THE 2021 URBORETUM SYMPOSIUM
Centres and peripheries:
reconfiguring post-covid 19 urban landscapes
9.00 - 9.15
Welcome
Alexa Hagerty and Meredith Root-Bernstein, Co-founders of Urboretum
Opening words by matthew lodge, UK deputy Ambassador to France
9.15 - 10.00
Keynote
Lesley Green (University of Cape Town) - bio
Anthropologist and environmental humanities scholar, author of the recent book Rock | Water | Life, which examines the interwoven realities of inequality, racism, colonialism, and environmental destruction in South Africa. Her talk is titled “The False Bay Coast of Cape Town: A Critical Zone.”
10.00 - 10.15
Break
10.15 - 10.50
Keynote
Simone Farresin (Formafantasma) - bio
Co-founder of Formafantasma design, and co-leader of the GEODesign masters course at the Eindhoven Design Academy, NL; co-curator of the exhibition ‘Cambio’ at the Serpentine Galleries (London). He will present on “Bringing global ecological concerns into design practice.”
10.50 - 11.00
Break
11.00 - 12.15
Connecting: Conservation and Resilience
(English only)
Vanessa Reid, Global Environments Network
Lara Mani, University of Cambridge
Designing: Governance and the Good City
Marten Boekelo and Sylvia Breukers, DuneWorks
Mary Ann Kong, Environmental Policy Consultant
Raphaël Languillon, Université de Genève
Catharine Ward Thompson, University of Edinburgh
Evaluating: Mapping Urban Futures
Benoit Martin and Eric Verdeil, Atelier de Cartographie, Science Po
Louise Francis, Mapping for Change
Alexandra Albert, University College London
12.15 - 13.00
Lunch Break
13.00 - 13.45
Keynote
Emanuele Coccia (EHESS, France) - bio
Emanuele Coccia is a philosopher known in particular for his work on plants and his cross-disciplinary collaborations with architects, artists, and designers. He is the author of The life of plants and Métamorphoses.
13.45 - 15.00
Interpreting: Reading urban histories
(english only)
Robert Desjarlais, Sarah Lawrence College and Khalil Habrih, University of Ottawa
Margaux Fitoussi, Columbia University
Coexisting: Urban Ecology
Harini Nagendra, Azim Premji University
François Chiron, Université Paris Saclay
Creating: Art, Ecology and Cities
Meredith Root-Bernstein, CNRS, Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle
15.00 - 15.15
Break
15.15 - 15.55
Keynote
Jianguo "Jack" Liu (Michigan State University) - bio
Jianguo "Jack" Liu is an ecologist focusing on sustainability and global connections and interactions (‘telecoupling’). He will speak on “Telecoupling, sustainability and resilience in the post-Covid19 perspective.”
15.55- 16.15
Break
16.15- 17.00
Keynote
Stephanie Hare - bio
Technologist, political risk analyst and historian, will discuss the future of cities and her forthcoming book Technology Ethics which explores how biometrics and other data central to smart cities relates to our privacy, civil liberties and human rights.
Friday 5 February 2021
9.00-17.00 PARIS
8.00-16.00 LONDON
Simultaneous Translation
Traduction Simultanée
This event is organised thanks to the financial support of the British Embassy in Paris