Join us for exclusive workshops across the 3-day summit. Subject matter experts will lead on sessions built around specific themes where delegates have the opportunity to work in groups towards sector-specific outcomes and solutions. Spaces are limited so please arrive early to your chosen session, as places are on a first-come basis.
Workshop: Greener, Healthier, Vibrant Neighbourhoods
In partnership with UNEP
Tuesday 06 June
12:30 - 13:30
Stalls Lounge (Level -1) at the Barbican Centre
A Green and Thriving Neighbourhood is a pathway for cities to initiate a holistic transformation. By focusing on the neighbourhoods, cities can pursue integrated urban planning at a less complex scale, demonstrate that change is possible and improve the life of their citizens. Join us to discuss and exchange with experts, architects and practitioners to discuss how to transform neighbourhoods and how to overcome challenges. The session will conclude with a brief overview of the new online training course “Green and Thriving Neighbourhoods: An Introduction to Integrated and Sustainable Design” developed by UNEP as part of the UrbanShift programme.
Speaker:
ELSA LEFEVRE
Programme Officer, Cities Unit, UN Environment Programme
Sessions have limited availability & are on a first-come basis.
Workshop: Incorporating the Ecocity standards
Wednesday 07 June
09:30 - 10:30
Stalls Lounge (Level -1) at the Barbican Centre
Incorporating Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) Into Specialised Technical Programs or Training
How do we include industry-specific content into already crowded and highly specialised applied technical programs or corporate training? After looking briefly at a case study and principles of authentic assessment, participants will work together to brainstorm ESD topics specific to their field or professional area and then develop strategies for evaluation based on real-world situations.
Speaker:
MATTHEW ROCKALL
Communication Instructor
Sessions have limited availability & are on a first-come basis.
Workshop: Biourbanism | A Resilience Model for 21st Century Cities
Supported by McGregor Coxall
Wednesday 07 June
11:00 - 12:00
Stalls Lounge (Level -1) at the Barbican Centre
In this hands-on workshop, attendees from all disciplines and sectors will work together to create a Resilience Action Plan for a London case study. The workshop will focus on delivering Biourbanism: a science-led city planning and urban design model that determines the health, prosperity, and resilience of cities. Through the ten systems managed mutually through data and design, you will learn how to quickly decarbonise our urban environments, transforming them into more equitable, vibrant, and climate-resilient places. Using resilience indicators, targets and a digital twin interface in real-time, you will respond to emerging issues in cities and create strategies that respond accordingly.
Speaker:
ADRIAN MCGREGOR
Founder & Chief Design Officer, McGregor Coxall
Sessions have limited availability & are on a first-come basis.
Workshop: BUILDGROUP: WHY CAN’T EVERYBODY DESIGN THEIR OWN HOME?
Wednesday 07 June
12:15 - 13:15
Stalls Lounge (Level -1) at the Barbican Centre
Community-led housing is proven to make places that foster supportive neighbours, increase stability, and result in better quality homes with better environmental credentials. Yet it remains an elusive goal, with many barriers to overcome.
This session will introduce BuildGroup, a collective custom-build approach to housing design, designed to support the growth of self-commissioned housing in the UK. The approach sets out how a community-led group can talk around ‘real’ proposals, putting people at the heart of decisions about where they want to live.
BuildGroup was developed from “Home Made”, Mole Architects’ winning entry for the 2021/2022 William Sutton Prize for Sustainability and Placemaking.
Speaker:
SHUBHANAGA SIMPSON
Associate Director, Mole Architects
Sessions have limited availability & are on a first-come basis.
Workshop: Build Learn Connect
Thursday 08 June
11:00 - 12:00
Stalls Lounge (Level -1) at the Barbican Centre
Architectural educators MATT+FIONA welcome you to a creative workshop co-led with young people who are actively shaping future urban spaces. The hands-on session will present the organisation’s strategy for the integration of young people’s voices into the design of our towns and cities, BUILD, LEARN, CONNECT.
Speakers:
MATTHEW SPRINGETT
Co-Director, MATT+FIONA
GEORGE POPE
Programme Coordinator, MATT+FIONA
Sessions have limited availability & are on a first-come basis.
Workshop: CLOSING THE SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITY GAP IN CITIES THROUGH USE OF CONSUMPTION-BASED SUSTAINABILITY METRICS
Thursday 08 June
12:30 - 13:30
Stalls Lounge (Level -1) at the Barbican Centre
The BCIT Centre for Ecocities (www.bcit.ca/ecocities) helps cities become socially just and ecologically sustainable. The Centre’s expertise includes the development and application of the ecoCity Footprint Tool to generate ecological footprints and consumption-based emissions inventories (CBEIs) for communities.
These metrics capture the impacts of imported materials and products, a huge piece of the global equity conversation missed by conventional approaches to climate action planning that focus only on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated within a community’s boundary. Higher-income non-industrialised regions are therefore typically ‘offshoring’ a large part of their consumption habits and associated sustainability impacts to ‘producer’ regions.
This session will explore the key role consumption-based metrics have for advancing global sustainability equitably through local action and how municipalities like the District of Saanich in western Canada are putting it into practice.
Presenters:
CHRISTINA OLSEN, Manager of BCIT's Centre for Ecocities
CORA HALLSWORTH, Manager of Municipal Programs at BCIT’s Centre for Ecocities
GLENYS VERHULST, Sustainability Planner with the District of Saanich
Sessions have limited availability & are on a first-come basis.
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