Suzhou University of Science and Technology

Xi'an Jiaotong-LiverpoolUniversity

Soochow University

Suzhou University of Science and Technology

【2017】No. 002

Notice on Convening the International Conference on Water Ecological Civilization and Green Livable Characteristic Town Development

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The International Conference on Water Ecological Civilization and Green Livable Characteristic Town Development will be held in Suzhou on October 27th and 29th, 2017. It is jointly organized by Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Soochow University and Suzhou University of Science and Technology. It is expected to be one of a series of events for World Cities Day (October 31), designated by the United Nations General Assembly. International and national distinguished experts and scholars will be gathering together in the beautiful Wujiang Taihu New City of Suzhou in Yangtze River Delta and initiate communication, dialogues and discussions. The main themes of the conference are Water Ecological Civilization and Green Livable Characteristic Town Development, with a focus on the contents of water pollution control, black and odorous water-body management, river bank and wetland restoration, sponge city construction, water ecological system protection, green buildings, intelligent transportation, innovative social management, industrial development and other related topics. It is expected to bring innovative ideas to improve the construction and development of worldwide ecological civilization and to benefit the internationalization of Wujiang Taihu New City. Therefore, the organizing committee would like to invite participants in all areas including professionals, governmental officers, academic staff and students, and relevant peers from the industry and business to join this high-profile conference. (Updating of the conference will be posted through the official WeChat account.)

I. DATE AND VENUE

October 27th - 29th, 2017 at 88 Wenyuan Road, Wujiang, Suzhou, Jiangsu (Dyna Sun Hotel -- International)

II. ORGANIZATION

Organizers:

Xi'an Jiaotong-LiverpoolUniversity, Soochow University, Suzhou University of Science and Technology

Undertakers:

Suzhou Wujiang Taihu New-City Management Committee, XJTLU Suzhou Urban &Environmental Research Institute, China Water Ecological Industry Alliance, Zhejiang Research Association of Townships with Distinct Characteristics

Supporters:

Suzhou Science and Technology Bureau, Wujiang Water Conservancy Bureau, XJTLU Urbanization Research Institute, XJTLU-Huai'an Research Institute of New-type Urbanization, The Nature Conservancy, World Future Council, The Yangtze River Water Environment Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, ChinaEuropeWaterPlatform, Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration (SHUES), Jiangsu Association of Environment Protection Industry, Zhejiang Alliance of Environment Protection Industry, Suzhou Association of Environment Protection Industry, The Green Development Promotion Association of Sichuan province.

Sponsors:

Jiangsu Münster Environmental Technologies Co., Ltd., Suzhou Gold Mantis Greening Landscape Co., Ltd.

