We are currently finalising the programme.
| DAY ONE - Monday 18th July 2011 | TIME | ACTIVITY | LOCATION |
| 9.00-10.00 | Registration | Foyer Area, Seacole | |
| 10.00-10.35 | Welcome - Prof. David Maguire, Pro-Vice-Chancellor Corporate Development, Birmingham City University (UK) | Lecture Theatre, Seacole (Rm 145) | |
| Prof. Richard Coles, Birmingham School of Architecture, Birmingham City University (UK). | |||
| 10.35-11.20 | KEYNOTE - Ruth Reed, President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) | Lecture Theatre, Seacole, (Rm 145) | |
| 11.20-11.40 | Tea + coffee break | Foyer Area, Seacole | |
| Session 1 | Papers 1-3 Residential Design and Housing | Lecture Theatre, Seacole (Rm 145) | |
| 11.40-12.40 | 11.40-12.00 | F. Albanese (Shelter,UK): Measuring well-being and sustainability for tenants in the private rented sector: where does housing fit in? | |
| 12.00-12.20 | V. Coatham and S.Lazarus (ELSS, Birmingham City University,UK): Well-being, young people and 'home' | ||
| 12.20-12.40 | G. Perlaviciute & L. Steg (University of Groningen, Netherlands): Quality of life in residential environments | ||
| Papers 4-6 Environment, Architecture and Landscape | Breakout Room 1 (Rm 214) | ||
| 11.40-12.00 | Nick Grayson (Birmingham City Council, UK): Achieving public health outcomes through non-medical services in Birmingham, England | ||
| 12.00-12.20 | L. Sowman (Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand): Towards a theory of the landscape and well-being: perceptions of landscape and place and their relationship to human well-being. | ||
| 12.20-12.40 | H. Gerdes (Ecologic Institute, Berlin, Germany) & C. Bieling (University of Freiburg, Germany): The contribution of cultural landscapes to the well-being of local communities: a conceptual outline | ||
| Papers 7-9 Senses and Space | Breakout Room 2 (Rm 202) | ||
| 11.40-12.00 | L. Gresillon (Caen University, France): Well-being and environment characteristics: an example of smells in Chatelet - Les Halles in Paris | ||
| 12.00-12.20 | John Flannigan (Birmingham City University, UK): Street trees and urban residents' well-being | ||
| 12.20-12.40 | Rob Pyecroft-Rainbow (Artist) and Sam Aldenton (Bootstraps Company, UK): Beyond the Park | ||
| Papers 10-12 Families and the Environment | Breakout Room 3 (Rm 303) | ||
| 11.40-12.00 | C. Isanta et al (University of Barcelona, Spain): Well-being, happiness and reconciliation of family life | ||
| 12.00-12.20 | Y. Rancken-Lutz (Gothenberg University, Sweden): First-time parents' appropriation of online and urban health-promoting social spaces | ||
| 12.20-12.40 | C. Ergler et al (University of Auckland, New Zealand / SHORE, Massey University, New Zealand): Helicopter or free-range kids? Comparing children's well-being in a vertical and suburban environment in summer and winter | ||
| Papers 13-15 Bodily Health | Breakout Room 4 (Rm 311) | ||
| 11.40-12.00 | L. Aphramor (HAES UK and Coventry University, UK): Health at every size | ||
| 12.00-12.20 | C. Torrens et al (Causeway Laboratories, Co. Londonderry, N Ireland): Can a structured weight management program using a behavioural approach have an impact on psychological well-being? | ||
| 12.20-12.40 | P. Carroll et al (Massey University, New Zealand): Kids in the city: children's independent mobility, physical activity and well-being - New Zealand perspective | ||
| 12:40-1:20 | LUNCH | Rooms 215/216 | |
| 1:20-1:40 | POSTER SESSION AND NETWORKING | Foyer Area, Seacole | |
| 5 mins for movement | |||
| 1:45-2:30 | KEYNOTE - Prof. Norma Daykin, University of the West of England, Bristol (UK) | Lecture Theatre, Seacole | |
| 5 mins for movement | |||
