2nd ANNOUNCEMENT

Singapore EXPO Convention & Exhibition Centre

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Welcome Message
After the success of the inaugural International Skyrise Greenery Conference (ISGC) in 2010, we are pleased to launch ISGC 2013, entitled Density & Greenery: Evolving Into Collaborative Cities. The creation of skyrise greenery is becoming ever more complex. Increased design aspirations, space constraints and development densities are posing challenges which require close working partnerships and knowledge exchange between the various skyrise greenery stakeholders. This years Conference is a partnership between Singapores National Parks Board, Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects, Landscape Industries Association of Singapore, and Singex. By bringing together stakeholders from the various sectors of the landscape community, we aim to create a multi-disciplinary and collaborative knowledgesharing platform revolving around skyrise greenery. By engaging speakers from diverse backgrounds, the Conference will elevate the benchmark of professional knowledge and enhance the know-how of creating an environment suitable for successful skyrise greenery projects. ISGC 2013 also includes a technical tour component which showcases Singapore as Asias skyrise greenery hub acting as a model for other metropolises around the world. We hope that ISGC 2013 will serve as a platform for the holistic exchange of ideas in urban greenery innovations, and fulfill its potential of transforming our cityscapes and peoples lives. The Conference is held alongside GreenUrbanScape Asia and the International Landscape Industry Association Summit. On behalf of the committee, I look forward to welcoming you to Singapore in November.

Damian Tang Chairman, International Skyrise Greenery Conference Committee President, Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects

Against a backdrop of increasing urbanisation and the need for sustainable cities, GreenUrbanScape Asia will be a dynamic marketplace for industry players to showcase their innovative urban greenery solutions and landscape products, and raise awareness of their brands to serious trade buyers from around the world. It will also allow regional landscape and environmental design professionals to exchange ideas and stay abreast of market trends. To become an exhibitor or sponsor, or for more information, visit www.greenurbanscapeasia.com.

The Summit aims to raise the productivity of the landscape workforce and the value that the international landscape industry contributes to the global economy. Incorporating technical tours, the Summit will be a platform for landscape practitioners from across Asia Pacific and beyond to share experiences and perspectives in design and implementation as well as discuss productivity initiatives.

Programme
Day 1 Thursday, 7 November 2013
Opening Ceremony Opening Address by Damian Tang, Chairman, International Skyrise Greenery Conference Committee & President, Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects Speech by Guest-of-Honour Presentation of Skyrise Greenery Awards Morning Keynote Presentation 1 by Kathryn Gustafson (USA) Plenary Session 1 Singapore What it Means to be Green Dr Cheong Koon Hean, Chief Executive Officer, Housing & Development Board, Singapore Poon Hong Yuen, Chief Executive Officer, National Parks Board, Singapore Ng Lang, Chief Executive Officer, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Singapore Keynote Presentation 2 by Dr Liu Thai-Ker (Singapore) Parallel Session 1 Afternoon Green is the New Black Kelvin Kan (Singapore) Tai Lee Siang (Singapore) Whats Next in Research & Development Wolfgang Ansel (Germany) John Rayner (Australia) Michael Behm (USA) Growing Value The Developers Perspective Speakers to be confirmed

Evening

Networking Dinner

Day 2 Friday, 8 November 2013

Parallel Session 2 From Grey to Green The Ecological Approach Nathalie Baumann (Switzerland) Veera Sekaran (Singapore) Dusty Gedge (UK) Matthew Dillon (Australia) The 3Ps Planning, Policies and People Dorthe Rm (Denmark) Kathy Ng (Hong Kong) Michael Berkshire (USA) Andres Ibaez (Colombia) What Lies Beneath Installations & Techniques Alan Tan (Singapore) David Tan (Singapore)

Morning

Keynote Presentation 3 by Stefano Boeri (Italy) Keynote Presentation 4 by Wong Mun Summ (Singapore) Plenary Session 2 Greening Cities The Big Picture Professor Wang Xiangrong (China) Professor Manfred Kohler (Germany) Henry Steed (Singapore) Plenary Session 3 International Projects Highlights Atelier Dreiseitl (Germany) Gary Grant (UK) Charu Kokate (Singapore)
Programme is correct at time of print (June 2013). Please check website for updates.

