21 Feb 2020

The electronic book of proceedings of ICBR 2018 is available here.

17 Jan 2019

The organisers want to thank again the several dozens of architects and NGOs from all over the world who submitted for the Marielle Franco Community-Design Award and congratulate for their excellent work done in favor those in most need, working in very poor and often uncertain conditions in seemengly rural remote as well urban risky contexts. 

Reunited on the 14th of November at the first day of the 8th ICBR Lisbon 2018, the final painel of evaluation, composed by eith experts from eight different countries from the five continents, and after watching the videos presented at the final stage, remarked the high quality and outstanding commitment with the respective local communities of the six shortlisted candidates. The first vote of the panel led to a selection of two finalists, including one candidate from Philippines whose work with children and women from all age, step by step, along a thoughtful co-design and rebuilding process was highlighted.

The final vote decided for Arquitectas sem Fronteiras - Brasil as the first recipient of the Marielle Franco Community Design Award. The devoted work of a group of still young female architects with women within the favelas of the periphery of Belo Horizonte was appreciated by the Jury for the simplicity of the approach, the full involvement of the residents in the different moments of the housing upgrading, from project layout to mansory works and finishes, including acquiring of materials and budget management. The jurors also underlined the frankness of the dialogue between the architects and the householders which resulted in a strong bond between all involved and that seems to be on the basis of impressive achievements in a relatively short period of time. The persistent work focused on the dialogue, training, capacitacion and empowerment of women with no experience, without waiving any phase of the design and reconstruction process, crosses the borders of community-design showing new possibilities of mutual understanding and fruitful cooperation between architects and low-income 'clients', particularly women, contributing to the methodological refreshment of  aid - self - help incremental housing process.
The announcement of the prize and communication to the awarded candidates was made live, through Skype, in front of a major audience present at  the closing cerymony of the ICBR. It was a very exciting amoment, with a emotional discourse from a stunnished Carina Gomes, representant of 'Architectas sem fronteiras', dedicating the prize to Marielle's legacy, that will certainly remain in the memory of those who could witnessed. The delivery of the prize money of ten thousand euros will take place in Lisbon, in a formal event, in a date to be announced soon. 

17 Nov 2018

Final results of the Building 4Humanity Design Competition

after the second submission and evaluation stage:

The meeting of the Jury for the final evaluation of the proposals shortlisted to the Building 4Humanity Design Competition was held on Friday 16 November, during the 8th ICBR in Lisbon. We are pleased to announce herewith the winning design teams of the Competition in its three categories:

Category 1 (Professional teams, built projects):

– 1st prize: B4H-DC1152 (focus: resilience hub, France)

Members of the architectural design team: Constantin Petcou, Doina Petrescu and Anne Querrien.

– 2nd prize: B4H-DC1108 (focus: floods, Peru)

Members of the architectural design team: Belen Desmaison, Kleber Espinoza, Urphy Vásquez and Fernando Carpio.

– 3rd prize: B4H-DC1158 (focus: floods, Vietnam)

Members of the architectural design team: Elizabeth English, Pham Duy Tien, Nguyen Van Truoc, Teresa Tran and Thanh Tran.

Category 2 (Professional teams, unbuilt projects):

– 1st prize: B4H-DC2137 (focus: hurricanes, USA)

Members of the architectural design team: Anita Berrizbeitia, Angel Rodriguez-Colon, Eduardo Llinás-Mesegeur and Judith Rodriguez Portieles.

– 2nd prize: B4H-DC2102 (focus: wildfires, Australia)

Members of the architectural design team: Liz Brogden, Alexandra Illuk, Markos Hughes, Clare Kennedy and Nicholas McCarthy.

– 3rd prize: B4H-DC2107 (focus: earthquakes, Japan)

Members of the architectural design team: Tadashi Saito, Hidenori Izumi, Yoshiro Namba, Kouji Mabuchi and Masakazu Terai.

Category 3 (Student teams, unbuilt projects):

– 1st prize: B4H-DC3104 (focus: slum upgrading, Brazil) – students from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, Brazil)

Members of the architectural design team: Pérola Barbosa, Ana Dresler, Raquel Penna, Patrícia Monteiro Santoro dos Santos and Pablo Benetti (supervisor).