| Session 2 | Papers 16-18 Sustainability, Environment and Climate Change | Lecture Theatre, Seacole (Rm 145) | |
| 2:35-3:35 | 2.35-2:55 | K.N.Irvine (De Montfort University, UK) & S.L. Warber (University of Michigan, USA): Modelling well-being and the relationships between individuals and their environments | |
| 2:55-3:15 | I. Yerro Vela (ETH Wohnforum-ETH CASE, Zurich, Switzerland): The contribution of greenery in multi-family households | ||
| 3:15-3:35 | P. Stevens (Bournemouth University, UK): Healthy, happy, hippy: sustainability as an emergent property of well-being | ||
| Papers 19-21 Children and Older People | Breakout Room 1 (Rm 214) | ||
| 2.35-2:55 | F. Rabiee & A. Robbins (Faculty of Health, Birmingham City University, UK): Well-being in school aged children - what do we mean and how effective are our measurement tools? | ||
| 2:55-3:15 | B. Spencer (University of the West of England, Bristol, UK): The contribution of playable space to the well-being of older people | ||
| Papers 22-24 Sound, Music and Style | Breakout Room 2 (Rm 202) | ||
| 2.35-2:55 | Anne Boultwood (BIAD, Birmingham City University,UK): My Clothes Become Me: the role of clothing in psychological well-being | ||
| 2:55-3:15 | M.S. Smith et al (University of Chichester, UK): The effectiveness of learning drumming techniques to enhance psychological and motor skill development amongst primary school children with a range of additional educational needs | ||
| 3:15-3:35 | C. Cozma ("Al.I.Cuza" University, Romania): Ethos of music art and human well-being | ||
| Papers 25-27 Children and Young People | Breakout Room 3 (Rm 303) | ||
| 2.35-2:55 | J. Newton & C. Ponting (BRASS, Cardiff University, Wales, UK): Understanding well-being amongst young people: engaging young people through 'contemporary science debate' | ||
| 2:55-3:15 | P. Holgate & P. Jones (Northumbria University, UK): Care of the self: embedding well-being in architectural education at Northumbria University | ||
| 3:15-3:35 | L. Ginesi et al (Faculty of Health, Birmingham City University, UK): A student-centred approach to cross disciplinary issues related to training well-being professionals for the future | ||
| 3:35-3:55 | Tea + coffee break + POSTERS | Foyer Area, Seacole | |
| Papers 28-30 Sustainable Cities and Regeneration | Lecture Theatre, Seacole (Rm 145) | ||
| Session 3 | 3:55-4:15 | A.O. Ajenifujah-Abubakar & J.A. Fadamiro (Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria): The place of architecture and architects in actualising liveable and sustainable communities. | |
| 3:55-4:55 | 4:15-4:35 | I. Bache & L. Reardon (University of Sheffield, UK): The politics of well-being | |
| 4:35-4:55 | K. Zagorski (Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland): Urban and rural social environment and individuals' well-being | ||
| Papers 31-33 Spirituality and Space | Breakout Room 2 (Rm 202) | ||
| 3:55-4:15 | S. McAllister (The Feng Shui Agency, UK): Scientific Feng Shui design for well-being: how to combine the human with the environment | ||
| 4:15-4:35 | M. Keiany (BIAD, Birmingham City University, UK): Symbolic delivery of spiritual well-being in rural areas of Baluchistan | ||
| 4:35-4:55 | A. Nejati (Miami University, Ohio, USA): Spirituality, health and architecture: with respect to stress | ||
| Breakout Room 3 (Rm 303) | |||
| 3:55-4:15 | Meeting place for Botanical Gardens Walk 1 (register at reception) | ||
| Papers 34-36 Work and Well-being | Breakout Room 4 (Rm 311) | ||
| 3:55-4:15 | J. Sparrow (Birmingham City University): Organisations achieving social purpose: some implications for positive well-being | ||
| 4:15-4:35 | C. Rook et al (University of Exeter Business School, UK): Achieving lasting well-being and performance at work - the role of authenticity and social identity | ||
