, urban metabolism, urban climate, integrated urban systems, gender equity & land governance with more than 40 publications & several international research partnerships. She has 20 years of experience working as an architect, urban planner & housing & capacity building expert with a passion for inclusive & sustainable development. Khalil holds a PhD in architectural engineering from Cairo University and has been granted the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship in urban studies at MIT.

Assistant Professor in Architecture Engineering Philosophy and Consultant Engineer, Fellowship in Architecture Engineering. Dr.Hind Abdel Moneim Khogali, Has both experience consultancy in Architecture Engineering and Doctorate in teaching. Fellowship in Architecture Engineering SIA. My PhD research in Sustainable- Eco- Buildings Assessment Method to Evaluate Residential Buildings in Greater Khartoum, since 2019 Khartoum University. MSc. in Environmental studies, since 2005, Khartoum University. BSc. in architecture engineering, in 1994 from Ain Shams University, in 2010 worked with Dar Al Uloom university in Saudi Arabia, teaching Sustainable environmental control, history of architecture, theory of architecture and design studio, before 2010 worked with Future university, Academy steel factory, Khartoum aviation Academy, Dar Consult in Sudan. has a long experience 27 years’ experience. Dr. Hind currently is working with Dar Al Uloom university in Riyadh city chair of mission, vision, and strategic plan. Published many scientific Research. Attended international conferences, has Conference Proceeding, published 5 Books, one book chapter in Sustainable Architecture. Professional Practice Training and workshops and Community participation. Outstanding Evaluation by the Dean in DAU. Working as a Head of Quality Unit in Architecture program. Win the First Prize in Scientific Research in 2021,2020, 2019, 2018, International Membership in RIBA, USGBC, SEC, SGBF

Patrick Kinney is the Beverly A. Brown Professor of Urban Health at Boston University. His research examines the intersection of global environmental change and human health, with an emphasis on climate change and air pollution. His work on the human health effects of air pollution spans four decades, including studies of the effects of ozone and particulate matter on lung health and on daily mortality in U.S. cities. He also has led studies of ambient and household air pollution in Africa and China. He led a large randomized trial examining the potential health benefits of clean cooking technologies in rural Ghana. He created and directed the first climate and health program in the US at the Columbia University, where he pioneered studies examining how climate change could increase health risks from air pollution and extreme heat in the future. Since coming to BU in 2017, Dr. Kinney has focused on the health and climate benefits that can be achieved through mitigation and adaptation strategies such as increased green space. Dr. Kinney earned his doctorate at the Harvard School of Public Health, where he studied the effects of air pollution on lung function in children.

Christopher is a multi-disciplinary professional and academic with over 30-years’ experience across a range of fields including urban planning, architecture, technology, media and branding with a special focus on the convergence and integration of the physical and digital. He has spent his professional career living and working in diverse cities including New York, Milan, Seoul, Dubai, Beijing, Rio de Janeiro and London. Before moving to London, Christopher was Global Brand Director and VP of International Business Development for the Reignwood Group in Beijing China, from 2009 to 2015, responsible for Reignwood Group’s multi-billion-dollar cross-industry investments including Reignwood Group’s Lifestyle and Renewable Energy portfolios. Simultaneously while working full-time, Christopher has been adjunct professor at Parsons School of Design, visiting faculty at the University of Reading England, Tsinghua University in Beijing, Harvard Graduate School of Design and guest lecturer in many international schools and conferences. He received his undergraduate degrees in Architecture and Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design and performed graduate studies at the MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies. Christopher has recently completed a book on AI and Smart Cities for Elsevier Publishing launched in May 2020.

I started my career as a biologist providing environmental policy advice at TNO. While working there I started to wonder if a sustainable society is achievable at all. To learn more about the human aspects I did a PhD which resulted in a dissertation on social construction of sustainability. Since 2003, I am working in Wageningen as a hybrid scientist, using knowledge from public administration and social science in the domains of climate change, water, nature and agriculture. Technically educated people often ask themselves why good ideas aren’t simply implemented in society. They see best practices as politically neutral. People without technical background sense the political content of the technical solutions but when they enter into a dialogue with natural scientists, they are deterred by the deeply technical discussions. What I try to do is build bridges between these two groups. I have just enough knowledge to follow the natural science; and sufficient knowledge on how people think and operate to facilitate a dialogue.

Jussi works as the Environmental Producer in Lahti – European Green Capital 2021. As the Green Capital, we highlight the best European environmental solutions, support the climate goals of Lahti and the whole of Finland and start ambitious cooperation projects. My work consists of coordinating several projects and upcoming international events of the year. Throughout the year, I work closely with tens of shareholder groups. The utmost importance of the project is that the added value of the Green Capital year has continuation and longevity among the city of Lahti and the over 100 shareholder groups. My educational background lies in the fields of sustainable development, and globalization and social change. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources, and I hold a Master’s degree of Arts in Physical Geography from the Stockholm University, Sweden. I am passionate about videography and in Lahti – European Green Capital 2021, I have now happily combined my interest in environmental studies with content production and video work.

