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18 industry experts have been selected to help shape the first Built Environment Summit (BESt) that will take place from 28-29 October 2021. Grouped into panels corresponding with the six conference themes, they will help 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
• 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
• 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

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

Panel for Theme 6: The Industry needs governments’ support to change

• Ben Derbyshire, Chair of HTA Design
• 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).

Thu, 28 Oct 2021, 09:00 – Fri, 29 Oct 2021, 17:00 BST Click here for details and to book.