Session Overview
 
Date: Sunday, 19/Jul/2015
4:30pm - 6:30pmPre-registration event at Hotel d'Assezat
 

 
Date: Monday, 20/Jul/2015
8:30am - 6:00pmRegistration. Registration continues through the whole conference.
 
9:00am - 10:30amOpening of the conference
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee break
 
11:00am - 12:30pmCCMA1: Cities inside climate models & downscaling methods
Session Chair: Matei Georgescu, Arizona State University
Caravelle Room 
11:00am - 12:30pmTUKUP1: Public policies and practices
Session Chair: C. S. B. Grimmond, Univerisity of Reading
Cassiopée Room 
11:00am - 12:30pmUCP1: UHI characteristics I : link with Boundary Layer
Session Chair: Mikhail A. Lokoshchenko, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Geography
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
11:00am - 12:30pmUDC1: Impact of Urban forms on outdoor ventilation
Session Chair: Tzu-Ping Lin, Institute of Economics, Academia Sinica
Spot Room 
12:30pm - 2:15pmLunch break
 
2:15pm - 4:00pmCCMA2: Climate modeling : methodologies for impacts studies
Session Chair: Rafiq Hamdi, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium
Caravelle Room 
2:15pm - 4:00pmTUKUP2: Governance challenges in urban planning and adaptation
Session Chair: Janet Fraser Barlow, University of Reading
Cassiopée Room 
2:15pm - 4:00pmUCP2: UHI characteristics II : vertical and horizontal structure
Session Chair: Fei Chen, NCAR
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
2:15pm - 4:00pmUDC2: Impact of Urban forms on comfort II : temperate and cold climate cities
Session Chair: Erik Johansson, Lund University
Spot Room 
4:00pm - 4:30pmCoffee break
 
4:30pm - 6:00pmCCMA3: Climate Impact studies & adaptation strategies
Session Chair: Matei Georgescu, Arizona State University
Caravelle Room 
4:30pm - 6:00pmTUKUP3: Amendment and development of urban planning regulation
Session Chair: Lisette Klok, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Cassiopée Room 
4:30pm - 6:00pmUCP3: UHI characteristics III : UHI micro-scale variability
Session Chair: Baomin Wang, Sun Yat-sen University
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
4:30pm - 6:00pmUDC3: Impact of Urban forms on comfort I : tropical and arid climate cities
Session Chair: Chao REN, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Spot Room 
6:00pm - 7:30pmIce breaker
 

 
Date: Tuesday, 21/Jul/2015
8:30am - 9:30amPLENARY1: Plenary session I : Adaptation of Asian Cities to Climate Change
Session Chair: Gerald Mills, UCD
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
9:30am - 10:30amCCMA4: UHI mitigation strategies I : urban expansion & climate change links
Session Chair: Vincent Viguié, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech
Caravelle Room 
9:30am - 10:30amGD1: Surface UHI from satellite
Session Chair: Bénédicte Dousset, University of Hawai'i at Manoa
Cassiopée Room 
9:30am - 10:30amUCP4: Observations of Surface Energy and Water Balances
Session Chair: Krzysztof Fortuniak, University o Lodz
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
9:30am - 10:30amUCP7: Air Quality in Urban Boundary Layer : processes
Session Chair: Nadège Blond, CNRS
Spot Room 
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee break
 
11:00am - 12:30pmCCMA5: UHI mitigation strategies II : urban planning
Session Chair: Nigel James Tapper, Monash University
Caravelle Room 
11:00am - 12:30pmGD2: Local climate zones I : WUDAPT
Session Chair: Rohinton Emmanuel, Glasgow Caledonian University
Cassiopée Room 
11:00am - 12:30pmUCP5: Observations of Greenhouse gases fluxes
Session Chair: Moon-Soo Park, Weather Information Service Engine
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
11:00am - 12:30pmUCP7 (cont): Air Quality in Urban Boundary Layer : processes
Session Chair: Xuemei Wang, Sun Yat-sen University
Spot Room 
12:30pm - 2:15pmLunch break
 
2:15pm - 3:00pmGD3: Local climate zones II : methodologies and maps
Session Chair: Gerald Mills, UCD
Cassiopée Room 
2:15pm - 3:00pmUCP6: Radiation processes
Session Chair: James Voogt, Western University
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
2:15pm - 3:00pmUCP8: Influence of mesoscale flows
Session Chair: Hiroyuki Kusaka, University of Tsukuba
Caravelle Room 
2:15pm - 3:00pmUDC4: Impact of Urban forms on comfort III : theoretical studies
Session Chair: Evyatar Erell, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Spot Room 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPoster session : All posters displayed on Monday and Tuesday
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 1: UCP - UHI characteristics and micro-scale variability
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 10: UCP - Interaction between cities and mesoscale flows and precipitations
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 11: GD - Surface UHI from satellite
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 12: GD - Local Climate Zones and urban databases
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 2: UCD - Impact of urban forms on comfort and ventilation
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 3: CCMA - Climate modelling tools, impact studies and adaptation strategies
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 4: TUKUP - Public policies and practicies
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 5: UCP - Flux observations
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 6: NOMTM - Vegetation in urban canopy parameterizations
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 7: UCP - Air quality in urban boundary layer
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 8: BPH/UDC - Outdoor microclimate, modelling and link with urban form
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 9: CCMA - UHI mitigation strategies
 
