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Chairs
Battula Kalyana Chakravarthy
Engineer, and Professor at the Industrial Design Centre, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay), India, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.
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Mohsen Mostafavi
Architect and Dean of the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, USA.
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David Chipperfield
In his keynote speech Sir David Chipperfield concentrated on durability. He observed that the physical and non-physical aspects of buildings generate sustainability from a cultural sense by providing public space independent of commercial drivers of a building project.
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Lucas Bretschger
In his keynote speech Lucas Bretschger reported on the potential of sustainable construction for controlling CO2 emissions. There are direct economic benefits of sustainable buildings: durability, reduced costs for energy and water, maintenance, and a healthier and more productive environment.
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Alejandro Aravena
In his keynote speech Alejandro Aravena reported on the extensive rebuilding of the city of Constitucíon in Chile, which was destroyed by a tsunami in 2010. Construction projects in such a context must meet stringent fiscal targets; otherwise they would not be accepted under emergency budget provisions.
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Brinda Somaya
In her keynote speech Indian architect Brinda Somaya described the local situation. She made it clear that efforts to build sustainably must not be limited to metropolitan areas such as Mumbai. The nearly 650,000 villages throughout the country also deserve attention.
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Hansjürg Leibundgut
Professor of Building Systems, Institute of Technology in Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland.
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Harry Gugger
Full Professor, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL) in Lausanne, and Principal of Harry Gugger Studio based in Basel, Switzerland.
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Hans-Rudolf Schalcher
Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland.
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Holger Wallbaum
Full Professor in Sustainable Building at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Sarah Graham
Founding Partner, agps architecture in Los Angeles and Zurich, USA/Switzerland.
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Niklaus Haller
Research Assistant, Chair of Building Systems, Institute of Technology in Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland.
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Chrisna du Plessis
Associate Professor in the School for the Built Environment, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
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Sanjay Prakash
Senior Advisor, Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) in Bangalore, India.
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Marc Angélil
Architect, Deputy Head and Senior Dean of the Department of Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland, and Founding Partner of agps.architecture with offices in Los Angeles and Zurich.
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Nirmal Kishnani
Architect, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Architecture, School of Design and Environment, and Program Director of the Master of Science in Integrated Sustainable Design at the National University of Singapore (NUS), and Editor-in-Chief of FuturArc magazine.
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Ashok B Lall
Architect, Principal of Ashok B Lall Architects, and Visiting Professor at the Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU) and based in New Delhi.
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Werner Sobek
Engineer and architect, Director of the Institute for Lightweight Structures and Conceptual Design (ILEK), University of Stuttgart in Germany, and founder of the Werner Sobek Group.
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Moderators
Devang Khakhar
Director, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Bombay), India.
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Rolf Soiron
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Holcim Ltd and Chairman of the Board of the Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction.
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