I recently graduated at the faculty of Architecture at the Technical University Delft, in the studio Architectural Engineering. With my graduation project "the Farm of the Future" I investigated the problematic agriculture and land-use of the region of het Groene Hart in The Netherlands, I researched innovative, regenerative farming methods and I designed a new type of farm where natural building materials are being cultivated and processed, but which is also entirely constructed out of only natural building materials grown on the property. I am eager to learn more about regenerative farming and other sustainable solutions for our cities and landscapes. I have a passion for sustainability, not just in architecture but also in design, materialism, agriculture and my own lifestyle. Within the field of architecture I am most interested in material flows, landscape and context, natural building materials and the actual building process and/or self-built. Besides architecture I like to design and built furniture, I sow most of my own clothes, and I like to make ceramics. At the moment I work part-time for the stichting Bouwtuin, an organisation focused on research and design with local natural building materials. Next to this I work at the biodynamic farm & care facility De Bieslandse Hoeve, where I lead a small team of volunteers and clients (people with mental and/or physical disabilities) to cultivate vegetables in a sustainable and responsible way.

Robert J. Koester, AIA LEED AP, is a tenured Professor of Architecture at Ball State University. He has taught Design-for-Sustainability in multiple educational settings, including undergraduate and graduate Sustainability Studios, Sustainability Seminars, Vital Signs (Diagnostics) Courses and the DaylectricTM Lighting Design Studio, as well as professional development workshops. He was honored in 2011 by the College of Architecture and Planning Alumni Association with the Charles M. Sappenfield Award of Excellence for “outstanding dedication, contribution and commitment to the education of the students of the College of Architecture and Planning.” He is the Founding Director (2020) of the Academy for Sustainability which delivers an on-line Graduate Certificate in Sustainability and an on-campus undergraduate Minor in Sustainability and is the Founding Director (1982) of the Center for Energy Research/Education/Service (CERES) at Ball State University (BSU), which continues to provide interdisciplinary academic support focused on energy and resource use, alternatives and conservation. His university continues to garner exceptional recognition for its world-class sustainability work and his students continue to win or place in national design-for-sustainability competitions; all of which reflect the impact of his relentless day-to-day sustainability leadership.

Cecil co-founded the Nature Based Solutions Institute in 2020. He has over 25 years of experience studying, teaching, and advising on aspects of urban forestry and nature-based solutions. He is widely considered as one of the world’s leading urban forestry experts, and his work has been featured by leading media outlets such as CNBC and in international documentary films. A Dutch national, he has lived and worked in Europe, Asia, and North America. Since 2016 he has been a professor of urban forestry at the University of British Columbia. Cecil helped found the leading academic journal Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, and edited seminal textbooks such as The Routledge Handbook of Urban Forestry. He is currently Editor-in-chief of Arboriculture and Urban Forestry, the scientific journal of the International Society of Arboriculture. He has published widely. Cecil is passionate about using trees and nature to develop better cities, and always stresses the importance of building meaningful relationships between people and places. He has advised international organisations such as FAO, as well as national and local governments in more than 30 countries, and was an invited panellist at the 8th Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe in April 2021.

Researcher and project member at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen. Focus on climate adaptation measures and empirical research. Background as urban planner at the University of Groningen.

Millie Kuyer has been working in the field of natural resource management since 2005 starting her career in silviculture throughout British Columbia and Alberta. Since graduating from British Columbia Institute of Technology (B.C.I.T.) with a technical diploma in Fish, Wildlife and Recreation and a Bachelor of Science in Ecological Restoration Millie has worked in land conservation and resource inventory on the coast of BC (Nature Conservancy of Canada and Tsleil-waututh Nation) to resource management and environmental monitoring within Canada’s Rocky Mountains (Parks Canada and Avens Consulting). Major projects have included restoration planning and monitoring for AltaLink’s 551L Transmission Line Rebuild in Banff National Park and rare plant surveys for Lake Louise Ski Resort. Millie also worked on Parks Canada’s whitebark pine restoration project by assisting in pine cone caging, seed collection, and tree planting in high elevation forests. Millie is currently an Assistant Instructor and provides support to all levels of programming while also supervising applied research projects for the Ecological Restoration B.Sc. program. Millie is an active member of the Adapting for Ecological Resilience (AFER) Network where she is supporting collaborative conservation efforts in the watersheds of the lower Fraser River basin.