4:00pm - 4:30pmPoster session & Coffee break
 
4:30pm - 6:15pmBPH1: Modeling of outdoor microclimate & comfort
Session Chair: David Pearlmutter, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Spot Room 
4:30pm - 6:15pmGD4: Local climate zones III : Inter & Infra-LCZ temperature variability
Session Chair: Iain Douglas Stewart, University of Toronto
Cassiopée Room 
4:30pm - 6:15pmNOMTM1: Urban Canopy parameterizations I : Urban vegetation
Session Chair: Eric Scott Krayenhoff, University of British Columbia
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
4:30pm - 6:15pmUCP9: Impact of cities on precipitations
Session Chair: Robert ("Bob") D. Bornstein, San Jose State University
Caravelle Room 

 
Date: Wednesday, 22/Jul/2015
8:30am - 9:30amPLENARY2: Plenary session II: Influence of cities on thunderstorms, clouds, and precipitation
Session Chair: Dev Niyogi, Purdue University
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
9:30am - 10:30amBPH2: Indoor comfort and link with outdoor conditions
Session Chair: Andreas Matzarakis, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg
Spot Room 
9:30am - 10:30amNOMTM2: Statistical models
Session Chair: Patrice G. Mestayer, CNRS
Caravelle Room 
9:30am - 10:30amUCP10: Influence of urban vegetation I : urban trees
Session Chair: Oded Potchter, Tel Aiv University
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
9:30am - 10:30amUCP12: Flows & dispersion I : pollutant dispersion in urban canopy
Session Chair: Alberto Martilli, CIEMAT
Cassiopée Room 
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee break
 
11:00am - 12:30pmBPH3: Observation/surveys of outdoor comfort
Session Chair: Ademola Akinbobola, Federal University of Technology, Akure
Spot Room 
11:00am - 12:30pmTUKUP4: Weather forecasting for city actors
Session Chair: Shiguang Miao, Institute of Urban Meteorology, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
Caravelle Room 
11:00am - 12:30pmUCP10 (cont): Influence of urban vegetation I : urban trees
Session Chair: Fred Meier, Technische Universität Berlin
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
11:00am - 12:30pmUCP13: Flows & dispersion II : effects of atmospheric stability
Session Chair: Toshiaki Ichinose, National Institute for Environmental Studies / Nagoya University
Cassiopée Room 
12:30pm - 2:15pmLunch break
 
2:15pm - 4:00pmBPH4: Health
Session Chair: LILLY ROSE AMIRTHAM, SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY
Spot Room 
2:15pm - 4:00pmGD5: Urban databases and link with models
Session Chair: Jason K Ching, UNC
Caravelle Room 
2:15pm - 4:00pmUCP11: Influence of urban vegetation II : parks & green roofs
Session Chair: Tsuyoshi Honjo, Chiba University
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
2:15pm - 4:00pmUCP14: Flows & dispersion III : turbulent and dispersive fluxes in urban canopy
Session Chair: Edward Yan Yung Ng, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Cassiopée Room 
6:30pm - 8:00pmReception at City Hall
 

 
Date: Thursday, 23/Jul/2015
8:30am - 9:30amPLENARY3: Plenary session III: New measurement networks for cities
Session Chair: Andreas Christen, The University of British Columbia
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
9:30am - 10:30amCCMA6: Urban air pollution mitigation strategies
Session Chair: SILVANA DI SABATINO, University of Bologna
Cassiopée Room 
9:30am - 10:30amGD6: Urban climatology studies I : temperate and cold climate cities
Session Chair: Lee Chapman, University of Birmingham
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
9:30am - 10:30amID1: Environmental scholarship and collaborations
Session Chair: Linda See, IIASA
Spot Room 
9:30am - 10:30amNOMTM3: Computational Fluid Dynamics models
Session Chair: Manabu Kanda, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Caravelle Room 
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee break
 
11:00am - 12:30pmBPH5: Human perception and new indicators
Session Chair: Yasunobu Ashie, National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management
Spot Room 
11:00am - 12:30pmCCMA7: UHI mitigation strategies III : watering processes studies
Session Chair: Cécile, Sylvie DE MUNCK, CNRS-Météo France
Cassiopée Room 
11:00am - 12:30pmGD7: Urban climatology studies II : tropical and arid climate cities
Session Chair: Lee Chapman, University of Birmingham
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
11:00am - 12:30pmNOMTM4: Large Eddy Simulation models
Session Chair: Marina Neophytou, University of Cyprus
Caravelle Room 
12:30pm - 2:15pmLunch break
 
