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Keynote speakers
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| Amory B. Lovins, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute, USA |
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| Amory B. Lovins, Chairman and Chief Scientist, Rocky Mountain Institute, USA |
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| Bjarke Ingels, Founding Partner, BIG Bjarke Ingels Group, Denmark |
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| Thom Mayne, Principal, Morphosis, USA |
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| Jeremy Rifkin, President, The Foundation on Economic Trends, USA |
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| Jeremy Rifkin, a speaker who seeks direct contact with his audience - and finds it. |
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| Michel Rojkind, Principal, Rojkind Arquitectos, Mexico |
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| Werner Sobek, Professor, Lightweight Structural Engineering and Conceptual Design, University of Stuttgart, and Principal, Werner Sobek GmbH, Germany |
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| (l-r) Rolf Soiron and Amory Lovins |
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Workshops and experts
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| Marc Angélil, Dean, Department of Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland |
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| Keller Easterling, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, Yale University, USA |
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| Ludger Hovestadt, Professor of Architecture and CAAD, Institute for Technology in Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland |
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| Sheila Kennedy, Professor of Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Principal, Kennedy & Violich Architecture Ltd, USA |
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| Kazuhiro Kojima, President, Coelacanth and Associates Co., Ltd, Japan |
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| Hansjürg Leibundgut, Professor of Building Services, Institute for Technology in Architecture, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland |
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| Günter Meinert, Senior Urban Specialist, GTZ and Cities Alliance, Germany |
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| Arturo Ortiz Struck, Head, Mexico City Certificate Program, Universidad Iberoamericana (UIA), Mexico |
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| Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Professor em., Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland |
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| Christian Schmid, Professor for Sociology, Studio Basel, Contemporary City Institute, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich), Switzerland |
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| Mona Serageldin, Vice President, Institute for International Urban Development, USA |
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| Ada Tolla, Principal, LOT-EK, USA/Italy |
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| Jean-Philippe Vassal, Principal, Lacaton & Vassal Architectes, France |
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| Holger Wallbaum, Assistant Professor for Sustainable Construction, Institute for Construction Engineering and Management, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland |
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| The workshop participants studied specific topics in small group sand then discussed potential solutions and approaches in the plenum. |
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Mobile workshops
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| Green Mobile Workshop - Housing and infrastructure in the peripheries - Mine the city. |
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| Chimulhuacán is among the poorest informal districts in the outskirts of Mexico City. |
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| Orange Mobile Workshop - Social arrangements and infrastructure - Stimulate stakeholders. |
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| The Tlatelolco Housing Project was another stop on the program of the Orange Mobile Workshop. |
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| The Technoparque, built in a former industrial area in north Azcapotzalco, should attract new industrial sectors. |
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| PumaBús - a free public transport system for the campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). |
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Concluding panel experts
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| Aziza Chaouni, Principal, Bureau EAST, Morocco |
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| Arab Hoballah, Chief, Sustainable Consumption and Production, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), France |
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| Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International; Chair, Advisory Board, Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano, Ecuador |
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| Ashok Lall, Visiting Professor, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIU); Principal, Ashok B Lall Architects, India |
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| Enrique Norten, Principal, TEN Arquitectos, Mexico/USA |
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| Rolf Soiron (Moderator), Chairman, Advisory Board, Holcim Foundation, Switzerland |
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| Takako Tajima, Principal, Bureau EAST, USA |
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| The concluding planel experts of the Holcim Forum (from left): Enrique Norten, Takako Tajima, Aziza Chaouni, Rolf Soiron, Yolanda Kakabadse, Arab Hoballah, and Ashok B Lall. |
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| (l-r): Takako Tajima and Aziza Chaouni, Principals, Bureau E.A.S.T., Morocco/Canada/USA |
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Encounters
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| 270 specialists from 39 countries attended the 3rd International Holcim Forum and turned UIA into a worldwide focal point for sustainable construction. |
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| The Holcim Forum promoted intensive and personal exchange amoung the specialists - squarely in the sense of sustainability. |
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| In each workshop the participants heard and discussed up to ten presentations by specialists from throughout the world. |
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| Carolyn Aguilar Dobose, Mexico; Bryony Schwan, USA; Raúl de Villafranca, Mexico. |
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| Alicia Medina, Canada/Mexico; Samantha Leungh, USA; Mona Serageldin, USA; Caroline Vérut, Mexico. |
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| John Fernández, USA; Eduardo Cruz, Mexico; Aziza Chaouni, Morocco |
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| Raman Mahadev, USA; Ashok B Lall, India |
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| Sara Topelson de Grinberg, Under-Secretary of Urban Development and Land Planning, Government of Mexico, Mexico |
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| Érica Rerraz, Brazil; Sergio Meléndez and Delfín Montañana, Mexico |
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| Arturo Ortiz Struck, Michel Rojkind and Cristina Keller, Mexico |
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| Mike Schlaich, Germany; Masanori Shukuya, Japan; Bogdan Draganescu, Romania |
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| Fernando Serrano, Mexico; Edward Schwarz, Switzerland; Carolyn Aguilar Dobose, Mexico |
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Student poster competition |
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| Presentation to the winning team in the Student Poster Competition for “Boba flat – horizontal densification” (l-r): Hans-Rudolf Schalcher (Switzerland), Head, Academic Committee, Holcim Forum; Rolf Soiron (Switzerland), Chairman, Advisory Board, Holcim Foundation; and team members Forrest Meggers and Philippe Jorisch (Switzerland), postgraduate students at ETH Zurich. |
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| Presentation to the Second Prize winner in the Student Poster Competition for “Tomb houses – a remedial approach to save Anfgou” (l-r): Hans-Rudolf Schalcher (Switzerland), Head, Academic Committee, Holcim Forum; Rolf Soiron (Switzerland), Chairman, Advisory Board, Holcim Foundation; with 2nd prize recipient . Issam El Mousghi, postgraduate student at Ecole Supérieure d’Architecture de Casablanca, Morocco. |
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| Presentation to the Third Prize winner in the Student Poster Competition for “Production of recycled sand from construction and demolition waste” (l-r): Hans-Rudolf Schalcher (Switzerland), Head, Academic Committee, Holcim Forum; Rolf Soiron (Switzerland), Chairman, Advisory Board, Holcim Foundation; with 3rd prize recipient . Carina Ulsen, postgraduate student at Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. |
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| Hans-Rudolf Schalcher (Switzerland), Head, Academic Committee, Holcim Forum (far left) introduces the post-graduate students participating in the Student Poster Competition at the 3rd International Holcim Forum for Sustainable Construction. |
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