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Ambassador Bozkurt Aran - WTO - Chairman of Environment and Trade Committee, TURKEY
Mr. Halit Bozkurt Aran is the Permanent Representative from Turkey to the World Trade Organization, Geneva
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Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis, Founder and President, Biopolitics International Organization (B.I.O.), Athens, GREECE
The Biopolitics International Organization (B.I.O.) is an non-profit, non-governmental organization based in Athens, Greece. Over the course of its history, B.I.O. has been promoting a shift from an anthropocentric to a biocentric system of values in society, in order to curb environmental destruction and place appreciation of the environment at the core of every human endeavour. B.I.O. has held numerous international conferences and symposia, paving the way for the development of new strategies to secure environmental protection as a primary societal aim. http://www.biopolitics.gr/
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http://www.yildiz.edu.tr/english/index2.php
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Engin Ayaz, Energy and Resources Consultant, Arup, USA
Engin Ayaz is an energy and resources consultant in the Arup’s Buildings team in San Francisco. Engin has an interdisciplinary background in engineering and architecture and focuses on carbon, climate change and informatics in the context of architecture, engineering and planning. Engin enjoys exploring synergies across various technical focus areas and developing integrated design scenarios with strong visual outputs. Previously, he worked on a sustainability research assignment across five Arup offices. Originally from Istanbul, Turkey, Engin has a Civil and Environmental Engineering degree from Stanford University and is a LEED accredited professional.egg
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Wulf Daseking, Director of Planning City of Freiburg, GERMANY
Mr Wulf Daseking has been the director of city planning in Freiburg, Germany, since 1984. For six years before that, he held a similar role at Mullheim/Ruhr. At Freiburg, Wulf is responsible for urban development, land development, landscape planning, master plan development and individual projects. He is an associate member of the German Federation of Architects, a member of the German Academy of Urban and Rural Development/Berlin an a member of the exert committee city planning of the German Congress of Cities. Wulf is also a lecturer in city planning at Freiburg University and at Darmstadt/University of Architecture City of Freiburg: http://www.freiburg-home.com
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Marcel Diallo, poet, musician, artist, philosopher, social entrepreneur, activist, California, USA
Marcel Diallo is an American musician, poet, artist and community builder, known for his founding of the Black Dot Artists Collective, The Black New World and his revitalization efforts in West Oakland, California's historic, predominantly African-American neighborhood. As a performance artist and an activist, Marcel Diallo has performed and shared the stage with such legendary poets and artists as Amiri Baraka, The Last Poets, David Murray, Kahil El Zabar, Sonia Sanchez, Kamau Da'oud, Marvin X, Piri Thomas, Micheal McClure, Lawrence Ferlingetti, as well as actor Don Cheadle. Diallo is currently active in land-based community building in his West Oakland neighborhood, with the intent of making sure that African-American residents do not get displaced by the rapid wave of gentrification that is taking hold of the historically black neighborhood. Black New World: http://www.blacknewworld.com
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Paul Downton, Ecopolis Architects, Adelaide, Australia - Convener, the Second International Ecocity Conference in Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
Mr Paul Downton is Director and Principal Architect of Ecopolis Architects Pty Ltd. Working with his partner Cherie and colleague Emilis Prelgauskas in 1991 he formed Urban Ecology Australia, the national non-profit urban environmental community group which has been actively promoting ecological developments ever since. Paul is a talented artist as well as seminal thinker developing ecocity theory and giving countless public talks, radio, TV and newspaper interviews internationally on ecological architecture, urban ecology and ecopolis and unique experience actually building projects he designs. Paul and his partner Cherie were co-conveners of the Second International Ecocity Conference in Adelaide. Ecopolis Architects: http://www.ecopolis.com.au
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Veysel Eroglu, Minister of Environment and Forests, TURKEY
Mr. Eroglu is Member of Parliament for Afyonkarahisar of the ruling AKP. He graduated in civil engineering from Istanbul Technical University, going on to an academic career at the same university until becoming general director of the Istanbul water board in 1994. Here he is remembered for successfully modernizing and cleaning up the city's water supply, which had previously been a victim of corruption and neglect.He became head of the State Hydraulic Works (DSI) in 2003, where again he supervised a program of investment for renewal. In the past, Eroglu campaigned for the position of the mayor of Istanbul from AKP. He was elected to the parliament in 2007, becoming minister of environment and forestry, where, as part of his duties, he will be responsible for Turkey's strategy and approach to global warming.
