LECTIO MAGISTRALIS by Peter Eisenman

T - The Imagining Technique
The potential of technological innovation and architectural design: the future and visions of it.
Moderator: Alessandro Cecchi Paone
Invited spekears: Odile Odile Decq, Michele de Lucchi, Zhu Pei, Michelangelo Pistoletto

T - Building for the Future
What kind of architecture for environmental sustainability? The future legacy of contemporary buildings: how architecture deals with the sustainable environment issue using innovative techniques and technologies.
Moderator: Mark Anthony Wigley
Invited speakers: Mario Cucinella, Manuel Gausa, François Roche, Mathias Sauerbruch

MS - Transmitting Sustainable Cities
Policies and projects for sustainable cities: comparison of cases and experiences around the world.
Moderator: Gianfranco Bologna
Invited speakers: Rohit Aggarwala, Fabrizio Barbaso, Corrado Clini, Mario Cucinella, Michael Hopkins, Jaime Lerner

MS - Landscape to Be
"Creating landscapes" in not strictly architectonic terms, searching for guiding images that can create new landscapes that are sustainable from the social and environmental standpoints. Illustrating experiences and projects for transforming the territory, verifying the effectiveness of landscape scenarios as a medium of communication and of social participation in future choices.
Moderator: Claudia Cassatella
Invited speakers: Rohit Aggarwala, James Corner, Wangari Maathai, Stefano Boeri

MS - Tools for Governance
What are the strong and weak points of projects applying scenario-simulation software to city governance and management and to get the citizenry involved? What information can be gotten from comparing different projects for urban policy, development and local democracy? Digital simulation in support of decision-making processes on the urban scale, generating future scenarios as a communication tool as well.
Invited speakers: Kees Christiaanse, Philip Enquist, Mike Walsh

MS - Innovative Materials, Systems and Methods for a Better Future
Research and continual innovation in products and processes make broad-ranging design decisions possible.

SS - Communicating Architecture Through Photography
Photography as a tool for communicating architecture, from decision to interpretation. Great photographers and their views of architecture.
Moderator: Roberto Mutti
Invited speakers: Gabriele Basilico, Maria Teresa Cerretelli, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Roberta Valtorta

SS - Young Italian Architects
Proposals from the latest generation of Italian architects for the designs of the future.
Moderator: Luca Molinari
Invited speakers: Studio Baukhu, Studio Ghigos, Francesco Librizzi, Studio MARC, Studio SUBURBIA, Studio 2a+p

SS - From ubiquitous technology to human context
Technology applied to architecture and design: does it solve problems or create needs?
Moderator: Nicolas Nova
Invited speakers: Adam Greenfield, Jeffrey Huang, Younghee Jung

SS - Skyscrapers and Sustainability
Buildings use about 40% of global energy resources. And buildings designed by architects have the great responsibility of managing the planet's resources. The session focuses on skyscrapers from the standpoints of energy consumption, climate change and social implications.

SS - Communicating Innovative in Residential Architecture: case studies in Brazil, China, India, Poland, Great Britain
The president of the jury for the international Living Steel competitions presents the entries in the Sustainable Housing competition. Some of the winners are asked to discuss their ideas for 5 sites - Brazil, China, India, Poland and Great Britain - in which pilot buildings are now under construction. The winners of the third edition of the Living Steel Charrette-style competition will also be announced.
Invited speakers: Michiel Cohen, Andrew Ogorzalek-PCKO, Tagit Klimor-KnafoKlimor Architects, Andrade Morettin Arquitetos Associados, Cartwright Pickard, Laura Rocca

Activities of UIA Commissions and Workgroups
UIA Region 1 UIA Region 2, ACE-CAE, UMAR, Workshop
UIA Hellenic Section, Round table and award ceremony
UIAWP ARES, Presentation Renewable Energy source and bioclimatic architecture
UIAWP Tourism , Presentation - L'amenagement du tourisme au front de l'eau
Conseille du CNOA, Le solaire calorifique et ses technologies
UIAWP Architecture for Science and Hi tech Facilities, Presentation
UIAWP Sustainability Region V Built Environment Unit (construction), Presentation
UIAWP Architecture for a sustainable Future, Presentation