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Keynote speakers and expert panelists presented challenging perspectives on concepts for sustainable construction towards delivering tangible benefits to diverse communities.
Read profiles and presentations from Holcim Forum 2007 from each keynote speaker and profiles of each discussion panelist by following the links below:
- Kees Christiaanse, Chair of Architecture and Urbanism, Institute for Urban Design, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich) (Netherlands/Switzerland)
- Peter Head, Director of Arup, (UK)
- Elmar Ledergerber, Mayor, City of Zurich (Switzerland)
- Molly O'Meara Sheehan, Senior Researcher, Worldwatch Institute (USA)
- Enrique Peñalosa, former Mayor of Bogotá (Colombia)
- Saskia Sassen, Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago (USA)
- Rolf Soiron, Chairman Advisory Board, Holcim Foundation (Switzerland)
- Michael Sorkin, Director, Graduate Urban Design Program, City College of New York; and Principal, Michael Sorkin Studio (USA)
- Klaus Töpfer, former United Nations Undersecretary-General; and former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (Germany)
- Jean-Philippe Vassal, Director, Lacaton & Vassal (France)
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| Contact | | Edward Schwarz
Holcim Foundation
for Sustainable Construction
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