Organizing Committee：

Chair: Yixin Zhang

Vice Chairs: Yunwei Wu, Xueming Chen, Jun Zhai，Tianyin Huang

Members: Bo Wang, Christian Nolf，Linyun Fan, Cheng Zhang, Jun Xia, Xiao Wang

III. CONTENTS

1. Water Ecological Civilization and Aquatic Environment Management

A. Water ecological civilization construction and living environment improvement

B. Water pollution, black and odorous river management and water ecosystems restoration theory and technology

2. Sponge City and Ecological City Construction

A. Sponge city construction and sustainable development

B. Ecological and environmental problems in sponge city planning and design

3. Green Livable Towns and Ecological Planning and Construction

A. Green livable characteristic town construction and industrial sustainable development

B. Green buildings and smart cities: Theory and practices in sustainable development

C. Ecological landscape planning and agricultural tourism complex

4. Characteristic Town Development and Sustainable Urban and Rural Development

A. Problems and opportunities of green livable town development

B. Integration of livable, industry-suitable and tourism-friendly city in green livable town development

IV. AGENDA

DAY 1, October 28th, 2017
Opening Ceremony (8:30-8:55)
Introduction of distinguished guests and acknowledgments by Yixin Zhang
Opening Remarks of Suzhou government officials
Opening Remarks of Senior Management Team Member of XJTLU
Group Photo (8:55-9:10)
Keynote Speeches (9:10-12:15)
Nanqing Jiang / United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), National Project Officer in China / Sustainable Urban Infrastructure Transition
John Edwards / British Consulate-General Shanghai, HM Consul-General / Climate Change and Water Resources
Baoxing Qiu / State Council Counselor; Former Vice Minister of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of P. R. China / Coming soon
Tea Break
Yi Qian / Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering; Professor of School of Environment; Director of Eco-Civilization Research Center, Tsinghua University / Water Resources Management and Ecological Civilization Construction
Dajian Zhu / Director of the Sustainable Development and New Urbanization Think-tank; Professor of School of Economics and Management, Tongji University / Key Issues of Green Development and Its Spatial Significance
Qing Xia / Former Vice Dean and Chief Engineer of Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences / New Frontier of Construction of Ecological Civilization
Quan Zhang / Dean of Water and Engineering Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Urban Planning and Design, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development / Long-term Effect of Sponge City Construction on Ecological Management of Black and Odorous Water Bodies
Lunch (Registrants only), Central Hall on the First Floor, Dyna Sun Hotel
Track 1: Hall A (13:30 –17:45)
Topic: Water ecological civilization and aquatic environment management
Gunther Geller / Chairman of the German Ecological Engineering Society, IÖV; Chief Scientist of German Ecological Engineering Field / Sustainable Rural and Urban Ecosystems: Design, Implementation and Operation
Ana Isabel da Silva Mendes / Technology Manager of New University of Lisbon, Liaison man of ChinaEuropeWaterPlatform / Restoration Standards in Europe and China – Can Bridges be Established?
Yongli Cai / Professor of the Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, East China Normal University; Vice Head of Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration (SHUES) / Problems and Eco-Solutions of Large Artificial Lake of Coastal New Town - A case of Dishui Lake in Lingang New City of Shanghai .
Ruishan Chen / Professor of School of Geographical Sciences, East China Normal University / Coastal Water Pollution and Change of Ecosystem Services in Shanghai (1970s - 2010s)
Jinyong Zhao / Professor, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR), Director of Water Environment Laboratory、Deputy Secretary General of Asian Rivers Restoration Network (China)
Professor, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) / Key Technologies and Cases of Ecological Connection Planning of River and Lake Systems
Yin Bai / Director of Beijing Water Ecological Restoration Committee; Director of Water Resources laboratory of China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (IWHR) / Study on the Key Problems of Fish Biodiversity Protection and Fishway Construction
Tea Break
Yiping Li / Dean Assistant of the School of Environment, Hohai University; Professor, Head of the Department of Environmental Science / Key Techniques and Ecological Applications of Mathematical Simulation of Water Environment in Rivers and Lakes
Yichao Ma / Director of Ecological Water Conservancy Institute, Zhejiang Design Institute of Water Conservancy & Hydro-Electric Power / Practice of Intergrative Ecological Management of Rivers and Lakes
Hao Xin / Secretary-General of Green Zhejiang / Public Participation and Promotion of Water Ecological Civilization
Cheng Zhong / China "Thousand Talents Program" Entrepreneurial Talent; CEO of Shanghai Guolong Group / Ecological Practice of Advanced Treatment of Aquaculture Wastewaters
Yongjian Sun / China "Thousand Talents Program" Entrepreneurial Talent; CEO of Nanjing Leading Environment Protection Technology Co., Ltd. / Concept and Ecological Technology of Black and Odorous River Restoration Under the Guidance of River-Chief System
Pengyu Cheng / Vice president of Suzhou Dehua Ecological Technology Co.,Ltd. / Prectice of Wetland Technology and Its Application in Black and Odorous River Channel Management
Yixin Zhang / Director of XJTLU Suzhou Urban & Environment Research Institute / Urban Water Environment Protection and Restoration
Q&A （17:45-18:15）
Track 2：Kunming Hall（13:30 –17:45）
Topic: Green livable towns and ecological planning and construction
Weiwen Zhang / Professor, Vice Dean of School of Public Administration, Vice Director of New-type Urbanization Research Institute, Zhejiang University / Policy Analysis and Suggestions on Characteristic Towns
Xueming Chen / Professor, Head of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University / Study on Intelligent Transportation of Characteristic Towns in the South of the Lower Reaches of the Yangze River—A Case Study of Wujiang
Fugen Liu / Secretary-General of Zhejiang Research Association of Townships with Distinct Characteristics / Ecological Priority, Borrow Ideas from Characteristic Town and Pastoral Complex
Shan Huang / Professor, Director of Planning Institute at Institute of Architectural Design and Research, Zhejiang University / Sustainable Development Perspective of Characteristic Towns Based on Stock
