EDRA53 Keynote & Plenaries

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EDRA53 Keynote & Plenaries

EDRA53 Keynotes and Plenaries EDRA53Greenville will include a variety of renowned speakers that will present keynote or plenary sessions. The keynote and plenary speakers will focus on health – a state of physical, mental and social well-being - as a critical concern for all environmental design projects. The speakers will discuss the role of the physical environment in promoting health, equity, sustainability and resilience in a post-pandemic world.

EDRA53 opening plenary Thursday June 2, 2022

"Health in All Design in a Post-Pandemic World"
Robin Guenther, Mike Lydon, Craig Zimring

The pandemic has highlighted the importance of health – a state of physical, mental and social well-being – for individuals, communities and nations. This plenary will focus on the key role played by the physical environment (parks, homes, healthcare settings) in promoting health and safety during this pandemic and the emerging issues related to the built environment that will need to be addressed in the design of all future environmental design projects (workspaces, outdoor environments, schools, homes, healthcare). Given what we have learned during this pandemic – how should we design spaces in the future to support individual health, community health and global health?

EDRA53 opening keynote Thursday June 2, 2022

Michael Murphy

EDRA53 keynote address Friday June 3, 2022

Andrew Ibrahim

EDRA53 closing plenary Saturday June 4, 2022

"The Physical Environment and Health Equity"
Rupa S. Valdez, Marc Norman, Lynn Paxton, and Debarati (Mimi) Majumdar Narayan

Speakers will discuss how disparities in health outcomes are impacted by the design of the physical environment at different spatial scales. They will specifically focus on the impact of COVID on health disparities and discuss a way forward to address these challenges.