| 4:35-4:55 | J. Pieters (University of Souht Australia): Adjustment to retrenchment, housing and well-being | ||
| 4:55-5:10 | Tea + coffee break | Foyer Area, Seacole | |
| 5:10-5:55 | KEYNOTE- Sue Forsyth, IMPROVE, Peabody Housing Trust (UK) | Lecture Theatre, Seacole (Rm 145) | |
| 6.00-7.15 | Pre-dinner reception and networking | Botanical Gardens | |
| 7.15 - | Evening Delegate Dinner | Botanical Gardens | |
| DAY TWO - Tuesday 19th July 2011 | TIME | ACTIVITY | LOCATION |
| 8.30-9.30 | Registration | Foyer Area, Seacole | |
| 9.30-10.20 | KEYNOTE - Dr. Satish Kumar, Editor, Resurgence magazine (UK) [followed by Hannah Perkins, Fundraising Manager, Resurgence] | Lecture Theatre, Seacole (Rm 145) | |
| 5 mins for movement | |||
| Papers 37-39 Sustainability | Lecture Theatre, Seacole (Rm 145) | ||
| Session 1 | 10:25-10:45 | L. Reid (University of St. Andrews) & C. Hunter (University of Aberdeen): A BeWEL agenda: linking behaviour, well-being, environment and life | |
| 10:25 - 11:25 | 10:45-11:05 | M. Norcia & A. Rissotto (National Research Council, Italy): Why poor? Representations and causal attributions about poverty and wealth | |
| 11:05-11:25 | C. Willis (University of Exeter, UK): Harnessing nature's benefits: using subjective well-being to recognise the wider values of tourism | ||
| Papers 40-42 Hand-making and Participation | Breakout Room 2 (Rm 202) | ||
| 10:25-10:45 | J. Riley (Cardiff University, Wales, UK) & B. Corkhill (Stitchlinks, UK): A stitch in time: the benefits of knitting for personal and social well-being | ||
| 10:45-11:05 | C. Treadaway (CSAD, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK): Shorelines: transforming emotion | ||
| 11:05-11:25 | A. Chandler & R. Karthaus (University of East London,UK): Making place - handwork in/for/of the community | ||
| Paper 43 | Breakout Room 3 (Rm 303) | ||
| 10:25-10:45 | |||
| 10:45-11:05 | K.Wellhofer (Somatic Explorations) & M.Fearn (Swansea University): Somatic skills for practitioners across contexts: a somatic experiential session. [may run for longer than 20 mins] | ||
| 11:05-11:25 | |||
| Papers 44-46 Social Capital | Breakout Room 4 (Rm 311) | ||
| 10:25-10:45 | B. Hallerod & D.Selden (University of Gothenburg, Sweden): The multi-dimensional characteristics of well-being | ||
| 10:45-11:05 | I. Armadans et al (University of Barcelona, Spain): Does education in social abilities promote well-being in elders? | ||
| 11:05-11:25 | S. Grunberger & I. Omann (Sustainable Europe research Institute, Vienna, Austria): Well-being and social relations. How social capital affects subjective well-being | ||
| 11:25-11:45 | Tea + coffee break + POSTERS | Foyer Area, Seacole | |
| Papers 47-49 Sustainable Development | Lecture Theatre, Seacole (Rm 145) | ||
| Session 2 | 11.45-12.05 | K. Polistina (Symbiotic and Sustainable Systems): Global citizenship: understanding culture's the glue that bonds well-being and sustainability | |
| 11:45 - 12:45 | 12:05-12:25 | S. Salehi Milani (Birmingham City University, UK/University of Tehran, Iran): Considering cultural dimensions of planning towards urban sustainable development, case study: Tehran | |
| 12:25-12:45 | J. Astbury (University of Manchester, UK): Interactive urban landscapes for well-being and sustainability | ||
| Papers 50-52 Participatory Interventions | Breakout Room 2 (Rm 202) | ||
| 11.45-12.05 | J. Habron et al (Coventry University, UK): Being musical, being well: the experience of older people during a community music project | ||
| 12:05-12:25 | L. O'Brien (Forest Research, Social and Economic research Group, UK): Using trees and woodlands to improve individual and community well-being: interventions, activities and barriers | ||