Yidong Sun / Senior Engineer of the Department of Environmental Art; Director of Heshantang Art Design and Cultural Heritage Protection Research Center / Reshaping fashion - Construction Strategy of Xucun Characteristic Town in Haining City
Tea Break
Liya Ma / Director of Green Building Research Office in Tianjin Horticultural Engineering Research Institute; Secretary-General of Jing-jin-ji Strategic Alliance of Ecological Landscape and Technical Innovation of Vertical Greening Industry; Vice-president of Beijing Rooftop Landscaping Association / Arts and Techniques of Urban Ecological Space Expansion
Christian Nolf / Co-Director of Research Institute of Urbanization at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University / Upcycling Characteristic Water Landscapes: Wujiang (Suzhou) as A Case Study
Yimei Xia / Vice General Manager of Shanghai Suizhen Investment management Ltd., Director of Zhejiang Research Association of Townships with Distinct Characteristics / Green Livable Characteristic Town Construction and Industrial Development
Wenjian Mo / Chairmanof Hangzhou Rongqing Project Agement and Consultation Co.,Ltd., Director of Zhejiang Research Association of Townships with Distinct Characteristics / The Integration and Development of Rural E-commerce and Characteristic Town in China
Wei Wang / Chairmanof Hangzhou Rongqing Project Agement and Consultation Co.,Ltd., Director of Zhejiang Research Association of Townships with Distinct Characteristics / Rational speculation on characteristic town construction - A Case of Nine-Color Rose Town
Q&A （17:45-18:15）
18:30 Dinner (Registrants only), Central Hall on the First Floor, Dyna Sun Hotel
After dinner, Visit Asia’s largest musical fountain show at Suzhou Bay Yuehutai [Music Water Reflection in Taihu]
DAY 2 October 29th, 2017
Track 1: Hall B（8:30-11:45）
Topic: Sponge city and ecological city construction
Renmin Zhu / Director of Ecological Rrestoration Joint Research Center, Zhejiang University; Curator of Zhu Renming Gallery, Zhejiang University / Art, Ecology and Economics
Boping Chen / China Project director of WFC / Circular City and Sponge City
Jianhua Li / Professor at UN Environment-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development; Vice Director of Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education / The Position and Role of Water Ecological Health in the Construction of Green Livable Characteristic Town Development
Haijiang Zhang / Freshwater Project Officer of the Nature Conservancy Beijing Representative Office / Shuiku Ecological Village - A Characteristic Town Based on Community Organizations and Environmental Projects
Bo Liu / Secretary-General of Changsha Sponge City Ecological Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Coalition. / Countermeasures for building Sponge Cities in non pilot cities -- A Case Study of Changsha
Tea Break
Jun Zhai / Professor, Head of Department of Landscape Architecture, Soochow University / Using landscape Infrastructure to Build an Ecological Sponge City
Cuimei Li / Professor of the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology; Director of Water Resource Management Institute, Suzhou University of Science and Technology / Systematic Analysis of Sponge City Construction
Jianfei Cao / Deputy Director of Water-control Bureau, Haining City / The Practice of Ecological Construction in Haining City
Sheng Zhong / Lecturer of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University / Resilient Water Town Planning
Minhua Zhao / Deputy Chief Engineer of Shanghai Water Planning and Design Institute / Sponge City and Ecological Livable Development
Q&A （11:45-12:00）
Track 2: Hall C（8:30-11:45）
Topic: Sustainable urban and rural development and characteristic town development
Shuwei Wu / Representative of ARUP Group Limited / Enterprise Innovation Ecosystem and Science and Technology Town
Lei Wang / Professor of the School of Architecture, Soochow University / Thoughts on Village - A Cognitive and Multi Angle Analysis Based on Rural Planning
Lingyun Fan / Professor, Head of the Department of Urban and Rural Planning, Suzhou University of Science and Technology; Director of Institute of Urban-Rural Integration and Development / Research on Planning Strategy of Suzhou Characteristic Town Based on Ecological Concept
Bo Zhao / Vice General Manager of Hangzhou Wanke Industry and city Development Co., Ltd.,Standingdirector of Zhejiang Research Association of Townships with Distinct Characteristics / Vanke Practice in Creating Cultural Residence Characteristic Towns
Pan Yang / Vice General Manager of Enjoy Town Group, Standingdirector of Zhejiang Research Association of Townships with Distinct Characteristics / Experiences of Singapore Models and Their Meaning for China Characteristic Towns
Tea Break
Yong Hu / Chief architect of Zhejiang Nanfang Design Co., Ltd.;，Standingdirector of Zhejiang Research Association of Townships with Distinct Characteristics / Establishment and Systematic Problem Solving - Design and Practice of Characteristic Town
Bin Chen / Professorial Senior Engineer, Master Designer, Hanjia Design Group Co., Ltd. / From Regional Resource Integration to Gardening Practice
Zili Huang / Executive Director of Beijing Youth Tourism Lingze Culture Development Co., Ltd. / Environmental Comprehensive Management in the Construction of Characteristic Towns
Yunqing Xu / Lecturer of the Department of Urban Planning and Design, Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University / The Development Prospect of Urban Agriculture in China
Weixing Zheng / Mayor of Jiang Shan Xiang, Kecheng District, Quzhou City / Practice the Theory of “Two Mountains” and Build Beautiful Streams
Q&A （11:45-12:00）
Closing Ceremony: Hall A（12:00-12:30）
Lunch (Registrants only), Central Hall on the First Floor, Dyna Sun Hotel
Project Investigation (13:30-15:30)
Route 1 / Suzhou Bay (by yacht)—East Taihu Ecologic Tourist Resort—Eco Resort Park
Route 2 / Eco Resort Park—East Taihu Ecologic Tourist Resort—Suzhou Bay (by yacht)

V. CONFERENCE REGISTRATION AND FEE

REGISTRATION:

Please return the registrant information to email , and remit the business expense to the designated bank account within 3 days. After the confirmation, the conference group will give an mail reply.

CONFERENCE FEE:

Early registration fee for all participants is RMB1500 per person before October 20th 2017. Regular registration fee of RMB1800 per person is in effect after October 20th, 2017. Registration fee for students is RBM500 with a proof of valid studentship. Accommodation cost is not included in the registration fee, but can be arranged per request.