SHIFT @ NYC Climate Week

Thursday, September 25
Lunch: 12:00–1 PM
Event: 1–4 PM

Location:
AIA New York | Center for Architecture
536 LaGuardia Place, New York, NY 10012

We’re taking the SHIFT Principles beyond the architects’ bubble — into real estate, banking, investment and policy — to explore how all these sectors can work together for a climate-positive future.What innovative approaches are transforming the built environment and financial systems?

Join SHIFT and Architecture 2030 during NYC Climate Week to find out.

12–1 PM Join us for lunch
1–4 PM Join our event

Keynote: Dr. Christine Lemaitre (DGNB) – Introducing the SHIFT Principles

Talks:
Kelly Alvarez Doran (Ha/f Climate Design)
Jens Böhnlein (Siemens Healthineers)
Illya Azaroff, AIA National President Elect 2025-26

Panel 1:
Dr. Christine Lemaitre, Jens Böhnlein, Vincent Martinez (CEO, Architecture 2030) and Tommaso Bitossi (Partner, Transsolar)

Panel 2:
Decarbonizing the Built Environment through Heritage – with Lori Ferriss, Executive
Director, Built Buildings Lab & Architecture 2030 Senior Fellow

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Participants

Are you working on a project that follows the SHIFT philosophy or is committed to specific aspects of the initiative? Then send us your project. We are excited and look forward to receiving your submission.

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