About the conference
The InnoRenew CoE International Conference 2023, “Interdisciplinary solutions for sustainable buildings,” will take place 13-14 September 2023, and will provide a forum to explore renewable materials and their use for creating healthy, sustainable buildings during different thematic sessions related to:
- Sustainable Solutions for Environmental Impacts, Recycling, and Design Optimization
- New European Bauhaus (Co-design, Solutions, Aesthetics)
- Engineered Living Materials
- Sustainable Construction and Sustainable Buildings
- Knowledge Transfer, Social Impacts, and Human Health and Preferences
- Interdisciplinary Topics for Sustainable Buildings
IRIC2023 is an opportunity to share and discuss emerging science and innovations in renewable materials that can be used in the built environment to enhance human and environmental well-being.
#IRIC2023
Book of Abstracts
Important dates
8 May 2023: Abstract submission deadline
15 May 2023: Notification to speakers
1 June 2023: Speaker acceptance deadline
1 September 2023: Registration deadline
1 September 2023: Payment deadline
13–14 September 2023: InnoRenew CoE International Conference 2023
Call for abstracts
IRIC2023 welcomes 300-word abstracts for presentations in different thematic areas:
- Skills
- Renovation
- Social impacts
- Knowledge transfer
- Recycling, circularity
- Interdisciplinary topics
- Engineered living materials
- Environmental impacts, carbon
- Human health and preferences
- Sustainable construction & sustainable buildings
- New European Bauhaus (co-design, solutions, aesthetics)
- Design solutions (energy efficiency, optimization, aesthetics)
- Automation, AI, IOT, wearables, sensors, integrated technologies
Please follow the IRIC2023 abstract template and submit through the conference portal.
Abstract submission closes on 8 May 2023.
Keynote speaker
Alan Organschi is a principal and partner at Gray Organschi Architecture, an architectural practice in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, recognized internationally for its integration of design, construction, and environmental research.
In April 2021, Mr. Organschi was appointed Director of the Innovation Labs at the Bauhaus Earth, a global interdisciplinary initiative that seeks to transform the building sector from a major source of anthropogenic environmental and social impact into a regenerative and ecologically sensitive means to meet the housing and infrastructural needs of an urbanizing global population. Mr. Organschi continues as a Senior member of the faculty at the Yale School of Architecture where he has taught architectural design and building technology for two decades.
Mr. Organschi has written and lectured extensively on the carbon storage benefits of biogenic material substitution in urban building. He is a co-author of the recently published book Carbon: A Field Manual For Building Designers and the scientific paper “Buildings as a Global Carbon Sink” published in the journal Nature Sustainability in January 2020.
In 2012, Mr. Organschi and his partner Elizabeth Gray were honored for their work with an Arts and Letters Award in Architecture by the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Venue
InnoRenew CoE will host IRIC2023 at its building in Izola, Slovenia.
Livade 6a, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
Registration
Full registration: €200
Student registration: €100
Conference dinner: €60
All prices includes VAT.
Registration will be open until 1 September 2023, 23:59 CEST.
Payment
Payment must be made by bank transfer to the InnoRenew CoE bank account. A copy of the transfer receipt must be attached to the registration form.
ACCOUNT HOLDER: InnoRenew CoE / Livade 6a, SI-6310 Izola, Slovenia
BANK: NLB d.d. / Trg republike 2, 1520 Ljubljana, Slovenia
SWIFT CODE: LJBASI2X
IBAN: SI56029220262173147
REFERENCE: 00-00
Enter “InnoRenew CoE International Conference 2023” in the remarks field, and include the following information:
- Participant name
- Participant surname
- Address for issuing/receiving invoice (it can be either a personal or institutional address, but if the invoice is issued to an institution, include the institution’s tax number)
The payment deadline is 1 September 2023, 23:59 CEST.
An invoice will be provided after the conference.
Accommodations and travel
Hotels in Izola:
Hotel Belvedere (Cliff and Villa): Dobrava 1a, 6310 Izola
Hotel Haliaetum: Morova ulica 6a, 6310 Izola
San Simon Resort: Izola (multiple locations)
Hotel Delfin: Tomažičeva 10, 6310 Izola
Hotel Marina: Veliki trg 11, 6310 Izola
Hotel Keltika: Cesta v Jagodje 1, 6310 Izola
DeGrassi Boutique Garni Hotel: Drevored 1.maja 9, 6310 Izola
Airports:
Trieste Airport (TRS), 55-minute drive from Izola
Ljubljana Airport (LJU), 1 hour 20-minute drive from Izola
Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE), 2-hour drive from Izola
Treviso Airport (TSF), 2-hour drive from Izola
Zagreb Airport (ZAG), 2 hour 30-minute drive from Izola
Shuttle service:
The easiest way to travel to Izola from the airports above is to take a shuttle service like GoOpti transport. Reservation for transfer can be made directly to your hotel. Prices are lower if the shuttle is booked well in advance (1-2 months).
Bus or train:
Travel by bus to Izola is possible. Once in Izola, public transportation is available to move around the city.
You can travel by train from most European countries via connection to Koper (Slovenia), Trieste (Italy) or Ljubljana (Slovenia). From these locations, you need a bus transfer or other transport to reach Izola.
Conference sponsors
The InnoRenew CoE would like to thank our sponsors for their support and generosity.
Silver Sponsor – Rotho Blaas srl
Would you like to increase your visibility within the interdisciplinary field of renewable materials for healthy built environments? Become an IRIC2023 sponsor.
Contact us at conference@innorenew.eu for more details.
Scientific committee
Richard Acquah, Ana Gubenšek, Niki Hrovatin, Albert Kravos, Andreja Kutnar, Dean Lipovac, Han Lei, Sasikala Perumal, Faksawat Poohphajai, Lea Primožič, Nežka Sajinčič
Organizing committee
Gertrud Fabian, Lea Primožič, Amy Simmons
Conference organizers
The conference is organized by the InnoRenew CoE and the University of Primorska in the framework of the project Green, Digital & Inclusive University of Primorska (GDI UP).
The project Green, Digital & Inclusive University of Primorska (GDI UP) is co-financed by the Republic of Slovenia, the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Innovation and the European Union – NextGenerationEU. The project is implemented in accordance with the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) under the development area Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, component Strengthening competencies, in particular digital competencies and those required by the new professions and the green transition (C3 K5), for the investment measure Investment F. Implementation of pilot projects, the results of which will serve as a basis for the preparation of a roadmap for the reform of higher education for a green and resilient transition to a Society 5.0: project Pilot Projects for the Reform of Higher Education for a Green and Resilient Transition.
Contact information
Please send questions or comments to conference@innorenew.eu.