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Invited Speakers
The first edition of STRATESA is honored to welcome 10 distinguished invited speakers, each bringing valuable experience and expertise aligned with the theme of the conference.
Meet our speakers:
Prof. Tomoaki TANAKA
Topic : Site Planning Integrated with Sustainable Stormwater Management in the Scale of Building and District : Seeking Methodologies of Hazard-informed Design for Adaptation to Climate Change
Professor of Department of Architecture at Meiji University and active in education and research in I-AUD program. He served as a Deputy Director of the Headquarters of International Collaboration from 2012 to 2016 and served as a President’s Staff from 2016 to 2020 in Meiji University. His most recent research focuses on architectural design, site design, and architectural planning especially for adaptation for climate change. Tanaka received D. Arch., a M.E. in Arch. and B.E. in Arch. degrees from Waseda University in Japan. He also received M. Arch. degree from Yale University. He is registered architect both in Japan and in New York State, USA. He is a member of American Institute of Architects, and a Board of Directors of Japan Chapter after he served for 2022 AIAJ President. He currently serves as a chair of Canberra Accord from June 2025.
Mr. Antoine MEINNEL
Topic : Cambodia in Bloom
After graduating from Versailles National School of Architecture in 2011, Antoine Meinnel worked for Michel Desvigne in Paris, OMA / REM Koolhaas in Rotterdam and Herzog & de Meuron in Basel. His personal journey was enriched by each place and culture lived in: France, Holland, Switzerland and in 2013 Cambodia, where he undertook a personal project to refurbish a heritage shophouse in Kampot, Cambodia. This experience in Cambodia was the catalyst that led him to establish Bloom Architecture in Phnom Penh. Bloom believes that new cultures can emerge from the encounters of two existing ones. Bloom shapes buildings inspired by the specificities of local climate, ecology, materials, and showcases the skills of local artisans. Bloom’s purpose is to reveal the inherent character of the place we engage with by articulating meaningful interventions rooted in contemporary culture, celebrating the richness of historical context.
Mr. Yvon CHALM
Topic : Passive Cooling Towards a Sustainable Architecture
An accomplished architect with a degree from UP05 Paris La Défense in France and the School of Architecture of Bolton Street in Dublin, Ireland. As the Chairman and CEO of K-Architecture & K-Box Solution, a Partner at ACYC Limited Liability Company, and a teacher at Ecam laSalle Phnom Penh ITC, he contributed his expertise to Aéroport de Paris in technical support and design. His portfolio highlights include the integration of artist’s studios and a contemporary art gallery within an airport façade for Aéroport de Paris, the creation of Spring Texture, a floating sculpture designed in collaboration with Japanese architect Shuhei Endo, as well as landmark projects in Cambodia such as The Pepper Plantation and Fish Market in Kampot, the Independence Restaurant and Pool in Sihanoukville, and numerous private developments across the country. Renowned for his versatility, he specializes in architecture and interior design, project management, structural design, and value engineering, with particular expertise in light structural systems, façades, sustainability, technical coordination, and advanced computer-generated visualizations.
Topic : Enhancing Bioclimatic Integration in Preliminary Design through Generative AI-Driven Visual Analogies
Dr. Gaëlle BAUDOUX is a member of the Cognition and Computation in Design (Co-Design) Lab. Her work focuses on how emerging digital tools can support architectural design teams in generating, evaluating, and implementing solutions through design-by-analogy. Her research has led her to develop theories, methods and prototypes to gain insights on ideation, analogy, and decision-making activities that enable humans to carry out their design tasks in collaboration with machines. The results of her work are being used to develop a new generation of design support tools, aiming to unlock more creative and innovative solutions for sustainable building design.
Dr. Gaëlle BAUDOUX
Mr. Makara LONG
Topic : Sustainable Building from a Life Cycle Thinking Perspective
Makara is a lecturer and researcher in the Department of Architectural Engineering at the Institute of Technology of Cambodia. He earned his Master of Science in Architectural Engineering, with a professional focus on Architectural and Urban Engineering, from the University of Liège, Belgium, in 2021. His research interests include sustainable building design and strategies, sustainable construction techniques, eco-friendly and low-carbon materials, and the environmental impacts of the built environment. Currently, his PhD research focuses on integrating life cycle assessment (LCA) into sustainable building design to identify effective strategies for developing green residential buildings in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Dr. Kinnaleth VONGCHANH
Topic : Current Energy Use and Implementation of Energy Efficiency Strategies in Cambodia’s Building Sector
Dr. Kinnaleth is a Lecturer-Researcher, Program Manager and founder of Cambodia Energy Manager and Auditor Training (CEMAT) program, and Head of Thermal Laboratory (ThermalLab), Project Manager_ITC for Capacity for Cambodia Energy Efficiency (CapCEE) project, at Department of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Technology of Cambodia. She has been working with the Institute of Technology of Cambodia to promote professional training in the area of energy efficiency in Cambodia for more than 10 years, Passive Cooling, Heatss Stress, Waste to Energy, and Solar Drying. Her outstanding contribution is her ThermalLab, which has trained many hundred professionals (more than 300, tbc) on the topic of energy efficiency, low carbon building, CEMAT, passive cooling design, DEGE's Green Buildings, etc. These training programmes have produced many professionals promoting EE in the buildings, industrials, policy development. Her dedication to promoting energy efficiency was earlier acknowledged by the ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (38th AMEM) in 2020. She won the Silver Prize for Innovation by the Hitachi Global Foundation Asia Innovation Award in 2023. And in October 2025, she received the Clean Energy Champion Award.
Topic : Bridging the Physical and Digital: Digital Twin Applications for Sustainable Architecture
Ms. Monh Neardey received her bachelor degree in architecture engineering from Institute of Technology of Cambodia. Currently, she is a Ph.D. candidate at University of Technology Malaysia. Her research expertise is focus on building energy efficiency by using cutting edge technology such as Digital Twins, IoTs and Building information Modelling (BIM). Currently, she is also an adjunct lecturer in various universities in Phnom Penh. Her passion in built-environment such as green building, energy efficient-design has positive impact on her career as a lecturer. With a solid background of sustainable built-environment, she has committed to shaping a sustainable future through innovation and technology integration.
Ms. Neardey MONH
Topic : Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Lessons from Malaysia’s Path Toward Carbon Market Readiness
Dr. Azlin Mohd Azmi is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Malaysia, and currently the Deputy Director of the Solar Research Institute (SRI) UiTM. She is also an Associate of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) under the Climate Change committee. Her research focuses on sustainable energy systems, carbon management, and energy efficiency in the built environment. She has led multiple international and national research initiatives on energy transition and low-carbon innovation, including the ongoing collaboration with GreenRE on Carbon Credit Aggregation Framework for Retrofitted Buildings in Malaysia. With over 15 years of experience, Dr. Azlin actively contributes to Malaysia’s sustainable development and decarbonisation agenda through academic research, policy consultation, and industry engagement.
Dr. Azlin MOHD AZMI