Opening Session

1:30 – 1:40

Opening Remarks丨Yongqi Lou

Vice President, Tongji University

1:40 – 1:45

Group Photo 

Section 1: Reimagining Transforming Urbanisation

1:45 – 2:15

Brent D. Ryan

Vice Provost and Professor of Urban Design and Public Policy,

Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT

<Shrinking Cities in the United States: An Overview of Strategies for Revitalization and Prospects for the Future>

2:15 – 2:45

Tom Avermaete 

Deputy Head and Full Professor, Department of Architecture, 

ETH Zurich

<Reciprocal Urban Design: The Prospect of Another History and Practice>

2:45 – 3:15

Hernán Díaz Alonso 

Director and Professor, 

Southern California Institute of Architecture

<Everything is Something, but Something Isn’t Everything>

Section 2: Reimagining Advancing Well-Being

3:15 – 3:45

Julie Willis

Dean and Full Professor, School of Design,

The University of Melbourne

<Retrofit, Reuse, Reimagine: Building Futures>

3:45 – 4:15

Lan Wang 

Dean and Professor, 

College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

<Healthy Cities for All>

Panel Discussion 

4:15 – 5:10

Moderator |Philip F. Yuan 

Vice Dean and Professor, 

College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University

<Topic: Forming a United Future for the Planet>

MOU Signing Ceremony 

Closing Remarks

5:25 – 5:30

Closing Remarks丨Xiangning Li  

Head of the Division of Planning and Academic Development, Tongji University;

Former Dean of CAUP, Tongji University