Welcome to the World Green Roof Congress 2008
London U.K.

Programme Day One

08.45 Registration, refreshments and exhibition
09.30 Chairman’s introduction
Jim McClelland, Editor of Sustain Magazine
09.35 Keynote address
Richard Blakeway,
adviser to the Mayor of London on environment issues
  • why London for the Congress?
  • The London plan – addressing sustainability
  • living roofs and walls
  • London climate change partnership
  • achievements and plans the future.
09.55 The North American perspective
Peter Lowitt, Green Roofs for Healthy Cities, USA
  • the drivers for implementing green roofs
  • the benefits and achievements of their approach
  • challenges faced and lessons learnt
  • what next?
10.15 The German perspective
Wolfgang Ansel, International Green Roof Association (IGRA), Germany
  • the drivers for implementing green roofs
  • the benefits and achievements of their approach
  • challenges faced and lessons learnt
  • what next?
10.35 Refreshments and exhibition
11.05 A European municipality perspective on green roofs
Edmund Maurer, Municipality of Linz, Austria
  • the history and development of the Linz Green Roof Policy
  • incentives
  • rationale
  • and barriers to good implementation of green roofs.
11.25 The British policy response
Paul Collins, Nottingham Trent University, UK
  • UK drivers for green roof implementation
  • national and local policy responses
  • policy gaps and challenges
  • what next?
11.45 Commercial drivers for green roofs
Duncan Young, Lend Lease, UK
  • commercial drivers for green roofs
  • a vision for green roof implementation
  • the importance of master planning
  • working with the EA and other partners.
12.05 Q & A session
12.30 Lunch and exhibition
14.00 Chairman’s Introduction
Andrew Hedge - Dow Hyperlast
14.05 Designing for ecological sustainability
Dr Ken Yeang, Llewelyn Davies Yeang, UK
  • the ecological basis for design
  • designing for ecological nexus
  • integrating the built environment with the natural environment
  • providing a horizontal and vertical green infrastructure as the framework for design and planning.
14.35 Benefits for biodiversity
Dr. Stephan Brenneisen, Life Sciences and Facility Management, University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
  • the Swiss Biodiversity Approach to green roofs
  • the importance of biodiversity on roofs both in the urban and rural realm
  • case studies.
14.55 Benefits for sustainable water management
Dr Manfred Kohler, University of Applied Sciences, Neubrandenburg, Germany and WGRIN, President
  • the drivers for implementing sustainable water management
  • the benefits for stormwater management
  • examples of rainwater harvesting.
15.15 Refreshments and exhibition
15.45 Energy and urban climate benefits of green roofs
David Sailor, Portland State University, USA
  • benefits for climate change adaptation
  • potential mitigation of the urban heat island
  • direct and indirect reduction in building energy consumption.
16.05 Landscape and amenity: a UK perspective
Dr Nigel Dunnett, University of Sheffield, UK
  • the drivers for integration
  • challenges of integration
  • achievements.
16.25 Partnership approach to implementing green roofs
Robert Runcie, Environment Agency, England and Wales
  • why is green roof implementation a priority?
  • promoting green roofs through planning
  • practical support and guidance on implementation
  • achievements in London to date
  • future opportunities.
16.45 Q & A session
17.00 Close of Congress session
18.30 Congress reception - 10th floor green roof terrace, Allen & Overy
21.00 Close of Day One