Advisory Panel

Founder / CEO of SASA and ABC Carbon. A member of the Singapore Institue of Directors (MSID) and Fellow of the Institute of Public Relations Singapore (FIPRS), he has been active in media, public affairs and the communication industry in Asia Pacific, working out if in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand for more than 50 years. Committed to spread the sustainability message through media, words, deeds and actions. Committed to a cleaner world where renewable energy takes over from dirty fossil fuels and where our cities, communities and countryside value the environment, nature and air quality. Passionate about the arts as well as the environment.

Master Planner, Landscape Architect and Urban designer. 26 years of practice in Housing and Deveopment Board. Planned Tampines and Pasir ris Towns. As a Landscape Architect, she has planned, designed and implemented many landscape designs and parks in Toa Payoh, Bishan Woodlands, Sembawang and Punggol Towns which won many local and overseas Landscape Awards. She is present Hon. Sec. and Activities Chair for the Singapore Institute of Planners. She is an International Speaker on Art, Culture, Community, Landscape, Recreation, Tourism. Architecture and Planning. She is President of the Institute of Parks and Recreation, Singapore, presently.

Dr Abdul Rahim Hamid currently a research fellow at NUS, obtained his doctoral degree from the National University of Singapore as well as a professional Master of Landscape Architecture Degree from the University of Melbourne in 2002. He focusses on Urban Ecology, Landscape Ecology, Remote Sensing & GIS, Landscape Planning, Landscape Architecture, Southeast Asian Urban History and Heritage. An eminent speaker, He has given the keynote address at various International Conferences and published a journal on Greening Cities: Forms and Functions. Springer: Singapore. He has practised as a Landscape Architect in several firms in Singapore and Sydney, working on design and planning projects in Australia, China, India and Singapore

Dr Terrence Tan is a research fellow in the National University of Singapore, Department of Building. His research focuses on urban greenery (vertical and rooftop greenery, indoor plant lighting requirements, tree selection) and the development of a scientific landscape design framework to improve thermal comfort and mitigate the Urban Heat Island effect. His work on urban greenery has been presented both in local and international conferences, as well as being published in international journals such as Building and Environment, Energy and Buildings and Landscape and Urban Planning. He is the founder of Urban Green Lab, which specializes in providing greenery outreach to primary and secondary schools in Singapore through educational workshops.

Dr. Sheila Conejos is a Research Fellow in the Department of Building at the National University of Singapore. She earned her PhD in Sustainable Development and Architecture in Australia and has studied in the Philippines, Thailand and Japan under various international postgraduate and research scholarships. She was trained as an Architect and Urban Planner and managed her own design and consultancy firm prior to her research endeavors in Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. She has extensive research and industry experience and has published a number of international referred journals, books and book chapter related to building and urban sustainability. Her research focuses on the green maintainability of green facades, future adaptability of new buildings, adaptive reuse and greening of heritage buildings, and low carbon urban regenerative environments. She advocates the creation of sustainable, healthy and resilient built environments.