Afternoon

Keynote Speakers
Stefano Boeri (Italy) Kathryn Gustafson (USA)
Director, Gustafson Porter UK
Ms Gustafson was born in Washington, USA, and educated at the University of Washington in Seattle, the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and the Ecole National Suprieure du Paysage in Versailles where she received her diploma in 1979. Ms Gustafson brings over 30 years of distinguished practice to Gustafson Porter. Her award-winning work includes widely known series projects in France, and recently acclaimed projects throughout Europe, North America, and the Middle East. Ms Gustafsons design work has been predominantly civic, institutional, and corporate. Projects have ranged in scale from a tenth of an acre to 150 acres, including parks, gardens, and community spaces. Two partner offices, Gustafson Porter in London and Gustafson Guthrie Nichol in Seattle, continue to evolve the design approach of Ms Gustafsons work into new contexts of time, culture, and nature. Ms Gustafson is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architecture and a medalist of the French Academy of Architecture. She is the recipient of the ASLA Design Medal, the Chrysler Design Award, Londons Jane Drew Prize and the Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize for Architecture 2012.

Executive Councilor, Culture, Design and Fashion, Milan Municipality, Italy

Mr Boeri (1956) is an architect based in Milan, Italy. With his studio based in Milan, Boeri Studio (Stefano Boeri, Gianandrea Barreca, Giovanni La Varra, 1998-2008) and Stefano Boeri Architetti (since 2008 and from 2011 with Michele Brunello), he is committed to the research and practice of contemporary architecture and urbanism nationally and internationally. He has predominantly focused on the design of buildings and open spaces for European urban areas requiring regeneration or redevelopment. He has thus undertaken and carried through a series of projects regarding the transformation and re-use of several waterfronts (Genoa, Naples, Trieste, Salonicco, Mytilene, La Maddalena, Marina di Carrara, Doha, etc.) and city interventions (Milan, Rome, Venice, Bolzen, Sao Paulo, Moscow, Beijing, Qingdao, Marseille, Astana, etc.). His projects have been published in various magazines and exhibited both in Italy and abroad.

Dr Liu Thai-Ker (Singapore)

Director, RSP Architects Planners & Engineers (Pte) Ltd. Singapore Founding Chairman, Centre for Liveable Cities, Singapore
Dr Liu is an architect-planner. Since 1992, he has been Director of RSP Architects Planners & Engineers Pte Ltd., a consultant firm of over 1,000 people, with 11 overseas offices and projects in 17 countries. He was conferred Doctor of Science honoris causa by the University of New South Wales in 1995, and has from then held academic positions at National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University. Dr Liu is also a member of several governmental bodies in Singapore, and planning advisor to over 20 cities in China. Furthermore, he has served as Chief Executive Officer of Singapores Housing & Development Board and Urban Redevelopment Authority in the decades of his career. Among his awards are the Public Administration Medal (Gold) 1976, the Meritorious Service Medal 1985, Singapore Institute of Architects Gold Medal and the Medal of the City of Paris, France in 2001. In 1993, he was bestowed the 2nd Asean Achievement Award for Outstanding Contributions to Architecture.

Wong Mun Summ (Singapore)

Joint Founding Director, WOHA
Mr Wong is the joint founding director of WOHA, an internationally-acclaimed architectural practice based in Singapore. WOHAs projects are located throughout Asia, and range from private houses to luxury resorts, apartment towers, mass-transit stations, and large-scale public buildings. Mr Wong formed WOHA as a partnership with Richard Hassell in 1994. Since then, the partnership has won a large number of local awards, and an unprecedented amount of international awards. WOHA won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2007, they were the only practice to win two categories at the World Architecture Festival in 2009, and they collected two awards each at the 2011 and 2010 RIBA International Awards, as well as the prestigious 2011 Lubetkin Prize from the RIBA. A travelling exhibition devoted exclusively to their works opened at the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, Germany, in December 2011, and two substantial monographs WOHA: The Architecture of WOHA and WOHA: Selected Projects Vol. 1 have already been published.

Speakers
Wolfgang Ansel (Germany)
Director, International Green Roof Association

Nathalie Baumann (Switzerland)

Research Associate, Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)

Michael Behm (USA)

Associate Professor, Occupational Safety, East Carolina University, USA

Michael Berkshire (USA)

Member, Board of Directors, Illinois Chapter, United States Green Building Council (USGBC)

Speakers
Dr Cheong Koon Hean (Singapore)
Chief Executive Officer, Housing & Development Board Deputy Secretary (Special Duties), Ministry of National Development

Ng Lang (Singapore)

Chief Executive Officer, Urban Development Authority

Matthew Dillon (Australia)

President, Green Roofs Australasia (GRA) Board Member, World Green Infrastructure Network (WGIN) Technical Advisory Panel, City of Sydney

