01 Background
 
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, advocated that world cultural and natural heritage are important signifiers of human civilization and progress and promote exchanges between different civilizations. It is our shared responsibility to protect, pass on and utilize these precious resources prudently so as to ensure the continuity of human civilization and sustainable world development. To better promote the inheritance of traditional Chinese culture and ecological infrastructure, strengthen scientific conservation and reasonable utilization of cultural and natural resources, the UNESCO Chair and UNITWIN Program, driven by the Ministry of Education’s initiative for promoting interdisciplinary exchanges and talent cultivation, has launched the inaugural World Cultural and Natural Heritage Academic Conference on the occasion of the 50^th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention. This forum is organized by the Chair on Sustainable Tourism for UNESCO-listed Heritage Sites, the Chair on Living Heritage and Sustainable Development, the Chair on Cultural Resource Management, UNESCO Asia-Pacific World Heritage Training and Research Center (Shanghai, Beijing), School of Architecture (Tsinghua University), School of Archaeology and Museology (Peking University), Department of Cultural Heritage and Museology（Fudan University）, School of Architecture (Southeast University), School of Architecture and Urban Planning (Tongji University), School of Landscape Architecture (Beijing Forestry University) and School of Tourism Management (Sun Yat-sen University).
 
02 Agenda
50 years of World Heritage Convention: Changes, Dialogue and Sustainability

03 Organizing Committee
Consultant Institution:
Secretariat of National Commission of the People's Republic of China for UNESCO
 
Organizers：
UNESCO Asia-Pacific World Heritage Training and Research Center (Shanghai, Beijing)
 
 
 
 
 
UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Tourism at UNESCO Designated Sites
UNESCO Chair on Living Heritage and Sustainable Development
UNESCO Chair on Cultural Resource Management
School of Architecture (Tsinghua University)
School of Archaeology and Museology (Peking University)
Department of Cultural Heritage and Museology（Fudan University）
School of Architecture (Southeast University)
School of Architecture and Urban Planning (Tongji University)
School of Landscape Architecture (Beijing Forestry University)
 
Forum Secretariat:
School of Tourism Management (Sun Yat-sen University)


04 Date & Time
Forum Date: 2022 November 26 to 27th
Venue: Sun Yat-sen University (Zhuhai Campus)
 
05 Schedule & Agenda
November, 25^th
Full day event
 
November, 26^th
Review and Prospects of World Heritage Research
 
8:30 – 9:00
Opening Ceremony of the Inaugural World Cultural and Natural Heritage Academic Forum
 
9:00 – 12:00
Shan Jixiang
Chairman of the Inaugural World Cultural and Natural Heritage Academic Forum
 
Lv Zhou
China Council of Monuments and Sites,
National Heritage Center, Tsinghua University
 
Jiang Bo
ICOMOS/ Shandong University
 
 
 
 
 
Chen Yaohua
UNESCO Asia-Pacific World Heritage Training and Research Center (Beijing)/Peking University
 
Wang Xinyuan
UNESCO International Center for Space Technology for Natural and Cultural Heritage/Institute of Aerospace Information Innovation, Chinese Academy of Sciences
 
Bao Jigang
United Nations World Tourism Organization
Tourism Sustainable Development Management Center,
Sun Yat-Sen University
 
14:30 – 17:30
Du Xiaofan
UNESCO Chair on Living Heritage and Sustainable Development
Fudan University
 
Zhao Yun
China Academy of Cultural Heritage, World Cultural Heritage Center
 
Dong Wei
UNESCO Chair of Cultural Resources Management
Southeast University
 
Shao Yong
UNESCO World Heritage Training and Research Centre for Asia-Pacific (Shanghai) Tongji University
 
Li Guanghan & Sun Hua
UNESCO Asia-Pacific World Heritage Training and Research Centre (Beijing ) Peking University
 
Zhang Yujun
National Park Research Center
Beijing Forestry University
 
19:30-21:30
World Heritage Academic Forum Work Conference
 
 
 
 
November, 27^th
World Heritage Conservation & Management Practices and Talent Cultivation
 
8:30-12:00
Han Feng
UNESCO Asia-Pacific World Heritage Training and Research Center (Shanghai), Tongji University
 
Zhuang Youbo
World Heritage Committee of National Forestry and Grassland Administration / National Park Research Institute, Tsinghua University
 
Zou Tonglu
Beijing Foreign Studies University / Uzbekistan Silk Road International Tourism and Cultural Heritage University
 
Liu Hongtao
International Research Center for World Heritage,
Southwest Jiaotong University
 
14:00-16:00
Zhang Jie
School of Geography and Oceanography, Nanjing University /
Sino-French Joint College, Ningbo University
 
Shen Shiwei
Ningbo University- Université d'Angers Joint College
 
Li Jiangmin
School of Economics and Management, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
 
Zhang Chaozhi
UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Tourism at UNESCO Designated Sites,
Sun Yat-sen University