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Artūras Kaklauskas
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania
PhD Dr Sc A. Kaklauskas is a
professor at Vilnius Gediminas
Technical University, Lithuania;
Chair of the Department of
Construction Management and Real
Estate; a former member of the
Research Council of Lithuania
(2018–2023); a member of the Science
Europe working group on Data Sharing
and Supporting Infrastructures; a
member of the European Open Science
Cloud Steering Board; an expert to
the intergovernmental meeting on
UNESCO’s Draft Recommendation on the
Ethics of AI; a member of the
Lithuanian Academy of Sciences; the
editor-in-chief of Journal of Civil
Engineering and Management (Web of
Science Q2 journal); an editor of
Engineering Applications of
Artificial Intelligence
(international Web of Science Q1
journal); and an associate editor of
Ecological Indicators, another
international journal. He
contributed to nine Framework and
five Horizon 2020 projects and
participated in over 30 other
projects in the EU, the USA, Africa
and Asia. He published 212 papers,
totaling 5,180 citations in the Web
of Science; his H-Index is 37.
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Alberto T. Estévez
Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Spain
Alberto T. Estévez (Barcelona,
1960), Architect (UPC, 1983),
Architecture Ph.D. of Sciences (UPC,
1990), Art Historian (UB, 1994), Art
History Ph.D. of Arts (UB, 2008).
With a professional office of
architecture and design (Barcelona,
1983-today). Chairman-Professor
(Catedrático) in Architecture,
teaching in different universities,
in the knowledge’s areas of
architectural design, architectural
theory and art history (UPC, TU
Wien, UB, UPF Elisava, HSAK Vienna,
UDEM, UdG, USTA Bucaramanga).
Founding as first Director the ESARQ
School of Architecture (UIC
Barcelona, 1996), as an avant-garde
international school in its first 10
years: it was then the first school
in the world with an architecture
curriculum including –among other
things– mandatory subjects of
sustainability and international
cooperation, as well as laboratories
for biological architecture
(genetics) and digital architecture
(manufacturing). He also founded two
research lines there, with two
officially accredited research
groups, two masters’ degrees and
Ph.D. programs: “History,
Architecture and Design” (UIC
Barcelona, 1998- today) and “Genetic
Architectures / Biodigital
Architecture” (UIC Barcelona,
2000-today). As well as the Master
of International Cooperation with
Alex Levi and Amanda Schachter (UIC
Barcelona, 2004-today). He was also
the Founder and 1st Director of the
UIC Barcelona PhD Program of
Architecture. Director of 31 PhD
Thesis. He has written more than
three hundred publications, and has
participated in a large number of
exhibitions, congresses and
committees. Invited to give more
than one hundred lectures around the
world, presenting his ideas,
research, projects and works of
architecture and design (in the last
two decades on biodigital
architecture & genetics). He was
also Vice-Chancellor /
General-Manager of UIC Barcelona
(Universitat Internacional de
Catalunya), where he is currently
the Director of iBAG-UIC Barcelona
(Institute for Biodigital
Architecture & Genetics) after
founding it.
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