2:15pm - 3:00pmCCMA8: UHI mitigation strategies IV : vegetation management processes
Session Chair: Andrew Coutts, Monash University
Cassiopée Room 
2:15pm - 3:00pmID2: Multicriteria environmental perception
Session Chair: Julia Hidalgo, LISST/CNRS
Spot Room 
2:15pm - 3:00pmNOMTM5: Wind tunnel and scale models
Session Chair: Curtis Wood, Finnish Meteorological institute
Caravelle Room 
2:15pm - 3:00pmNOMTM6: Urban Climate measurement networks
Session Chair: Eric R. Pardyjak, University of Utah
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPoster session : All posters displayed on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 13: UCP - Influence of urban vegetation
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 14: UCP - Flows and dispersion
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 15: TUKUP - Weather forecasting for city actors
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 16: BPH - Outdoor and indoor comfort, and link with health
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 17: GD - Urban climatology studies and link with CC trends
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 18: NOMTM - Wind tunnel experiments, and flows and dispersion models
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 19: CCMA - UHI mitigation strategies based on vegetation
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 20: BPH/ID - Human perception of comfort, and multicriteria evaluation
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 21: ID - Environmental scholarship and collaborations
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 22: NOMTM - Field campaigns, new sensors and methods
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 23: UDC - Building climate and energy consumption
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 24: NOMTM - Mesoscale and NWP models
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 25: NOMTM - Urban canopy parameterizations
 
3:00pm - 4:00pmPOSTER 26: TUKUP - Indicators, climate maps, and decision support tools
 
4:00pm - 4:30pmPoster session & Coffee break
 
4:30pm - 6:00pmCCMA9: UHI mitigation strategies V : vegetation based strategies
Session Chair: Matthias Demuzere, KU Leuven
Cassiopée Room 
4:30pm - 6:00pmID2 (cont): Multicriteria environmental perception
Session Chair: Lutz Katzschner, University Kassel
Spot Room 
4:30pm - 6:00pmNOMTM5 (cont): Wind tunnel and scale models
Session Chair: Curtis Wood, Finnish Meteorological institute
Caravelle Room 
4:30pm - 6:00pmNOMTM6 (cont): Urban Climate measurement networks
Session Chair: Christian Feigenwinter, University of Basel
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
8:00pm - 10:30pmConference Dinner
 

 
Date: Friday, 24/Jul/2015
8:30am - 9:30amPLENARY4: Plenary session IV: Green Infrastructures for Cities
Session Chair: C. S. B. Grimmond, Univerisity of Reading
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
9:30am - 10:30amGD8: New remote sensing Technology and data
Session Chair: Benjamin Bechtel, University of Hamburg
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
9:30am - 10:30amNOMTM10: Urban Canopy parameterizations II : development & sensitivity
Session Chair: Jorge Gonzalez, City College of New York
Caravelle Room 
9:30am - 10:30amTUKUP5: Indicators and climate maps I : risks & vulnerability
Session Chair: Natasha Picone, CONICET/UNCPBA
Spot Room 
9:30am - 10:30amUDC5: Buildings climate and energy consumption III : new models
Session Chair: Yukihiro Kikegawa, Meisei University
Cassiopée Room 
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee break
 
11:00am - 12:30pmNOMTM10 (cont): Urban Canopy parameterizations II : development & sensitivity
Session Chair: Jorge Gonzalez, City College of New York
Caravelle Room 
11:00am - 12:30pmNOMTM7: Field campaigns
Session Chair: Andreas Christen, The University of British Columbia
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
11:00am - 12:30pmTUKUP6: Indicators and climate maps II : urban planning
Session Chair: Ifeoluwa Adebowale Balogun, Federal University of Technology, Akure
Spot Room 
11:00am - 12:30pmUDC6: Energy demand at city scale
Session Chair: Fazia Ali-Toudert, TU Dortmund University
Cassiopée Room 
12:30pm - 2:15pmLunch break
 
2:15pm - 4:00pmNOMTM11: Mesoscale and Numerical Weather prediction models
Session Chair: Dev Niyogi, Purdue University
Caravelle Room 
2:15pm - 4:00pmNOMTM8: New sensors / New methods I : CO2 & mobile measurements
Session Chair: Roland Vogt, University of Basel
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
2:15pm - 4:00pmTUKUP7: Warning plans & Decision support tools
Session Chair: Morgane Colombert, Université Paris Est, EIVP, Lab'Urba, EA 3482
Spot Room 
2:15pm - 4:00pmUDC7: Buildings climate and energy consumption II : temperate and cold climate cities
Session Chair: David J Sailor, Portland State University
Cassiopée Room 
4:00pm - 4:30pmCoffee break
 
4:30pm - 5:45pmNOMTM11 (cont): Mesoscale and Numerical Weather prediction models
Session Chair: Dev Niyogi, Purdue University
Caravelle Room 
4:30pm - 5:45pmNOMTM9: New sensors / New methods II : UBL & UHI
Session Chair: Eberhard Parlow, University Basel
St-Exupéry Amphitheater 
4:30pm - 5:45pmTUKUP7 (cont): Warning plans & Decision support tools
Session Chair: Alexander Baklanov, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
Spot Room 
4:30pm - 5:45pmUDC8: Buildings climate and energy consumption I : tropical, continental and arid climate cities
Session Chair: Matthias Roth, National University of Singapore
Cassiopée Room 
5:45pm - 6:00pmClosing of the conference
St-Exupéry Amphitheater