– 2nd prize: B4H-DC3117 (focus: volcanos, Guatemala) – students from Rafael Landívar University (Guatemala)

Members of the architectural design team: Lily Reina Chen Rosales, Valerio Sen Lin Lee Pacheco, María Alejandra Lima Morales, Jorge Mario Pérez Sosa, Gerardo Andres Rodas Valladares and Eduardo Antonio Andrade Abularach (supervisor).

– 3rd prize: B4H-DC3142 (focus: floods and cyclones, Bangladesh) – students from the School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal (India)

Members of the architectural design team: Vishal Kumar, Akhilesh Shisodia, Mohit Arya, Reva Saksena and Sanjeev Singh (supervisor).

15 Nov 2018

Just to recall the existence of the Resilient Tours and the need to register for them, specifically, using the following formulary, by tomorrow (Nov. 15, 14h):

https://goo.gl/forms/m8Jqr7hiOL3GzLoC3

The inscription on the Resilient Tours is available only to the Delegates and Participants with the Regular registration.
If your registration entitles you to participate in the Resilient Tour but, for any reason, you know in advance you will not be able to join in, please use the same formulary to inform us.
Best regards,
The 8th ICBR Organising Committee

13 Nov 2018

Dear 8th ICBR Delegates and Participants,

The Conference APP is available on Google Play store and App store - search for WebMOBI or go to the following link:

Android- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.webmobi.eventsapp

iOS-  https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/webmobi/id1133137092?mt=8 

You can login with your email and the 
Private key / Passphrase is "ICBR2018"  

There is also an anonymous account for the users who have not shared the email id. In this case please use the below credentials

Email: support@icbr.com

Password: icbr2018

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10 Nov 2018

Dear 8th ICBR Delegates and Participants,

We are excited to announce that the Conference Program is ready and available at https://easychair.org/smart-program/ICBR2018/, as well as on 2018.buildresilience.org . The strong international facet of the ICBR series implied several last-minute changes, causing a delay which we sincerely apologize.

The 8th ICBR includes four Resilient Tours (we’ve added a fourth dedicated mostly to the drought risk). Please, check the program and itinerary of each one at
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V5a1iy-TZ0b7tlaqf619rIvkqWHszDOm

Using the following formulary, the Delegates and Participants with registrations entitling the participation in the Resilient Tours are invited to choose the one of their preference, before the Conference start, this means by November 13:
https://goo.gl/forms/m8Jqr7hiOL3GzLoC3

If your registration entitles you to participate in the Resilient Tour but, for any reason, you know in advance you will not be able to join in, please use the same formulary to inform us. 

Looking forward to welcoming you in a few days!
The 8th ICBR Organising Committee

01 Nov 2018

Shortlisted design teams in the first evaluation stage:

The first edition of the Building 4Humanity Design Competition received 60 complete applications from all around the world. Each application was evaluated by at least five members of an international jury composed of experts (academics and practitioners) from different professional fields such as urban planning, landscape design, disaster risk management, humanitarian architecture or slum upgrading. 

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The first evaluation stage (concluded on 30 October 2018), intended to preselect the best-ranked applications. We are pleased to announce here with the list of the preselected design teams who will now proceed to the next and final submission and evaluation stage.

The shortlisted teams are (in numerical order, indicating the focused country and hazard type):

Category 1 (Professional teams, built projects):

– B4H-DC1108 (Peru, floods)

– B4H-DC1120 (Bangladesh, cyclones)

– B4H-DC1152 (France, resilience hub)

– B4H-DC1158 (Vietnam, floods)

– B4H-DC1167 (Nepal, earthquakes)

Category 2 (Professional teams, unbuilt projects):

– B4H-DC2102 (Australia, wildfires)

– B4H-DC2107 (Japan, earthquakes)

– B4H-DC2111 (Poland, water shortage)

– B4H-DC2133 (Thailand, earthquakes)

– B4H-DC2134 (Bangladesh, floods)

– B4H-DC2137 (USA, hurricanes)

– B4H-DC2138 (Philippines, typhoons)

– B4H-DC2145 (Namibia, floods)

– B4H-DC2170 (Sudan, floods)

Category 3 (Student teams, unbuilt projects):

– B4H-DC3101 (Vietnam, floods)

– B4H-DC3104 (Brazil, slum upgrading)

– B4H-DC3109 (New Zealand, earthquakes)

– B4H-DC3117 (Guatemala, volcanos)

