Call for Sessions
Deadline for submission: 30 November 2026
2027 conference session submissions
- Please submit a description of no more than 100 words and supply a short biography at the end of your session description (no bulleted or lengthy CVs).
- Please click on the subtheme below in which you would like to facilitate a session. Note that you are able to make multiple submissions. You have to revert to this form to submit another description.
- Not all submissions may be accepted.
- Facilitators will be notified of acceptance or non-acceptance via email by the Secretariat. No correspondence will be entered into about non-acceptance.
- The conference organisers reserve the right not to place sessions within the requested subthemes should subthemes be combined, and facilitators will be notified.
Theme for SA-SBE27 + 1SBE
Places of belonging - designing hope and regenerating futures
Three days connecting South African and global SBE perspectives
We welcome session proposals that engage with the following subthemes:
Places for Life
- Biocentric and regenerative architecture
- Circular design and construction
- Water-sensitive and biodiverse urbanism
- Rewilding and nature-led spatial practice
- Material innovation and nurtured technologies
Places for Longevity
- Inclusive public and urban design
- Participatory and community-led development
- Human-scale planning and spatial connection
- Intergenerational spaces and healthy aging
- Integrated infrastructure for energy, water and mobility
Places for Futures
- Innovation in housing and communal living
- Renewable and adaptable energy strategies
- Food sovereignty and urban agricultural systems
- New pedagogies and nature-focused learning spaces
- Design as a tool for climate optimism, imagination, and change