Commemorating the
50th Anniversary of the World Heritage Convention
40th Anniversary of the China’s National Famous
Historical and Cultural Cities Protection System
70th Anniversary of CAUP of Tongji University and Tongji Planning Centennial：
International Conference on
“World Heritage and Urban-Rural Sustainable Development:
Resilience and Innovation
based on Humanity”
TIME
15 Nov
14:30-18:00 and 19:00-21:30
Beijing Time (UTC+8)
16 Nov
9:30-12:00, 15:00-17:30, 18:30-21:30
Beijing Time (UTC+8）
LOCATION
online
Concept Note
In 2021, the Fuzhou Declaration was adopted at the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, which highlights a series of important ideas, including a shared future for mankind, global cooperation and the linkage between cultural and natural heritage. The Declaration also calls for academia, civil society and communities’ wide participation, so as to vigorously strengthen the link between heritage conservation and socio-economic development activities.
The year 2022 marks both the 50th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention and the 40th anniversary of China's National Famous Historical and Cultural Cities Protection System. The year is also the 70th anniversary of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning (CAUP) of Tongji University at Shanghai and the Tongji Planning Centennial, the 100th year since the university launched its first planning course. To joining the celebration for “The next 50: World Heritage as a source of resilience, humanity and innovation”, CAUP of Tongji University and World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia and the Pacific Region (WHITRAP, Shanghai) are organizing a series of academic activities from June 2022 to March 2023.
The 10-month series of academic and public activities jointly planned and organized by the two institutes include:
Starting from China’s “Cultural and Natural Heritage Day” on June 11, a monthly World Heritage series dialogues has been launched with the themes of 6 sessions successively as “World Heritage and Quality of Life”, “Rural Heritage”, “Digital Tools for Heritage”, “Climate Change and Resilience” and “Large World Heritage and Serial World Heritage” and “Filling the Gap between Culture and Nature”. The dialogues are knowledge sharing in the form of roundtable discussions, aiming to showcase and discuss the conservation and management experience of World Heritage Sites, the strengths and importance of the World Heritage Convention, and better balance and promotion between conservation and development approaches to experience in the Asia-Pacific region. Please refer to the official we-chat account of “WHITRAP” for detailed information and summaries.
On 15 to 16 November, CAUP of Tongji University, WHITRAP Shanghai, the Academic Committee for Conservation Planning of Famous Historical and Cultural City – Urban Planning Society of China, and ICOMOS China, with the support of UNESCO World Heritage Center and ICOMOS, have planned an online international conference on World Heritage and Urban-Rural Sustainable Development: Resilience and Innovation based on Humanity (15 to 16 November 2022) and an online public exhibition on World Heritage Cities: Past, Present and Future(16 November 2022 to 31 March 2023).
The Conference aims to facilitate international dialogue and exchange, to promote the “Policy Document on World Heritage and Sustainable Development” and the World Heritage City Programme of UNESCO, and to implement the “Opinion on Strengthening the Protection and Inheritance of Historic and Cultural Heritage in the Course of Urban-Rural Development” issued by the General Office of the CCCPC and the General Office of the State Council.
The four-and-a-half-month online public exhibition, as an extension of the conference, is also an attempt to expand the exploration of heritage topics beyond the academia to reach to the public domain. The organizers hope to inform the public of the innovative mechanism featuring a spirit of international cooperation forged by the World Heritage Convention in the past 50 years, the knowledge of Outstanding Universal Value and the diversity of World Heritage cities, and the latest cases among the “Historic Urban Landscapes (HUL)” and World Heritage Cities programmes initiated by UNESCO World Heritage Center. The event also aims to present the profound culture and the unique oriental charm of Chinese historical cities, and to give an introduction to the “Imagination of Heritage: Original Paintings of Pingyao Picture Books”, a cocreation programme among professional institutions, public welfare teams and a group of young artists. A series of activities will be organized during the exhibition to lead the public into a more detailed realm of the World Heritage cities/famous historical and cultural cities, where the essence of human civilizations has crystallized, be it from the past, in the present or for the future, so as to explore more creative and diversified approaches to the protection, interpretation, presentation, and utilization of those heritage.
