Building Africa’s Cities Summit

The rapid growth of African cities amid climate change demands new and creative building solutions. Scholars and practitioners across the continent are advancing ideas that embrace traditional environmental knowledge, sustainable design and materials.  However, their impact is sometimes limited by fragmented information, disciplinary silos, and inadequate academic research exploring the technicalities of their work.

Hosted by the King Center on Global Development, the Building Africa’s Cities Summit (BACS) is bringing together a select handful of multidisciplinary professionals who currently push the bounds of research and practice within the built environment in Africa. We will share knowledge from hands-on work, and forge new professional and research partnerships to advance each participant’s work. This interdisciplinary summit will connect thought leaders, providing a platform to generate impactful policy in the context of environmental and climate justice.

The summit will include panels and lectures open to the general public as well as small-group workshops for scholars and practitioners.

Organizers

• Khalid K. Osman, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
• Dena Montague, Lecturer of Environmental Justice in the Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University
• Simi Aluko, PhD candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
• Leona Neftaliem, PhD Candidate in Environment and Resources, Stanford University
• Juliet Nwagwu Ume-Ezeoke, PhD candidate in Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

This event is supported by the Center for African Studies (CAS), Department of African and African American Studies (DAAAS), Doerr School of Sustainability, Environmental Justice Working Group (EJWG), Stanford Professionals in Real Estate (SPIRE), and the Woods Institute for the Environment.