Schedule and Speakers
The following speakers will give plenary lectures at the conference
Josep Roca CladeraUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), SpainPhD. Architect. Professor at the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB). Director of the Centre for Land Policy and Valuations (CPSV). Director of the UPC's Master's Degree in Urban Land Management and Valuation (MBArch) and of the Doctoral Programme in Urban and Architectural Management and Valuation. | ||
Carlos Marmolejo DuarteUniversitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), SpainPhD. Architect. Professor at the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) and researcher at the Centre for Land Policy and Valuations (CPSV). He is a Recognised European Valuer and a member of The European Group of Valuers Associations. He is editor-in-chief of the Architecture, City and Environment journal. | ||
| Carmen Fernández de Castro GonzálezUN Senior International Consultant for Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain - ColombiaArchitect and Town Planner. She is specialised in territorial planning and urban management. She is currently the Coordinator of the Association of Urban Planning and Architecture Services of the Sierra Norte de la Comunidad de Madrid (42 municipalities). | |
| Daniel González RomeroUniversidad de Guadalajara (UdeG), MexicoPhD. Architect. Professor at the Universidad de Guadalajara/Centro Universitario de Arte, Arquitectura y Diseño-CUAAD. Director of the Institute for Research and Study of Cities (IN-Ciudades) of the UdeG. Coordinator of the "Catedra Manuel Castells", UDG-IN-Ciudades. President of the Mexican Society of City, Territory and Sustainability Studies. | |
Sandra Forero RamírezCámara Colombiana de la Construcción, Camacol, ColombiaArchitect with specialisations in Urban Architecture and Public Operations Assembly from the Paris School of Architecture and a DEA (Diploma of Advanced Studies) in Urban Planning and Geography from the IHEAL of the Sorbonne University. She has been President of Camacol for 11 years. She leads the construction industry in Colombia, contributing to the consolidation of housing policy, land use and urban planning. | ||
Héctor Gaete FeresUniversidad del Bío-Bío, ChilePhD. Architect. Professor and researcher at the Department of Planning and Urban Design, Faculty of Architecture, Construction and Design, Universidad del Bío-Bío. He was rector at the same university in the period 2006-2018. He is currently a member of URBANET/PGU/UN, a global network of experts in Habitat's Urban Management programme (UN Centre for human settlements). | ||
Nadya Milena Rangel RadaSecretaría Distrital del Hábitat, ColombiaPolitical scientist and specialist in Land Markets and Policies in Latin America. She is currently the Bogota Secretaria Distrital del Hábitat. She leads the formulation of urban and rural land management policies for the Bogota District. She has more than 12 years of experience in planning, territorial and urban development, and social management of urban and real estate interventions. | ||
Mario CerasoliUniversidad Roma Tre, ItaliaPhD. Architect. Associate Professor in Urban Planning and lecturer in Urban Design and Urban Recovery at the Department of Architecture at the University "Roma Tre". He is the director of the inter-university Master "ReUHREF - Recovery of Urban Heritage and Real Estate Finance. He is the academic coordinator for exchanges with Latin American and Caribbean universities and the Latin American Laboratory at Roma Tre University. | ||
| Ana Karina BernalUN-Habitat (países andinos), EcuadorArchitect with a postgraduate in urban planning from the University of Cuenca, Ecuador and a Master of Science in Human Settlements from KuLeuven University, Belgium. | |
| Susana MoralesSecretaría Distrital de Movilidad, ColombiaArchitect, Master in Urban Planning and Territorial Policies, with more than 13 years of experience in public and private sector in direction, structuring and management of territorial and mobility projects, urban design and sustainable transport oriented development. She is currently the Vice Secretary of Mobility Policy at the Bogotá Secretaría Distital de Movilidad. | |
Patrick Morales ThomasInstituto Distrital de Patrimonio Cultural (IDPC), ColombiaPhD in Social Anthropology. He is currently Director General of the Instituto Distrital de Patrimonio Cultural (IDPC). He worked as an advisor to the intangible heritage group of the Colombian Ministry of Culture and coordinated the ethnic approach of the National Centre of Historical Memory (CNMH) | ||
| Montserrat Pareja-EastawayUniversidad de Barcelona (UB), SpainPhD in Applied Economics. Associate Professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Barcelona. Co-director of the Barcelona Housing Studies Chair (UPC-UPF-UPF-UB-UAB). Vice-President of the European Housing Research Network. She is director of the Master in Cultural Management and Academic Co-Director of the HEC-UB Summer School Creativity Management in an Innovation Society. | |
| Javier Sandoval FélixUrbanLab, MexicoPhD. Architect. He is the founder of the UrbanLab, an urban and public policy laboratory. He is the Urban Planning Project Leader of the College of International Urban Jurisprudence (CJUR). He is the founder of the Agent-Based Urban Simulation online school. | |
Mariana Diaz KrausMovilizatorio: laboratory for social transformation and innovation, ColombiaLawyer and Political Scientist. She holds a Master's degree in Political Science and a Master's degree in Law and Diplomacy. She is the director of Movilazaotioro, which is a laboratory for social transformation and innovation that promotes citizen participation for a better society. | ||
Vasco BarbosaUniversidad de La Sabana, ColombiaPhD in Territorial Planning and Rural Development, and MSc in Management and Planning of Sustainable Land Use He is Associate Professor at the Universidad de La Sabana, Colombia. Expert member of the European Science Foundation and European Commission. He has published and developed research in the areas of urban and regional planning, territorial development, urban transformation, urban landscape and green infrastructure, urban inequalities, and climate change. | ||
Julio AmezquitaUniversidad de Cartagena, ColombiaJulio is an Industrial Engineer; Master in Administration; PhD Candidate in Regional Science, Business and Territory - CREMTE. Professor at the University of Cartagena, Researcher and Director of the Regional Institute of Public Policy and Government - IPREG, Member of the Society of Public Improvements of Cartagena, and of the Ibero-American University Network of Territory and Mobility - RUITEM. | ||
Sandra Bacca PiñerosSecretaría de Planeación Distrital de Cartagena, ColombiaSandra is an architect, specialist in public management, urban environmental management and heritage management and conservation. Master in Social Work. Currently, she is the coordinator of the planning instruments PEMP Historic Centre and Land Management Plan of Cartagena de Indias. She is currently working with the District Planning Secretariat of Cartagena. | ||
| Daniel Cardoso LlachCarnegie Mellon University, USADaniel is Architect; he holds a PhD in Design and Computation from MIT. He is a researcher interested in issues of automation in design, human-machine interaction, interdisciplinary creativity, and technological cultures in architecture and design. He is an Associate Professor in the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University, where he chairs the Master of Science in Computational Design program and co-directs CodeLab. |