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Seminar co-organiser and speaker · No. 26 · May 2022 · Techweek 2022
Techweek 2022: Smart and Sustainable Cities research seminar
Co-organised by Professor Amir and Professor Ali GhaffarianHoseini, with presentations from their research lab

- Role
- Co-organiser and speaker
- Location
- AUT · Auckland, New Zealand
- Host
- AUT · research lab seminar during Techweek 2022
- Organisers and speakers
- Professor Amir Ghaffarianhoseini and Professor Ali GhaffarianHoseini
- Format
- Seminar talks and brief research presentations by lab members
- Theme
- Smart and Sustainable Cities
A platform for the research lab
Professor Amir Ghaffarianhoseini and Professor Ali GhaffarianHoseini co-organised a seminar on Smart and Sustainable Cities as part of AUT’s Techweek 2022 programme. Both delivered talks, alongside brief presentations by members of their research lab showcasing their work.
Research voices
The research presenters identified in Amir’s event record were Anthony Okakpu, Dat Doan, Okechukwu Nwadigo, Attiq Ur Rehman, Sameh Azzazy, Megan Burfoot, Atefeh Zeinalian Bafandeh, Kamal Dhawan, Jas Qadir Abdul and Saghar Hashemi. Their contributions brought a range of research perspectives into the seminar’s shared focus on smart and sustainable cities.
Connecting research with a wider audience
Aotearoa Techweek provides an opportunity to share technology and innovation with community, business, education and policy audiences. AUT was a strategic partner for Techweek 2022, and the seminar contributed to its Smart and Sustainable Cities theme by bringing together academic talks and emerging research from the lab.
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.
- 2016NZAAR · June, PutrajayaChair · keynoteIUSGBC 2016, KLCCKeynoteNZAAR · December, KLChair
- 2017NZAAR · July, KLChair · keynoteSimAUD 2017, TorontoWorkshop lead · paper
- 2018NZAAR · January, KLChair · keynoteCIB IB RoadmapLead author, Ch. 2
- 2019WGBW2019 pecha kuchaLed · speaker
- 2020ASA2020Co-Chair · Editor
- 2021NZGBC 2021Future Thinker awards
- 2022Techweek · Smart Sustainable CitiesExpert panel speakerTechweek · Research lab seminarCo-organiser · speakerCIBSE IB GroupKeynoteTwo Emerald special issuesGuest Editor
- 2023USS journalFounding Editor-in-Chief
- 2024IGLC32Co-ChairSASBE2024Chair
- 2025ANFA symposiumChairDFBI2025Chair, ISCChongqingKeynoteGDI2025Co-Chair
- 2026AUT Research WeekPresenterGDI2026ChairNeuro panelLedAI in SoFELeads
- 2027GDI2027Co-Chair
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