The What: Ecocity World Summit (ECWS) 2015, a biennial event that will be hosted in the Middle East for the very first time, will tackle the issues around building ecocities in challenging environments, and serve as the platform upon which Abu Dhabi and the region will carry their ecocity visions forward. ECWS 2015 aims to build on UAE’s role as a serious player in sustainable development; support the development of sustainable growth strategies at the city-scale for the region and globally; and create a local, national and regional movement to accelerate sustainable city planning, land use, development, and the green buildings.
The 11th edition of the international conference series aims to unite people through a new way of living on the planet that provides the best possible cities while enhancing, not destroying, the biosphere. ECWS will be a collaborative platform for researchers and academia that aims to advance the state of thinking and to inspire the next generation of ideas, projects and strategies for ecocities of the future. There will be more than 70 speakers who are leaders in government, academia, private sector and civil society to discuss, create, and apply solutions that enable the development of sustainable cities around the world. Speakers include H.E. Razan Khalifa Al Mubarak
Secretary General of Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi; Hussein Abaza, Head of UNEPs Economic and Trade, Geneva, AFED; Dr. Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Director of Energy & Climate Change of the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Dr. Paul Downton, Architect, Writer, and Urban Evolutionary; Professor Walter Hood, Principal of Hood Design and Professor of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning and Urban Design at UC Berkeley; Richard Register, Founder of Ecocity Builders and the International Ecocity Conference Series, Dr. Arab Hoballah, Chief of Sustainable Consumption and Production/SCP, UNEP and many more.
ECWS 2015 will be hosted in the UAE Capital of Abu Dhabi by Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi (EAD), and supported by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Urban Planning Council (UPC) and Masdar. The event is facilitated by Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) with the Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA) as the destination host. The very first Ecocity Conference was held in Berkeley, California, United States.
The When: Sunday, October 11, 2015, 8:30 am through Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 5:15 pm
The Where: The event will take place at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC), Abu Dhabi, UAE
The Who: Anyone who is concerned about ecocities and sustainable development
The How: Please register at http://www.ecocityworldsummit.com/register
The Details: The Program includes opening ceremony, ice breaking and networking activities, plenary and breakout sessions with topics designed around four themes: Urban Design for Livability and Resilience; Urban Systems Footprints and Metabolism; Social Systems that Facilitate Ecocities; and Cities in Balance with Nature; and an expo.
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