9^th International Conference on Urban Climate

jointly with 12^th Symposium on the Urban Environment

Session Overview

Date: Sunday, 19/Jul/2015
4:30pm - 6:30pm	Pre-registration event at Hotel d'Assezat

Date: Monday, 20/Jul/2015
8:30am - 6:00pm	Registration. Registration continues through the whole conference.
9:00am - 10:30am	Opening of the conference Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee break
11:00am - 12:30pm	CCMA1: Cities inside climate models & downscaling methods Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Matei Georgescu, Arizona State University	TUKUP1: Public policies and practices Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: C. S. B. Grimmond, Univerisity of Reading	UCP1: UHI characteristics I : link with Boundary Layer Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Mikhail A. Lokoshchenko, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography	UDC1: Impact of Urban forms on outdoor ventilation Location: Spot Room Chair: Tzu-Ping Lin, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
12:30pm - 2:15pm	Lunch break
2:15pm - 4:00pm	CCMA2: Climate modeling : methodologies for impacts studies Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Rafiq Hamdi, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium	TUKUP2: Governance challenges in urban planning and adaptation Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: Janet Fraser Barlow, University of Reading	UCP2: UHI characteristics II : vertical and horizontal structure Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Fei Chen, NCAR	UDC2: Impact of Urban forms on comfort II : temperate and cold climate cities Location: Spot Room Chair: Erik Johansson, Lund University
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Coffee break
4:30pm - 6:00pm	CCMA3: Climate Impact studies & adaptation strategies Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Matei Georgescu, Arizona State University	TUKUP3: Amendment and development of urban planning regulation Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: Lisette Klok, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences	UCP3: UHI characteristics III : UHI micro-scale variability Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Baomin Wang, Sun Yat-sen University	UDC3: Impact of Urban forms on comfort I : tropical and arid climate cities Location: Spot Room Chair: Chao REN, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
6:00pm - 7:30pm	Ice breaker

Date: Tuesday, 21/Jul/2015
8:30am - 9:30am	PLENARY1: Plenary session I : Adaptation of Asian Cities to Climate Change Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Gerald Mills, UCD
9:30am - 10:30am	CCMA4: UHI mitigation strategies I : urban expansion & climate change links Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Vincent Vigui�, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech	GD1: Surface UHI from satellite Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: B�n�dicte Dousset, University of Hawai'i at Manoa	UCP4: Observations of Surface Energy and Water Balances Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Krzysztof Fortuniak, University o Lodz	UCP7: Air Quality in Urban Boundary Layer : processes Location: Spot Room Chair: Nad�ge Blond, CNRS
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee break
11:00am - 12:30pm	CCMA5: UHI mitigation strategies II : urban planning Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Nigel James Tapper, Monash University	GD2: Local climate zones I : WUDAPT Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: Rohinton Emmanuel, Glasgow Caledonian University	UCP5: Observations of Greenhouse gases fluxes Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Moon-Soo Park, Weather Information Service Engine	UCP7 (cont): Air Quality in Urban Boundary Layer : processes Location: Spot Room Chair: Xuemei Wang, Sun Yat-sen University
12:30pm - 2:15pm	Lunch break
2:15pm - 3:00pm	GD3: Local climate zones II : methodologies and maps Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: Gerald Mills, UCD	UCP6: Radiation processes Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: James Voogt, Western University	UCP8: Influence of mesoscale flows Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Hiroyuki Kusaka, University of Tsukuba	UDC4: Impact of Urban forms on comfort III : theoretical studies Location: Spot Room Chair: Evyatar Erell, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Poster session : All posters displayed on Monday and Tuesday	POSTER 1: UCP - UHI characteristics and micro-scale variability	POSTER 10: UCP - Interaction between cities and mesoscale flows and precipitations	POSTER 11: GD - Surface UHI from satellite	POSTER 12: GD - Local Climate Zones and urban databases	POSTER 2: UCD - Impact of urban forms on comfort and ventilation
	POSTER 3: CCMA - Climate modelling tools, impact studies and adaptation strategies	POSTER 4: TUKUP - Public policies and practicies	POSTER 5: UCP - Flux observations	POSTER 6: NOMTM - Vegetation in urban canopy parameterizations	POSTER 7: UCP - Air quality in urban boundary layer	POSTER 8: BPH/UDC - Outdoor microclimate, modelling and link with urban form
	POSTER 9: CCMA - UHI mitigation strategies
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Poster session & Coffee break
4:30pm - 6:15pm	BPH1: Modeling of outdoor microclimate & comfort Location: Spot Room Chair: David Pearlmutter, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev	GD4: Local climate zones III : Inter & Infra-LCZ temperature variability Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: Iain Douglas Stewart, University of Toronto	NOMTM1: Urban Canopy parameterizations I : Urban vegetation Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Eric Scott Krayenhoff, University of British Columbia	UCP9: Impact of cities on precipitations Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Robert ("Bob") D. Bornstein, San Jose State University

