Biophilia Summit 2026

Biophilia in Practice: Sensing, Belonging, Regenerating

24 September 2026 | Online | 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM CEST

Join Living Future Europe for the fourth edition of the Biophilia Summit, our annual international all-day conference exploring how stronger relationships between people and nature can create healthier, more resilient and regenerative futures.

Bringing together researchers, designers, architects, developers, manufacturers, educators, artists, policymakers and innovators from around the world, the Summit showcases the latest research, built projects, products and practices advancing biophilia across disciplines. 

Whether you're designing buildings, shaping policy, conducting research or leading community initiatives, you'll gain practical insights from leading experts, discover inspiring projects and innovations, and connect with an international community committed to advancing healthier, more regenerative places.

WHY ATTEND?

By attending you'll:

  • Learn from leading international researchers and practitioners
  • Discover evidence-informed case studies and innovative projects
  • Explore practical applications of biophilic and regenerative design
  • Connect with an international interdisciplinary community
  • Access the full event recording after the Summit


WHO SHOULD ATTEND?


The Summit welcomes professionals and students working across:

  • Architecture
  • Interior Design
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Urban Design
  • Engineering
  • Manufacturing
  • Property Development
  • Research & Academia
  • Education
  • Policy
  • Health & Wellbeing
  • Art & Creative Practice
  • Community Leadership


Anyone interested in the intersection of nature, design, health and the built environment is welcome.

PROGRAMME (in progress)

Biophilia Summit 2026
Biophilia in Practice: Sensing · Belonging · Regenerating
24 September 2026 | Online | 10:00–19:00 CEST
  CANOPY
STAGE
BIOTOPE
STAGE
HABITAT
STAGE
10:00–10:15
WELCOME & ORIENTATION
Welcome & Opening
CANOPY STAGE
Introduction to the 2026 Summit theme and the three-part journey: Sensing Belonging Regenerating
   
10:15–11:25
SESSION 1
SENSING
How do we experience, perceive and connect with nature?
CANOPY STAGE
KEYNOTE · PRESENTATION · RESEARCH / PRACTICE · MODERATED CONVERSATION
Moderator: Catie Ryan Balagtas
Andy Grimshaw
Keynote
Nawapan Suntorachai · Thailand
The Architecture of Everyday Wellbeing
Dr Phillip Roös · Australia
Sense, Belong, and Regenerate: A Regenerative-Adaptive Biophilic Pattern Language for Living Places
Moderated Conversation
What Does It Mean to Sense Nature?
Andy Grimshaw · Nawapan Suntorachai · Dr Phillip Roös
BIOTOPE STAGE
RESEARCH · RESEARCH / TOOL · RESEARCH
Moderator: Laura Hamilton-O'Hara
Deepika Shukla · India
Cities as Shared Habitats: A Regenerative Planning Framework from Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Reshma Sukumar · India
Sensing Carbon: A Field-Calibrated Tool for Miyawaki Forests
Simone Torresin · Italy
Soundscapes as a Pathway to Nature: In Buildings, Cities, and Natural Areas
HABITAT STAGE
BUILT PROJECT · CREATIVE PRACTICE · PRESENTATION
Moderator: Carlo Battisti
Natalie Sennes · Germany
Building with Earth, Waste & Community: Earthship Ivenack as a Model for Regenerative Architecture
Wenlin Tan · Italy
Belonging at the Ecotone: What an Urban River Taught Me About Biophilia
Brice Fabio Schneider · United Arab Emirates
Lighting a Living Network: What Relationships Should Light Reveal?
11:25–11:50
BIOPHILIC BREAK
Step away from the screen.
Step away from the screen.
Step away from the screen.
11:50–13:05
SESSION 2
BELONGING
Creating places, communities and cultures where life can flourish
CANOPY STAGE
PRESENTATION · EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE · BUILT PROJECT
Moderator: Ann Marie Aguilar
Rini Chatterjee · United Kingdom
Biophilia and Biological Coherence: How to Build Places for Human Capacity for Flourishing
Carlos De Elena · Switzerland
Designing for Life: Expanding Biophilia Beyond Human Wellbeing
Gonzalo Pulido López · Spain
A Building as a Force of Nature: Biophilic Design for a Corporate Campus in Extremadura
BIOTOPE STAGE
RESEARCH · RESEARCH · CASE STUDY
Moderator: Cheryi M Wangui
Kelly Heid · Spain
Biodiversity and Belonging in Urban Streetscapes
Mariam Oluwatosin · Nigeria
Green by Design: Integrating Biomimicry and Biophilia for Regenerative Design
Evan Benway · United Kingdom
Biophilic Soundscaping at Scale: From Research to Responsive Buildings
HABITAT STAGE
COMMUNITY INITIATIVE · EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVE · BUILT PROJECT
Moderator: Krys Kontos
Susan Metheny · Jordan
ABLE 2 SUCCEED
Chintamani Bird · Australia
Prospect, Refuge and the Refuge: Biophilic Design in Domestic Violence Crisis Accommodation
Jonathan Mizzi · Malta
Learning to live at our Limits: Biophilia from a Climate Frontier
13:00–14:00
LUNCH
Biophilic Break
No programming.
No programming.
No programming.
14:00–15:10
SESSION 3
DESIGNING WITH NATURE
From principles to implementation
CANOPY STAGE
BUILT PROJECT · PRESENTATION · ARTISTIC / CREATIVE PRACTICE
Moderator: Ann Marie Aguilar
Luca Caruso · Italy
Hotel as a Regenerative, Biophilic Business Model for Hospitality
Owen Wiseman · Netherlands
Prescribing Place: Connecting Biophilic Design and Health Equity
Faisal Anwar · Germany
The Art of Becoming: Ecological Futures
BIOTOPE STAGE
PRESENTATION · RESEARCH / PROJECT · WORKSHOP / METHODOLOGY
Moderator: Carlo Battisti
Xander Cadisch · United Kingdom
The Lost Atmosphere: A Salutogenic Framework for Biophilic Design
Yolanda Rendón Guerrero · United Kingdom
REPAIR project: A Transdisciplinary Approach to Biophilic Social Housing Retrofit in Urban Swansea
Fabien Gardenat · Réunion, France
From Courtyard to Living Island: A Relational Biophilia Framework
HABITAT STAGE
MODERATED CONVERSATION · VIRTUAL NETWORKING
Designing Beyond the Human
Conversation with the attendees / Virtual Networking
15:10–15:30
CROSS-PROGRAMME REFLECTION
From Sensing to Belonging
CANOPY STAGE
A short moderated synthesis and audience reflection.
   
