Joan Iverson Nassauer, Professor, University of Michigan, is a groundbreaking scholar whose work has advanced theory and practice of urban ecological design. Her work shows that noticeable care of landscapes, attuned to local culture, is essential for sustainability.
Distinguished Practitioner of Landscape Ecology, US (1998), Distinguished Scholar: International Association for Landscape Ecology (2007); Lifetime Achievement Award: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (2023).
Paulo Farinha Marques is a Landscape Architect and Associate Professor with Habilitation at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal.
He graduated in Landscape Architecture from the Instituto Superior de Agronomia of the University of Lisbon (1988), obtained his PhD in Landscape Architecture from the Faculty of Architectural Studies - University of Sheffield, United Kingdom (1999) and took his habilitation exams at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (2023).
His main areas of interest are the design of green outdoor spaces for public use, urban biodiversity and vegetation in the landscape. He is responsible for managing the Campo Alegre Botanical Park, which includes the University of Porto Botanical Garden.
Claudia West is a leading voice in the emerging field of ecological planting design. Known for her passionate advocacy of plant-driven design, Claudia is a widely sought out speaker and consultant who applies the technologies of plant systems to bring essential natural functions back into our cities and towns. She has worked on all sides of the green industry—as a designer, a grower, installer, and land manager—grounding her innovative work in pragmatic solutions that address the realities of our urbanizing world. She is the co-author of the critically acclaimed book, Planting in a Post-Wild World.
Michele is a training professional with over 30 years’ experience of designing and delivering training in the commercial and charity sectors . For the last 15 years she has been responsible for the recruitment and development of the Green Flag Award judges in England and for the design, delivery and monitoring of training for Green Flag Award Judges worldwide.
Noel Kingsbury is internationally known as an designer, innovator, writer and teacher in the fields of gardening and planting design. His 'New Perennial Garden' of 1994 helped launch the current wave of interest in naturalistic planting design. His doctorate in 2007 with the Landscape Department at Sheffield University, looked at the long-term performance of perennials, a research field he has continued with, along with a series of workshops to disseminate the findings to practitioners.
Kingsbury has published around 25 books, including editing a volume on the culture and politics of gardening. He currently co-runs gardenmasterclass.org as a global education portal, along with a sister organisation in Poland and academiapaisaje.org for the Spanish-speaking world; a Portuguese organisation is in the planning stage. After having gardened in the west of England for many years he is currently making an experimental low-irrigation garden in central Portugal.
Pedro Calaza-Martínez. PhD in Landscape Architecture from the University of Lisbon and PhD in Agricultural Engineering from the USC. Dean of the Official College of Agricultural Engineers of Galicia, President of Spanish Association of Public Parks and Gardens, Director of Galician School of Landscape, and vice president of the Galician Engineering Council. Collaborator of the WG7 of urban and peri-urban forests of FAO.
He develops his professional work as senior consultant in planning, design and management of urban green infrastructure. He complements his activity as a researcher and professor of landscape architecture. He has published articles and books and lectured in different countries. Director of Norma Granada (Spanish official Tree Appraisal Method) and the “Santander Charter” of the AEPJP and Director of the Green Infrastructure Guide of “Spanish Federation of Municipalities and provinces”.
His prizes include: Cecil Konijnendijk Award for Outstanding Research on Urban Forestry and Urban Greening (2022), 46º San Miguel National Prize of Agrarian Book (2017) for his work “Green infrastructure. Natural health system” and Juan Julio National Award (2012): “Woodland risk assessment: principles, indicators and methods”.
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