The International Association of Horticultural Producers , AIPH , is the macrocosm ’s champion for the power of plants . Through their Green City plan , AIPH uses cognition exchange , advocacy , and networking to increase the quality and amount of living light-green in urban blank ; actuate the multifunctional benefits that this delivers to mass and the planet .

The AIPH 2021 International Green City league on 22 April is a chance to urge on people , organisation , city council and administration disposal to join this dispute movement and chair global thinking on the successful integration of nature into the build environment .   As part of AIPH ’s Green City program , the conference is offered loose of charge to registered delegates .

The surround , wellbeing , societal coherence , and economies are all better by intelligently plan green outer space . AIPH ’s Green City rule further the indispensable role of industrial plant in creating vibrant urban area in which people and businesses can expand .

At the AIPH 2021 International Green City Conference , you will hear about invention and advances in urban center greening from ‘ Champions of Green Cities ’ ; a production line - up of skilful international speakers who :

·    Share effective recitation and experiences of how they have increased go green in cities .

·    represent innovative thinking in how living dark-green conformation metropolis form and mathematical function

·    Describe case subject area of transversal - disciplinary benefits from urban center rejuvenation

Event speakers“Transforming the urban landscape of primal Melbourne – from gray to green ” is the subject of our keynote speaker system , Prof Rob Adams AM , City Architect , City of Melbourne . Prof Adams will describe the many action take up by Melbourne over the last three decades to translate its downtown , starting from a realisation in 1985 that the City was going backwards financially , socially and environmentally . Like many cities around the world the center was emptying out in favour of the suburbs , and the car was increasingly prevalent . With a find in 1992 , Melbourne has risen from the back of the pack to become , on seven occasion , the World ’s most liveable metropolis as determine by the Economist mag . Many cities have followed what Melbourne pioneered , and it remains a potently influential example for the battle against mood alteration .

Ms Maria Vassilakou , Vienna Solutions draws from her experience as Vice Mayor of Vienna and independent advisor on urban transmutation to identify what makes a city livable .

Mr Peter Massini , Director of Future Nature Consulting Ltd , UK , gift an overview of greening metrics that are used in insurance policy development , discourse some of the challenges and drawbacks and how effective they are in practice .

Ms Jennifer McKelvie , Councillor for City of Toronto , Canada , generate insight from her experience in cheer the next propagation of mood loss leader through the C40 Women for Climate mentorship program .

Prof. Tim Beatley , founder of Biophilic Cities , USA , explains the power of community in making cities more nature focussed , and the influence of biophilia in inspiring change .

Ms Ingrid Coetzee , Director of Biodiversity , Nature & Health for ICLEI Africa describes the organisation ’s projects on mainstreaming nature , its benefit , and nature - base solutions into urban planning and conclusion - making in cities and city regions thereby helping them become hefty , and more resilient and liveable home .

Dr Audrey Timm , Technical Advisor to AIPH introduce the AIPH 2021 Green City Guidelines – an indispensable digital resource to substantiate decision making .

Ms Anne Jaluzot , UK , delivers a case bailiwick of Barcelona , the metropolis which changed traffic patterns , replacing roadway with living honey oil , thereby increase social interactions , and reducing befoulment .

AIPH Green City Chair , Mr Bill Hardy , Canada , will bring the nidus onto the AIPH Green City enterprise and how the content of this group discussion programme integrates with the AIPH imagination as the human race ’s champion for the power of works .

AIPH present the Champions of Green CitiesLaunching at the AIPH Green City conference will be the AIPH World Green City Awards 2022 to celebrate city that show leading and conception in contribute more living green into their city .

The ongoing encroachment of safety measure against coronavirus means that rather than a physical external group discussion , the case will operate using the multi - faceted Hopin political program to host this on-line international conference , where delegates from around the world can fill in real - metre .