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LEAF International
DAY 1|12th October 2022
DAY 2|13th October 2022
9:00 am Welcome address and Chair's opening remarks
9:10 am OPENING ADDRESS: Creating and investing in sustainable built environment
- The Netherlands is known for its creativity, sustainability and smart city innovation. What steps have been taken towards bringing a circular economy principle into its building industry?
- What can other countries learn from the Dutch efforts to implement sustainable measures in its urban systems?
- What challenges are/were there to overcome on the way to building sustainable cities?
9:40 am KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Sustainable and healthy building development as a corporate commitment
- How do you manage to bring together sustainability, smart tech, health, and design in your buildings?
- What are the challenges do you see in bringing technology and innovations in new developments?
- Are stakeholders prepared to pay for sustainability?
10:10 am PANEL: Convincing your clients to go green and support sustainable design – challenges and solutions
- What are the biggest blockers for a contractor or developer to commit building sustainably?
- What are the success criteria for sustainable outcomes? Are they seen differently by architects and construction clients? Are environmental matters top of investors’ list of concerns?
- Is there a knowledge gap in climate literacy, net-zero targets, circular economy principles in the industry and what training is needed across the procurement chain?
10:50 am Business Meeting 1
11:10 am Business Meeting 2
11:30 am PRESENTATION: Rethinking timber buildings -why sustainable timber is the best construction material
- The possibilities and advantages/benefits of engineered timber in building design and construction
- With the increased interest and requirements of building with wood how can growing timber prices and possible shortages be addressed by the industry?
- How can national legislation help with promoting timber buildings and making the materials accessible and affordable?
- How to encourage investors and buyers to consider timber constructions?
12:00 pm PANEL: Innovative building materials solutions - Focusing on bio-based materials to get to carbon negative future
- How quickly is the industry advancing in (re)searching and utilising alternative building materials? Can it be a long-term solution?
- With the recent focus on embodied carbon emissions, are biomaterials the way forward? Are they easily accessible?
- Which experimental bio-based materials going mainstream? Examples of use in architecture, design and interiors
12:40 pm LUNCH AND NETWORKING
1:40 pm Business Meeting 3
2:00 pm Business Meeting 4
2:20 pm PANEL: Discussing opportunities and challenges of low or zero carbon buildings
- With 40% of global carbon emission caused by the built environment, what challenges is the construction sector facing with setting the pathway to net-zero?
- How to achieve a sustainable building from design to demolition? Is upcycling building materials is still a great challenge?
- Is it possible to bring the embodied carbon to zero?
- How technology solutions are helping in delivering energy efficient buildings
3:00 pm KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: Environmental sustainability as a business commitment
- What does it take to design a positive energy building and only focus on carbon neutral projects?
- Do the modern technology/infrastructure/materials can support this ambition?
3:30 pm Business Meeting 5
3:50 pm Business Meeting 6
4:10 pm KEYNOTE ADDRESS: The power of architecture and planning as tools to create a better and more sustainable world
- What does a circular city mean to you?
- How do you see businesses working differently in the future in creating a sustainable city?
- What do urban architects need to focus on in order to bring sustainability into urban planning?
4:30 pm Business Meeting 7
4:50 pm Business Meeting 8
5:10 pm CLOSING PANEL: A look into sustainable cities of the future - Creating a self-sufficient, inclusive, and resilient urban environment
- By 2050 nearly 70% of the world population is projected to live in urban areas – what will the city of the future look like?
- Has the pandemic made the industry rethink its urban development strategies? What are the most important shifts in urban experience to consider?
- Creating and preserving green space in cities and urban places – healthier lifestyles
- New strategies for sustainable urban mobility: the challenges and uncertainties within the mobility sector – is green mobility a near future?
5:50 pm CLOSING REMARKS
6:00 pm Drinks Reception and Canapés
8:30 am Event registration and collection of meeting schedules
9:00 am Chair’s opening remarks
9:10 am KEYNOTE: The Digital in Architecture: facing the next technological innovations which impact the architecture profession and the construction industry
- From augmented reality for construction to 3D printing to using artificial intelligence within the design process and robotics in construction – is digital now an integral part of architecture?
- How have innovations in digital tools for design and fabrication in architecture contributed to the way that people experience the built environment today?
- What emerging technologies are changing the face of architecture now? How are they enabling architects to design for climate change?
9:40 am PANEL: Smart cities - creating synergy between technology, sustainability, and liveability
- Defining smart city – the evolution from ordinary to smart
- How can/will smart cities tackle the complexity of urban challenges (inclusivity, productivity, wellness, resilience, adaptability, circularity, infrastructure)
- What investments are needed in digital infrastructure to foster innovation-driven urban economies?
- What does it take to design, construct and operate a smart building: considerations around safety, comfort, security, energy, health?
10:20 am Business Meeting 9
10:40 am Business Meeting 10
11:00 am CASE STUDY: Computational design and 3D printing - opening a whole range of possibilities in the industry
- How much of an impact will 3D printing have on architecture and the buildings in the next decade and beyond?
- With the promise of replacing mass fabrication with near-infinite customization what new opportunities are opening up to designers and engineers?
- What is the outlook for 3D printing technologies that can print larger parts?
- Can 3D printing reshape residential architecture as we know it?
11:30 am Reducing embodied carbon through AI and machine learning – pushing the boundaries of technology to achieve net zero emissions
- How AI-driven predictive building systems can reduce carbon emissions in buildings?
- Utilising the most up-to-date AI and advanced big data analytics techniques
- Focusing on 3 components of AI – monitoring, predicting and reducing emissions
12:00 pm Business Meeting 11
12:20 pm LUNCH AND NETWORKING
1:20 pm Business Meeting 12
1:40 pm PANEL: The future of interior design: meeting sustainability and net-zero requirements through innovative design solutions
- How will the net-zero plans influence the design and change the experience of a building?
- How is technology in interior design helping transform the environment? What intelligent design solutions are we going to see in the near future?
- Creating healthy interiors – What changes to design and space do interior designers need to envisage? How will new expectations and customer behaviour impact design?
2:30 pm The rise of advanced technologies in the built environment
- How can technology help to positively impact the built environment at every stage of the project lifecycle?
- How can digital twin help to improve the environmental impact of the built environment?
- Making construction more sustainable with intelligent robotics
- How is VR and AR helping to support the design process?
3:00 pm FIRESIDE CHAT
- Health as a component of climate change, ESG and sustainability
- People first approach
- The 12 competencies for measuring health & well-being for human and social capital
3:30 pm CLOSING KEYNOTE: Building better cities for future generations -inclusive, sustainable and advanced
- The continuous pursue for design innovation to cater for the next generations
- Embracing modern technologies to keep up with the changing needs of cities and communities
- What role do architects have in ensuring a brighter future for our societies?
- What skills and competences do we need to develop, to maintain momentum towards the digital, decarbonised world that is opening up before us?
4:00 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks and end of Conference
SPONSORSHIP ENQUIRIES
To enquire about sponsorship opportunities for LEAF, please contact us at:
E-mail: pratheeva.kotalawela@progressivemediainternational.com
SPEAKER OPPORTUNITIES
If you are interested to contribute as a speaker, please contact:
Pratheeva Kotalawela
E-mail: pratheeva.kotalawela@progressivemediainternational.com