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Parris Glendening, former Governor of Maryland, President, Smart Growth Leadership Institute, USA
Governor Glendening is President of the Smart Growth Leadership Institute, and two term past Governor of Maryland, United States of America, 1995 to 2003. As governor, one of his primary agenda items was the development strategy known as Smart Growth, which focuses development in higher density mixed use centers that work well with transit, save energy and address environmental issues at their foundation. He led the creation of a Smart Growth Initiative for the state of Maryland and another initiative working with Trust for Public Land, that helps States to align land use and water protection. Smart Growth Leadership Institute: http://www.sgli.org
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Arnold J. Goldman, Chairman & Founder, BrightSource Energy, Inc., ISRAEL - USA
Arnold J. Goldman is the Chairman and Founder of both BrightSource Energy Inc. and BrightSource Industries (Israel), Ltd. (BSII). He holds a B.S. in Engineering from UCLA and a MSEE from the University of Southern California. Mr. Goldman was the founder of Luz International, Ltd. and served as its CEO. Luz International, Ltd. designed, constructed, financed, and operated the world's nine largest Solar Electric Generating Systems (SEGS) which, at the time, generated 90 percent of the world's solar electricity. Mr. Goldman also co-founded Electric Fuel Ltd., an electric battery/fuel cell company listed today as Aerotech on the NASDAQ. He was the VP of Engineering and co-founder of Lexitron, the first word processing company in the US. Lexitron was bought by Raytheon in 1977. Mr. Goldman is the recipient of two international awards for his contribution to solar energy development. He holds numerous patents for his inventions and innovations. BrightSource Energy, Inc.: http://www.brightsourceenergy.com
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Colin Grant, Founder and CEO, Visible Strategies, Vancouver, CANADA
Mr Grant has worked as a strategic adviser to leaders worldwide helping them to achieve meaningful, sustainable results in the face of the world's most difficult challenges. He is a Board Member of the International Center for Sustainable Cities, a member of the Vancouver Mayor's Sustainability Council and the Vancouver Climate Leader's Group. he received the UK Governments' Millennium Products Award for developing and commercializing a process that allows naturally occurring organisms to consume toxic waste products. He has coached top-level athletes in his favorite sport of skiing and has inspired Scottish skiers to Olympic medal success. Visible Strategies: http://www.visiblestrategies.com
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Muammer Guler, Governor of Istanbul Province TURKEY
Mr. Gular completed his primary education in Ankara and graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ankara in 1972. Güler began his career as candidate District Governor on March 14, 1973 in Balıkesir. After taking post as Deputy District Governor of Çal in Denizli Province and then District Governor of Pehlivanköy in Kırklareli Province and Horasan in Erzurum Province, he was assigned to the Directorate of Personnel Branch at the Ministry of Interior, where he served as Branch Director and later as Director General. On September 27, 1993 he was assigned as Governor of Nigde Province. From January 29, 1992 on he was Governor of Kayseri Province. After serving as Governor of Gaziantep Province between July 6, 1994 and July 28, 2000, Güler moved to Samsun Province as Governor. Since February 17 2003 he has been the Governor of Istanbul Province.
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David Hall, Founder, NewVista, CEO, Novatek, Provo, Utah, USA
Mr Hall is the visionary behind NewVista, a large scale metropolitan concept with the potential to have world-wide economic and social viability and to be massively scalable and ecologically sustainable. NewVista is a Megalopolis composed of 50 interconnected communities. Each NewVista Community is a self sustaining system of villages and public squares supported by areas for agriculture, industry and its own local energy and food production. A NewVista is a walkable community, with no personal cars or trucks. NewVista has a repeatable pattern that enables scalability from region to household. Mr Hall is also CEO of Novatek, founded in 1985 as a consulting company specializing in applications for Super Materials, including synthetic diamond. Novatek began producing industrial diamond products in the 1990s, mostly for the Oil & Gas industry. In 2004 Novatek sold the Oil & Gas diamond manufacturing division to Reed-Hyclog. In 2005 the IntelliServ division was sold to Grant-Prideco, now owned by NOV. Novatek is currently working on projects ranging from drilling tools to diamond products for asphalt, mining and construction. NewVista: http://www.newvistavillage.com
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Walter Hood, Principal, HOOD Design, Professor, University of California at Berkeley, USA
Through his pioneering work as an 'urbanist,' Hood has integrated architectural features such as playgrounds, plazas and squares into city sites whose pasts are vibrant but forgotten. By reflecting the shifting cultural composition and respecting the evolving nature of neighborhoods throughout San Francisco and Oakland, he has created an oasis in these areas, and through his close involvement with the local communities, he developed tailored solutions for Bay Area based parks while retaining a cohesive artistic vision. Hood is also professor and former Chair of the Landscape Architecture Department at the University of California, Berkeley, and principal of Hood Design in Oakland, CA. He has exhibited and lectured on his professional projects and theoretical works nationally and abroad. He is currently researching and writing a book entitled Urban Landscapes: American Landscape Typologies." HOOD Design: http://www.wjhooddesign.com