Program
(Continuously Updated）
15 Nov
| Time
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Item
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Speakers
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| 14:30-15:30
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Opening Ceremony of the Conference and the Exhibition
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| 15:30-18:00
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Keynote Speeches
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| 15:30-18:00
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A New Approach to Strengthening the Conservation and Management of the World Heritage Sites: The Reform Practice of China's Territorial Spatial Planning
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ZHANG Bing
Director of Territorial Spatial Planning Administration, Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China
Chairman of the Academic Committee for Conservation Planning of Famous Historical and Cultural City - Urban Planning Society of China
Professor-level Senior Urban Planner
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| World Heritage Cities and HUL
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Michael Turner
Professor, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem
UNESCO Chairholder in Urban Design and Conservation Studies, Graduate Program in Urban Design, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design,
Jerusalem
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| Coexistence of the Old and the New: Exploration of the Regeneration Design of the
Haikou Qilou Historic District
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CHANG Qing
Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University
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| UNESCO’s Action in Safeguarding Urban Heritage and
Promoting Urban Regeneration
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JING Feng
Chief of the Culture Unit, UNESCO Bangkok Office
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| Exploration of Cooperative Management System of Transregional Cultural Landscape Heritage: a Case Study of Loire
Valley (France)
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Alain Marinos
Former Inspector of Architecture and Heritage, Ministry of Culture and Communication of France State Architect and Urban Planner of France
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| Characteristics of Chinese Historical Cities and the Famous Historical and Cultural Cities
Protection System
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To be determined
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| 19:00-21:30
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Topic 1: Traditional Knowledge Systems at World Heritage Supporting Quality of Life of Local Communities
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| 19:00-19:05
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Introduction
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LI Hong
Programme Specialist, WHITRAP Shanghai
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| 19:05-19:30
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Traditional Knowledge Systems and its link to Quality of Life
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Gamini WIJESURIYA
Special Advisor, WHITRAP Shanghai
Sara COURT
Consultant of World Heritage Leadership
Programme, ICCROM
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| 19:30-19:40
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The Sacred Kaya Forest and the Mijikenda Peoples of Coastal Kenya: Sustainable Lifeway through Traditional Knowledge
Systems
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George Okello ABUNGU
CEO, Okello Abungu Heritage Consultants, Nairobi, Kenya
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| 19:40-19:50
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Traditional Fabric Conservation and Living Environment Improvement in Historic City: Taking Shanghai Historic
Neighbors as an Axample
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ZHANG Song
Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University
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| 19:50-20:00
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Sami Traditional Knowledge and the Management of the World
Heritage Laponia in Sweden
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Åsa Nordin Jonsson
Site Manager, World Heritage of Laponia, Sweden
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| 20:00-20:10
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Buddhist Communities at World
Heritage Properties in Sri Lanka
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Prasanna B. RATNAYAKE
Additional Director General, Department of Archaeology, Sri Lanka
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| 20:10-20:20
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Can Traditional Restoration Techniques Keep Their Place and
Not Disappear?
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France POULAIN
State Architect and Town Planner of France Professor, Cergy-Pontoise’s University
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| 20:20-20:30
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The Budj Bim Cultural Landscape, Australia
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Erin ROSE
Budj Bim World Heritage Executive Officer, Gunditj
Mirring Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation, Australia
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| 20:30-20:40
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Using Indigenous, Traditional and Community held Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction, Mitigation of Climate Change
Impacts and Building Resilience
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Aparna TANDON
Senior Programme Leader, First Aid and Resilience for Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis and Digital Heritage, ICCORM
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| 20:40-21:20
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Panel Discussion with Examples
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YANG Chen
Associate Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University
and all above
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| 21:20-21:30
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Conclusion
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Gamini WIJESURIYA
Special Advisor, WHITRAP Shanghai
Sara COURT
Consultant of World Heritage Leadership
Programme, ICCROM
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16 Nov
| Time
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Item
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Speakers
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| 9:30-12:00
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Topic 2: Education Empowering the Future: Heritage Education Innovator Forum
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| 9:30-9:40
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Introduction
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LI Xin
Deputy Secretary-General, WHITRAP
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| 9:40-11:00
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World Heritage Education
Innovator towards the Future
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LI Xin
Deputy Secretary-General, WHITRAP
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| Video of 2021-2022 Global Awards for World Heritage
Education Innovative Cases
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| Word Heritage Education Promoting Educational Reform
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YUAN Aijun
Director, World Heritage Education Centre for Youth, China
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| World Heritage Education and Sustainable Tourism
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ZHANG Chaozhi
School of Tourism Management of Sun Yat-sen University, China
UNESCO Chair holder on Sustainable Tourism
at UNESCO Designated Sites
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| Multiple Participation in World Heritage Youth Education: an Interpretation Based on the Construction of Heritage
Education Base
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ZHU Haijun
Director, WHITRAP Suzhou
