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15 STIP Forum Lecture "Towards More Sustainable Cities" by Prof. Helen Lochhead | 12 December, IHC New Delhi

Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) Forum Lecture Series

We request your gracious presence at the Fifteenth STIP Forum Lecture on

Towards More Sustainable Cities 

by Prof. Helen Lochhead 
[Dean, Faculty of Built Environment, University of New South Wales, Sydney]

Date: 12 December 2018 (Wednesday), Time: 7:00pm
Venue: Casuarina Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi (Entry from Gate No. 3)

About the Speaker: Professor Helen Lochhead is Dean, Faculty of Built Environment, UNSW Sydney. An architect, landscape architect, urban designer and planner, she combines teaching, research, practice and advisory roles and is frequently invited as a judge for design awards and competitions in Australia and internationally. She has held senior roles in Government including Deputy Government Architect, and Executive Director roles at Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority and Sydney Olympic Park Authority. Her career has focused on the inception, planning, design and delivery of complex multidisciplinary projects and public works ranging from a 5-year city improvements program for the City of Sydney leading up to the 2000 Olympics to major urban renewal and waterfront projects in Australian and the United States. She has been instrumental in shaping more major precincts around Sydney Harbour than most, including the transformation of Sydney Olympic Park at Homebush Bay from a sports precinct into a mixed-use community and parklands with environmental credentials that set new benchmarks. More recently she led the development of 30-year plan for the transformation of Sydney Cove, the gateway to Sydney's CBD and was instrumental in setting a new strategic vision for Sydney Harbour. Professor Lochhead maintains many high level appointments in Australia on the Independent Planning Commission, the City of Sydney Planning Panel, the ACT Planning and Land Council, the Heritage Council, Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) national boards. She is the incoming 2019 National President of the AIA. She has been recognized through numerous project awards including AIA and AILA Urban Design and Sustainability Awards, as well as the AIA Marion Mahony Griffin Prize, the NAWIC Vision Award for leadership in the construction industry and the AIA NSW President's Prize for professional leadership in shaping Sydney. She is also a recipient of numerous international Fellowships including the Fulbright, Churchill and the Harvard Loeb Fellowship.

About STIP Forum: The Science Technology and Innovation Policy (STIP) Forum has been set up with the objective of promoting debate on various aspects of Science, Technology and Innovation Policy. The Forum would go beyond the disciplinary boundaries by taking into account the intersectionality of S&T and I. It aims to also bridge the gap between the science and society for dissemination of scientific achievements as well as for generalising debate of societal aspirations and promoting responsible research and innovations. The monthly lecture series of public lectures has been launched to sensitize the public discourse on science, technology and innovation policy. Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), The Energy & Resources Institute (TERI), Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (CEFIPRA), Vigyan Prasar and India Habitat Centre (IHC) are the collaborating institutions. 

RSVP: Dr. Manish Anand, Tel: 011-24682100, e-mail: manand@teri.res.in

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