Speakers

Leila Diana Behjat is an Dipl. Ing., Architect who is curious about the composition of materials and the inseparable connection between their carbon emissions and health impacts. Leila is the Director of Material Ecology at Parsons Healthy Materials Lab where she leads the research of materials and assessment of construction products. Together with her team, she evolves and maintains the highly curated Material Collection , always in close exchange and communication with manufacturers. Furthermore, she leads demonstration projects, supporting offices, organizations and municipalities to change practices towards spaces of health for people and the planet. In 2024, she co-founded HML EU gGmbH and is collaborating on various projects in countries in and around the EU. HML is Partner to the New European Bauhaus. For Leila, technological solutions must be considered in context of the oneness of humankind and in reverence to the Earth. She is the mother of two daughters.