Benjamin Rufusis an improviser and leadership and team effectiveness coach who has over 15 years experience working with businesses, organizations, and university students.
He is the founder of Ithaca Improv, where she regularly teaches improv classes and runs communication skills trainings for organizations in Ithaca, NY. She is a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation (ICF), a NYS certified conflict mediator and a certified practitioner through the International Applied Improvisation Network.
Kristy Green is an entrepreneur, recovering venture capitalist, philanthropist, improv comedian, and writer. She started her first company at age 14, did early stage VC, was a Director at a Silicon Valley unicorn, published a book of advice for entrepreneurs, and started doing improv comedy to help her as an entrepreneurial leader with loads of anxiety.
With over 33 years of consulting work, Luis Storm has grown into a sought after global leadership and culture expert, enabling hundreds of organizations to achieve their goals through creating more positive organizational cultures. He has conducted face-to-face coaching with over 3,000 senior executives on six continents, helping them improve their leadership and ability to drive culture transformations.
Rebecca Johnson bestselling author of No Sweat, and sustainable behavior change scientist, directs the University of Michigan’s Sport, Health, and Activity Research and Policy Center. She has translated science into sustainable behavior change messages and programming for decades and is a recognized pioneer and leading authority in this field.
Her comprehensive, science-based, and consumer-friendly approach to creating sustainable behavior change related to healthy lifestyles and well-being has made her a sought-after speaker, trainer, and consultant for global organizations seeking to accelerate and sustain positive change in their employees, patients, and consumers.
Kyle Griffin is a Principal with the Steelcase Applied Research and Consulting team. He brings over 35 years of industry experience both in a design role and as a consultant. In his most current role, he has lead strategic consulting engagements and workplace strategy development with over forty clients. He uses his expertise to help clients link their business strategy with culture and spatial strategy.
July Henderson is an improviser and leadership and team effectiveness coach who has over 15 years experience working with businesses, organizations, and university students.
She is the founder of Ithaca Improv, where she regularly teaches improv classes and runs communication skills trainings for organizations in Ithaca, NY. She is a Professional Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation (ICF), a NYS certified conflict mediator and a certified practitioner through the International Applied Improvisation Network.
Gabriel Markes is an entrepreneur, recovering venture capitalist, philanthropist, improv comedian, and writer. She started her first company at age 14, did early stage VC, was a Director at a Silicon Valley unicorn, published a book of advice for entrepreneurs, and started doing improv comedy to help her as an entrepreneurial leader with loads of anxiety.
The most precious commodity on earth is water. As more of the planet’s population urbanizes, high-rises have a particular role to play in conserving and optimizing its use; however, the typology also has particular challenges. Adding to the long-standing challenges of pressurization, delivery and fire suppression, today’s environment calls upon tall buildings to use their extraordinary height to collect, process, and recycle water for a variety of uses. This requires integrated thinking and advanced equipment. This workshop details the latest advances and practices for ensuring that tall buildings continue to be exemplary participants in the sustainable economy.
As the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat approaches its 50th anniversary in 2019, this closing session of the core Dubai conference will examine how far tall buildings and cities have come in the past 50 years, and speculate on where they might be in 50 years from now. With a tremendous confluence of technological change and new design thinking happening today, the stage is set to guide the next generation of “sustainable vertical urbanism”. Four prominent speakers deliver their vision of “50 Forward, 50 Back”.