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Janet Larsen, Research Director, Earth Policy Institute, Washington DC, USA
Ms Larsen is Director of Research at Earth Policy Institute, the think tank founded by Lester Brown advocating for a "Plan B," a systematic approach to planning at all levels of government, especially national, for conservation of resources, biology and climate via major government and education changes around the world. Janet manages the research program with Lester Brown, planning new projects and coordinating the efforts of the research team. She uses her interdisciplinary background in researching the Eco-Economy Updates, and the Eco-Economy Indicators, similar to her work at the Worldwatch Institute on the Issue Alerts, State of the World and vital Signs. Earth Policy Institute: http://www.earth-policy.org
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Jake Levitas, Sustainability Consultant, Arup, USA
Jake Levitas is a Sustainability Consultant with Arup’s Planning team in San Francisco. His experience in sustainability consulting ranges from applying sustainability to design, construction and operation of urban planning projects and infrastructure to analysis of corporate objectives and implementing sustainability plans for organizations. He has contributed to environmental impact assessment work, as well as both public and private sustainable development projects. He has notable experience with GIS analysis, mapping, and database management in the context of integrated sustainable design.
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Beng Lee Ong, Director (Eco-city Project Office), Ministry of National Development, SINGAPORE
Mr Ong Beng Lee was appointed to the Singapore Administrative Service in 1990. In his current appointment as Director of the Eco-city Project Office in the Ministry of National Development, he helps to formulate policies and programs for the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-city, and oversees its smooth implementation in close partnership with the relevant Chinese authorities and Singapore agencies, and the joint venture company undertaking the development of the Eco-city. Mr Ong read Philosophy, Politics and Economics in Oxford University on an Overseas Merit Scholarship (Open) from 1985 to 1988, and attended the Programme for Management Development at Harvard Business School in 2001. Prior to his current appointment, he had served in various Government agencies, including the Ministries of Trade and Industry, Home Affairs and Defense.
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Suha Ozkan, Architect, Urban Planner, Historian, Theorist, Founding Chairman, World Architecture Community, TURKEY
Dr. Özkan has undertaken extensive research on the theory and history of architecture, design, vernacular form, and emergency housing, and has published over 300 articles and numerous monographs. These have been translated into French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Bhasa. At METU, he taught architectural design and design theory for fifteen years, and became Associate Dean of the Faculty of Architecture in 1978. Then he was appointed as Vice-President of the university in 1979-1982. He taught and lectured extensively in North America, Europe, Central-, South-, and Southeast Asia, and throughout the Middle East. Presently he is the Founding Chairman of World Architecture Community {WAC} a Geneva and Istanbul based international consultancy company. WAC has established an internet based interactive World-wide architecture and planning community which has been breaking world records among architectural sites since August 2008. In 2008 he curated an exhibition on contemporary Turkish architecture entitled 7 Architects from 7 Hills which was displayed in Turin at Palazzo Bertalazone di San Fermo.
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Richard Register, President, Ecocity Builders, Founder of the International Ecocity Conference Series, USA
Mr. Richard Register is the world's leading author, illustrator and theorist in ecological city design and planning. He is also an activist on local projects, from creek restoration and urban gardening to street and building redesign, working with environmentalists, developers and politicians to get a better city built and running. Mr Register is founder of Ecocity Builders, a California non-profit corporation. He convened the First international Ecocity Conference in 1990 and advised on all subsequent conferences in the series. These evens have involved approximately 5,000 people and 625 speakers to dates. His latest book is Ecocities - Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature. Ecocity Builders: http://www.ecocitybuilders.org
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Ambika Shukla, Director, People For Animals, INDIA
Ambika Shukla of New Delhi is widely considered one of Asia's leading advocates to protect animals and wildlife. Educated in the United States, she has worked with numerous global organisations such as the World Wildlife Federation in drawing attention to the subject of cruelty to animals. She runs a nonprofit, nonpartisan organisation called People for Animals, which operates animal shelters in virtually all of India's 29 states. Ms Shukla is a popular speaker on the lecture circuit in India, South-east Asia, Europe and the United States.
