Conference Program

DAY ONE - TUESDAY, 8 MARCH
12.00n
Registration Desk Open
13.00
Subtropical Innovations Café
FAU AT
16.00
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION John Todd
The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
George D. Aiken Center, University of Vermont
Broward County Main Library Auditorium
17.00
17.30
Welcome Reception and Presentation of Proclamations
Mayor Jack Seiler, Mayor Sue Gunzburger,
FAUProvost Diane Alperin, Australian General Consul Duncan Cole
Traditional Seminole Welcome Ceremony
Hosted by the School of Architecture, PRP Wine Int'l
Fort Lauderdale Woman's Club
19.00
Conference wiki site is open to registrants
http://dop.subtropicalcities.fau.edu/
DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY, 9 MARCH (AM)
8.00
Registration Desk Open
9.00
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Peter Richards
High Density Place Types and Settlement Typologies for the Subtropical Future
QUT Brisbane, Deicke Richards Architects Pty Ltd, Fortitude Valley, Australia
FAU HEC 1110 Board of Trustees Room
10.00
Coffee Break
Cultural
Place/Identity

HE 910
Environment
Ecology

HE 911
Social
Economics

HE 914
Professional
Practioner Track

HE 918
10.30
0032
City of Mumbai Ecomically Attached Socially Detached

Sumant Suvani
KES Sroff College
Arts and Commerce
Mumbai, India
0016
Retrofitting
Our Cities

Matt Doolan
QUT
Brisbane, Australias
0033
Averting Atlantis:
Comparative study of
Gold Coast & Fort Lauderdale
Dedekorkut-Howes
Howes,Byrnes,Chapin
Griffith University
Gold Coast, Australia
P001
Brasil Straight Talk

D. Ferdinand
Time Coin Foundation
Sao Sebastiao, Brasil

11.30
0047
Luxuriant City Key Principles for Landscape Responsive Medium-Rise Dwelling in the Subtropics

John Loneragan
Studio Teckton Pty
Brisbane, Australia
0037
Water Systems and Urban Form of Guangzhou Smart Sustainable Development
Yuting Tai
Delft University
Delft, Netherlands
0031
Impact Windows
Impacting Community Step Up Program

Scott Strawbridge
Dev Motwani

Housing Authority
of Fort Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale USA
0080
Tampa as
Ecological City

Shannon Bassett
Univeristy of South Florida Tampa, USA
Discussion
Moderator
Jean Francois LeJeune
Discussion
Moderator
Rosemary Kennedy
Discussion
Moderator
Daniel O'Hare
12.00
Lunch
DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY, 9 MARCH (PM)
Cultural
Place/Identity

HE 910
Environment
Ecology

HE 911
Professional
Practioner Track

HE 914
Professional
Practioner Track

HE 918
13.30
0027
Subtropical SEED in China: new sustainable nodes

Leigh Shutter
Griffith University
Gold Coast, Australia
0043
Alternative Energy Solutions for Subtropical Cities
M. Coyle, T. Jou H. Lane
FAU
Fort Lauderdale USA
P002
Inhabiting the Swamp Intersections of Place and Process

Margi Nothard
Glavovic Studio
Fort Lauderdale USA

14.30
0051
Urban Float Flexible Form in Coastal Communities

Remy LeBlanc, Diane Brand
Victoria University
Wellington,New Zealand
0073
Greening China
One Project at a Time

Hitesh Mehta, FAFLA, RIBA, Assoc. AIA MAAKA, MAAKLA
Fort Lauderdale USA
P004
Year round Decentralized Farming Subtropic Urban Areas

Michael Madfis
Fort Lauderdale
Vegetables LLC
Fort Lauderdale USA
P005
Creating a Sustainable Vision

Kenneth Hirsch AIA LEED AP
Hirsch Architects
Boca Raton USA
0054
Uncovering the City
Behind the Masks:
Gold Coast Identity

R. Potts, C. Bosman
A. Dedekorkut-Howes

Griffith University
Ashmore, Australia
0077
What Happened to
the Ideals in
Architecture?

