2026 GEO PRO

1. Andreea Nita, Professor, University of Granada, Spain.
   Title: A Network-Based Framework for Unified Transport System Indicators.
2. Pascal Ricordel, Associate Professor, Université Le Havre Normandie, France.
   Title: Crowdsourcing and Proximity Mapping in the Evaluation of Urban Transformation Plans.
3. Cem Kayatekin, Assistant Professor, IE University, Spain.
   Ujal Gorchu, PhD Student, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
   Title: The Persistence of the Line: Revisions of Linear Urbanism from Soria to Saudi Arabia.
4. Sevgiye Sonmez Ozdemir, PhD, Urban Planner, Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye.
   Title: Traces of Socio-Spatial Transformation in Istanbul from the Republican Era to the Present: A Historical and Cultural Analysis through Bakırköy Case Studies.

1. Joanna Hadjicostandi-Anang, Professor, The University of Texas Permian Basin, USA.
   Title: “Refugees’ Lives Revisited: Ten Years Later.”
2. Joshua Barrett, Assistant Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada.
   Title: From Path Dependency to Path Renewal? The Reinvention of Local Economies in Rural Resource Communities in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, through Partnerships.
3. Piotr Razniak, Assistant Professor, University of the National Education Commission, Krakow, Poland.
   Title: The Importance of Command-and-Control Functions in Cities in the World Scale.
4. Rafal Grulke, PhD Student, University of Lodz, Poland.
   Maciej Ziułkiewicz, Associate Professor, University of Lodz, Poland.
   Title: The Role of Hyporheic Corridors in Water Exchange: Implications for Surface Water Quality.

1. Jesus Lara, Professor, Michigan State University, USA.
   Title: Negotiating Belonging: Cultural Agency and the Reinterpretation of Urban Space.
2. Gregorio Froio, Adjunct Professor, University of Calabria, Italy.
   Title: Hybrid Teaching and the Project: The Realm of the Sacred in the Age of Hyper-Consumption.
3. Nicolas Rodriguez Terrazas, Teacher, Marbella Design Academy, Spain.
   Title: A Multi-Scale Framework for Circular Design across Material, Urban, and Social Systems.
4. Emil Maj Christensen, Urban Planner, Danish Cyclists’ Federation, Denmark.
   Title: Cycling-Friendly Urban Development Beyond Big Cities: Integrating Cycling in Low-Density Areas.
5. Carlos Balsas, Lecturer, BSABE – Ulster University, UK.
   Title: The (Biodiversity) Killings of the Academic Urban Growth Machine.

1. Paulette Hebert, Professor, Oklahoma State University, USA.
   Title: AI Implications for Design Education and Practice.
2. Imge Akcakaya Waite, Associate Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye.
   Title: The Politics of Urban Planning amid AI Assistance and Intrusion.
3. Pascal Ricordel, Associate Professor, Université Le Havre Normandie, France.
   Title: Urban Planning: A Critical Look at Crowdsourcing Resource for Governance.
4. Cem Kayatekin, Assistant Professor, IE University, Spain.
   Title: AI and the Rebirth of Smart City Hype.
5. Gregorio Froio, Adjunct Professor, University of Calabria, Italy.
   Title: The Importance of Drawing and Manual Modelling in the Age of AI.
6. Ayse Glass, Interim Professor, HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany.
   Title: Experiences from applied projects and teaching: AI and Digital Methods in Urban Planning and Building Science.
7. Timothy M. Young, Emeritus Professor, The University of Tennessee, USA & CEO and President, T.M. Young Institute, LLC, USA.
   Title: The Role of Humanity in an AI-Dominated World.

Interventions

1. Joanna Hadjicostandi-Anang, Professor, The University of Texas Permian Basin, USA.
2. Myriam Teresita Calvo de Morales, Urban Planning and Development Director, City of Knowledge Foundation, Panama.

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1. Jadwiga Urbanik, Associate Professor, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland.
   Jerzy Ilkosz, Director, The Wrocław Museum of Architecture, Poland.
   Title: Unwanted Heritage – The Wrocław Housing Estates of the Schlesiche Heimstätte Company from the Period 1933-1940.
2. Imge Akcakaya Waite, Associate Professor, Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye.
   Title: Many Voices, Different Pathways: Pluralist Urban Mobilities Across Theory and Practice.
3. Edyta Naworska, PhD Student, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland.
   Title: RFG’s Concepts of Building Rationalization and the Development of Modern Housing in Wrocław during the 1920s.
4. Havi Livne, PhD Candidate, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
   Efrat Blumenfeld-Lieberthal, Professor, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
   Michal Gruntman, Professor, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
   Title: Small Spaces, Big Potential: The Ecological and Planning Value of Shared Residential Yards.

1. Giulia Pellegri, Vice Rector & Associate Professor, University of Genoa, Italy.
   Title: From Data to Meaning: Interpreting Urban Complexity in the Age of Digital Representation.
2. Michela Scaglione, Assistant Professor, University of Genoa, Italy.
   Title: Beyond Representation: Regimes of Visibility and Cognitive Conditions for the Acceptance of Environmental Infrastructures in Urban Design.
3. Daniela Pittaluga, Associate Professor, University of Genoa, Italy.
   Title: Sustainable Urban Assessment of Historic City Centers: YAZD City.
4. Sara Eriche, Lecturer, University of Genoa, Italy.
   Title: Representation, Surveying and the Culture of Space: Epistemology, Visual Thinking and Art – Architecture Contaminations for a Reflexive Technical Education.

1. Ayse Glass, Interim Professor, HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany.
   Jörg Müller-Lietzkow, Professor, HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany.
   Jörg Rainer Noennig, Professor, HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany.
   Zahra Rostami, Student, HafenCity University Hamburg, Germany.
   Title: Scenario-Based Development of a Hybrid Digital Twin for Smart and Sustainable Urban Train Stations: The Case of Harburg Station.
2. Andrea Giorgi, Head, Department of Graphic Design, Marbella Design Academy, Spain.
   Title: Designing Coexistence: Speculative Design and Social Innovation within Degrowth Scenarios for 2045.
3. Felix Merkelbach, Master’s Student, Marbella Design Academy, Spain.
   Title: Examining Social Innovation in Sim-Citizens and Augmented Stewards via Artificial Intelligence Applications.
4. Line Nilsskog, Master’s Student, Marbella Design Academy, Spain.
   Title: Cultural Homogenisation in a Fully Standardised Society: Divergent Citizens in a Speculative Scenario Analysis.

1. Paulette Hebert, Professor, Oklahoma State University, USA.
   Title: Exploratory Study of Historic Temple Pilgrims in Sri Lanka.
2. Niel Teixeira, Full Professor and Researcher, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Brazil.
   Gil Strenzel, Full Professor and Researcher, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Brazil.
   Malena Miranda, Researcher, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz (UESC), Brazil.
   Title: Annual Analysis of Shoreline Variation in the Municipalities of Ilhéus, Una, and Uruçuca (Costa do Cacau), Bahia, Brazil.
3. Isabel Maria Madaleno, Researcher (Retired), University of Lisbon, Portugal.
   Title: Cultural Landscapes and Flora in Sophia de Mello Poetry.
4. Giada Terenziani, PhD Student, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
   Title: Urban Aridities. New Adaptation Strategies for Consolidated European Cities.
5. Sofia Gabriela Fernandez Balmaceda, PhD Candidate, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
   Title: Viability of a Green-Blue Infrastructure Network for Rome: A Macro-Spatial Analysis Based on Its Urban Geography.