​The 1st International Architecture and Design Conference 2023 - Speakers

1st International ARCH+DESIGN

Conference Speakers

Deputy Minister for Urban Planning and Lands

Designer Professor; Architect; Co-founder of Gehl Architects

Dean, School of Architecture, University of Miami; Director, RADUM Lab

Urbanist, Architectural theorist, Executive Director of Sustasis Foundation

Conference 2023

MENA Design Director - LWK & Partners

InternationalARCH+DESIGN Conference

Speakers

Day(2)-Keynotespeech InsightsFromtheStrategyof UrbanDevelopment

TransformationinSaudiArabia

Dr.AdelAlZahrani, KSA

Deputy Minister for Urban Planning and Lands

AIZahrani is an architecture and urban design critic and practitioner with more than 15-years of global and local professionalexperience.Hisglobalexperiencestartedin2007 asafull-timeseniorarchitectandurban designer at ZNARCH AssociatesinCambridge,US. Hewasgiventheopportunity of urbandesigntrainingattheBostonRedevelopmentAuthority andcontributedtotheBostonFuture Plan. Adel was invited toanurbandesignworkshop asa trainer at the UN-HABITAT Programme collaborating with the Saudi Ministry of Municipal and Urban Affairs in the Future Saudi Cities Program. Asanacademic, Dr. Alzahrani teaching experience coversdifferent US organizations. He taught at Wentworth InstituteofTechnology,Bostonfor3 years,andwasinvited in VirginiaTech,andHarvardGSD to lead workshops on urban design process. Adel's focus is on the role of integration of architectureandurbandesigninshapingcontemporaryurban spaces.

� 9 (9

Thurs.• 9th of Feb. 2023 Hybrid Session

1015-11 00

InternationalARCH+DESIGN ConferenceSpeakers

Day(2)- EveningSession(3)

PublicRealminPrivateCultures

KouroshSalehi

MENA Design Director -LWK & Partners

Kourosh Salehi is a British architect, urbanist and educator with over 30 years of international experience. He has designed and successfully delivered a range of award- winning multidisciplinary signature projects in the UK, Asia and the Middle East and established a comprehensive portfolio of constructed and awardwinning projects in London, Beijing, Hong Kong, Doha and Dubai. As a Design Director for LWK & Partners, he has designed a diverse range of projects from concept to detail design including mixed-use of various scales, hospitality, high end luxury and low-cost residential projects. As an urban designer, he has led the design process for urban skyline, large scale master planning like "Qetaifan Island" in Doha and was the team leader for compiling the Architectural Design Guidelines for the Emirates ofSharjah.

9 0

Thurs.• 9th of Feb. 2023

Hybrid Session 2000 - 21 00

InternationalARCH+DESIGN Conference

Speakers

Day(2)-Keynotespeech

Prof. Rudyel-Khoury, USA

Dean, School of Architecture, University of Miami; Director, RAD-UM Lab; Partner, Khoury Levit Fong

Rodolpheel-Khoury istheDeanoftheSchoolof Architecture, Miami University.Trainedasbotha historian and a designer, he divides his time between scholarship, research, and practice.He istheauthor ofnumerous books onarchitecture andurbanism, including See Through Ledoux; Architecture Theatre, andthePursuitofTransparency; andFigures: Essays onContemporary Architecture.el-Khoury's leads RAD-UM, a research lab for embedded technology and robotics, enhancing responsiveness and resilience in buildings and smart cities.el-Khoury'swork, in his firm, Khoury Levit Fong (KLF) hasbeenfeaturedinnational and international media outletscuttingacrossdisciplinesfromWIRED Magazinetothe WallStreetJournal to the Space Channel to BBC World. He hassharedhisworkin teaching, visiting professorships and lectures at dozens of institutions in the U.S. and abroad.

9

Thurs.• 9th of Feb. 2023 Hybrid Session

930-1015