Philip (Joo Hwa) Bay
University of Western Australia
Nedlands, Australia
Discussion
Moderator
Kasama Polakit
FAU
Discussion
Moderator
David Benjamin, PdD
Architect
15.30
16.00
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Bruno Stagno
Floresta Urbana and Urban Biodiversity
Institute for Tropical Architecture, San Jose, Costa Rica
MAIN LIBRARY AUDITORIUM
17.00
17.00
Reception
DAY THREE - THURSDAY, 10 MARCH (AM)
8.00
Registration Desk Open
9.00
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Andres Duany
Duany Plater Zyberk & Company, Miami USA
FAU HEC 1110 Board of Trustees Room
10.00
10.00
Coffee Break
10.30
Cultural
Place/Identity

HE 910
Environment
Ecology

HE 911
Social
Economics

HE 914
Professional
Practioner Track

HE 918
10.30
0061
Struggles for Homemaking by Latino in South Florida

Yexsey Schomberg,
Kasama Polakit
SURP, FAU,
Fort Lauderdale USA
0028
Down-scaling the Model, Elevating the Process: Climate Change Planning
Jill Horwitz
FAU
Fort Lauderdale, USA
0060
Subtropical TOD in the emerging SE Queensland region

Daniel O'Hare
Bond University
Gold Coast, Australia
P006
How Small Cities can contribute to a global solution

Sheila Rose AICP
City of Coconut Creek
Coconut Creek USA

11.30
0078
Influence of Climate in the Improvement of Informal Settlements

Jean-Martin
Caldieron
FAU
Fort Lauderdale USA
0072
Multidisciplinary Modeling of Coupled Mangrove&Urban Eco
Van De Reit,Dyson
Vollen,Berger,et al

Rensselaer Polytechnic
Troy, USA
0036
Do Planning Regs Matter? Comparing Queensland & Florida

A.Dedekorkut
S. M-Donehue,N. Sipe

Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
P012
179D Energy Tax
Credits
For Achitects

Norbert Crabtree
Dazkal Bolton, LLP
Boca Raton, USA
Discussion
Moderator
Allan Shulman
University of Miami
Discussion
Moderator
Diana Mitsova
FAU
Discussion
Moderator
Yan Mei Li
FAU

12.00
Lunch
DAY THREE - THURSDAY, 10 MARCH (PM)
Cultural
Place/Identity

HE 910
Environment
Ecology

HE 911
Professional
Practioner Track

HE 914
Professional
Practioner Track

HE 918
13.30
0079
Re-enchanting the industrial in the City

Helen Armstrong
QUT
Brisbane, Australia
0042
Seasonal variability in PAH in runoff to Biscayne Preserve
J. Vos, D. Mitsova
I. Stafeychuk

FAU
Fort Lauderdale USA
P007
Nexus of Health Transportation and Economic Development for a Sustainable Region

Gloria Katz
Smart Grwoth
Zafar Alikan
Jacobs Engineering
Paula Thaqi
FDOH Broward
Gary Rogers
Lauderdale Lakes
Michael Maxwell
Nova SE University
P008
Universal Method - Local Design: A Thought on Traditional Patterns in a Globalized World

Cristina Murphy
XCOOP
Rotterdam, Netherlands

14.30
0081
Physical and Statistical Assessment of Outdoor Comfort in South Florida Region

Thitisawat, Polakit,
Caldieron, Mangone FAU
Fort Lauderdale, USA
0065
Re-conceptualizing Cities in the Era of Climate Change
Alexander Wall
Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology
Karsruhe, Germany
P009
Energy and Sustainability as Drivers of Design

Brian Lomel
TLC Engineering for Architecture
Deerfield Beach, USA
P010
Newer Urbanism: Combine & Improve the Best of Green High Rises and New Urbanism

L.Gene Zellmer
L. Gene Zellmer, AIA
Architecture, Planning
Research Development
Carmel Valley, CA USA
Discussion
Moderator
Jean-Martin Caldieron
FAU
Discussion
Moderator
Leigh Shutter
Griffith University

15.30
16.00
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Guy Nordenson
Guy Nordenson and Associates, Stuctural Engineers, New York USA
MAIN LIBRARY AUDITORIUM
17.00
17.00
Reception
DAY FOUR - FRIDAY, 11 MARCH
8.00
Registration Desk Open
9.00
LEGACY PROJECT WORKSHOP
Focus on Fort Lauderdale: Next 100 Years
Moderators: Ken Yeang and Bernard Zyscovich
HE 1110 Board of Trustees Room
This workshop is open and free to the public
12.00
13.00
90 Minute Intracoastal Cruise
15.00
CLOSING PLENARY
Declaration of Principles for Subtropical Urbanism
HE 1108 Board of Trustees Room
Open to all conference registrants and speakers
16.00
KEYNOTE PRESENTATION Ken Yeang
Principal Hamzah & Yeang, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Broward County Main Library Auditorium
This lecture is open and free to the public
17.00
17.30
Closing Reception & Book Signing
Hosted by the FAU College for Design and Social Inquiry
College Plaza
19.00

Agenda speakers, sessions, times and locations are subject to change without notice. Please check with the conference manager for last minute updates at John@americanmeetings.com.

Subtropical Cities 2011 conference | March 8-11, 2011 | Fort Lauderdale Florida
Please direct all Conference Enquiries to:

John Cotter at John@americanmeetings.com or 011.954.556.8870


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