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The next speaker in our ‘Thinkers and Doers’ series is Leor Lovinger (Israel) presenting “Resiliency and Biophilia in an Evolving Cultural and Urban Landscape”.

Leor Lovinger has 23 years of experience in the field of Landscape Architecture and Urban Design. He is the founder and managing director of Studio Urbanof, a research-based design practice committed to the innovative design of public spaces, urban resilience and biophilic design. Over the past decade, Leor has taught and lectured internationally. Since 2013 he is acting as IFLA Europe’s Green Infrastructure Director, and in 2016 he was appointed as an expert consulting the European Commission (Eklipse) on nature-based solutions to support urban resiliency (IFLA Europe’s representative). Prior to this, Leor studied, researched and practised in the United States for more than 8 years; his last position was Senior Associate with the Office of Michael Van Valkenburgh. He holds a Bachelor in Landscape Architecture cum laude from the Technion, Haifa, Israel, and a Master’s degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley, CA.