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Hiroaki Suzuki, Lead Urban Specialist, Finance Economics & Urban Department, the World Bank
Hiroaki Suzuki has more than 20 years of the World Bank operational experiences in infrastructure sector and public sector management. Having worked in East Asia and Pacific Region, as East Asia Urban Sector Leader/China Urban Sector Coordinator for the last five years, he recently joined the World Bank’s corporate Finance Economics & Urban Department (FEU). He is the principal author of “Eco2 cities: Ecological Cities as Economic Cities (www.worldbank.org/eco2)”. Eco2 cities initiative which helps cities in developing countries achieve ecological and economic sustainability is a World Bank’s new urban sector business line which has been adopted as an integral part of the World Bank’s new urban sector strategy which will be launched, soon.
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Sudarshan Tiwari, Architect and City Historian, Katmandu, NEPAL
Dr Tiwari is an architect and cultural historian and scholar of the Katmandu Valley of Nepal. Sudarshan earned degrees in architecture from the University of Delhi and the University of Hawaii. He has served in the faculty of Tribhuvan University's Institute of Engineering for more than 25 years, and was Dean of the Institute between 1988 and 1992. His own interest drew him to the study of Nepali historical architecture, urbanism and conservation, which led to a PhD from Tribhuvan University, Katmandu, for his work on the ancient settlements of the Katmandu Valley. Sudarshan Tiwari: http://www.himalassociation.org/himalbooks
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Brent Toderian, Director of Planning, Vancouver, BC, CANADA
In 2006, Brent Toderian was appointed the City of Vancouver's Director of Cent Planning, succeeding celebrated Co-Directos Larry Beasley and Dr,. Ann Mcafee. his broad mandate involves current planning, including the many projects related to the 2010 Winter Olympics, and visioning/CityPlans, including the new "EcoDensity" citywide initiative recently adopted by the City. EcoDensity is based on the premise that strategically located, sustainably designed density can reduce the City's ecological footprint while making vancouver more sustainable, livable and affordable. Since arriving, Brent's been encouraging candid, city-wide dialogue around an evolving urbanism, with bold opportunities around sustainability, creativity and architectural risk taking. Vancouver Ecodensity: http://www.vancouverecodensity.ca
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Rusong Wang, President, Ecological Society of China, Co-convener, Ecocity World Summit 2008, CHINA
Mr Rusong Wang is head of the Center for Ecological and Environmental Sciences at the Chinese Academy of Science and has been one of the pioneering leaders in ecological city theory and support of those practicing the sciences and arts of ecocity building. He is one of the founders of the Ecological Society of China and he has been one of the most accomplished ecologists and champion of solutions in waste treatment and pollution abatement for the health delivery systems in China. Internationally he is known as one of the founders of SCOPE - Scientific Committee on Problems in the Environment. Rusong has convend many conferences for SCOPE kindred to the International Ecocity Conferences. He expounds a theory based on ancient Chinese tradition and on remapping cities for reshaping them for minimum energy demand and maximum ecodiversity. He is also a member of the Peoples Congress of China. Ecological Society of China: http://www.rcees.ac.cn/dse/en/team
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Ken Yeang, Architect, UNITED KINGDOM - MALAYSIA
Dr. Ken Yeang is the world's leading architect in ecological and passive low energy design. He has delivered over 200 built projects and his 'bioclimatic' towers have had an impact around the world, fusing high-tech and organic principles. Born in Penang, Malaysia in 1948, Yeang was educated there, as well as in the U.S. and the UK, receiving his doctorate in Architecture from Cambridge University, and attending graduate courses at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard. His expertise in the field of green design originated from his early doctoral dissertation from Cambridge University (1971-1974) followed by his ongoing R&D work, which has since led to the publication of a number of his treatises on the topic of ecological design and planning, bioclimatic design and high-rise design. He is best known as the inventor of the Bioclimatic skyscraper (as a genre of low-energy skyscrapers based on bioclimatic design principles), and for his novel ideas on designing the high-rise building type as vertical urban design. Llewelyn Davies Yeang: http://www.ldavies.com
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Our program focuses on building upon current successes and lessons learned while developing and debating approaches and strategies that move us rapidly towards a new ecologically-oriented world order for future generations.
Besides underlining the importance of eco-thinking, ethics, eco-politics and the methods to reach an ecological awareness, issues such as spatial planning policies and natural resource management, energy provision technologies, eco-architecture and design and environmentally friendly building materials will also be discussed by scientists, politicians and environmental experts in the perspective of the third millennium.
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