– B4H-DC3124 (Nigeria, floods)

– B4H-DC3126 (Portugal, wildfires)

– B4H-DC3128 (Guatemala, volcanos)

– B4H-DC3129 (Tanzania, floods)

– B4H-DC3141 (Japan, floods)

– B4H-DC3142 (Bangladesh, floods and cyclones)

– B4H-DC3153 (Italy, earthquakes)

– B4H-DC3163 (Thailand, floods)

– B4H-DC3165 (Indonesia, multi-hazard)

– B4H-DC3169 (Turkey, refugee crisis)

– B4H-DC3174 (Brazil, floods)

19 Oct 2018

The major US publisher Elsevier has sent us the contracts of four books to be published as a follow-up to the conference, on the basis of the abstracts and papers presented. Thus, a set of 15 editors, the majority of them track chairs or chairs of the ICBR, will soon select the best papers of each track and invited the authors to publish on the Elsevier books, with worldwide distribution.
 

We hope this top publication outcome may persuade some authors still hesitating about attending the ICBR to definitely come onboard and make their registration & payment. In the light of the new possibilities open by this publication agreement, which comprises more than 50 chapters in total, we have decided to extend the registration period for more 4 working days, until Thursday 24, and the payment period 6 days, until Monday, 29. After these dates, we cannot guarantee the publication in the books of Abstracts and a slot for presentation in the program, either. So, please don't miss these new very final deadlines and join us in this scientific, technical and cultural journey in Lisbon, an amazing city that will embrace you with its historic hills, enchanting you with its lovely fado (the traditional Portuguese song), and delight you with its exquisite wine and food.

26 Sep 2018

We are pleased to report a new name as keynote at the special session on Humanitarian Architecture and Incremental Housing > Chiu Chen-Yu.
 

Chiu Chen-Yu graduated from Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan in 2002 with a Bachelor of Architecture. He has a Masters degree in Urban Design at Columbia University in New York in 2005 and received his PhD at the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, in 2011.

From 2013-15, he worked as a Post-Doctoral researcher at Department of Architecture, Aalto University, Finland. Since September 2016, he has worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Architecture, Bilkent University. His primary research interest is in the cross-cultural / national relationships and humanitarian approach within the field of architecture.

18 Sep 2018

What do UIC Barcelona (Spain), Universidad Anáhuac (Mexico), Dar Al Uloom University (Saudi Arabia), Universidade da Madeira (Portugal) and National Cheng Kung University (Taiwan) have in common? 

They are the newest Associate Partners of the Building 4Humanity Resilient Design Competition, and are promoting the participation of their students and of other design teams from their regions/countries. Each of these schools will also collaborate to the Competition by taking part in the Jury for the evaluation of the proposals.

Once again welcome and thank you!

Tomorrow (20 September 2018) is the closing of the Competition’s early-bird registration period. 

In order to benefit from the discounted participation fee, design teams should complete the online registration form as soon as possible. After this, the teams will still have a few days to send us their registration file (the pdf file mentioned on the Competition’s website under “Submission instructions”).

(The design teams who miss the early-bird registration period will have until 4 October 2018 to register.)

Do not lose this opportunity of showcasing your innovative ideas for resilient buildings and/or settlements!

Should you have any question, please contact us through: B4H.DesignCompetition@gmail.com

12 Sep 2018

The Building 4Humanity Design Competition is spreading across the globe. We are still receiving submissions. Don't miss it. Enroll in this exciting competition on architecture for risk and resilience.

Good prize money, diplomas, online and physical exhibitions and publications opportunities. A high profile jury will assess and hierarchize all projects submitted. Prizes delivered during the 8th ICBR in Lisbon, next November.

29 Aug 2018

We regret to inform that RMIT (Melbourne) professor Esther Charlesworth won't make it for Lisbon this time due to professional commitments in Australia. But, we have good news: the Curry Stone Design Prize awarded 'humanitarian architect' Hsieh Ying Chun, Tawain-based, has confirmed his presence and will be a keynote speaker at this session. He will attend the 8th ICBR together with the artistic director of the famous Atelier 3 , Chen-Yui Chiu.

26 Aug 2018

The Marielle Award will recognize the activities of architects in interdisciplinary teams working within deprived areas, such as slums and other informal settlements threatened or affected by disasters, extreme poverty, armed conflicts, forced displacements, eviction or urban violence. This distinction targets both the results and the participatory process behind physical interventions that have contributed to the improvement of the living conditions locally, the reduction of risks and the strengthening of resilience.