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| 11:00-12:00
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Dialogue of World Heritage Education Innovators
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LIU Zhen
Programme Specialist, WHITRAP Shanghai Co-sponsor, “Ripple Action” Youth Heritage Volunteer Program
Co-planner, Pingyao Story Series Picture Book Program
PENG Jing
Co-founder, Beautiful Nostalgia
Co-sponsor, “Ripple Action”Youth Heritage Volunteer Program
TIAN Xiaogeng
Founder, Shanghai Yishao Creative Studio
Co-planner, Pingyao Story Series Picture Book Program
and all above
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| 15:00-17:30
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Topic 3: Climate Change and Urban-Rural Heritage Resilience
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| 15:00-15:10
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Introduction
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MU Xingyu
Project Director, WHITRAP Shanghai
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| 15:10-17:00
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The Relations between Climate and Heritage
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ZHOU Chunhong
Researcher at the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
Member of the WMO GURME Scientific Advisory
Group
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| Adaptive Heritage: Seeking
Creative Solutions to Heritage Dilemmas
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Jim Perry
Distinguished Professor at the University of Minnesota, USA
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| Climate Change Exposure and Adaptive Conservation Management of World Natural Heritage Sites: Observations from
China
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Wen Cheng
Expert of the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of IUCN
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| Climate Change and the Resilience of Ancient Cities Relics: tthe Perspective of Spatial
Information Science
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WANG Xinyuan
Deputy Director, the International Centre on Space
Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage under the Auspices of UNESCO (HIST)
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| Building Resilience of Urban
Heritage against Disasters and Climate Change
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Rohit Jigyasu
Project Manager for Urban Heritage, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, ICCROM
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| Disasters and Urban Resilience: The Wisdom of China's Ancient Cities
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XIAO Jianli
Associate Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University
Responsible Editor, “Urban Planning Forum” Journal
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| 17:00-17:25
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Discussion
|
Plácido González
Executive Editor, Journal BUILT HERITAGE Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University
Chris WHITMAN
Senior Lecturer and Course Leader of MSc Sustainable Building Conservation, Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, U.K.
and all above
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| 17:25-17:30
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Conclusion
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Rohit Jigyasu
Project Manager for Urban Heritage, Climate Change and Disaster Risk Management, ICCROM
|
| 18:30-21:00
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Topic4: New Vision/New Technology for Heritage Protection
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| 18:30-18:40
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Introduction
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YANG Chen
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|
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Associate Professor, College of Architecture and
Urban Planning, Tongji University
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| 18:40-20:15
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Cultural Heritage Remote Sensing Methodology and Practices
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CHEN Fulong
Deputy Director, the International Centre on Space Technologies for Natural and Cultural Heritage under the Auspices of UNESCO (HIST)
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| The standardization of three- dimensional documentation of cultural heritage and beyond – Ongoing efforts and visions in
Korea
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Hyeseung Shim
Researcher, Digital Heritage Lab, Graduate School of Cultural Technology, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
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| Cultural Heritage Visualisation and Digital Interpretation
(pending title)
|
HE Yan
President, Tsinghua Heritage Institute for Digitization, Beijing
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| World Heritage 3D Models and Gamification in an Emerging Metaverse
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Erik Champion
Enterprise Fellow, the University of South Australia Honorary Research Professor, Centre for Digital Humanities Research, Australian National University
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| Linking Heritage and Health: How Historical Places affect Human Health and Wellbeing
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WANG Lan
Vice Dean, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University
YIN Jie
Assistant Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University
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| Digital Innovation in India for Immortalizing Heritage
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Anupama Mallik
CEO, MD VIZARA Technologies Pvt Ltd. New Delhi, India
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| 20:15-20:30
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Digital Heritage Project Demonstration
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Cultural Heritage Digital Conservation / 1-2 Clips Natural Heritage Digital Conservation / 1 Clips Intangible Cultural Heritage Digital Conservation / 1
Clip
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| 20:30-20:55
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Discussion
|
Marie-Noël TOURNOUX
Project Director, WHITRAP Shanghai
Elsa Marguin-Hamon
Director, Research and International Relations of the École Nationale des Chartes (ENC)
LIN Yinan
Associate Professor, College of Arts and Media, East China University of Science and Technology
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and all above
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| 20:55-21:00
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Conclusion
|
Marie-Noël TOURNOUX
Project Director, WHITRAP Shanghai
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| 21:00-21:30
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Closing Ceremony
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| 21:00-21:10
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Summary of the six sessions of
World Heritage Dialogues
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Marie-Noël TOURNOUX
Project Director, WHITRAP Shanghai
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| 21:10-21:20
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Chinese Historical and Cultural
City Conservation Initiative (title pending)
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To be determined
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| 21:20-21:30
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New Urban-Rural Heritage Agenda for the Asia-Pacific Region (title pending)
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JING Feng
Chief of Culture Unit, UNESCO Bangkok Office
SHAO Yong
Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University
Deputy Secretary-General, Academic Committee for Conservation Planning of Famous Historical and Cultural City - Urban Planning Society of China
Vice President, ICOMOS-CIAV
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Contribute by SHAO Yong
Typeset by ZHANG Yuzhuo (Intern), JI Zhenjiang (Intern)
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