Ecocity Satellite Conference Dhaka 2020

#BuildBackBetterBD: Making our Cities Healthier for People and Planet

Date: 9-10 September 2020

Main Organizers: The Department of Urban and Regional Planning, BUET, Bangladesh Institute of Planners (BIP), Dept. of Environmental Science, Stamford University, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA), Save the Environment Movement (POBA), The Institute of Wellbeing, Bangladesh ‍and Work for a Better Bangladesh (WBB) Trust

Co-Organizers: The Department of Urban and Regional Planning (DURP), Jahangirnagar University, University of Chittagong, Department of Urban and Regional Planning – KUET and Dhaka International University (DIU), Mayor Alliance for Healthy Cities - MAHC

International Partners: Ecocity Builders, HealthBridge Foundation of Canada and World Bicycle Forum

Conference Preparatory Committee:

Chairman        : Saifuddin Ahmed, Executive Director, Work for a Better Bangladesh Trust

Co-Chairman   : Abu Naser Khan, Chairman, Save the Environment Movement (POBA)

        “               : Arch Iqbal Habib, Joint Secretary, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA)

        “               : Akter Mahmud, President, Bangladesh Institute of Planners (B.I.P)

        “               :  Musleh Uddin Hasan, Professor and Head, Department of Urban and Regional         

                           Planning at BUET

        “               : Adil Mohammed Khan, General Secretary, Bangladesh Institute of Planners

                          (BIP)

        “               : Ahmad Kamruzzaman Majumder, Dean of Science Faculty, Stamford  

                          University Bangladesh

        “               : Sharif Jamil, General Secretary, Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA)

        “               : Dr. M. Shafiq-Ur Rahman, Chairman, Department of Urban and Regional         

                          Planning (DURP), Jahangirnagar University

        “               : MD Mosharraf Hossain, Professor, Institute of Forestry and Environmental  

                          Science, Chittagong University

        “               : Tanmoy Chakroborty, Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning,

                           KUET

Convener         : Debra Efroymson, Regional Director, HealthBridge Foundation of Canada

Co- Convener  : Gaous Pearee, Director, Work for a Better Bangladesh Trust

       “                  : Syeda Anonna Rahman, Program Manager, Director, Work for a Better  

                           Bangladesh Trust

      “                   : Ziaur Rahman, Sinior Project Officer, Work for a Better Bangladesh Trust

Conference Sub- Committee