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The deadline for expressing your interest in the award is 30 August! To register, please follow the instructions presented on the website. After registering, the deadline for sending us the first deliverable will then be 16 September.

30 Jul 2018

Dear Authors, this is a little reminder that the Early Bird period finishes this week (the 4th of August). Don't miss the opportunity of benefiting from a very nice reduction in the fees. We also remind that registrations are made through the website. After registering, you'll receive an invoice and then still have until the 20th of August to get the payment done.

24 Jul 2018

We gladly share that till today we have reached more than 200 registrations of oral presenters coming from more than 40 countries. About 4 months ahead of the conference we are delighted with these numbers as they are very promising for the success of the 8th ICBR. We remind that until the 4th of August authors can still register taking advantage of the Early Bird registration period. Don't miss the opportunity to benefit from a nice reduction in the fees!

23 Jul 2018

We have made the selection of authors-candidates for the funded fees we have offered. We received 19 terrific applications and we have granted 9 of them, two from Africa and 7 from Asia, in general from very different countries. The successful applicants (who were notified last Saturday) will benefit from very low fees and will be joining the 8th ICBR Organising Committee. Another good news is that they are mostly ladies who actually were underrepresented in the Organizing Committee. We are excited about having these excellent young researchers involved and we look forward to hosting as members of the team.

20 Jul 2018

The following deadlines have been updated, one more and very last time:
30 June 2018  >  22 July  >  4 August: Deadline for the submission of revised abstracts

30 June 2018   >  22 July >  4 August: Deadline for the submission of full papers

07 July 2018  >  22 July >  4 August: Early Bird Registration close 

30 July 2018  >  26 August > 8 September: Closing of the reviewing process and full paper notifications sent 

01 September 2018  >  23 September: Deadline of the revised papers 

23 September: Deadline for booking for the Doctoral School for ICBR delegates

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Dear Authors,

Given the many requests, we have received we have decided to extend the deadlines one more and very last time. Please take note of the new important 8th ICBR dates:

- Submission of revised and formatted abstracts (camera-ready versions): August 4;

- Submission of full papers (3500 words): August 4;

- End of the Early Bird registration period: August 4 (Note: bank transfers must be completed by August 20);

- Authors shall receive the reviews of their papers before September 8;

- Submission of the revised version of the full papers (camera ready version): September 23.

We take this opportunity to call your attention to the fact that submitting a full paper is not mandatory (authors can register and present at the 8th ICBR with only the accepted abstract). However, submitting a paper is, on the one hand, an opportunity to publish in the 8th ICBR ebook of proceedings (with ISBN); on the other hand, it is the initial step to be later selected to publish on one of the top publication opportunities, which include:

- Special Issues on the 8th ICBR’s associate journals: International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment (SCOPUS indexed); International Journal of Architectural Heritage (Clarivate Analytics indexed); International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (SCOPUS indexed); and Urbe – Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana (SCOPUS indexed). (One more special issue on a top journal is in preparation)

- Ebook and printed book by a top publisher (also indexed to SCOPUS).

For those interested, we also recall that August 4 is also the deadline for registering and requesting the Low Cost Fee. As it has been advertised, this fee category includes all conference events and daily meals (coffee breaks and lunches) but excludes the exciting social & cultural component of the conference (top quality welcome reception, conference dinner, traditional magusto and resilient tour) while offering an additional and cumulative 150€ reduction.

Finally, we would like to inform that very soon we'll announce the successful applicantions for the 10 co-funded fees we are offering. The selected applicants will be invited to integrate the 8th ICBR Organising Committee.

Again, thank you for your involvement which is crucial to the success of the 8th ICBR in our beautiful Lisbon, an historical and magic city waiting for you next November.

