For our first live programme of the Fall 2021 season, we are pleased to announce a panel discussion marking the release of the first series of videos for SAT Talks: Re-materialize.
Each of the three speakers from the series, environmental engineer
Ziad Abi Chaker (Episode 1), chemist and Steel Wood Industries founder
Ghassan Afiouni (Episode 2), and physicist, engineer, and founder of Seramics
Dr. Nicolas Calvet (Episode 3), brings together engineering, science, and entrepreneurship to offer environmentally-conscious circular-economy solutions to contemporary waste management issues faced by the construction industry in the UAE and the wider region.
The speakers will be joined by interlocutors
Noorin Khamisani (Fashion Designer, Founder of Outsider Fashion and Lecturer at Dubai Institute for Design & Innovation) and
Mirko Daneluzzo (Architect, Co-Founder of Nyxo, and Lecturer at Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation) for a discussion on how recycled or up-cycled materials have the potential of giving designers and architects new opportunities for making an ethical and sustainable change in the field of architecture.
Date: Saturday, October 9
5pm: Screening
6pm: Panel discussion
