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Re-designing cities of the future: World Cities Summit 2024
2-4 June | As official strategic partners of the World Cities Summit 2024, FCL Global and other SEC researchers will present their latest work at the summit.
Global Seminar | Surrogate modelling of building energy use
22 Apr | Dr Ralph Evins will speak on various methods of Surrogate Modelling - the creation of simplified approximations of more complex, higher-order models.
Research Overture | Resource-Efficient Urban Intensification
8 Mar | Introducing the Resource-Efficient Urban Intensification module, which focuses on socio-spatial interactions between individuals and population groups as a key aspect of urban vitality.
Global Seminar | Utilising Machine Learning techniques in support of resilient urban planning
1 Feb | Dr Yue Zhu will look at novel algorithms and techniques for analysing publicly-available data sources to build the resilience and sustainability of urban environments.
Global Seminar | A comprehensive methodological framework to understand & manage the WEF nexus
29 Jan | Prof. Dr Paolo Burlando will detail a framework to integrate and analyse water, energy and food (WEF) resources of river systems in complex contexts.
Future cities, future ideas – A summary of the FCL Global Conference 2023
Missed the conference? Access resources and recordings of keynote speakers and their insights in this summary.
FCL Global Exhibition at Hönggerberg
Campus
Until May 2024 | Currently being displayed, the 'Future Cities: Through Science. By Design. In Place. Over Time' exhibition highlights sustainable engagement and interdepencies.
Global Seminar | Resilient, Regenerative, Responsive - Sponge cities in times of climate change
In this seminar, Herbert Dreiseitl will first give a hands-on introduction with real water experiments, a basic thought exercise to understand the elastic and regenerative nature of water, which he calls 'Fluid Thinking'.
FCL Global panel on 'Regenerative Cities' at the MND Urban Solutions & Sustainability R&D Congress 2023
Co-curated with the Centre for Liveable Cities, FCL Global will present a panel on 'Regenerative Cities - A Nature Positive Future' at the Congress on 5 October.
'Biofrontiers: The potential of fungal-based materials in architecture' symposium
9 Oct | This FCL Global-organised symposium brings together researchers from around the world to discuss how to develop, utilise, and assess mycelium-bound composite materials in building construction.