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IDBE Symposium - London, 25 March 2010 (Now fully booked)

IDBE is pleased to invite you to an open symposium at the Building Centre in London. The event centres around a keynote from Chris Luebkeman, Director for Global Foresight and Innovation at Arup.

The event is free but offered on a first-come-first-served basis. It will appeal to professionals working in the built environment who are committed to interdisciplinary approaches. IDBE graduates and current students are particularly welcome. To secure your place, please email to Becky Stanley: rs402@cam.ac.uk or alternatively info@idbe.org

We are grateful to the Ove Arup Foundation and the Happold Trust whose support has made the symposium possible.

 

PLEASE NOTE: this event is now fully booked

IDBE Symposium

Details are as follows:

Date:

Thursday, 25 March 2010

Location:

Building Centre, Store Street, London WC1E 7BT. Please see here for directions.

Programme:

18:00 Arrival and drinks
18:45 Welcome by Sebastian Macmillan
19:00 Keynote by Chris Luebkeman
19:45 Discussion Panel
20:15-21.00 Cash Bar

Keynote:

Chris Luebkeman refuses to be categorised. Trained as a geologist, engineer and architect, Chris describes his job as "helping people think constructively about the future." He has constantly, and consistently, occupied the 'spaces between' professions.

His experiences have enabled him to be a generalist who is "in league with the future." As an educator, Chris has taught in the Department of Architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, the University of Oregon, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Since 2003, Chris and his team at Global Foresight and In-novation have facilitated workshops that explore drivers of change and the future of business. Over 4000 have par-ticipated and results have been visualised in creative out-puts and publications. Building upon insights gained from these events, Chris has created a body of knowledge that aims to inspire the future of business and advance the de-velopment of a sustainable built environmenet.		Chris Luebkeman