Warm regards,

The 8th ICBR Organising Committee

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20 Jul 2018

The following deadlines have been updated, one more and very last time:
30 June 2018  >  22 July  >  4 August: Deadline for the submission of revised abstracts

30 June 2018   >  22 July >  4 August: Deadline for the submission of full papers

07 July 2018  >  22 July >  4 August: Early Bird Registration close 

30 July 2018  >  26 August > 8 September: Closing of the reviewing process and full paper notifications sent 

01 September 2018  >  23 September: Deadline of the revised papers 

23 September: Deadline for booking for the Doctoral School for ICBR delegates

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Dear Authors,

Given the many requests, we have received we have decided to extend the deadlines one more and very last time. Please take note of the new important 8th ICBR dates:

- Submission of revised and formatted abstracts (camera-ready versions): August 4;

- Submission of full papers (3500 words): August 4;

- End of the Early Bird registration period: August 4 (Note: bank transfers must be completed by August 20);

- Authors shall receive the reviews of their papers before September 8;

- Submission of the revised version of the full papers (camera ready version): September 23.

We take this opportunity to call your attention to the fact that submitting a full paper is not mandatory (authors can register and present at the 8th ICBR with only the accepted abstract). However, submitting a paper is, on the one hand, an opportunity to publish in the 8th ICBR ebook of proceedings (with ISBN); on the other hand, it is the initial step to be later selected to publish on one of the top publication opportunities, which include:

- Special Issues on the 8th ICBR’s associate journals: International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment (SCOPUS indexed); International Journal of Architectural Heritage (Clarivate Analytics indexed); International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (SCOPUS indexed); and Urbe – Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana (SCOPUS indexed). (One more special issue on a top journal is in preparation)

- Ebook and printed book by a top publisher (also indexed to SCOPUS).

For those interested, we also recall that August 4 is also the deadline for registering and requesting the Low Cost Fee. As it has been advertised, this fee category includes all conference events and daily meals (coffee breaks and lunches) but excludes the exciting social & cultural component of the conference (top quality welcome reception, conference dinner, traditional magusto and resilient tour) while offering an additional and cumulative 150€ reduction.

Finally, we would like to inform that very soon we'll announce the successful applicantions for the 10 co-funded fees we are offering. The selected applicants will be invited to integrate the 8th ICBR Organising Committee.

Again, thank you for your involvement which is crucial to the success of the 8th ICBR in our beautiful Lisbon, an historical and magic city waiting for you next November.

Warm regards,

The 8th ICBR Organising Committee

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27 Jun 2018

The following deadlines have been updated:
30 June 2018  >  22 July: Deadline for the submission of revised abstracts

30 June 2018   >  22 July: Deadline for the submission of full papers

07 July 2018  >  22 July: Early Bird Registration close 

30 July 2018  >  26 August: Closing of the reviewing process and full paper notifications sent 

01 September 2018  >  23 September: Deadline of the revised papers 

23 September: Deadline for booking for the Doctoral School for ICBR delegates

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21 Jun 2018

Do you have any questions regarding your participation in the 8th ICBR? The Organizing Committee has been gathering the frequently asked questions in a file, which will be updated regularly.
This file can be accessed here.

15 Jun 2018

We are pleased to suggest a list of some hotels partners of the 8th ICBR Lisbon'18. When booking ask for the special rate agreed with the ICBR delegates. All the hotels listed are placed at a waking distance of the conference venue at the ISCTE facilities at the Avenue of Estados Unidos da América (Entrecampos subway station). We hope you find this list useful. We'll updated as soon as we made more arrangements for special offers. In case you look for a more specific or different accommodation offer we suggest using online engines search such as Booking or Trivago. For local private accommodation we suggest we'll known online services (such as Airbnb). 

In all cases, we kindly suggest booking in advance as currently Lisbon is a quite busy destination. Indeed, prices tend to rise fast and the nicer offers can become fully taken several months ahead. We stay at your disposal to assist in whatever necessary. However, please be aware that we neither do bookings and nor contact hotels on behalf of the conference delegates.
Looking forward to seeing in awesome Lisbon!

06 Jun 2018

We are pleased to announce that 8th ICBR is also offering more 5 co-funded fees for Phd Students from WB list of Lower-middle-income countries (LMIC). A minimal fee might be applied to young researchers and students who have submitted abstracts and are willing to integrate the 8th ICBR Organising Committee, collaborate in the conference tasks and to be a part of the team. 

In order to apply for FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES and JOINING THE CONFERENCE ORGANISING TEAM you will need to submit the following information to ICBR Organising Committee at icbr2018@buildresilience.org by Monday, June 25th:  
- short BIO (half page) 
- explanation by single page WHY you apply
- a photo
- two reference contacts (of your supervisors)

Please send this information in a single PDF file.

