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 WHITRAP Shanghai launches its
World Heritage Dialogues series
for the 50th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
The Next 50: World Heritage as a source of resilience, humanity and innovation
from 11 June - 16 November 2022
Sharing challenging and successful examples to manage World Heritage is at the heart of WHIRTAP’s mandate as a UNESCO Category 2 Centre for the Asia and Pacific Region. These Dialogues are part of CAUP Tongji University and WHITRAP’s activities to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention as well as the 40th anniversary of China’s Famous Historical and Cultural City List and the 70th Anniversary of CAUP Tongji University, and the Tongji Planning Centennial. The commemoration activities also include an online international conference World Heritage and Urban-Rural Sustainable Development: Resilience and Innovation (15-16 November 2022) and an offline and online public exhibition World Heritage Cities: Past, Present and Future (16 to 30 November 2022). The outcomes of the World Heritage Dialogues will be presented at the international conference, and all the Dialogues are included in the CAUP Tongji University lectures program and WHITRAP’s training activities. The WHITRAP Shanghai World Heritage Dialogues will look at the Convention’s past successes and challenges as well as achievements and challenges to come. It will contribute to imagining the Next 50: World Heritage as a source of resilience, humanity and innovation. The Dialogues are knowledge sharing roundtable discussions aiming to showcase and discuss the conservation and management of World Heritage sites, the strength and relevance of the Convention and the ways to achieve a better linkage between conservation and development as well as promoting Asia and Pacific experiences. Each Dialogue will address a specific theme and invite members of the World Heritage Community from the Asia Pacific Region as well as other Regions of the World to compare approaches and lessons learned. Themes
Calendar 1. Saturday 11 June 2022 Theme: World Heritage and Quality of Life Time: 15:00-17:30 Beijing time (7:00-9:30 UTC) 2. Wednesday 27 July 2022 Theme: Rural Heritage Time: 14.00-16:00 Beijing time (6:00-8:00 UTC) 3. Wednesday 17 August 2022 Theme: Digital Tools for Heritage Time: 14.00-16:00 Beijing time (6:00-8:00 UTC) 4. Wednesday 14 September 2022 Theme: Climate Change and Resilience Time: 14.00-16:00 Beijing time (6:00-8:00 UTC) 5. Wednesday 12 October 2022 Theme: Large scale World Heritage properties Time: 14.00-16:00 Beijing time (6:00-8:00 UTC) 6. Wednesday 2 November 2022 Theme: Culture Nature Time: 14.00-16:00 Beijing time (6:00-8:00 UTC) The online Dialogues will be in English with simultaneous interpretation in Chinese. Video recordings of the Dialogue and a brief synthesis will be published online on the WHIRTAP website. |
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