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Ahmed Godat obtained his MSc in Structural Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and his PhD from the University of Sherbrooke (Canada). His doctoral dissertation examined the Numerical Modelling of Externally Shear−Strengthened Reinforced Concrete Beams using Fiber Reinforced Polymers (FRP). In 2010, he joined the Development and Research in Structures and Rehabilitation (DRSR) group at the École de technologie supérieure (Canada). He also served as a part-time lecturer at Concordia University (Canada), teaching Structural Analysis I and Structural Analysis II courses. His research interests include the finite element simulation of structures, and the use of fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) for civil engineering applications. He has published over 65 technical papers in these areas. Dr. Godat received the Mirko Ros Medal for the best CICE2008 conference paper in Zurich, Switzerland. Recently, Dr. Godat was awarded the Excellent Presentation Prize at the 3rd International Civil Engineering and Architecture Conference, Kyoto (Japan), 17-20 March 2023, and the Best Paper Award at the 2nd International Conference on Civil Engineering: Innovations & Advancements (ICCEIA 2025), Paris (France), 21-23 August 2025.

Speech Title : Sustainability in an Age of Acceleration

I am an architect with more than 40 years of professional experience in Sweden, Russia, and China. For over 20 years, I have been teaching at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and other universities in Sweden. I collaborate with universities in Germany and Indonesia, where I organize an annual student competition focused on sustainability and serve as supervisor for several master’s theses. In 2002, I had the privilege of working with Professor Ulf Ranhagen, widely regarded as one of the pioneers of the Smart City concept. From that point onward, sustainability became a central focus of my professional and academic work. It has since been an integral part of my teaching and research, both in Sweden and internationally. The title of my presentation will be: “Sustainability in an Age of Acceleration.” In this keynote, I will explore how sustainability must evolve in a world defined by rapid technological change, climate urgency, geopolitical instability, and accelerating urbanization. The central question is no longer whether we can design sustainable cities — but whether we can design systems resilient enough to adapt to continuous change.

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