World Sustainable Built Environment conference update: June 2024
There is still time to register to attend the virtual conference.
CIB chief executive Don Ward will make some short opening remarks at the conference, and the full conference programme and registration can be viewed here
Details have been confirmed for the new dates and format for WSBE24. Previously scheduled for April 2024 in Montreal, this will now be a wholly online conference from June 12th-14th. Full details are available at https://www.wsbe24.org.
The overarching conference theme is “Pathways and partnerships for sustainable built environments”. Abstract submission has been extended to the end of July on a new platform. The previous Montreal abstracts and contacts database is currently being transferred to the new platform and a message should be sent out to all those who previously registered next week (late June).
A strong and diverse Scientific Committee has been established and will be co-led by:
- Prof Greg Foliente, University of Melbourne (Australia) – Conference Co-Chair
- Prof Thomas Lützkendorf, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany) – Conference Co-Chair
- Dr Naomi Keena, McGill University (Canada) – previous Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Montreal event
- Prof Holger Wallbaum, Chalmers Univ (Sweden) – previous WSBE2020 Gothenburg Conference Chair
- Prof Jeremy Gibberd, CSIR (South Africa) – Coordinator of CIB W116 – Smart and Sustainable Built Environments.
The World Sustainable Built Environment conference series is a partnership between CIB, iiSBE, FIDIC and UNEP, more details are available here.
