José Isabel Blandón
PRESIDENT OF HONOR OF THE CONFERENCE
Lawyer | Mayor of the District of Panama, Panama
Raisa Banfield
Architect and Environmentalist
Deputy Mayor of the District of Panama, Panama
Risk Management as an added value to the landscape
Action Plan: “Metropolitan Panama: Sustainable, Human and Global”
Jorge Ventocilla
Naturalist and independent writer Interpretation and conservation of ecosystems and neo-tropical cultures Author of several books about biodiversity in Panama City
Panama
Tim Beatley
Teresa Heinz Professor of Sustainable Communities
Department of Urban and Environmental Planning
School of Architecture, University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia USA
Designing Cities That Love Nature: The Promise and Potential of the Global Biophilic Cities Move
Reaching the Heart: How to make relevant urban biodiversity
Anna Dietzsch
Architect, Director
Davis Brody & Bond Architects
São Paulo, Brazil
Gareth Doherty, Ireland
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Senior Research Associate
Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Cambridge, MA USA
Ecological Urbanism in Practice
Theory and practice: inside Sao Paulo´s seams
Thomas Elmqvist
ProfessorTheme leader, Urban social-ecological systems and globalization. Stockholm Resilience Centre
Stockholm, Sweden
Nina-Marie Lister
Associate Professor of Urban + Regional Planning
Ryerson University
Toronto, Canada
Jala Makhzoumi
Iraqi architect and academic specialized in landscape design
Expertise in ecological landscape design and planning with a holistic approach
American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Hitesh Mehta
FASLA FAAK RIBA Associate AIA. Holistic Designer
President HM Design
Florida, USA
Urban & Nature: Towards a siamese symbiotic
Landscape architect as ‘mediator’ in the design of sustainable Middle Eastern cities: Integrating environmental health, social betterment and heritage conservation
Urban Parks: Creating Vibrant and Healthy Cities for ALL
Colin Meurk
Senior Ecologist. Landcare Research
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Lincoln, New Zealand
Claudia Oñate Pechini
Landscape Architect PUC. CoPaisajismo
President ICHAP-Instituto Chilene Institute of Landscape Architects
Santiago, Chile
Keynote Speakers
Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services and Human health: insights from the Habitat III conference
Design for Blue and Green Infrastructure — Towards an Ecological Urbanism
Legibility is a critical lever for achieving urban and global biodiversity imperatives
Meaningful steps towards urban green infrastructure agenda
Gil (Guillermo) Peñalosa
Gil Peñalosa & Associates. 8-80 CITIES Founder and Chair of Board
World Urban Parks Chair of Board
Passionate about cities for all people
Toronto, Canada