15th edition of the International Conference on Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Architecture and Urbanism (EESAP 15)

PhD Architect UNAV (1991), Master in Building UNAV (1993), lecturer at the ETSA-UNAV (1984 and 2003), lecturer at the UPV/EHU (since 1997), Professor (2020). ANECA and ANEP assessor in the area of Civil Engineering and Architecture. Founder of the architectural firm AH Asociados. Member of the board of directors of the Basque Construction Cluster ERAIKUNE (2013-) and vice-president (2013-2016). Director of the Master Degree in Sustainable Construction and Energy Efficiency (UPV/EHU). Member of the Academic Committee of the University Master Degree in Energy Efficiency and Sustainability in Industry, Transport, Building and Urban Planning (UPV/EHU). Director of the Master Degree in Advanced Construction (UPV/EHU). Head of CAVIAR Research Group, IT1135-16 (UPV/EHU). Researcher in: eco-efficient industrialised construction, inclusive eco-efficient urban planning, smart architecture and urban planning.

She graduated as an architect at the ETS of Architecture of the University of Navarra where she defended her thesis "The Architectural Dimension in the Origin of British Planning" in 2007. For several years she taught Urban Planning I and II in the Urban Planning and Development specialty at ETSAUN. She is currently Associate Professor of the Urban and Territorial Planning Area of the Department of Architecture of the UPV/EHU where she teaches subjects related to urban planning and urban management.

PhD in Economics and Business and Degree in Economics and Business Administration, specializing in Regional and Urban Economics from the University of Malaga and and Master MBA Plus Executive by the Institute of Business Practice (IPE). Professor of Urban and Regional Economics and member of the research team, Methods of socio-economic analysis. Fuzzy data (fuzzy) SEJ312, of the UMA, as well as multiple research and transfer projects, both regional and national and international. Managing Director of the CIEDES Foundation (Center for Strategic Research and Economic and Social Development of Malaga) since 2011. Member of the Scientific Committee of the Center for Training of Authorities and Leaders (CIFAL) of the UNITAR Agency of the United Nations, specializing in governance, strategic planning and urban sustainability. Advisor and collaborator of numerous city networks and expert groups, such as the Ibero-American Center for Urban Strategic Development (CIDEU), the American-European Association of Regions and Cities (AERYC) and the network of Mediterranean cities for urban strategic planning (MedCities).

Noemí studied Architecture and a master’s programme in Architecture in the University of Zaragoza and later she studied a master’s programme in urban regeneration and social innovation in the University IUAV of Venice in 2018. She works as a project manager for Fondazione Innovazione Urbana Rusconi Ghigi since 2019. During these years she has developed different participatory processes related to climate, sustainable mobility, urban space and tactical urbanism, accessibility and digital policies. These processes, based on inclusive approaches, have involved different stakeholders of Bologna as well as citizens and children. In 2023 Noemí, as part of the Assembly’s Organisation Committee and FIU, managed the organisation of Bologna’s first Climate Citizens’ Assembly, a deliberative process that involved 100 citizens randomly selected and representative of Bologna’s population. The Assembly members proposed different actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change in Bologna. Noemí is currently working on Bologna's Digital Twin project. In 2021 Noemí designed together with 3 colleagues the project “Via Appia: nature and heritage for all”, which was finalist of the first edition of the New European Bauhaus prizes - category under 30

F. Javier Neila González holds a PhD in architecture and is Professor Emeritus at the School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, where he has been a professor since 1979. He is the author of 117 books on sustainability, bioclimatic architecture, habitability and wellbeing, and 109 articles in scientific journals. So far he has supervised 39 doctoral theses, all of them successfully read. He holds 12 patents. He has been the principal investigator responsible for and founder of the ABIO group, Bioclimatic Architecture in a Sustainable Environment, with which he has developed 72 research projects funded by competitive calls, 6 of them European. He has also been the director and creator of the Master in Environment and Bioclimatic Architecture, with more than 23 promotions, in which students from all over the world have participated. During these years he has participated in more than 500 courses, seminars and conferences. As an architect he has carried out 98 projects. He has received 20 awards of different kinds.

Ellen van Bueren is full professor Urban Development Management at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of Delft University of Technology. The governance and management of urban development in support of a sustainable built environment is at the core of her work. She is involved in research and education on policy, planning and decision-making for climate adaptative, resilient, and circular built environments. Her work is of an inter- and transdisciplinary nature, crossing boundaries between theoretical knowledge and societal needs. Focusing on impact for society, she is engaged in action-oriented research and challenge-based education. She publishes in public, professional and academic media, and holds various supervisory board positions in society. In her research and educational activities, she addresses the challenges involved in preparing cities for the future, by making them more resilient, resource efficient and sustainable. New technologies and concepts, lead to a reconfiguration of urban systems and actor networks, calling for institutional change and novel governance arrangements to provide adequate responses.