Building Livable  Cities 2010,Ahmedabad

  Date: October 21st  4:30p.m – 8:00p.m

Venue: H. T. Parekh Convention Centre, Ahmedabad Management Association

 Agenda :
 
4:30 - 5:00 pm  : Registration

5:00 - 5:15 pm  : Blueprint Showcase : Visioning the City Digital Exhibition

Featuring the Vision for future Indian Cities by Leading Indian Architects like Jaisim , Hafeez Contractor , SK Das and many others. Click Here to learn more

5:15 - 5:25 pm  : Introduction : Building Livable Cities

5:25 - 7:00 pm  : Presentations ( 15 mins each)

7:00- 8:00 pm    : Discussion , Q & A and Closing Remarks &Presentation
 
Speakers Include:

Keynote : Hank Dittmar , Chief Executive of The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment

Rajeev Kathpalia, Urban Designer

Bimal Patel , Urban Planner

Naman Gupta, Senior Regional Adviser - Climate Change and Energy Unit | DFID India

I P Gautam , Municipal Commisioner , Ahmedabad

 
Details of other Speakers will be annouced shortly

*Invited

About: Building Livable Cities is a multi city investigation to look at ideas to make Indian Cities Livable. As part of the initiative ;  symposiums will take place across 5 cities – Bangalore , Mumbai , Delhi , Chennai ,and  Ahmedabad between Oct 18-22.The outcome will be presented in a book. The “Urban Visioning “Program titled the Blueprint showcases the urban visions of a  number of leading Indian architects . The series will also be podcasted.

The theme of Building Livable  cities 2010 is EcoCities - Driving India towards the age of sustainability which will explore strategies that can make Indian cities environmentally sustainable. Today, cities occupy about 2% of the world's surface area and have a disproportionately large impact on the earth’s ecology. According to the United Nations, cities are responsible for 75% of global energy consumption and 80% of greenhouse gas emissions.  Therefore, a large part of the solution towards solving the crisis of Climate Change lies in solving the crisis of Cities. This series of multi city forums is aimed at creating a blueprint of a sustainable future.

Learn More here:  www.theurbanvision.com/blc