Speaker Biograghy: Eirini is a researcher and PhD candidate in ETH Zurich, at the Chair of Architecture and Urban Design with Professor Kees Christiaanse. A licensed architect (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) and urban planner (Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, USA), Eirini has worked in architecture and urban design practice, and in research regarding airports, urban development trends, environmental sustainability and the use of technology to connect people and territory. Since 2012 she has participated in the Airports and Cities platform, a group of researchers who investigate the relationship between airports and their urban regions in Europe and Asia. In 2013 she worked with Aéroports de Paris and Hubstart Paris Region in organising the Sustainable Airport Areas International Seminar. Her work addresses best planning practices in European airport areas, with a particular focus on the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport area.


Day 1 - 25 March
Session: Airport Cities and Transport Connections

11:30 - 12:00 - The European airport area: looking beyond the airport fence
Synopsis: The presentation will show airport area development trends in selected airport areas in Europe, including Paris, Frankfurt and Helsinki, and demonstrate the growing scale of airport-related urban development operations. Large-scale aerotropolis development makes it necessary to establish forms of collaboration between airport operators and local and regional governments. At the same time, it bears win-win solutions for the sustainable development of both the airport and the airport area.

Audience will learn:

• Airport area development advances around Europe in different ways
• Regional collaboration bears win-win solutions