| 12:25-12:45 | J. Calderwood (De Montfort University, UK): Pervasive media arts: participation, practice and well-being | ||
| Papers 53-55 Case Studies | Breakout Room 3 (Rm 303) | ||
| 11.45-12.05 | E. Boyle (National Institutes of Health, USA): Well-being in complementary and alternative medicine | ||
| 12:05-12:25 | O. Noble (Department for Culture, Media and Sport, UK): Multidimensional well-being: an empirical case study | ||
| 12:25-12:45 | I. Mozhaeva (University of Latvia): Association between health and attitude towards own health | ||
| Papers 56-58 Environment and Interaction | Breakout Room 4 (Rm 311) | ||
| 11.45-12.05 | S. Jutras (University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada): Person-environment transactions in the neighbourhood and their relation to well-being | ||
| 12:05-12:25 | P. O'Donnell (BIAD, Birmingham City University, UK): Ill-being [The Sunken Gardens] | ||
| 12:25-12:45 | Z.K. Millman et al (BIAD, Birmingham City University / British Waterways): Narrative walking as a performative technique to enhance well-being | ||
| 12:45-1:25 | LUNCH | Canteen Area, Seacole TBC | |
| 1:25-1:45 | POSTER SESSION AND NETWORKING | Foyer Area, Seacole | |
| 1:45-2:30 | KEYNOTE - Dr. Guy Holmes, Clinical Psychologist, & Nicki Evans, Service User Consultant, South Staffordshire and Shropshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (UK) | Lecture Theatre, Seacole | |
| 5 mins for movement | |||
| Session 3 | Papers 59-61 Designing and modelling environments | Lecture Theatre, Seacole (Rm 145) | |
| 2:35-3:35 | 2.35-2.55 | R.W. Coles et al (BIAD, Birmingham City University, UK): Investigating and modelling the well-being parameters operating in the Castle Vale housing estate | |
| 2.55-3.15 | E. Chattoe-Brown (University of Leicester, UK): The role of agent based modelling in facillitating well-being research: an introduction and existence proof | ||
| 3.15-3.35 | K. Brookfield (University of Southampton, UK): Quality of life and the design of urban environments - the perspective of tenants' and residents' associations | ||
| Papers 62-64 Well-being at the workplace and home | Breakout Room 1 (Rm 214) | ||
| 2.35-2.55 | A. Lait (University of Essex, UK): Working for well-being: labours of sickness and cure | ||
| 2.55-3.15 | J. Hall et al (National Centre for Social Research, London, UK): Mental health, well-being and housing conditions in England: results of a national survey | ||
| 3.15-3.35 | C. von Brandenburg (Aalto-University, Helsinki, Finland): Art and well-being at work | ||
| Papers 65-67 Sensory Approaches | Breakout Room 2 (Rm 202) | ||
| 2.35-2.55 | F. Bannon (University of Leeds, UK): In Situ: choreographing invisible architectures | ||
| 2.55-3.15 | J. Flintham (Bournemouth University, UK): Narrative approaches to well-being | ||
| 3.15-3.35 | U. Troche (Ursula Troche Arts/Harlesden Poetry Club, UK): Writing, well-being and multi-culturalism | ||
| Breakout Room 3 (Rm 303) | |||
| 2.35-2.55 | Meeting place for Botanical Garden Walk 2 (register at reception) | ||
| Papers 68-70 Healthcare Interventions | Breakout Room 4 (Rm 311) | ||
| 2.35-2.55 | A. MacDonald (University College Falmouth, UK): Gardens of hope? The restorative paradigm and the Maggie's Centre Gardens | ||
| 2.55-3.15 | E. Ander et al (University College London, UK): Culture's place in well-being: measuring museum well-being interventions | ||
| 3.15-3.35 | M. Annemans et al (K.U. Leuven, Belgium): Lying architecture: experiencing space from a hospital bed | ||
| 3:35-3:55 | Tea + coffee break | Foyer Area, Seacole | |
| 3:55-4:40 | Plenary Session and Concluding Comments | Lecture Theatre, Seacole (Rm 145) |