The following countries are part of the WB LMIC list:

Armenia / Bolivia / Cabo Verde / Cameroon / Congo, Rep. / Côte d'Ivoire / Egypt, Arab Rep. / El Salvador / Georgia / Ghana / Guatemala / Honduras / India / Indonesia / Jordan / Kenya / Kosovo / Kyrgyz Republic / Micronesia, Fed. Sts. / Moldova / Mongolia / Morocco / Nicaragua / Nigeria / Pakistan / Papua New Guinea / Philippines / Sri Lanka / Swaziland / Syrian Arab Republic / Tajikistan / Tunisia / Ukraine / Uzbekistan / Vietnam / West Bank and Gaza

06 Jun 2018

We gladly inform that 8th ICBR is offering discount fees for participants from Lower-middle-income Countries (in addition to the reduced fees - which, by the way, has been increased - already available for the participants from UN list of Least Developed Countries (LDC) or the WB list of Low Income Countries (LIC).

The following countries are part of the WB LMIC list:

Armenia / Bolivia / Cabo Verde / Cameroon / Congo, Rep. / Côte d'Ivoire / Egypt, Arab Rep. / El Salvador / Georgia / Ghana / Guatemala / Honduras / India / Indonesia / Jordan / Kenya / Kosovo / Kyrgyz Republic / Micronesia, Fed. Sts. / Moldova / Mongolia / Morocco / Nicaragua / Nigeria / Pakistan / Papua New Guinea / Philippines / Sri Lanka / Swaziland / Syrian Arab

19 May 2018

The template for the full paper is already available under the SUBMISSION menu

17 May 2018

Great opportunity for architects, urban planners, social scientists and all involved in disaster resilience practice and studies. Prize money for professionals and students. 

The programme of the competition covers design for resilience in any stage of the disaster risk management cycle – that is, focusing on either mitigation, “building better from the start” or recovery, “building back better”. 

Each team should present its own preliminary programme in the act of registration. Applicants must identify and choose a disaster-prone area and showcase ideas of how resilient houses and settlements can support the building of communities’ resilience. Alternatively, submissions may refer to already built resilient houses. The exhibition and presentation of the winners will take place between 14-16 November at the 8th ICBR. 

​The Building 4Humanity Resilient Design Competition will also feature, as a special award, The Marielle Franco Community-Design Award, to honour the legacy of the late Marielle Franco and her persistent work towards the right to the city and to safe and decent housing for the inhabitants of favelas of Rio de Janeiro

15 May 2018

Dear Authors and all interested in attending the 8th ICBR, the notifications have been sent, the fees' categories were announced and the EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION PERIOD IS OPEN. Please check the website and fill the online registration form. Take advantage of the many fees' reductions offered, particularly at this stage. Consider that the fees include the entire social and cultural program.

Any doubts please send an email to icbr2018@buildresilience.org

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07 May 2018

Abstracts submissions to Special Sessions closed! As planned, the period for submissions for Special Session is over. We are happy to share the information that we have received an impressive total of 560 submissions.

We believe this a new record for the ICBR. So we have to thank again all those around the globe that become interested and submitted. Together, we'll be able to have a great conference in Lisbon, next November.

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We should admit that this number is a bit higher than we expected. Nevertheless, according to our program and venues, there's room to accommodate all the presentations. So the only criteria for accepting abstracts, papers and posters will be quality. Our aim is to maintain the high standard pursued in previous editions of the ICBR.

All submissions are undergoing the double peer review. We have started the notifications of the results the past week and will continue to do so as the reviews are completed.

Along with the information of the results, we'll send the full papers template and open the Early Bird registration period via the website. So, please pay attention to your inbox during the next week.

29 Apr 2018

Powered by the NGO Building 4Humanity, Design and Reconstructing communities association.

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We invite students, architects, urban designers, planners, landscape architects, engineers, designers, NGO's, organizations and everyone interested in the mission of the International Conference on Building Resilience, to submit their proposals and ideas to the Building 4Humanity Resilient Design Competition. There will be two main categories: professional and students. Professional submissions must involve at least one qualified architect. Students submissions must include at least one professor o lecturer with a practical background in architecture. Interdisciplinary teams are highly encouraged.

