Talks, Videos, Interviews

Invited Speaker, Contemporary Perspectives on Decolonizing Architectural Knowledge: Implications for Education, Research, and Practice. PhD Seminar, DIARC, Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, Napoli Italy, 21 April 2022.

Keynote Speaker, Questions Persist: On the Future of Urban Environments Beyond the Pandemic. 1st International Conference on Pandemics and the Changing Built Environment: Learning from History - Planning for Tomorrow. Ozyegin University, Istanbul, Turkey/Online, 28-30 April 2022.

Keynote Speaker, Transdisciplinary for Future Post-Pandemic Built Environment. International Symposium: Reimagining Public Spaces and Built Environments in the Post Pandemic World, ai4 Society, University of Alberta. Edmonton, AB, Canada/Online, 9-12 December, 2021.

Invited Speaker: Knowledge Dissemination in Architecture and Design Research. Workshop for faculty and students of schools of architecture, College of Architecture, Texas Tech University. Lubbock, Texas, USA, Online, 23 November 2021.

Keynote Speaker, Seminar on Teaching Architecture - Junior Academics, Evolutionary, Revolutionary, and Transitory Design Teaching Practices, (IAB) Institute of Architects Bangladesh, Dhaka, Online, Dec. 2020.

Keynote Speaker, AGORA CAUMME 2020 Mediterranean Between Regeneration and Expansion, Discourse on the Future Sustainable Port City, German University in Cairo / GUC, Egypt, Online, Nov. 2020.

Invited Speaker, International Conference on Appropriate Building Technology, A Message to OB Community, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa, Online, Nov. 2020.

Invited Speaker, 2nd Intl Conference on Sustainability and Resilience, Sustainable Urbanism As If people Mattered, University of Bahrain, Manama, Online, Nov. 2020.

Keynote Speaker, Reproducing Architecture and Urbanism in the Midst of a Pandemic Condition, International Conference on Architecture and Urbanism in the Age of Planetary Crisis, Ecodemia, London, October 2020.

Invited Panellist, Harvard Gulf Sustainable Urbanism Book Launch, Session 3, The Traditional Neighbourhoods and Architecture of the Region, Online, Doha-Boston, October 2020.

Invited Speaker, The webinar series of ADA - Architecture, Design, Art Magazine: Do You Know Your City - Social Disconnect and Discontent. ADA - Architecture, Design, Art Magazine, Online, July 2020.

The second session of the webinar series, Rethinking Architectural Education in South Asia - Learn, (Un)Learn, (Re)Learn. Institute of Architects, Pakistan-Karachi Chapter, Online, July 2020.

Concluding Critique: IAPS Symposium: Re-conceptualising architectural and urban design education through a people-centred, multidisciplinary integrative approach.

Quebec, Canada, Online, June 2020.

Invited Speaker: UMAR: Post-Covid 19 Adaptive Strategies in the Mediterranean, From the New Normal to the Stable State: Navigating Urban Form and Urban Life Dialectics in a Post Pandemic Virtual World.

Rome, Italy, Online, June 2020.

Invited Speaker: Covid-19 Multidisciplinary Challenges & Practices, Helwan University, Inhabiting Post-Covid-19 City and the Emergence of New Socio-Behavioral Patterns.

Cairo, Egypt, Online, June 2020.

Covid 19 Public Space Talk Series, URDC, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus. The Spatiality of the Social, Implications in Architecture and Urbanism.

URDC, EMU, Cyprus, Online, May 2020.

Guest Lecture: Faculty of Design and Architecture UPM, Integrationist Agendas for Urban Research: Between Urban Sustainability and Architectural Identity.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Nov 2019.

Keynote Speaker: The International Conference of Arequitectonics Network (Mind, Land, and Society, From Priori and Posteriori Knowledge to Trans-disciplinary Production of Architecture.

Barcelona, Spain, May 2019.

Invited Speaker: Annual Symposium, University of Strathclyde - Architecture (s) for Resilience, Traditions, Trans-disciplinarity, and Knowledge as Architectures for Resilience.

Glasgow, UK, May 2019.

Keynote Speaker: The City (Re)Shaped. Exploring the nexus between politics, memory, and urbanism, University of Leeds, , The Quest for Socio-Cultural Sustainability: Implications for Research and Education.

Leeds, UK, Sept 2018.

Keynote Speaker: 2nd International Conference for Sustainable Design of the Built Environment, University of East London, , The Quest for Socio-Cultural Sustainability: Implications for Research and Education.

London, UK, Sept 2018.

Keynote Speaker: KLAF 2018 - Kuala Lumpur Architectural Festival DATUM:EDU, The Future of Architectural Education and Design Pedagogy in a Global Society.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 2018.

Guest Speaker: Faculty of Architecture, University of Belgrade, Sustainable Urbanism and Globalisation: Architectural and Urban Transformations in Emerging Cities of the Middle East.

Belgrade, Serbia, Nov 2017.

Guest Speaker: Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Bilkent University, Shifting Perspectives and Emerging Directions in Architectural Design Pedagogy.

Ankara, Turkey, Nov 2017.

Forum Chair: Forum 20, Passive and Low Energy Architecture, PLEA 2017 - Design to Thrive: Education, Training, and Practice in Built Environment Disciplines.

Edinburgh, UK, July 2017.

Invited Speaker, Lecture at the American University of Cairo (AUC), Emerging Issues in Architecture & Urbanism, with Special Reference to MENA Cities.

Cairo, Egypt, Dec 2016.

Invited Speaker: Conference - University of Strathclyde: Decision-Making – Place Making, Questioning Participation and the Value of the Triadic Paradigm of “conceived-perceived-lived” Space.

Glasgow, UK, June 2016.

Invited Speaker: Professorial Seminar, Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde, Place Typologies and Transformations in Emerging Knowledge Economies.

Glasgow, UK, June 2016.

Keynote Speaker: Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE 2014 - UC Berkeley), Universiti Putra Malaysia. Shaping Urban Tradition and the Contemporary Lived Space in a Globalizing Context.

KL, Malaysia, Dec 2014.

Keynote Speaker: 2nd International Symposium -- Emerging Cities in the Arab World, Demystifying Doha: An Emerging City Matters and Some Other Matters.

Doha, Qatar, April 2013.

Invited Speaker: International Workshop on Place Making & Cultural Identity of Cities, Faculty of Architecture, Beirut Arab University, Multiple Architectural Modernities on the Arabian Peninsula in a World of Global Flows.

Beirut, Lebanon, April 2013.

Keynote Speaker: The Malaysia Architectural Education Conference, Beyond the Consumption of Knowledge: Questioning of and Questing for Future Forms of Pedagogy in Architectural Education.

Serdang, Malaysia, Oct 2012.

Invited Speaker: Symposium on Conditions for an Architectural Practice, part of Middle East Lecture Series, Narrating Doha’s Contemporary Architecture:

Zurich, Switzerland, April 2012.

Invited Speaker: Symposium on Urban Dynamics in the Gulf Region: Challenges, Options, Horizons, Image and Place Making in the City of Doha.

Munich, Germany, Oct 2011.

Invited Speaker: Dohaland Chair Lectures in Architecture at Qatar University: Faces – Places: Towards a Meaningful Architecture and Urbanism.

Doha, Qatar, Dec 2010.

Keynote Speaker: Skill-Based / Knowledge-Based Architectural Pedagogies: An Argument for Creating Humane Environments, ICHH-2005.

Mumbai, India, Jan 2005.

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QNRF Newsletter, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals, Issue 8, Online, January, 2012.