Professor John Orr MEng (hons) PhD CEng MIStructE FHEA is Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Cambridge. He has built a >£11M research and consultancy portfolio with a focus on sustainable design and construction. Author of 125 journal papers, articles, and books on topics related to sustainability, he is an internationally recognised expert in net zero carbon construction. 

In 2022 he won the Philip Leverhulme Prize for his research in minimising embodied carbon and won the Elsevier Atlas Award in 2018 for ‘research that could significantly impact … lives around the world’.

Kritika leads the sustainability initiatives at Henning Larsen’s NYC office. Positioned at the intersection of architecture, sustainability and technology, her work focuses on detailed environmental analytics for evidence-based design, decarbonization for cities, and furthering Research & Development through innovation. Kritika specialised in Energy and Environments from Harvard GSD, with cross-enrollment at MIT, and was a social innovation fellow at Harvard Kennedy School.

Nikolaos Vlasopoulos is currently heading the life cycle assessment (LCA) group within the Holcim Innovation Center which provides LCA services to Holcim corporate and countries. Its objective is to massively expand the generation of environmental product declarations (EPD) and integrate LCA principles and procedures into the company's operations. 

Nikolaos holds a PhD in sustainable construction materials from Imperial College London and has previously served as co-founder and scientific director of Novacem, a startup company on low carbon cements.

Asfand Yar Munir is a R&D Engineer at the Holcim Innovation Center. His job focuses on Life Cycle Assessments and Environmental Product Declarations. He has a strong background in mechanical engineering and renewable energy systems through degrees from Ecole Polytechnique in France and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden.

 Environmental protection and sustainable transition were the key drivers which led him into the field of life cycle assessment which he has been practising for 3 years.

Andrea holds a Master degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Swiss Polytechnic Institute of Lausanne (EPFL). He completed his Master Thesis in the laboratory of Prof. Karen Scrivener (EPFL) on a topic related to Limestone Calcined Clay cement (LC3). 

Before joining Holcim, Andrea worked as a Life Cycle Assessment consultant for a Swiss foundation and for a consulting company based in Italy. Andrea joined the LCA Team of Holcim Innovation Center in February 2023 as Life Cycle Assessment Engineer.

Vasiliki is an environmental Engineer, graduated from the University of Patras in Greece with more than five years of domestic and international experience in the environmental field. Skilled in Research, Data Analysis, Waste Management, Quality Control, and ISO Policies, with environmental awareness approach. 

Strong research professional as a holder of PhD in Environmental Engineering focused on Waste Management and the Production of Energy. Responsible for the performance of Life Cycle Assessment Analysis and for the development of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) as an R&D Engineer at Holcim Innovation Center.