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+ 5400 attendees + 154 lectures 8 editions India’s Biggest architecture symposium 361 ° Conference…..since 2005 17 th , 18 th February, 2016 Nehru Centre, Mumbai 17 th , 18 th February, 2016 Nehru Centre, Mumbai One of the oldest and most respected design forums in India, the 361 ° Conference is an initiative by Indian Architect & Builder, under the aegis of Jasubhai Media , to inspire a truly relevant discussion on architecture. The Conference establishes a thought – exchange program with lectures and discussions chronicling a multitude of ideas and innovations that have had a significant impact on our habitats. Through the years, the conference has connected various disciplines of design, by offering dialogue opportunities of across essential themes like DIS - Discourse , Intuition & Syntax in Architecture, Architecture & Identity, Architecture of Purpose, New Spirit in Architecture, Design & Informal Cities, Earth Matters, Imagining Urban Futures, Material Innovations. As an Eclectic , thought provoking and egalitarian platform , 361 ° in its ninth edition will continue to articulate the power of thoughts and ideas, thus capturing the progressive nature of design an creating in its wake a forum for the emerging and influential practices in the Indian subcontinent. It will also connect with construction fraternity . 17 th , 18 th February, 2016 Nehru Centre, Mumbai The conference intends to create a platform to allude that the ‘City’ is much more than an accumulation of buildings, construction, and architecture – they also comprise public spaces such as parks, squares, streets and alleys that are equally significant components of the urban fabric . The built and un - built environments are in a constant relationship with each other – sometimes conflictual, ideally harmonious and symbiotic – are integral to the form and function of our cities which we must constantly explore to institute and develop. Since the year 2008, for the first time in human history, half of the world's population now lives in cities. If we are to design or build future cities which are genuinely sustainable, the three basic principles that justify an eco - friendly living are: architecture, urbanism and sustainability being closely interwoven and interdependent . 361 ° Conference 2016 will attempt to highlight the urgent need to comprehend the role of the architecture of cities as both agents of change and catalysts of survival at a time when climate change has grabbed the attention of the world and become an imperative fragment of the basic framework for designing cities. ARCHITECTURE CITY ARCHITECTURE | URBANISM | SUSTAINABILITY AND THE INAUGURAL CEREMONY Icon lecture by Massimiliano Fuksas & Doriana Fuksas ICON LECTURE Wendell Burnette, USA Sheila Sri Prakash, India Boonserm Premthada , Thailand Prem Chandavarkar , India Dr Singh Intrachooto , Thailand Rachel Neeson , Australia Alberto Kalach , Mexico Prof Ishiyama , Japan Peter Clegg , UK KEY NOTE LECTURES Felicitation of winners of Terrace Alive Competition presented by Dr Fixit with Christopher Charles Benninger & Sanjay Bahadur , ( Global CEO, Pidilite ) ARCHITECTURE COMPETITIONS Panel Discussion - Future Homes Presented by NITCO with Mujib Ahmed, Lalitha Tharani , Kalhan Mattoo , Darpana Athale , Subrata Basu ( Nitco ) PANEL DISCUSSIONS Felicitation of Young Designer winners , presented by QUEO with Prem Chandavarkar & V Krishnamurthy ( QUEO) YOUNG DESIGNERS FELICITATION DISCUSSION & OPEN MIKE Material Focus – Tata Structura Technology Focus – HP Printers Material Focus – UltraTech Hitoshi Tanaka , Deputy MD, Daikin India Sandip Somany , Joint MD, HSIL Material Focus – Birla White INDUSTRY PRESENTATIONS Networking Dinner & Interactions NETWORKING DINNER Networking Dinner & Interactions NETWORKING DINNER CONFERENCE CONFERENCE INDUSTRY PARTNERS OVER THE YEARS