Presented by the UTS x OBEL Award Teaching Fellowship on Cities, join us to explore how we’ll design, build and live in the climate-resilient cities of 2050.

Curated by Climate Action Week Sydney Co-Founder, OBEL Award Teaching Fellow and UTS Adjunct Associate Professor HY William Chan, this inaugural architecture and urban planning forum features expert keynotes on green infrastructure, net zero strategies and cities action driven by the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Engage with citymakers from New York City to Melbourne, explore innovative architecture and design solutions, and participate in networking focused on sustainable urban development and Pacific partnerships towards the UN COP31 climate change conference.

Speakers:

Professor Leena Thomas
Head of School, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
Dr Anna Rubbo
Senior Scholar, Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Columbia Climate School, Columbia University
Rohan Leppert
Planning and Sustainable Development Senior Policy Advisor, Municipal Association of Victoria and former Councillor, City of Melbourne
Associate Professor HY William Chan
Co-founder, Climate Action Week Sydney, OBEL Award Teaching Fellow and former Councillor, City of Sydney
James Ladbrook
Co-Chair, KPMG Leaders 2050 and Board Member, UN Youth Australia
Xueyi Li
Master of Architecture student, University of Technology Sydney

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