The 3^rd International Conference on “Green Urbanism (GU)” was held in the Department of Engineering in University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy over a period of three days, from the 11th of December to the 13^th, 2019. Discussing the importance of Sustainable Development by providing solutions towards zero-waste cities, the Green Urbanism conference, for the third time, has successfully established a platform for stakeholders, architects, designers, urban and transport planners, economists and more to contribute to benefit the environment through topics of:

And more.

Participants

Attending from different parts of the globe, the third version of the Green Urbanism conference has received the interest and been enriched with the attendance of Authors, Coauthors and Audience members from diverse countries such as Germany, United States, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, China, India, Libya, Algeria, Albania, Egypt, Italy and more. A great way to meet new people in the field, gain more knowledge on the latest trends and involve oneself in future research and projects.

Conference Outlines

First Day | Opening Ceremony and Keynote Speeches

The opening session of the conference was initiated by introductory speeches from:

Professor Antonella Falzetti, Associate Professor, Civil engineering and Computer engineering Department, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Italy.

Chairperson, Prof. Ferdinando Trapani, Urban Planning Department of Architecture Polytechnic School University of Palermo, Italy 

Dr. Mourad Amer, and a presentation by IEREK’s General Director, 

Arab Hoballah, chairman of LivCom jury &Former chief SCO UNEP

Plenary Session | Keynote speakers speeches

Prof. Luca Lanini, Associate Professor, Department of Energy, Systems, Land and Construction Engineering, the University Of Pisa “Colonizing the Big Wide Open. Green Cities and Agro Cities in the USS”

Prof. Gioia Gibelli, Professor at PoliMI in Landscape Ecological Planning, consigliere Parco Lombardo del Ticino, President of Siep-Iale, Italy “Green and blue infrastructures for the city-land”

Sessions were professionally moderated by Professors:

Then the Parallel Sessions started with the first two sessions till the end of day 1, which are:

Session 1: Energy Efficiency and Passive Design Building

Session 2: Governance and Education for Sustainable Cities

Second Day: Continued the Parallel Sessions

From the start of the 2nd day, remaining authors (researchers) continued presenting their research papers of the first two sessions till the Lunch Break and then continued with the second two sessions, which are:

Session 3: Resources and Waste Management

Session 4: Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility

Third-Day: Continued the Parallel Sessions, Closing Remarks & Livcom award Ceremony

The third day started with continuing the authors’ presentations of the second two sessions.

The rest of the day continued as following:

The third keynote speaker speech from Prof. Alessandra Battisti, Professor of Environmental Design and Technology of Architecture, Sapienza University, Italy

Starting the closing remarks with a word of Professor Ferdinando Trapani (Chairperson) and Professor Antonella Falzetti (head of the scientific committee), Dr. Mourad Amer and DR. Hoballah

Then we started with the award Ceremony of the Livcom award & the GU conference (SUSI award)

After that, the authors had received their certificates.

We ended the third day with a group photo of the whole participants and a lunch break to have a light ending.

IEREK organizes this conference to deal with cross-cut issues in architecture and urban design and addresses the question of the ways we can best and cohesively integrate all the aspects of energy systems, transportation systems, waste and water management and passive and active strategies into contemporary urban design and improved environmental performance of our cities.

The significance of this conference lies in the pressing need for the integration of sustainability principles in the urban design process of cities and the general need for sustainable development. It will be of particular relevance to the rapid urban growth of developing cities. The conference also provides a context for a general debate about the regeneration of the periphery, peri-urban fringes (and city center) as a catalyst for energy and skills, and discusses how green urbanism is affected by the paradigms of ecology.

As a means of contributing to the united nations 2030 stainability goals, IEREK was honored to provide the international LivCom awards at the GU conference 3rd edition with the presence of 22 mayors represent 22 different governments from all over the world.