Date: Wednesday, 22/Jul/2015
8:30am - 9:30am	PLENARY2: Plenary session II: Influence of cities on thunderstorms, clouds, and precipitation Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Dev Niyogi, Purdue University
9:30am - 10:30am	BPH2: Indoor comfort and link with outdoor conditions Location: Spot Room Chair: Andreas Matzarakis, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg	NOMTM2: Statistical models Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Patrice G. Mestayer, CNRS	UCP10: Influence of urban vegetation I : urban trees Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Oded Potchter, Tel Aiv University	UCP12: Flows & dispersion I : pollutant dispersion in urban canopy Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: Alberto Martilli, CIEMAT
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee break
11:00am - 12:30pm	BPH3: Observation/surveys of outdoor comfort Location: Spot Room Chair: Ademola Akinbobola, Federal University of Technology, Akure	TUKUP4: Weather forecasting for city actors Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Shiguang Miao, Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China	UCP10 (cont): Influence of urban vegetation I : urban trees Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Fred Meier, Technische Universit�t Berlin	UCP13: Flows & dispersion II : effects of atmospheric stability Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: Toshiaki Ichinose, National Institute for Environmental Studies / Nagoya University
12:30pm - 2:15pm	Lunch break
2:15pm - 4:00pm	BPH4: Health Location: Spot Room Chair: LILLY ROSE AMIRTHAM, SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY	GD5: Urban databases and link with models Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Jason K Ching, UNC	UCP11: Influence of urban vegetation II : parks & green roofs Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Tsuyoshi Honjo, Chiba University	UCP14: Flows & dispersion III : turbulent and dispersive fluxes in urban canopy Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: Edward Yan Yung Ng, Chinese University of Hong Kong
6:30pm - 8:00pm	Reception at City Hall

