Schedule
| June 6, 2015: International speakers Check in (pick-up at the airport arranged) June 8, 2015, 13:30-17:00: Registration, the lobby of Yuan Chen Xin Hotel June 9, 2015, 07:00-08:20: Last-minute registration, the lobby of Yuan Chen Xin Hotel | ||
| June 9, 2015 (TUE.) Venue: Conference Room #301 on the third floor of Yuan Chen Xin Hotel | ||
| Section chair: Chunyang HE | ||
| 08:30 - 08:40 | Welcome remarks | VP of BNU |
| 08:40 - 09:30 | What Is Landscape Sustainability Science? | Jianguo WU |
| 09:30 - 10:10 | Photo & tea break | |
| 10:10 - 11:30 | Use of the Ecosystem Services concept for sustainable landscape planning and design | Rudolf S. de Groot |
| 11:30 - 12:30 | Induced Land-use Change from rapid urbanization in the Pearl River Delta: Evidence, Impacts and Implications | Xia LI |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| Section chair: Ganlin HUANG | ||
| 14:00 - 15:00 | Study on the Relationship between Biome Distribution and Climate in China | Guangsheng ZHOU |
| 15:00 - 16:20 | Development of a Human Well-Being Index (HWBI) and evaluation of its domains, indicators and metrics | J. Kevin Summers |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Tea break | |
| 16:40 - 17:40 | Resilience thinking in landscape analysis and planning:An adaptive cycle framework for insight and action | Weining XIANG |
| 18:30 | Group dinner for invited speakers in Zijin Hall on the 14th floor of Yuan Chen Xin Hotel; buffet for other participants on the 16th floor. | |
| June 10, 2015 (WED.) Venue: Conference Room #301 on the third floor of Yuan chenxin Hotel | ||
| Section chair: Jianguo WU | ||
| 08:30 - 09:50 | Alternative Futures Modeling: Understanding the Past… Envisioning the Future | Robert J. Lilieholm |
| 09:50 - 10:10 | Tea Break | |
| 10:10 - 11:10 | Recent changes of farming in terms of landscape under the rapid rise of labor cost in China | Xiubin LI |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Land use and ecosystem services under global change: policy for sustainability | Brett Bryan |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| Section chair: Qingxu HUANG | ||
| 14:00 - 15:20 | Sustainable Cities: Challenges Associated with Urban Expansion | Matei Georgescu |
| 15:20 - 16:20 | Urban sustainability in China: A multi-scale geospatial and modeling perspective | Chunyang HE |
| 16:20 - 16:40 | Tea break | |
| Section chair: Jianguo WU | ||
| 16:40 - 17:40 | Questions for all speakers and panel discussion | Jianguo WU |
| 17:40 - 18:00 | Concluding remarks | Peijun SHI Jianguo WU |
| 18:30 | Group dinner for invited speakers in Zijin Hall on the 14th floor of Yuan Chen Xin Hotel; buffet for other participants on the 16th floor. | |