24 June 2021
Alongside our partner, Architects Declare, we're excited to announce the industry experts who have been selected to help shape the first Built Environment Summit (BESt) that will take place from 28-29 October 2021.
Grouped into panels that correspond with the six conference themes, the 18 experts will help to review open call submissions and programme the two-day event.
Panel for Theme 1: The Significance of the Built Environment
- Mel Allwood, Director and Sustainable Buildings Lead, Ove Arup & Partners Ltd
- James Mitchell, Co-Founder and CEO of BuildX Studio
Chaired by:
- Hélène Chartier, Head of Zero Carbon Development at C40 Climate Leadership Group
Panel for Theme 2: The Environmental Footprint of the Built Environment
- Jake Attwood-Harris, Sustainable Design Advisor of Hawkins\Brown Architects LLP
- Michael Ramage, Director of Centre for Natural Material Innovation, University of Cambridge
Chaired by:
- Jane Anderson, Director of ConstructionLCA Limited
Panel for Theme 3: How to affect change in the Built Environment
- Asif Din, Sustainability Director, Perkins & Will
- Christhina Candido, Associate Professor and Director of Sustainable and Healthy Environments (SHE) Lab, The University of Melbourne
Chaired by:
- Duncan Baker-Brown, Founder of BakerBrown
Panel for Theme 4: The Built Environment Industry’s Capabilities
- Sonja Oliveira, Founder of Radical Architecture Practice for Sustainability Network
- Pete Winslow, Associate Director of Expedition
Chaired by:
- Nigel Tonks, Director and Senior Adviser to Climate Champions Team of Ove Arup & Partners Ltd
Panel for Theme 5: The Industry is Committed to Change
- Adrian Campbell, Founder of Changebuilding
- Ted Ochieng Otieno, Chair of Kenya Green Building Society
Chaired by:
- Caroline Pidcock, Director of Pidcock PTY Ltd
Panel for Theme 6: The Industry needs governments’ support to change
- Ben Derbyshire, Chair of HTA Design LLP
- Judit Kimpian, Chair of Environment and Sustainable Architecture Work Group, Architects Council of Europe
Chaired by:
- Pooran Desai, CEO of OnePlanet.com
The international open call for research will close on Monday 5 July at 9am (BST).
Further conference details will be published shortly. Keen to attend? Register your interest.
