Future Events
The Impact of Remote Working
Digital Platforms on Cities
A webinar exploring how remote working digital platforms are transforming cities and urban transportation
12 June 2025 | 12:30pm – 1:30pm NZDT. online webinar
Free registration via Eventbrite at: https://tinyurl.com/mpahwbkj
Cities and Digital Platforms
The disruptive impact of Airbnb on urban life Opportunity or threat?
A webinar exploring how short-term rental platforms are disrupting urban systems and reshaping urban resilience
9 May 2025 | 1:00pm – 2:00pm NZDT. online webinar
Free registration via Eventbrite at: https://tinyurl.com/yy3xc3uf
From Community to AI: Rethinking Urban Design for a Smarter, Denser, Calgary
A seminar exploring how a more intelligent and adaptable urban design process can enable cities to become more responsive, inclusive and sustainable
12 March 2025 | 12:30pm – 1:30pm NZDT. University of Auckland City Campus | Conference Centre, room 423-340 | 22, Symonds Street, Auckland CBD. In-person and online webinar
Free registration via Eventbrite at: https://tinyurl.com/mv3v4ndf
Past Events
Using Morphology as a Tool of Spatial Justice
A seminar exploring how space and place are actively created by us and shape our interactions
22 November 2024 | 12:00pm – 1:30pm NZDT. University of Auckland City Campus | ALR1 Lecture Theatre, room 421W-201 | 26, Symonds Street, Auckland CBD. In-person and online webinar
City Innovation & Magic Decoder Rings Introducing “The Sustainable Urban Design Handbook”
A webinar exploring comprehensive approaches to Sustainable Urban Design
23 October 2024 | 2:30pm – 4:00pm NZDT
Digital Transformation
for a Sustainable Smart
Built Environment
A seminar exploring how Digital Twins, ICT and IoT can enhance the quality of life at different urban scales while ensuring resilience and sustainability
24 October 2024 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm NZDT
Digital Transformation
for a Sustainable Smart
Built Environment
A seminar exploring how Digital Twins, ICT and IoT can enhance the quality of life at different urban scales while ensuring resilience and sustainability
24 October 2024 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm NZDT
Mapping the Invisible
Decoding perceived urban smells through geosocial media in New York City
A seminar exploring uses of geosocial media data to identify and classify urban smells in New York City and contributing to multi-sensory urban research.
25 July 2024 | 10:00am – 11:00am NZT. Old Government House, Vice Chancellor’s Suite, Ground Floor | 24, Princes Street, Auckland CBD
Twenty years of using crowd-sourced geodata to analyse urban phenomena. Where do we go next?
A webinar exploring how digital platforms can be used to study our cities and the people living in them
23 July 2024 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm NZDT
Sails, Octopuses and Telescopic Cranes. Building the Sydney Opera House
A webinar at the intersection between construction processes and heritage conservation, through the exploration of the iconic Sydney Opera House
10 May 2024 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm NZDT
Alien Architecture. The Architecture of AI
A webinar on how Artificial Intelligence could generate buildings completely autonomously and revolutionise the architecture industry
30 April 2024 | 12:00pm – 1:00pm NZDT
Why walking and cycling are vital for local centres
A webinar to show the positive financial benefits of making streets more walking and cycling-friendly
28 March 2023 | 11am – 12pm NZDT
Climate Action & Energy Retrofit of Traditional and Heritage Buildings
A webinar on the impacts of climate change on our traditional and historic buildings and how to address them
6 March 2023 | 12pm – 1pm NZDT
NZGBC Future Thinkers Panel Discussion: Retrofitting Existing Building Stock
This is a great chance to hear from some key property owners and stakeholders about the current status of our buildings and what’s being done to improve their performance
27 October 2022 | 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm NZST
How has Covid-19 Changed our Buildings? Post-Covid Architecture
A webinar on the impact of Covid-19 on the design of schools, nursing homes and houses
2 November 2022 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm NZST
Form Follows Energy + Light
A webinar on the transition from zero energy to carbon-neutral buildings
5 October 2022 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm NZST
NAWIC Akl/ CONNECTING WITH CONSTRUCTION: Building a sustainable environment
Talks by leaders in the construction industry who are passionate about the future of New Zealand, followed with a panel discussion.
13 April 2022 | 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm NZST
Is Smart Transportation The Future of Sustainable Cities?
A webinar on the effectiveness of smart transportation as sustainable transportation systems
3 November 2021 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm NZST
Towards Smart Sustainable Cities in the Pacific Rim
A webinar focused on opportunities and limitations of smart emerging technologies to achieve smart sustainable cities in the Pacific Rim. Presentations by Mohsen Mohammadzadeh & Manfredo Manfredini
3 September 2021 | 1:00 pm -2:30 pm NZST | Online Event
Disruptive Technologies. The Integration of advanced technology in architecture teaching and radical projects for the future city
Presentation by Paola Boarin
4 July 2021 | 9:30-11:30 pm NZST | Online Event
Operational and embodied carbon of buildings – Research & Teaching in New Zealand
Presentation by Ferdinand Oswald
8 June 2021 | 8:00-9:30 pm NZST | Online Forum
Passive and Active Strategies for Energy Efficiency
A webinar focussed on different approaches to energy efficiency and their design outcomes.
Presentations from Ferdinand Oswald and Alessandro Premier.
13 May 2021, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm NZST
The Italian rating System GBC Historic Building: towards the internationalisation process and presentation of case studies
Presentation by Paola Boarin
5 May 2021 | 7:45 pm – 9:00 pm NZST | Online webinar
Climate Solutions 2030: New Zealand Perspective
A webinar focussed on big, doable things that need doing in New Zealand if we really aim to stop climate change.
Presentations by Stephen Knight-Lenihan, Niki Harre, Elrond Burrel and Robbie Anderson.
16 April 2021, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm NZST
4th APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Conference
Virtual Conference and PhD Symposium
14-18 December 2020, University of Auckland
Heritage conservation and community resilience: a pathway toward regenerative sustainability in the time of climate change
Presentation by Paola Boarin
3 December 2020 | Online
Sustainable Infrastructure Opportunities – Post COVID19 – Free Webinar
Presentation by Errol Haarhoff
10 June 2020, 11:45AM, Online
Stay Cool – Reducing Energy Cooling Loads with Architectonic Design Strategies
Presentation by Ferdinand Oswald
31 October 2020
Online event, organised by Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany
From Sustainable to Regenerative – A Paradigm Shift for the Built Environment
Presentation by Paola Boarin
19-21 November 2020 | Auckland
Green Homes: a crash course on sustainable design
10 March 2020, University of Auckland
Free educational event for students and young professionals, in collaboration with NZ Green Building Council and the Sustainable Future Collective.