Date: Thursday, 23/Jul/2015
8:30am - 9:30am	PLENARY3: Plenary session III: New measurement networks for cities Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Andreas Christen, The University of British Columbia
9:30am - 10:30am	CCMA6: Urban air pollution mitigation strategies Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: SILVANA DI SABATINO, University of Bologna	GD6: Urban climatology studies I : temperate and cold climate cities Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Lee Chapman, University of Birmingham	ID1: Environmental scholarship and collaborations Location: Spot Room Chair: Linda See, IIASA	NOMTM3: Computational Fluid Dynamics models Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Manabu Kanda, Tokyo Institute of Technology
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee break
11:00am - 12:30pm	BPH5: Human perception and new indicators Location: Spot Room Chair: Yasunobu Ashie, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management	CCMA7: UHI mitigation strategies III : watering processes studies Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: C�cile, Sylvie DE MUNCK, CNRS-M�t�o France	GD7: Urban climatology studies II : tropical and arid climate cities Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Lee Chapman, University of Birmingham	NOMTM4: Large Eddy Simulation models Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Marina Neophytou, University of Cyprus
12:30pm - 2:15pm	Lunch break
2:15pm - 3:00pm	CCMA8: UHI mitigation strategies IV : vegetation management processes Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: Andrew Coutts, Monash University	ID2: Multicriteria environmental perception Location: Spot Room Chair: Julia Hidalgo, LISST/CNRS	NOMTM5: Wind tunnel and scale models Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Curtis Wood, Finnish Meteorological institute	NOMTM6: Urban Climate measurement networks Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Eric R. Pardyjak, University of Utah
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Poster session : All posters displayed on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday	POSTER 13: UCP - Influence of urban vegetation	POSTER 14: UCP - Flows and dispersion	POSTER 15: TUKUP - Weather forecasting for city actors	POSTER 16: BPH - Outdoor and indoor comfort, and link with health	POSTER 17: GD - Urban climatology studies and link with CC trends
	POSTER 18: NOMTM - Wind tunnel experiments, and flows and dispersion models	POSTER 19: CCMA - UHI mitigation strategies based on vegetation	POSTER 20: BPH/ID - Human perception of comfort, and multicriteria evaluation	POSTER 21: ID - Environmental scholarship and collaborations	POSTER 22: NOMTM - Field campaigns, new sensors and methods	POSTER 23: UDC - Building climate and energy consumption
	POSTER 24: NOMTM - Mesoscale and NWP models	POSTER 25: NOMTM - Urban canopy parameterizations	POSTER 26: TUKUP - Indicators, climate maps, and decision support tools
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Poster session & Coffee break
4:30pm - 6:00pm	CCMA9: UHI mitigation strategies V : vegetation based strategies Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: Matthias Demuzere, KU Leuven	ID2 (cont): Multicriteria environmental perception Location: Spot Room Chair: Lutz Katzschner, University Kassel	NOMTM5 (cont): Wind tunnel and scale models Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Curtis Wood, Finnish Meteorological institute	NOMTM6 (cont): Urban Climate measurement networks Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Christian Feigenwinter, University of Basel
8:00pm - 10:30pm	Conference Dinner

Date: Friday, 24/Jul/2015
8:30am - 9:30am	PLENARY4: Plenary session IV: Green Infrastructures for Cities Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: C. S. B. Grimmond, Univerisity of Reading
9:30am - 10:30am	GD8: New remote sensing Technology and data Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Benjamin Bechtel, University of Hamburg	NOMTM10: Urban Canopy parameterizations II : development & sensitivity Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Jorge Gonzalez, City College of New York	TUKUP5: Indicators and climate maps I : risks & vulnerability Location: Spot Room Chair: Natasha Picone, CONICET/UNCPBA	UDC5: Buildings climate and energy consumption III : new models Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: Yukihiro Kikegawa, Meisei University
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee break
11:00am - 12:30pm	NOMTM10 (cont): Urban Canopy parameterizations II : development & sensitivity Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Jorge Gonzalez, City College of New York	NOMTM7: Field campaigns Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Andreas Christen, The University of British Columbia	TUKUP6: Indicators and climate maps II : urban planning Location: Spot Room Chair: Ifeoluwa Adebowale Balogun, Federal University of Technology, Akure	UDC6: Energy demand at city scale Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: Fazia Ali-Toudert, TU Dortmund University
12:30pm - 2:15pm	Lunch break
2:15pm - 4:00pm	NOMTM11: Mesoscale and Numerical Weather prediction models Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Dev Niyogi, Purdue University	NOMTM8: New sensors / New methods I : CO2 & mobile measurements Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Roland Vogt, University of Basel	TUKUP7: Warning plans & Decision support tools Location: Spot Room Chair: Morgane Colombert, Universit� Paris Est, EIVP, Lab'Urba, EA 3482	UDC7: Buildings climate and energy consumption II : temperate and cold climate cities Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: David J Sailor, Portland State University
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Coffee break
4:30pm - 5:45pm	NOMTM11 (cont): Mesoscale and Numerical Weather prediction models Location: Caravelle Room Chair: Dev Niyogi, Purdue University	NOMTM9: New sensors / New methods II : UBL & UHI Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater Chair: Eberhard Parlow, University Basel	TUKUP7 (cont): Warning plans & Decision support tools Location: Spot Room Chair: Alexander Baklanov, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)	UDC8: Buildings climate and energy consumption I : tropical, continental and arid climate cities Location: Cassiop�e Room Chair: Matthias Roth, National University of Singapore
5:45pm - 6:00pm	Closing of the conference Location: St-Exup�ry Amphitheater