Senior Lecturer, Urban Horticulture, University of Melbourne, Australia

John Rayner (Australia)

Gary Grant (United Kingdom)

Chartered Environmentalist Fellow, Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management Member, Academy of Urbanism Member, All Party Parliamentary Committee on Biodiversity Thesis Supervisor, Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, University College London

Biologist Head of Project, Public Administration, Copenhagen Board Member, Commission Urban Green, World Green Ambassador, World Green Infrastructure Network

Dorthe Rm (Denmark)

R.Andrs Ibez G. (Columbia)

Veera Sekaran (Singapore)

Founder, Biotectonica Founding Member & Chairman, RECIVE (Columbian Network of Vegetated Infrastructure) Founding Member, Latin American Association of Vegetated Infrastructure Founding Member, China Green Building Council (Hong Kong Chapter) Secretary, International Council for Research & Innovation, The University of Hong Kong

Managing Director/Principal Consultant, Greenology Pte Ltd

Henry Steed (Singapore)

Kelvin Kan (Singapore)

Chartered Architect, UK (RIBA) & Singapore (MSIA)

Chartered Landscape Architect (UK) Member, Landscape Institute (UK) 1972 Diploma in Landscape Architecture, Gloucester (UK) 1970 Member, Singapore Institute of Landscape Architects

Tai Lee Siang (Singapore) Charu Kokate (Singapore)

Associate Principal, Safdie Architects President, Singapore Green Building Council

Alan Tan (Singapore) Professor Dr.-Ing. Manfred Koehler (Germany)

Director, Uniseal Creative Solutions Pte Ltd

Founder, Green Roof Research Center, University of Applied Sciences, Neubrandenburg Co-founder & President, World Green Infrastructure Network Member, Federal Landscape Architecture Organisation (BDLA) Member, National Working Group, Green Roof Guidelines, Germany (FLL) Vice Dean, Department Landscape Architecture, Surveying, Geoinformatics & Civil Engineering, University of Applied Sciences

Founder & Managing Director, Netatech Pte Ltd

David Tan (Singapore)

Dr. Karen Liu (Germany)

Director, Research & Development, Bonar Xero Flor Germany

Poon Hong Yuen (Singapore)

Chief Executive Officer, National Parks Board

Kathy Ng (Hong Kong)

Principal Assistant Secretary, Development Bureau, Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Professor Wang Xianrong (China)

President, Shanghai Ecological Society Deputy Chairman, Urban Ecological Commission of Ecological Society of China Director & Professor, Centre for Urban Eco-Planning & Design, Department of Environmental Science & Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
More speakers will be announced. Please check website for updates.

Technical Tours - 9 November 2013

Route A
Skyrise Greenery: Social Spaces in the Sky Skyrise Greenery can create social interaction spaces. On this route, one can learn more about how these spaces are designed for the occupants and users of the building.
Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

Route B
Skyrise Greenery: Beyond Commercial Value Skyrise Greenery can bring about economic benefits, amongst many other tangible benefits. Find out why buildings owners are investing in Skyrise Greenery.
Parkroyal on Pickering

The rooftop gardens create a therapeutic space for patients to help them recover faster as well as a conducive space for discussion and respite for the visitors and staff.
ITE College Central

The hotel-in-a-garden design reflects and enhances Singapores garden-city reputation, providing an oasis for their guests in downtown Singapore.
6 Battery Road

Being the largest collection of green walls at a single development in the world, the seven green walls bring greenery closer to the staff and students.
Nanyang Polytechnic

The vertical garden by Dr Patrick Blanc creates a new facelift of greenery within an indoor space which users of the main lobby can enjoy.
158 Cecil Street

The previously unused rooftop space is converted into a pleasant environment for students and staff to share ideas and learn.

A cathedral of green is formed by seamlessly integrating architecture, interior space and greenery, turning an unsightly space into a lush green column for the building occupants.
ITE College Central

Punggol New Town

A rooftop garden with recreational amenities allows residents to enjoy and interact with their neighbours in a stunning greenery setting.

Being the largest collection of green walls at a single development in the world, the seven green walls bring greenery closer to the staff and students.

Route C
The Formula Behind Our City in a Garden Participants can find out how our parks and gardens contribute towards Singapores vision of a City in a Garden.
Bishan Ang Mo Kio Park

An urban park that has been rejuvenated to include a large concrete canal that has been naturalized into a meandering river teeming with wildlife for visitors to interact with.
Singapore Botanic Gardens

HortPark

A one-stop gardening hub that brings together gardening-related, recreational, educational, research and retail activities under one big canopy in a park setting.
North Eastern Riverine Loop

At over 150 years old, the garden is a world-class botanical institution for research, conservation and education.

