Join us for the first ever Biophilic Design Conference run by the Journal of Biophilic Design at the Barbican London on 12th November 2024.
Bridging the gap between research and practice - Explore the positive impact of Biophilic Design on the mind, body, environment and economy.
Learn how we can use Biophilic Design in city and town planning, every workplace, school, hospital simply. How we retrofit Biophilic Design and aim to weave Biophilic Design into the very fabric of buildings and cities from the outset before ground is broken and cement mixed.
“Designing for health and wellbeing is currently a key priority within the construction industry, as well as increasing nature and our connection to it. It’s not surprising then that there’s been a recent surge in interest in biophilic design. Events like the Biophilic design conference will help showcase the latest thinking and projects and offer pathways for a more hopeful future. ”
Each session of the conference will embrace three main threads: People, Planet and Economy.
The purpose of our Biophilic Design Conference is to inspire a better way of designing our environments.
Biophilic Design is flourishing right now across all sectors from schools to hospital design, urban planning to house building, and everything in between.
Join us at the conference to learn and share best practice, cutting edge new research and inspire each other across disciplines and sectors.
Together we can design a better world to live in.
For people, for planet and for prosperity in every sense of the word...
WHY YOU SHOULD BE THERE
The conference will bring together decision makers working on all sides of the built environment from design to specification, supply chain and materials, to landowners and investors, interior designers, architects, workplace and business consultants, psychologists, planners, ecologists, landscape architects. It will also bring together those who benefit from Biophilic Design, including the NHS, Department of Education, UK Parliament, leading Blue Chip business, mental health advocacy bodies.
Live streamed across the globe and in person.
Network and Join the paradigm shift.
Win new business
Connect with key decision makers.
Be part of the conversation, adding your voice and business solution to the discussion.
Be seen as a leader in Biophilic Design.
Share and be part of the messaging that Biophilic Design is economically viable without compromising current reasons to build, design, retrofit or specify. That Biophilic Design costs the same or less as traditional building and design methods.
Be part of the solution
NETWORKING
Register for your ticket now to be the first to learn about the sessions as they are released, key note speakers, read interviews and connect with other attendees on our Linkedin Biophilic Design conference attendee group, which is by invitation only so you can network with people at the show in person and online as soon as you register.
For us it's all about connections. The more we talk, discuss, share best practice, challenges, ideas and inspire each other with evidence and examples, the faster our environments will improve for EVERYONE and all living species on this beautiful and fragile planet we call home.
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME SESSIONS
As well as Keynotes, the rhythm of the conference will be a mix of mini TED type talk followed by panel discussion, or “in conversation” style debates, with ample opportunity to share your opinions with each other and ask questions.
Sessions dedicated to Healthcare, Education, Workplace, Sensory Design, Future Biophilic Cities, Planning, Tall Timber Buildings and Sustainable Architecture, Interior Design, Net Zero, Economics of Biophilic Design, Wellbeing, Materials, Supply Chain.
FREE BOOK BONUS - at the conference you will also be entitled to a FREE copy of the new "Science Informed Guide to Biophilic Design” written specifically for the conference by our very own environmental/design psychologist Dr Sally Augustin.
EVENING RECEPTION - THE CONSERVATORY, BARBICAN
From 6.30pm until 10pm - Conference attendees will be joined by a gathering of leaders, MPs, Lords and stakeholders for an evening celebration, drinks, canapes, music and a guest celebrity. Continue to network, ask questions, share ideas, speak with our innovative exhibitors, eat, drink and celebrate life and better design!
*Plus there will be the world Premiere of “The Green Book: The Biophilic Suite” composed and performed by acclaimed musician Javier Rodriguez, commissioned by us and inspired by the Barbican.
EXHIBITION
In the Garden Room, we are inviting just 12 carefully curated exhibitors at the show. From plants and materials to furniture and innovative Biophilic Design solutions, you will be inspired by the passions of our exhibitors. We encourage you to network and build your materials library to lay the foundations of your next new business collaboration.
We look forward to welcoming you at the conference, online and in person. Tell your friends and colleagues, and please do book your tickets now, especially the in person ones before they sell out.
Conference Programme
Speakers include Oliver Heath, Dr Sally Augustin, Professor Derek Clements-Croome, BIID, Julian Treasure, Clare Bowman, Dr Nigel Oseland, Stephen Edge, Wildlife Trust, Andy Lake, Nick Atherton, Xander Cadish, Dr Joanne Leach, Dr Vanessa Champion, spokespeople, researchers and practioners from the NHS, Buildings with Nature, Nature in Cities, Living Futures, Architectural Technologists, RTPI, RIBA, and more.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development outlines 5Ps, and Biophilic Design should be viewed as the essential key to unlocking these goals: People, Planet, Prosperity, Peace and Partnership. Our inaugural conference will focus on the first three:
Learn about the research and evidence-based practices from :
Town and City Planning
Landscape Design
Architecture
Environmental Psychology
Ecologists
Healthcare
Education
Interior Design
If you would like to support the conference please view the book below:
