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Conferences & Keynotes

Recent Keynotes and Presentations

Cities for People and Planet: Navigating the Health, Equity, and Climate Crisis.
Advancing Mobility Justice, Gender Equity & Climate Action through Sport Symposium

Health Equity and Safety in the Built Environment

Invited speaker
Adlakha, D., Gilbert-Patrick, C., & Macpherson, A. Panel
Toronto, Canada
October 17, 2025

Shaping Healthy and Sustainable Urban Futures: An international comparison of city planning policies across 25 cities

International Conference on Active, Healthy and Sustainable Cities

Invited speaker
Adlakha, D.
Lisbon, Portugal
September 19, 2025

Urban Alchemy: Cities at the Crossroads of Health, Climate, and Equity

II RIIDASS Conference—Ibero-American Network of Researchers on Active Travel, Health, and Sustainability

Invited keynote speaker
Adlakha, D.
Porto, Portugal
September 11, 2025

Creating Sustainable Futures in Unsustainable Times: Bicycles, Justice, and Resistance

Digital participatory Research in Equity, Access, Mobility, Innovation and Gender in Sport Lab (DREAMING in Sport Lab)

Virtual presenter
Webinar
Adlakha, D., Odada, C., Ismail, S, & Wang, R.
University of York, Canada
May 21, 2025

Cities in Motion: Urban Mobility for Healthy, Climate Resilient Cities in India

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT)

Invited Speaker and Workshop Coordinator
Adlakha, D.
Bhubaneshwar, Orissa
March 3-7, 2025

Participatory Action Research for Healthy, Sustainable, and Climate-Resilient Cities in India

IIT Hyderabad

Invited Speaker and Workshop Coordinator
Adlakha, D.
India
January 24-26, 2025

The Healthy City. A scientific perspective on the relationship between health and city design (Nederlands: De Gezonde Stad. Een wetenschappelijk perspectief op de relatie tussen gezondheid en het ontwerp van de stad)

Symposium—Perspectieven op de Gezonde Stad

Invited Keynote Speaker
Adlakha, D.
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
September 18, 2024

Living Lab: Wisdom and Research Practice

Symposium—Perspectieven op de Gezonde Stad

Invited Participants
Workshop
Adlakha, D.
Basel, Switzerland
August 26-27, 2024

Building a culture of active mobility: A call to action for physiotherapists and public health professionals in India

Invited Speaker
Adlakha, D.
January 22, 2024

1000 city challenge: Urban Burden of Disease (UBD) Policy Workshop: Cities, form, environmental exposures and health impacts

Global Observatory of Healthy and Sustainable Cities

Invited Speaker
Adlakha, D. & Boeing, G.
Sitges, Spain
October 25, 2023

Green spaces for health equity: Making Green Work for Health (Cidade Saúde e Cuidados do Verde)

Invited Speaker
Adlakha, D.
São Paulo, Brazil
September 4, 2023

2nd World Forum on Urban Forests

Pre-Forum Webinar on Health and Green Spaces

Invited Panelist
Astell-Burt, T., Adlakha, D., Ribeiro, A.I., & Vann, G.
July 10, 2023

Placemaking: City Design for Public Health

Bawtaqah Foundation and Hayy Jameel

Invited Speaker
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
February 4, 2023

Built Environments, Physical Activity, and Heath: International Evidence and its Translation to Policy and Practice

Bawtaqah Foundation

Invited Speaker
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Adlakha, D. & Sallis, J.F.
January 28, 2023

Restorative Cities + Urban Mental Health Roundtable: Challenges and opportunities for the next decade

Invited Speaker
Adlakha, D. & Hipp, J.A.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
September 9, 2022

Urban Greenways—Connecting the Divided City: School of Natural and Built Environment

Invited Speaker
Adlakha, D.
Queen’s University Belfast, UK
June 6, 2022

Designing for outdoor play and healthy childhoods: A call to action

US Play Coalition Conference’s Power PLAYer Panel on The Nature of Play

Invited Keynote Speaker
Adlakha, D.
Clemson, South Carolina, USA
April 5, 2022

Design for all ages

National Park Service, Healthy Parks Healthy People Learning Expedition

Invited Speaker
Adlakha, D. & Sledge, B.
Durham, NC, USA
March 30, 2022

Policies and practices connecting children to nature

Policy Evaluation Network: Early Careers Network (PEN-ECN)

Invited Speaker (Virtual)
Webinar: Virtual presenter
Adlakha, D. & Sledge, B.
February 8, 2022

COVID-19 and Neighborhood Design: Opportunities to Implement Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Strategies

Webinar on Sustainable Urban Living and Mobility in Developing Nations: Integrating Inherent Strengths with Learnings from Developed Economies

Invited Panelist (Virtual)
Indian Institute of Technology
Adlakha, D.
Kharagpur, India
December 20-22, 2021

Play and Move Everywhere: Creating Equitable Opportunities for Physical Activity

Eat Smart, Move More NC

Invited Panelist (Virtual)
Adlakha, D.
December 2, 2021

Equitable Opportunities for Supporting Young Children’s Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Outdoors

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity (CDC—DNPAO)

Invited Speaker (Virtual)
Moore, R., Adlakha, D., & Cosco, N.
November 10, 2021

Building active and healthy communities in Bogotá

District Institute of Recreation and Sports

Invited Keynote Speaker (Virtual)
Adlakha, D.
Bogotá, Colombia
September 21, 2021

The importance of walkable, activity-friendly neighborhoods in the pandemic era

Sino-UK Joint Symposium on Post Novel COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reconsideration for the Built Environment

Invited Keynote Speaker (Virtual)
Sallis, J.F., & Adlakha, D.
August 27, 2021

Good practices for promoting physical activity through urban and rural planning

Collaborative Action for Physical Activity Promotion: Opportunities presented by COVID-19

Invited Keynote Speaker (Virtual)
Irish Physical Activity Research Collaboration
Adlakha, D.
University of Limerick, Ireland
January 11, 2021

Outdoor Learning Environment Fall Summit

Invited Participant
Adlakha, D.
September 30, 2021

Pedestrians, Air pollution and health

National Pedestrian Conference on Right to Walk

Invited Keynote Speaker (Virtual)
Adlakha, D.
Pune, India
February 28-29, 2020

Active living and ageing-in-place

Place-Age Working Group Seminar

Invited Speaker
India International Centre
Adlakha, D.
New Delhi, India
July 16, 2019

Physical activity, urban planning, and public land use: Global perspectives on platforms for improving health

Department of Health and Human Performance, Joseph J. Schott Health and Human Performance Speakers Series

Invited Panelist
College of Charleston
Adlakha, D.
South Carolina, USA
February 20, 2019

Place matters: Impacts of the built environment on health and wellbeing

Faculty Seminar Series

Invited Speaker
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Adlakha, D.
Kharagpur, India
July 25, 2018

A Bear Tracker and a Pokémon GO Researcher: What do they have in common? A research symposium on phone location data, GPS and GIS mapping

Faculty of Kinesiology and Faculty of Environmental Design

Invited Speaker
University of Calgary
Adlakha, D.
Alberta, Canada
May 25, 2018

Big data and emerging technologies for future cities

SMART CITIES Network for Sustainable Urban Futures (SMARTIES Net)

Invited Keynote
Kochi and New Delhi, India
April 24-30, 2017

Health, planning and the built environment: Insights from recent European projects

Invited Speaker
Center for Science and Environment
New Delhi, India
June 6, 2017

Recommendations for conducting international fieldwork

Brown School—Ph.D. Program Professional Development Seminars

Invited Speaker
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, USA
August 12, 2015

Navigating the doctoral program

Brown School—Ph.D. Program Professional Development Seminars

Invited Speaker
Washington University in St. Louis
St. Louis, USA
September 10, 2014