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London, UK | Posted: February 22, 2011
Lisa Borello
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Summary Sentence:
Invitation-only conference draws together top researchers in the built environment.
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Daniel CastroDr. Daniel Castro, Associate Professor and Interim Chair of the School of Building Construction, was invited to speak about his research at an invitation-only event hosted by the British Government Feb. 24-25 at University College London (UCL).
Dr. Castro was one of a handful of U.S.-based researchers selected to attend the symposium, organized and funded by UCL Environment Institute with the support of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Science and Innovation Network (Houston Office) and UK Government Foresight.
The two-day event, titled "Sustainable Energy Management and the Built Environment: Sharing Anglo-American Best Practice" drew together researchers from the United States and United Kingdom, in an effort to promote scholarship and build research collaborations, as well as discuss key policy issues.
Attendees included:
May Akrawi | British Consulate-General, Houston |
Judith Britnell | Oxford Brookes University (Friday only) |
Stephen Brown | UCL and ex-Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors |
Sarah Cary | British Land |
Daniel Castro | Georgia Institute of Technology |
Tim Dixon | Oxford Brookes University (Thursday only) |
Chris Goodier | Loughborough University |
Chris Hedley | Investment Property Databank (dinner only) |
Marianne Knight | UCL Environment Institute |
Sam Kotis | US Embassy London |
Rob Lowe | UCL |
Alexi Marmot | UCL |
Michael C. Neuman | Texas A&M University |
Andrew Miller | Foreign and Commonwealth Office |
Tadj Oreszczyn | UCL |
Jon Parke | Government Foresight |
Bob Paterson | University of Texas at Austin |
Helen Pearce | LDA Design (Thursday only) |
Alan Penn | UCL (dinner only) |
Gareth Roberts | Sturgis Carbon Profiling |
Yvonne Rydin | UCL |
Seth Schutlz | Clinton Foundation |
Steve Selkowitz | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Rob Shaw | LDA Design (Friday only) |
Allan Shearer | University of Texas at Austin |
Ine Steenmans | Buro Happold |
Catalina Turcu | UCL |
Adam VanDevort | US Embassy London |
Lorna Walker | Lorna Walker Consultants |
Jin Wen | Drexel University |
Tim Wood | Tim Wood Consulting Ltd. |
Andrew Wright | De Montfort University |
Stephen Allen | Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology |
Linda Seigele | UCL Laws |