Part of the Park Connector Network, this is an island-wide network of linear open spaces around residential areas that links up parks and nature sites, bringing people closer to green spaces and enhancing recreational opportunities.

Programme is correct at time of print (June 2013). Please check website for updates. All images courtesy of National Parks Board Singapore, except Bishan - Ang Mo Kio (Mr Brice Lee), Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Parkroyal on Pickering, and ITE College Central

Call For Abstracts

The Scientific Committee invites participants to submit their abstracts for poster presentation at ISGC 2013.

Selection Criteria
Relevance Technical Merit

Themes & Topics

Submitted papers should relate to both the themes, Skyrise Greenery (i.e. green roofs and vertical Collaborative Cities, on topics such as: Design greenery) and Density & Greenery: Evolving into

Case studies

Completeness of the required information submitted

Poster Presentation
Authors of accepted abstracts are to submit their work as a poster presentation that promotes direct exchange of ideas between presenter and dedicated area at the Conference venue. accepted abstracts upon notification.

Research, Technology and Development Ecology and Biodiversity Climate Change Policies and Sustainability

conference participants. Posters will be set up in a Poster specifications will be released to authors of If the Presenting Author is unable to present the from the Presenting Author informing about the Conference organiser by 1 October 2013.

Abstract Submission
Abstracts of original, unpublished works are encouraged. Participants are required to declare part or other formats at other conferences. Language of abstracts must be in English. Abstracts must address the background, and conclusion(s) of the study. 300 words. aim, location (if possible), methodology, results Length of abstract should not be more than Authors are to address both themes and select one of the topics. Abstracts must be submitted electronically through the web-based submission portal. Do not e-mail or mail hardcopies of the abstract.

abstract, a Co-Author can take his/her place. A letter change is requested and must be received by the

whether the submitted work has been presented in

All Presenters will be required to register for the by 11 October 2013.

Conference and pay the full two-day registration fee

If there is more than one author for the accepted abstract, at least one of the authors must be registered to present at the poster presentation.

Best Poster Award

Best posters from each of the topics will be identified Poster presentations will be assessed based on the following criteria: Content Layout Completeness of the required information submitted. by the committee and awarded the Best Poster Award.

Selection Procedure
To ensure a high-quality Conference, all submissions will be assessed by the Scientific Committee for technical merit and suitability of content. The committee reserve the right to reject for presentation any abstract that does not meet content or presentation expectations. All decisions of the committee will be final. Final placement in a poster presentation is subject to the Chairpersons discretion. Submitted abstracts cannot be withdrawn.

IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission deadline 23 August 2013 Notification of acceptance 23 September 2013 Notification of presentation schedule 15 October 2013

About the Host City

Singapore is well regarded internationally for our clean and green living environment, with a dense network of green corridors, nature reserves, parks, park connectors, vertical and high-rise greenery. This is the result of five decades of conscientious planning and commitment at greening the city-state. Given Singapores limited land space, new and innovative programmes are being implemented to further extend greenery in our urban landscape. These initiatives aimed to create a Singapore that will remain lush and pervasive in greenery even as demands of development grow. Singapore has truly proven her ability to balance economic growth with environmental sustainability, as the city remains committed to the vision of making Singapore a City in a Garden. For more information about Singapore, please visit www.yoursingapore.com.

Registration Fees
Fee (SGD) Conference & Networking Dinner 7 & 8 November 2013 CATEGORY Individual Group (minimum 5 pax) Supporting Organisation Student Conference Only 7 & 8 November 2013 Student Day Rate Technical Tour 9 November 2013 Rate *All prices are quoted in Singapore dollars. An additional 7% Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be levied. Organised By 150 295 500
(Till 31 August 2013)

Early Bird 700

(From 1 September 2013)

Regular 850

650 per pax 650 350

800 per pax

To register, please visit www.internationalskyrisegreeneryconference.com To find out more, please contact Singex Exhibitions Pte Ltd: Gwendolyn Goh (Ms) Tel : (65) 6403 2176 Email : gwendolyn.goh@singex.com.sg Jane Siow (Ms) Tel : (65) 6403 2534 Email : jane.siow@singex.com.sg
Information correct at time of print (June 2013). Printed on Enviro Wove paper.

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