For more information please visit the competition's website   (via the ICBR website)

29 Apr 2018

The Building 4Humanity Resilient Design Competition will also feature, as a special award, the MARIELLE FRANCO COMMUNITY-DESIGN AWARD to honour the legacy of the late city councillor and her activism and consistent work together with the architects and urbanists towards the right to the city and to safe and decent housing for the inhabitants of the 'favelas' (slums) of Rio de Janeiro.

Nominations for this Award will be accepted soon.

Please check the award page for more information.

27 Apr 2018

We kindly note that, as planned,  we'll keep receiving submissions to the following Special Thematic Sessions:

- Architectural Heritage;

- Gender and Resilience;

- Risk to wildfires;

- Multi-hazard early warning: Improving availability and access to multi-hazard early warning, risk information and assessment;

- Humanitarian Architecture and Incremental Housing.

These sessions are subject to a more strict selection criterion of presenters but at the same time, can accommodate more attendees, not only ICBR delegates but also researchers and professionals that are only interested in attending these sessions. If you interested in presenting in the SSs please submit your abstract until the 6th of May using the 8th ICBR online submission system through EasyChair.

25 Apr 2018

As planned, the Organising committee closed the process of submissions to the track sessions. We thank very much all authors for having sent their abstracts, this way showing their interest in attending 8th ICBR. In case you experienced problems and could not submit please contact the Organisation through the official email. 

We hope that all those who have submitted can make it to Lisbon. 

All submissions are or soon will undergo the reviewing process and authors notified whether their abstracts were accepted; accepted with conditions and must be improved; invited to become a poster; or rejected (when scientific quality or the topic of the abstract do not match the standards and thematic scope of the conference).
It has been a great adventure since past October. The number of submissions is quite impressive, beyond our most optimistic projection, and we count on all of you, particularly with your patience, understanding and full collaboration, to get through the demanding reviewing stage. 
 

We kindly note that, as planned, we'll keep receiving submissions to the Special Thematic Sessions (Architectural Heritage, Gender and Resilience, Risk to wildfires, Multi-hazard early warning: Improving availability and
access to multi-hazard early warning, risk information and assessment and finally, Humanitarian Architecture. These are subject to different criteria and can accommodate more attendees, not only ICBR delegates but also researchers and professionals that are only interested in attending these sessions. In case you are interested please send your abstract by email following the instructions of the online process. Any queries please contact the 8th ICBR official email.

18 Apr 2018

It is an honor to confirm that we'll have with us Mr. Abhilash Panda, the UNISDR Deputy Chief of the Regional Office for Europe. We are happy with this cooperation and looking forward to listening to Mr. Panda in Lisbon

18 Apr 2018

We are happy to share that we have reached an impressive number of 430 submissions! This means that is very likely that the 8th ICBR will meet its goal of involving a large audience from all over the world. 
The reviewing process continues and soon (on the 26th of April) those who submitted until 4th of March and until yesterday (15th of April) will be notified about the results. 

Meanwhile, we encourage you who have already submitted an abstract, and feel confident about your research, to start the preparation of the full paper, should you be interested in publishing your findings through the ICBR editorial projects. Note that the time for writing the full papers is not that long and even if you receive specific recommendations from the reviewers you can always adjust and improve your text. So, good work!

14 Apr 2018

Given the many requests we have received and the delay in the distribution of conference materials to the ICBR Associate Partners (flyers and posters sent by regular postal delivery), the Organising Committee has decided to exceptionally extend the deadline one more and last time.

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The FINAL DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS SUBMISSION IS 25th OF APRIL. 

There will be NO MORE DEADLINE EXTENSIONS. 

The undergoing abstracts' reviewing process WILL NOT BE affected by this postponing and will proceed regularly with no interruptions or further delays. 
We thank you in advance for spreading this new and the updated conference poster.

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8th ICBR Lisbon'2018 (final) IMPORTANT DATES:

25 April 2018: Abstract submission close
26 April 2018: First round of Abstracts notification 
03 May 2018: Second and last round of Abstracts notification 
05 May 2018: Full Paper submissions open 
07 May 2018: Registration opens (Early Bird)
08 June 2018: Full paper submissions close
23 July 2018: Final paper notifications sent 
30 July 2018: Early Bird Registration close 
20 August 2018: Revised papers 
30 October 2018: Registration closes
Conference: 14 - 16 November 2018

09 Apr 2018

Funding opportunities for young students:

- Until 1st of May, Ph.D. students from LDC/LIC countries (no matter where they are studying) can apply for co-funded registration fees. A minimal fee might be applied to students who are submitting and are willing to integrate the 8th ICBR Organisation Committee, collaborate in the conference tasks and be part of the team, accordingly. In case you are interested and want know more about it, please send an email to icbr2018@buildresilience.org

In case the Organization gets appropriate funding, additional reduction fees and benefits may be applied.