15:30–16:00
BIOPHILIC BREAK
Step away from the screen.
Step away from the screen.
Step away from the screen.
16:00–17:00
SESSION 4
RELATIONSHIPS IN PRACTICE
CANOPY STAGE
OPEN / CURATED CONVERSATION WITH BIOPHILIC CITIES
What Changes When Biophilia Becomes Practice?
Facilitated audience discussion, live Q&A and synthesis.
Moderator: Carlo Battisti
BIOTOPE STAGE
RESEARCH
Moderator: Carlo Battisti
Josephine Marete · Colombia
Nature Through Children's Eyes: Biophilic School Environments and Pupil Well-being in Uganda
Fiorella Barraza Frias · Peru
Growing Memory: Biophilic Design and Cognitive Processes in Early Childhood
HABITAT STAGE
PRESENTATION · WORKSHOP / METHODOLOGY
Moderator: Vanessa Champion
Nikita Sheth · India
Biophilia Meets AI: Designing Regenerative Homes for Well-Being
Florencia Garza · Mexico
Designing From Connection™: From Sensing Nature to Belonging and Regeneration
17:00–17:20
BIOPHILIC BREAK
Step away from the screen.
Step away from the screen.
Step away from the screen.
17:20–18:20
SESSION 5
BIOPHILIA IN PRACTICE
From exemplary projects to systemic change
CANOPY STAGE
CLOSING PRACTICE CONVERSATION
From Project to Practice: What Does Regeneration Actually Require?
Kristen Scott · United States
Jamie Miller · Canada
Eric Corey Freed · United States
BIOTOPE STAGE
PANEL · AUDIENCE Q&A
AI, Health & the Future of Biophilic Practice
Alexandra Bowen · United States
Hasna Sal · United States
Chrisoula Assimopoulos · Canada
Moderator: Carlo Battisti
HABITAT STAGE
MODERATED CONVERSATION · OPEN DISCUSSION
Designing with Living Systems
Roberta Vasnic · United States
Lauren Pacione · United States
Moderator: Krys Kontos
18:20–19:00
CLOSING CONVERSATION
From Sensing to Belonging to Regenerating
CANOPY STAGE
Final moderated conversation bringing together the three Summit themes.
Closing Remarks · Living Future Europe / Biophilic Society
   
  All times are CEST (UTC+2) Choose your stage during parallel sessions  

SPEAKERS (in progress)

Adib Dada theOtherDada


Alexandra Bowen Biophilic Design


Andrew Barnes Grimshaw


Brice Fabio Schneider Nulty


Carlos De Elena Aureum Terram


Chintamani Bird Studio Chintamani


Chrisoula Assimopoulos NeuroAU, NNESP


Deepika Shukla School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi


Eric Corey Freed CannonDesign


Evan Benway Moodsonic


Fabien Gardenat Independent Researcher – Island Systems & Territorial Resilience


Faisal Anwar Culturelab, Artaddress


Fiorella Barraza Frias Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería, Lima


Florencia Garza Forest Therapy Nature & Trails


Gonzalo Pulido López OmniaCurva


Hasna Sal Harvard Mittal Institute


Jamie Miller SJ Group


Jonathan Mizzi Mizzi Studio


Josephine Marete Uganda Christian University


Kelly Heid University of Freiburg / ICLEI Europe


Kristen Scott Weber Thompson


Lauren Pacione Nature System Reset


Luca Caruso Novanta


Mariam Oluwatosin University of Lagos


Minakshi Das AnthroTech Framework


Natalie Sennes Institut für regenerative Baukultur und resilienten Lebensstil


Nawapan Suntorachai Architects and Logic


Nikita Sheth Zuiora


Owen Wiseman NatureQuant


Phillip Roös Fiji Naional University


Reshma Sukumar Ankuram


Rini Chatterjee Resilience Health


Roberta Vasnic Void Studios Architecture + Research


Simone Torresin University of Trento


Susan Metheny The Center for the Integrated Study of Migratory Environmental Education


Wenlin Tan


Xander Cadisch Phos


Yolanda Rendón Guerrero ATiC, UWTSD


HOSTS & MODERATORS

Ann Marie Aguilar International WELL Building Institute


Carlo Battisti Living Future Europe


Catie Ryan Balagtas Terrapin Bright Green


Laura Hamilton O'Hara Living Future Oceania


Cheryl Mwangi Green Biophilic Living


Krystyne Kontos Living Future Europe


Timothy Beatley Biophilic Cities


Vanessa Champion Journal of Biophilic Design



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