UPPD Program Committee

Below is the list of UPPD Program Committee members for the Urban Planning and Property Development Conference:

Program Chair
Prof. Avi Friedman	Director, Affordable Homes Research Group School of Architecture McGill University Canada
Editor-In-Chief
Prof. Bruce Frankel	Coordinator, Real Estate Development Programs Department of Urban Planning College of Architecture & Planning Ball State University USA
Program Committee
Prof. S. M. Lo	Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering City University of Hong Kong
Assoc. Prof. Peter Hasdell	Environmental & Interior Design The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. Alvin Yip	Central Academy of Fine Arts Hong Kong
Prof. Steffen Lehmann	Director, Cluster for Sustainable Cities Faculty of Humanities University of Portsmouth United Kingdom
Prof. Biplab Kanti Sengupta	Department of Architecture & Regional Planning Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur India
Prof. Michael J. Ostwald	Managing Director Centre for Interdisciplinary Built Environment Research Co-Editor in Chief, Nexus Network Journal: Architecture and Mathematics School of Architecture and Built Environment Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment University of Newcastle Australia
Prof. Jeff Malpas	Director, Centre for Applied Philosophy and Ethics University of Tasmania Australia
Prof. Nicos Komninos	Faculty of Engineering Founder & Director, Urban and Regional Innovation Research (URENIO) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece
Prof. Kathy Denise Dixon	Division of Urban Architecture & Community Planning College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability and Environmental Sciences (CAUSES) University of the District of Columbia USA
Dr. Thomas Fisher	Dean, College of Design Dayton Hudson Land Grant Chair in Urban Design University of Minnesota USA
Prof. Ozgur Dincyurek	Principal Architect at Ozgur Dincyurek Architecture Professor, Department of Architecture Eastern Mediterranean University North Cyprus
Dr. Savis Gohari	Department of Urban Design and Planning Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
Assoc. Prof. Henrik P. Minassians	Director, Regional & National Partnerships for Public Sector California State University Northridge USA
Dr. Yasser Mahgoub	Head, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning College of Engineering Qatar University
Asst. Prof. Lorena Alessio	Assistant Professor of Architectural and Urban Design Polytechnic of Turin Italy Visiting Associate Professor Architectural and Urban Design Hosei University Tokyo Japan
Assoc. Prof. Leehu Loon	Director of Landscape Architecture Associate Professor and Graduate Liaison Division of Landscape Architecture College of Architecture The University of Oklahoma USA
Dr. Ajibade Ayodeji Aibinu	Senior Lecturer in Quantity Surveying and Construction Economics Assistant Dean (Research Training) Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning The University of Melbourne Australia
Dr. Karolina M. Zielinska-Dabkowska	Hochschule Wismar University of Applied Sciences Technology Business and Design Faculty of Design, Architectural Lighting Design Germany
Prof. R G Ariyawansa	Department of Estate Management and Valuation Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce University of Sri Jayewardenepura Sri Lanka
Asst. Prof. Djamel Boussaa	Department of Architecture and Urban Planning College of Engineering Qatar University
Assoc. Prof. Satyaki Sarkar	Department of Architecture Birla Institute of Technology India
Prof. Golam Moinuddin	Chair, Department of Urban and Regional Planning Jahangirnagar University Bangladesh
Prof. Seiyong Kim	Master Planner, Seoul City Principal, Center for Urban Regeneration & Education (CURE) and KUUL(Korea University Urban Lab) Korea University South Korea
Prof. Harry Coccossis	President, Hellenic Open University Professor of Spatial and Environmental Planning Department of Planning and Regional Development University of Thessaly Greece
Asst. Prof. Lizmol Mathew	Department of Architecture and Urban Planning Qatar University
Dr. Hoffie Cruywagen	Senior lecturer Department of Construction Economics University of Pretoria South Africa
Asst. Prof. Michael Budig	Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD) Singapore University of Technology and Design
Prof. Angus Shuenn-Ren Liou	National Cheng Kung University
Assoc. Prof. Thomas Chung	The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr. Naai-Jung Shih	Department of Architecture National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Taiwan
Asst. Prof. Sayed M. Bateni	Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Hawaii
Prof. Siu Kin Wai Michael	Chair Professor of Public Design The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Prof. Joy Sen	Department of Architecture and Regional Planning Indian Institute of Technology India
Asst. Prof. Mainak Ghosh	Department of Architecture and Regional Planning Indian Institute of Technology India
Assoc. Prof. Yung Yau	Department of Public Policy City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Asst. Prof. Daniel K Elkin	Environmental and Interior Design Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong
Asst. Prof. Hadia Majid	Department of Economics Lahore University of Management Sciences Pakistan
Asst. Prof. Jason Ni	Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering City University of Hong Kong Hong Kong
Asst. Professor Sheetal Sharma	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology India
Assoc. Prof. Patrick Janssen	Department of Architecture National University of Singapore Singapore

Becoming A Program Committee Member / Reviewer:

Interested in becoming a Program Committee member?

Please send email to secretariat@urban-ppd.org addressing to The Organizing Committee expressing your intent to become a PC member and attach your updated CV

What are the roles of every Program Committee member?

Generally, the following are the roles of every committee member (please note these roles depend on the availability of your time):

Provide input/advice about the conference theme and topics.
Review papers and the number will depend on the availability of your schedule
Help to disseminate/circulate the call for papers announcements to your list of contacts (faculty, peers and research students).

Benefits of being a TPC

Enhance your knowledge in you field of expertise through latest research and updates submitted
To increase your exposure in the academic field as an expert to the related fields
Access to latest research and findings in your field of expertise
Add into your credentials to help you in your career advancement
You may potentially be invited as Keynote Speaker
To avail concession on the registration fee of attending the conference

Your details will be added in the list of Technical Program Committee. We also provide certificate / letter of appointment by request.

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Program Chair

Editor-In-Chief

Program Committee

Technical Program Committee