We invite you to join us for an exciting discussion on the role of women in landscape architecture and the future of the discipline. The panel consists of influential female practitioners and academics who continue to shape the profession and inspire change.

Join us at 15:00 to view the Women of the Welfare Landscape exhibition (introduction + tour)

Roundtable Event starts at 16:00.

Panel Chair: Helen Iball, Reader in Architecture, Manchester School of Architecture

Panellists:

Prof. Martha Schwartz, Emeritus Professor in Practice at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Founding partner of Martha Schwartz Partners

Aziza Abdulfetah, Chair of Landscape Architecture, EiABC, Ethiopian Institute of Architecture, Building Construction and City Development

Prof. Kathryn Moore, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Director of the West Midlands National Park LAB

Jane Findlay, Immediate Past President of Landscape institute, Director of Fira

Prof. Luca Csepely-Knorr, Research Chair at Liverpool School of Architecture

Roundtable Event Curators:

Dr Sandra Costa, Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Birmingham City University, AMLI

Dawn Parke, Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture at Manchester School of Architecture, AMLI

Booking: here

The event runs as part of the UKRI AHRC-funded Women of the Welfare Landscape project and travelling exhibition. As academic partners of the project, Birmingham City University will host the exhibition from 16th-30th May. For more information about other events associated with the Women of the Welfare Landscape Project see the following links: https://www.virtual-lsa.uk/womenofthewelfarelandscape/