The Polish Green Roofs Association invites you to participate in an international conference
Greening Modern Cities
21 MARCH 2025 WARSAW & ON-LINE
Green roofs and living walls in the context of urban adaptation to climate change
CONFERENCE DETAILS
We would like to invite you to the international conference “Greening Modern Cities”.
The Polish Green Roofs Association (PSDZ) is an expert scientific and technical organisation supporting the implementation of new technical solutions in engineering and economic practice. We specialise in the topics of green and green-blue infrastructure and climate change adaptation.
We operate throughout Poland.
We are federated and actively cooperate within the World Green Infrastructure Network (WGIN), the European Federation of Building Greening Associations (EFB) and the Federation of Scientific and Technical Associations ‘NOT’
The conference will be held in English.
The aim of the conference is to present:
- Good examples - the best examples of green and green-blue infrastructure on different continents
- The latest research findings
- Programmes supporting the promotion and implementation of green infrastructure
- The latest technologies in green and green-blue infrastructure
The conference is aimed at municipality workers, academics, architects and landscape architects, developers and contractors, experts in the green roof and green-blue infrastructure industry, journalists, students and everyone passionate about the subject.
Our Speakers
Ewa Burszta-Adamiak
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences
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Founding member and first president of the Polish Green Roof Association, her scientific activity is related to the subject of sustainable rainwater and snowmelt management in urban areas, with particular emphasis on the hydrological benefits of green roofs in research; cooperating with the municipalities by condacting tasks aimed at improving the management of urban water resources and promoting solutions for dispersed retention and infiltration in urban areas
Linda Velazquez
ASLA, LEED AP, GRP
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is the founder and publisher of Greenroofs.com (1999). She reports and presents extensively about greenroofs and green living architecture, including the yearly “Top 10 List of Hot Trends in Greenroof & Greenwall Design” (2007). She holds a Bachelor’s of Landscape Architecture from the University of Georgia (2000), has been published in numerous books and journals, and is principal of Sky Gardens Studio (2004).
Jan Łukaszkiewicz
Warsaw University of Life Sciences
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Landscape architect, the member of the Polish Dendrological Society (PTD), Association of Polish Architects (SARP) and Polish Association of Green Roofs (PSDZ). Research interests: tree growth in historical and contemporary of landscape architecture; estimating the age of trees; shaping woodlots in urbanized and open areas in the context of mitigating collisions with technical infrastructure; shaping greenery on architectural surfaces (eg. green roof, green trams corridors, green facades). The author of publications, expert opinions and projects in the field of landscape architecture.Contact: Department of Landscape Architecture, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW, Nowoursynowska 159, 02-776 Warsaw; www.kak.sggw.edu.pl
e-mail: jan_lukaszkiewicz@sggw.edu.pl
Luigi Petito
Business Solutions Europa, WGIN
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Luigi Petito is founder of Business Solution Europa, within the World Green Infrastructure Network responsible for liaising with the European Commission.
Veranika Stopczyk
Department for Urban Affairs and Climate Change Adaptation
Department of Climate Change Adaptation and Urban Policy
Ministry of Climate and Environment
Senthil Nathan
Business Solutions Europa, WGIN
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Business leader with over 30 years of experience in the horticulture and landscaping industry.
Passionate about enhancing the horticulture landscape and committed to delivering excellence
and creating value for stakeholders.
He successfully runs a successful company Gover Group of Companies that stands as a
pioneering leader in the horticulture and landscaping industry across the Middle East. The
company is committed to sustainable practices and innovation, offering cutting-edge solutions
such as reliable green wall systems and a comprehensive range of products for both
residential and commercial landscapes.
Vera Enzi
Agata Stempkowska
Tetiana Tkachenko
Jakub Bojanowski
Tomasz Gawęda
Viktor Mileikovskyi,
Adam Ujma
Manfred Köhler
President of the World Green Infrastructure Network
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Senior – Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manfred Koehler, Landscape architect, BDLA,
Univ. of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg,
Faculty: Landscape science and Geomatics, koehler@hs-nb.de
Homepages:
www.gruendach-mv.de
www.worldgreenroof.org
Education: Technical University of Berlin, Germany. Diploma Degree 1981, PhD: 1987:
about “Eco effects of vegetated facades”.
Professional activities:
– 1981 – 1990: Scientist; Institute of Ecology, Technical University, Berlin, Germany,
– 1990 – 1994: Executive Director of the Research Centre of Landscape Ecology,
Bremen, Germany,
– 1994 – March 2021: Professor of Landscape ecology at the University of Applied Sciences, Neubrandenburg,
– Since April 2021: Senior Professor Univ. of Applied Sciences,
– April to August 2021 also visiting Professor Warsaw University of Life Sciences,
– Part time lecturer Jiao Tong University, Shanghai,
– Landscape architect,
– Member of related Associations, such as FLL, BUGG, BDLA.
Co-founder of World Green Infrastructure Network (WGIN) in 2008; since 2008 President of this organization (www.worldgreenroof.org).
More than 200 related scientific publications, with main focus on green roofs, living walls or indoor greening.
Organizing commitee
Marta Weber-Siwirska – chairperson
Karolina Kaczor – secretary
Jacek Poziemski – member of the committee
Kamil Rawski – member of the committee
Katarzyna Wolańska – member of the committee
PROGRAMME
Contact/Location
Contact
Contact for the conference organiser:
biuro@psdz.pl
Location
The conference will be held at the Hotel Sound Garden
ul. Żwirki i Wigury 18, 02-092 Warsaw, Poland
Partner
Media Patronage and Cooperation
