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Conference Chair · No. 32 · November 2024

SASBE2024: Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

An international conference in Auckland, published by Springer

SASBE2024: Smart and Sustainable Built Environment

Conference Chair · November 2024

SASBE2024 brought the international Smart and Sustainable Built Environment conference to Auckland, with Amir as Chair.

Role
Chair and proceedings co-editor
Where
Auckland, New Zealand
With
Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Farzad Rahimian, Mahesh Babu Purushothaman

In the photograph · SASBE2024, Auckland: Amir (left), Conference Chair, with colleagues including Professor Farzad Pour Rahimian and Professor Ali GhaffarianHoseini.

Conference Chair · November 2024
At a glance
Book cover: SASBE2024: Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
Role
Chair and proceedings co-editor
Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Host
AUT
Dates
November 2024
Proceedings
Springer, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol. 591 (2025)
Co-editors
Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Farzad Rahimian, Mahesh Babu Purushothaman
250+Participants
48Countries, across six continents
11Keynote speakers
150+Papers presented
The story

The conference

SASBE2024 brought the international Smart and Sustainable Built Environment conference to Auckland, with Amir as Chair.

The programme

Around 300 abstracts were received, and more than 250 participants came from 48 countries across six continents. Over three days the programme ran 15 tracks and 11 keynotes, from the University of Maryland, the Technical University of Denmark, Chung-Ang University, HKUST, the University of Reading, the New Zealand Institute of Architects, NZGBC and others. Amir opened the conference and announced the best paper and best presenter awards.

The record

Its proceedings were published by Springer in 2025 as volume 591 of Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, co-edited by Amir with Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Farzad Rahimian and Mahesh Babu Purushothaman.

Selected highlights · 2016 to 2027

Amir has convened, chaired and spoken every year for more than a decade, in New Zealand and abroad. This line shows a selection.

  1. 2016NZAAR PutrajayaCo-founder · Co-ChairIUSGBC 2016, KLCCKeynoteNZAAR KLCo-Chair
  2. 2017NZAAR KLCo-Chair · keynoteSimAUD 2017, TorontoWorkshop lead · paper
  3. 2018NZAAR KLCo-Chair · keynoteCIB IB RoadmapLead author, Ch. 2
  4. 2019WGBW2019 pecha kuchaLed · speaker
  5. 2020ASA2020Co-Chair · Editor
  6. 2021NZGBC 2021Future Thinker awards
  7. 2022CIBSE IB GroupKeynoteTwo Emerald special issuesGuest Editor
  8. 2023USS journalFounding Editor-in-Chief
  9. 2024IGLC32Co-ChairSASBE2024Chair
  10. 2025ANFA symposiumChairDFBI2025Chair, ISCChongqingKeynoteGDI2025Co-Chair
  11. 2026AUT Research WeekPresenterGDI2026ChairNeuro panelLedAI in SoFELeads
  12. 2027GDI2027Co-Chair

Photographs

A reunion at SASBE2024, Auckland, 7 November 2024, with Professor Farzad Pour Rahimian, Professor Ali GhaffarianHoseini and Professor Rahinah Ibrahim.
SASBE2024 · November 2024A reunion at SASBE2024, Auckland, 7 November 2024, with Professor Farzad Pour Rahimian, Professor Ali GhaffarianHoseini and Professor Rahinah Ibrahim. The story →
SASBE2024 in numbers: more than 250 participants from 48 countries and six continents, hosted by AUT's School of Future Environments with the R+G UBE Lab and CIBSE Intelligent Buildings.
SASBE2024 · November 2024SASBE2024 in numbers: more than 250 participants from 48 countries and six continents, hosted by AUT's School of Future Environments with the R+G UBE Lab and CIBSE Intelligent Buildings. The story →
With a SASBE2024 delegate in the atrium of AUT's Sir Paul Reeves Building.
SASBE2024 · November 2024With a SASBE2024 delegate in the atrium of AUT's Sir Paul Reeves Building. The story →
Leading a panel discussion at SASBE2024, School of Future Environments, AUT.
SASBE2024 · November 2024Leading a panel discussion at SASBE2024, School of Future Environments, AUT. The story →
At the podium during SASBE2024, AUT.
SASBE2024 · November 2024At the podium during SASBE2024, AUT. The story →
Raising a toast to delegates at the SASBE2024 gala dinner.
SASBE2024 · November 2024Raising a toast to delegates at the SASBE2024 gala dinner. The story →
SASBE2024 awards: congratulating the best team, with Professor Farzad Pour Rahimian and Professor Ali GhaffarianHoseini.
SASBE2024 · November 2024SASBE2024 awards: congratulating the best team, with Professor Farzad Pour Rahimian and Professor Ali GhaffarianHoseini. The story →
With award recipients and the New Zealand Green Building Council at SASBE2024.
SASBE2024 · November 2024With award recipients and the New Zealand Green Building Council at SASBE2024. The story →
Presenting the SASBE2024 best paper and best presenter awards at AUT.
SASBE2024 · November 2024Presenting the SASBE2024 best paper and best presenter awards at AUT. The story →
With conference chair Professor Ali GhaffarianHoseini and an organising committee member at SASBE2024.
SASBE2024 · November 2024With conference chair Professor Ali GhaffarianHoseini and an organising committee member at SASBE2024. The story →
With SASBE2024 speakers and Professor Charles Walker, presenting the book Rewi to keynote speakers.
SASBE2024 · November 2024With SASBE2024 speakers and Professor Charles Walker, presenting the book Rewi to keynote speakers. The story →
With fellow editors of the Smart and Sustainable Built Environment journal, Professor Farzad Pour Rahimian, Professor Chansik Park and Professor Ali GhaffarianHoseini, at SASBE2024, 7–9 November 2024.
SASBE2024 · November 2024With fellow editors of the Smart and Sustainable Built Environment journal, Professor Farzad Pour Rahimian, Professor Chansik Park and Professor Ali GhaffarianHoseini, at SASBE2024, 7–9 November 2024. The story →
SASBE2024 on the big screen in the atrium of AUT's School of Future Environments, framed by its living green wall.
SASBE2024 · November 2024SASBE2024 on the big screen in the atrium of AUT's School of Future Environments, framed by its living green wall. The story →
SASBE2024 keynote speakers from the University of Maryland, Chung-Ang University, Toronto Metropolitan University, DTU, HKUST, the University of Reading and New Zealand universities, with the conference chairs.
SASBE2024 · November 2024SASBE2024 keynote speakers from the University of Maryland, Chung-Ang University, Toronto Metropolitan University, DTU, HKUST, the University of Reading and New Zealand universities, with the conference chairs. The story →
Evidence
See also
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GDI2026, with DigiBuilt2026

The second Green + Digital + Intelligent Built Environments conference

2026
Conference Co-ChairNo. 41

GDI2025: Green + Digital + Intelligent Built Environments

Three ideas that will shape the cities we build next

1–3 December 2025
Panel conversation (led) · UpcomingNo. 51

AI and the Future of SoFE

A panel conversation led by Amir at the School of Future Environments' AI in SoFE Research and Collaboration Day

4 November 2026
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