Sustainable and Resilient Cities Symposium

Sustainable & Resilient Cities Symposium

De Vere Venues Jubilee Conference Centre - Jubilee Campus, Triumph Road, Nottingham, NG7 2TU

Registration from 9am, talks from 10am to 5:30pm, followed by drinks and networking

A forum funded by the EPSRC and organised by the University of Nottingham to enable knowledge exchange and creative discourse in the sustainable and resilient cities research area.

Speakers include experts from the Future Cities Catapult, University of São Paulo, Nottingham City Council, University Colleague Dublin and University of Nottingham.

Programme

09:00 - 10:00 Registration

10:00 - 10:10 Welcome andopening address - Dr Lucelia Rodrigues, Sustainable and Resilient Cities Research Leader, University of Nottingham

10:10 - 10:40 Future Cities - Marcus Manning, Head of Academic Engagement, Future Cities Catapult, UK

10:40 - 11:10 Sustainable Nottingham - Jane Lumb, Head of Sustainability and Climate Change, Nottingham City Council, UK

11:10 - 11:30 Coffee break & posters session

11:30 - 12:00 Transitioning towards Urban Resilience and Sustainability - Dr Karen Foley, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin, Ireland

12:00 - 12:30 Re-inhabiting the City - Prof Joana Gonçalves, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo, Brazil

12:30 - 13:00 Plenary: challenges, priorities and opportunities - all speakers

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch break & posters session

14:00 - 14:20 HealthyUrban Living- Dr Sergio Altomonte, Environment, People and Design Research Group, University of Nottingham

14:20 - 14:40 Blue-Green Cities - Prof Colin Thorne & Dr Emily ODonnell, School of Geography, University of Nottingham

14:40 - 15:00 Engineering Resilience - Prof John Andrews, Centre for Risk and Reliability Engineering, University of Nottingham

15:00 - 15:20 Coffee break & posters session

15:20 - 15:40 Integrated Modelling Approach for Urban Scenarios - Dr Yong Mao & Dr Peer-Olaf Siebers, School of Physics and School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham

15:40 - 16:00 Energising Communities - Prof Mark Gillott & Prof Nick Ebbs, Architecture, Energy and Environment Research Group, University of Nottingham and Blueprint

16:00 - 16:20 Smart Campus- Dr Nancy Hughes & Andy Nolan, Human Factors Research Group and the Estates, University of Nottingham

16:20 - 16:30 Comfort break

16:30 - 17:30 Urban Climate Mapping for City Planning - Prof Edward Ng, School of Architecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

17:30 - 18:30 Drinks & networking

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