Thursday 15 of November, Main Stage, Building 4, Dubai Design District
1:30 pm: Registration
1:45 pm: Welcome Speech by the Curator Massimo Imparato
2-3 pm: Super Interaction Interconnected Transport and Infrastructures
What big-scale mobility solutions can we predict for the next fifty years? What will be the impact of a massive diffusion of autonomous vehicles?
The panel investigates new transportation strategies, and how they will contribute to shape the future of our cities and their relation between
nature and territory.
Moderated by Ivan Parati
Editor Middle East, Compasses magazine
Samantha Cotterell
Architect and Director Design and Overlay – EXPO 2020
Federico Parolotto
Senior Partner, MIC Mobility in Chain
Steven Velegrinis
Architect and Head of Masterplanning, AECOM MEA
3-4 pm: Society in Motion: Communities, Resilience, Place
We are in need of creating a stronger bond between manmade and natural environments. The recognition of the elements that contribute to create a sense of belonging, to enable communities’ self-development and to empower their resilience are foundation tools to re-imagine the mission of architecture as a tool to express local and cultural identity.
Moderated by Massimo Imparato
Director, School of Sustainability
Khaled Alawadi
Curator UAE Pavilion
16th Architectural Exhibition Biennale di Venezia
Mario Cucinella
Curator Padiglione Italia
16th Architectural Exhibition Biennale di Venezia
Hala Younes
Curator Lebanese Pavilion
16th Architectural Exhibition Biennale di Venezia
4-5 pm: Break
5-6 pm: Keynote: The Rights of Future Generations
Adrian Lahoud
Dean, School of Architecture, Royal College of Arts
6-7 pm: Architectural Education
from the Perspective of the Future of the Profession
Accelerated transition from old to new ways of shaping our environments require to train a new generation of professionals that
are able to addressing new forms of complexity. Architectural education though is still based on assumptions that reflect a society that no longer exist. What educational models can we pursue today in the fields of architecture?
Moderated by Constantin Victor Spiridonidis
Professor of Architecture, Canadian University Dubai
George Katodrytis
Professor and Head of the Department of Architecture, AUS
Adrian Lahoud
Dean, School of Architecture, Royal College of Arts
Laura Lee
Professor of Architecture, Architect, FAIA, Hon FRAIA
7-8 pm: Circular Economies: Adoption and Adaptation
The transition from a linear to a circular economy does not only mean reducing its negative impact on the society and the environment but mainly focuses on generating new business opportunities for small and large operators based on a system that builds long-term societal resilience.
Moderated by Chuloh Jung
Associate Professor, Ajman University Innovation Center
Habiba Al Marashi
Chairperson at Emirates Environmental Group
Carlo Biasia
Projects Architect, Interni Magazine
Jarvis Liu
Co-Founder and CTO at Miniwiz
Hashem Stietiya
Head of Environmental Consulting, Bee’ah
8:00 pm: Final Remarks by the Curator Massimo Imparato