Chair: Professor Rajat Gupta

Professor Rajat Gupta, Director of OISD, Oxford Brookes University

Professor Joe Tah, Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Oxford Brookes University

Professor Nigel Crook, Associate Dean: Research and Knowledge Exchange, Faculty of Technology, Design and Environment, Oxford Brookes University

Keynote 1: Future research challenges for the built environment

Dr Ajinkya Rao, Portfolio Manager, EPSRC

Keynote 2: Climate risks and delivering climate resilience in the built environment, Steven Wade, Technical Director & Global Fellow (Climate Resilience) AtkinsRéalis 

Chair: Professor Ramin Keivani, Head of School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University

Creative Re-use: Repair, Regeneration and Retrofit

Geoff Rich, Partner, Director of Heritage & Creative Reuse, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Re-using existing buildings: role of building pathology

Dr David Watt, Chartered Building Surveyor and Historic Buildings Consultant, Hutton + Rostron Environmental Investigations Ltd

Re-using existing buildings: complexity and interdisciplinarity

Dr Esra Kurul, Reader & Research Lead, School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University 

Chair: Professor Nigel Crook, Oxford Brookes University

Smart Visitor Management: A case study of Digitalization and Data in Heritage, Dr Matthias Rolf, Reader in Computer Science, School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics, Oxford Brookes University

Digital Technologies for Co-Creation of Sustainable Built Environments, Dr Avar Almukhtar, Senior Lecturer, School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University 

Chair: Dr Shahab Resalati, Reader & Research Lead, School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University

Developing a grassroots circular economy   

Dr Mehrdad Borna, Principal Sustainability Officer, Mayor of London's Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC)

Net Zero Design and Operational Carbon Analysis

Dr Farhad Mofidi, Senior Sustainability Consultant, Arup 

Chair: Professor Donald Ridley, Associate Dean, Strategy and Development, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University

Healthy place shaping: how can we create healthy, sustainable and resilient neighbourhoods and cities?

Dr Rosie Rowe, Head of Healthy Place Shaping, Public Health and Community Safety Directorate, Oxfordshire County Council

Urban Mobility Research, Professor Tim Jones, Professor of Sustainable Urban Mobility, School of the Built Environment, Oxford Brookes University 

Chair: Professor Joe Tah, Oxford Brookes University

Dr André Neto-Bradley, Lead Energy Research Advisor, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Christina Godiksen, Head of School of Architecture, Oxford Brookes University

Dr David Watt, Chartered Building Surveyor and Historic Buildings Consultant, Hutton + Rostron Environmental Investigations Ltd

Graham Blackburn, Partner, Ridge and Partners LLP

Jane Anderson, Senior Manager, Homes England

Steven Wade, Technical Director & Global Fellow (Climate Resilience) AtkinsRéalis 

Dr Shahab Resalati, Oxford Brookes University

Dr Esra Kurul, Oxford Brookes University

Professor Rajat Gupta, Oxford Brookes University