While Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) offer significant wireless communication benefits, this webinar explores their potential downsides. Improper control can lead to accidental harm,

While Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) offer significant wireless communication benefits, this webinar explores their potential downsides. Improper control can lead to accidental harm, such as interfering with adjacent bands, or malicious hijacking, degrading performance. We will discuss the practical implications of these issues.

Speaker: Emil Björnson (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden). Moderators: Ian F. Akyildiz (Editor-in-Chief, ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies); Alessia Magliarditi (ITU Journal and ITU-T Academia Coordinator, International Telecommunication Union).

This webinar is organized by the ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies (ITU J-FET), a free international journal covering all communications and networking. ITU J-FET welcomes unpublished research and discusses future topics. Find more on the webinar series and Calls for Papers here.

Business leaders are grappling with the complexities of responsible business in 2025, from shifting regulations to evolving sustainability expectations. 3BL's video series, in partnership with

Business leaders are grappling with the complexities of responsible business in 2025, from shifting regulations to evolving sustainability expectations. 3BL's video series, in partnership with solutions journalism publisher TriplePundit, offers a crucial guide to navigate this challenging landscape.

Each episode tackles the pressing questions keeping leaders awake, cutting through the noise to deliver unfiltered truths and fresh perspectives. We explore regulatory mazes and rapidly changing sustainability trends, revealing what truly shapes the future.

If you're seeking clarity amidst buzzwords and half-answers, this series provides the essential insights you need.

Paul Morrell, OBE, addresses critical challenges facing built environment

Paul Morrell, OBE, addresses critical challenges facing built environment professions, emphasizing the need for adaptability. He advocates for collaborative reforms in sector structure, education, policy, and accountability to enhance efficiency and societal value.

Many institutions, rooted in Victorian principles, struggle in today's world of technological shifts, blurring professional lines, and a discerning public. Morrell questions how they can update their past to remain relevant.

He highlights a critical "performance gap": buildings often fail to deliver on promises of health, well-being, and low-carbon impact, a systemic failure of the professions to address.

Portland is experiencing an unprecedented architectural boom, impacting citizens across many neighborhoods. While the city's Design Review process evaluates new buildings, its most stringent

Portland is experiencing an unprecedented architectural boom, impacting citizens across many neighborhoods. While the city's Design Review process evaluates new buildings, its most stringent oversight applies only to downtown and a few inner districts.

A panel will explore how Design Review functions, its effectiveness, and potential expansion city-wide. Experts Michael McCullouch, Guenevere Millius, and John Russell will share insights, with Randy Gragg moderating the discussion.

Janine Benyus, Jason McLennan, and David McConville discuss the relationship between human lives, nature,

Janine Benyus, Jason McLennan, and David McConville discuss the relationship between human lives, nature, and ecological design.

Their insights are drawn from speeches given at the 2013 Bioneers Annual Conference.

This content was published on December 9, 2013.

Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, presented "Clashing Cultures in Pursuit of Sustainability in the Built Environment" as part of Harvard

Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School, presented "Clashing Cultures in Pursuit of Sustainability in the Built Environment" as part of Harvard Thinks Green 2.

Professor Edmondson joined Harvard's faculty in 1996 after earning her PhD in Organizational Behavior. She teaches leadership and organizational learning in MBA and Executive Education programs, focusing on human interactions that foster successful enterprises. She is also the author of *Teaming: How organizations learn, innovate and compete in the knowledge economy*, published in May 2012.

On January 28th at 12pm (EST), Gary Lawrence, AECOM's Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, will discuss how the company delivers solutions.

He will detail AECOM's approach to

On January 28th at 12pm (EST), Gary Lawrence, AECOM's Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer, will discuss how the company delivers solutions.

He will detail AECOM's approach to creating, enhancing, and sustaining the world's built, natural, and social environments. Learn more about Gary Lawrence.

Clem Ogilby, a career preservationist, discusses his passion for saving buildings. He helps clients repurpose residential and commercial structures using green principles while maintaining a

Clem Ogilby, a career preservationist, discusses his passion for saving buildings. He helps clients repurpose residential and commercial structures using green principles while maintaining a traditional or historic aesthetic. Ogilby argues that demolition is often unnecessary and not a sustainable practice. His current project involves saving the 1880 Morris Marks House, which faces demolition if not moved and restored.

This video, produced by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv, emphasizes that sustainability must include the preservation of existing, useful, and historic buildings. The content was originally posted by EarthSayer on June 30, 2010.

Dennis Wilde, a Principal at GEDI, is a nationally respected green building expert. With over 20 years

Dennis Wilde, a Principal at GEDI, is a nationally respected green building expert. With over 20 years in urban planning and design, and active in real estate since 1980, he co-founded GEDI's Sustainable Solutions division. His responsibilities include feasibility studies, pre-construction and construction management, and overall project oversight.

Wilde champions innovative concepts like EcoDistricts, which are neighborhood-based systems. He advocates for reducing consumption, adopting closed-loop systems, and replacing narrow, siloed thinking with holistic, appropriately scaled, and decentralized approaches.

Dennis Wilde, a Principal at Gerding Edlen Development, is a nationally respected green building expert. He helped establish the Sustainable Solutions division of