2017 International Tall Buildings Conference

Date:	9:30 – 18:30 Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Location:	Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation, Viale Pasubio 5, Milan

Organizers:	CTBUH Italy, IUAV University of Venice, and Politecnico di Milano

Details:.	The 7th Annual International Tall Buildings Conference is an all-day event that tackles topics related to the design and construction of new and existing tall buildings. The conference will be featuring remarks by a field of tall building experts, including CTBUH Trustees Dennis Poon and Steve Watts. The full itinerary can be found below.

RSVP:	Registration is free of charge. Please contact Professor Aldo Norsa at norsa@iuav.it to register.

10:00 – 10:40	Opening Remarks
		10:00	Tomás Maldonado, Fondazione Feltrinelli
		10:10	Alberto Ferlenga, IUAV Università Iuav di Venezia
		10:20	Emilio Faroldi, Politecnico di Milano
		10:30	Introduction (and Chair) Aldo Norsa, IUAV Università Iuav di Venezia
10:40 – 13:10	I Session – Tall Buildings and their Habitat The Italian Drive: Bologna, Milan, Turin
		10:40	Luca Drago, Open Project The First Experience in Bologna: UnipolSai Tower
		11:00	Agostino Ghirardelli, SBGA, Mauro Eugenio Giuliani, Redesco Libeskind Tower in Milan
		11:30	Maurice Kanah, BG&K Tower Galfa in Milan and its Regeneration
		11:50	Vincenzo Turini, Intesa Sanpaolo Two Skyscrapers in Turin: Challenging the Alps
	*Challenges in the World*
		12:10	Larry Malcic, HOK Designing the Tallest Residential Building in Europe
		12:30	Nikolaus Goetze, Gmp Architekten Winning Experiences in China
		12:50	Dario Sala, Honeywell Building Technologies: The Most Advanced Solutions in the World
13:10 – 14:10	Buffet Lunch
14:10 – 16:30	II Session – Knowledge and Technologies
		14:10	Dario Trabucco, CTBUH / IUAV Tall Buildings Get Old too!
		14:30	Francesco Giaccio, Johnson Controls – Tyco Technofical Frontiers
		14:50	Giuseppe Amaro, Gae Engineering Innovation in Fire Safety Requirements
		15:10	Giuseppe Dibari, Deerns Italia Integration in Environmental Systems
		15:30	Paolo Rigone, Politecnico di Milano Designing and Building Architectural Envelopes
		15:50	Nigel Ryan, eFM Life Cycle Planning and Design
		16:10	Alessandro Adamo, Lombardini 22 / DEGW Interior Space Planning in Skyscrapers
16:30 – 18:00	III Session – Testimony of Two Profession Leaders
		16:30	Dennis Poon, Thornton Tomasetti Architecture Meets Engineering
		17:00	Kenneth Lewis, SOM 80 Years of Skyscrapers in the History of SOM
		17:30	Ron Klemencic, MKA Anti-Seismic Planning
18:00 – 18:30	Conclusions
		18:00	Steve Watts, Alinea Consulting / CTBUH