Port cities face compounding climate risks: rising seas threaten both port infrastructure and adjacent urban areas, while extreme weather events increasingly disrupt trade and daily life alike. This session, will explore how port authorities and cities can move from fragmented risk management to integrated resilience strategies covering infrastructure design, early warning systems, and long-term adaptation planning.
Past President of the International Union of Architects, and Past Secretary General of the African Union of Architects. He is an avid world traveller, experiencing over 500 cities across 105 countries including most of Africa. He has worked on national projects for various Governments on the African Continent, namely, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Senegal, Seychelles, Swaziland. For his contributions to the Architectural and Urban world, he was awarded several honorary membership and fellowships, and elevated to the rank of Grand Officer of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean by the Government of Mauritius, and elevated to the ranks of Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite, and de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Republic. In-depth understanding of men, cities and global issues. Board Director of Futures Cities UK since July 2013. Past Chairperson of State Land Development Company (Smart Mauritius), Current Chairman of Construction Industry Board since 2015. While operating his Architectural practice in Mauritius, he acts as an educator for various universities in France and China, and travels the world to animate conferences on how to build a more resilient world. To further his contributions to society, Gaetan Siew is the founder of the Global Creative Leadership Initiative, a foundation sharing solutions for a more humane world.
Savina Carluccio is the Executive Director of the International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI) and a leading voice in resilient, sustainable, and nature-positive infrastructure. A Chartered Civil Engineer with extensive hands-on experience, she collaborates with governments, infrastructure owners and operators, multilateral development banks, and NGOs to embed resilience, low-carbon pathways, equity, social inclusion, and biodiversity outcomes into infrastructure policy, planning, and delivery. Her work highlights the critical role of engineers in turning global ambitions into practical, on-the-ground solutions, empowering the profession to deliver meaningful impact for both people and nature in a rapidly changing climate. Her organisation hosts Resilience4Ports, a global initiative that aims to accelerate the implementation of resilience in ports and the wider maritime system.