08 Apr 2018

We have more great news: the new associate partner of the 8th ICBR Lisbon'2018 is the prestigious Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction (IRDR), based at the University College of London (UCL).

Hosted in the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MAPS), the IRDR was launched in 2010 as a Provost Strategic Development initiative with a mission to lead research, knowledge exchange and teaching in risk and disaster reduction (RDR) across the UCL.

We welcome all the members of the IRDR and encourage them to visit the conference website, choose the more suitable track and submit benefiting from the 10% reduction in the fees, a discount reserved to the members of associate partners.

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/rdr/abouthttp://www.ucl.ac.uk/rdr/about

03 Apr 2018

PT: Os melhores papers apresentados no Seminario em Praticas e Metodos resilientes serão selecionados para publicaçao nesta revista, ficando sujeitos ao processo de revisão habitual.

urbe. Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana is an electronic journal of urban studies with free open access., under Creative Commons License (attribution-type BY), organized by the Postgraduate Program in Urban Management (PPGTU/PUCPR).

To reach the complexity of urban phenomenon and its territorial materiality, urbe publishes theoretical and empirical papers involving discussions from the diverse issues that compose urban studies, such as urban and regional planning, architecture and urbanism, public management, public administration, public policies, geography, urban infrastructure, urban technology and environment.

Urbe is published thrice a year, accepting articles in four different languages (Portuguese, Spanish, English and French).

31 Mar 2018

Happy Easter! We gladly and proudly celebrate this holiday season with a very special news: 
- the INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION (IJDRR), published by Elsevier and whose Editor-in-Chief is Professor David Alexander (University College of London) has become associated to the 8th ICBR Lisbon'2018 by editing a Special Issue focusing on "Gender issues on Disaster Risk Reduction and Building Community Resilience environments" topics addressed in our very Special Session on Gender by Maureen Fordham (leader of the Centre for Gender and Disaster at the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction at the University College of London) and Astrid Skjerven (Oslo Metropolitan University and leader of the Gender group at the International Sustainable Development Research Society). The best papers of this Special Session and others distinguished papers that discuss these topics will be selected and invited to submit to this SI of the IJDRR.

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The International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction affiliated with the Global Risk Forum GRF Davos, is the journal for researchers, policymakers and practitioners across diverse disciplines: Earth Sciences in its entirety; Environmental Sciences; Engineering; Urban Studies; Geography; and Social sciences. IJDRR publishes fundamental and applied research, critical reviews, policy papers and case studies focusing on multidisciplinary research aiming to reduce the impact of natural and technological disasters. IJDRR stimulates exchange of ideas and knowledge transfer on disaster research, mitigation, adaptation, prevention and risk reduction at all geographical scales: local, national and international.

26 Mar 2018

We are pleased to announce the new track 2A: Multi-hazard early warning: Improving availability and access to multi-hazard early warning, risk information and assessment

The track is chaired by Professor Richard Haigh and Professor Dilanthi Amaratunga from Global Disaster Resilience Centre at University of Huddersfield, UK.

05 Mar 2018

We are pleased to announce the new track and Special Session 'The Significance of Gender for the Creation of Resilience and Sustainability'.

The Special Session will feature as keynote speaker Maureen Fordham from the University College of London (UCL). Maureen Fordham, BSc and PhD, is a Professor of Gender and Disaster Resilience, and leads the Centre for Gender and Disasters at The IRDR, the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, at the UCL. 
 

01 Mar 2018

We are pleased to announce the venue of the 8th ICBR Lisbon'2018:
The excellent facilities of the ISCTE-IUL (school of business, economics, communication, informatics and architecture, among others), with a very convenient location, in the centre of Lisbon uptown area, at the University City (Cidade Universitaria), with easy access from airport (15m) and served by public transportation: Metro, Buses and Taxis. Lots of good and nice prices hotels nearby as well as local accommodation (Airbnb), at a walking distance.
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