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Eminent educators, scholars and practitioners from world renowned universities and colleges in China, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, India and other countries and regions will gather together, sharing and discussing the idea of design education. Topics will include modes of teaching in Architecture, Design, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, the future development and characteristics of these subjects, and integrative and innovative education. Also discussed will be how to cope with the needs of future diversified design talent in the context of future engineering endeavors in a way that will allow for the integration and systematic combination of teaching modes, methods and resources.

DATE:

November 19 – 21, 2019

VENUE:

Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huashan Rd., Shanghai

Shanghai Urban Space Art Season, 468 Yangshupu Rd., Shanghai

CONFERENCE LANGUAGES

English/ Mandarin (with simultaneous interpretation provided)

ORGANIZER

School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

CONVENER

RUAN Xing, Dean and Guangqi Chair Professor, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

WANG Lin, Executive Chair of the Symposium Committee; Professor, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME

Tuesday November 19, 2019

Open for Registration,18:00 -21:00 Welcome Reception

Wednesday November 20, 2019

Time: 9:00 - 17:30

Venue: New Upper Hall, Xuhui Campus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1954 Huanshan Rd., Shanghai

9:00 - 9:40 Opening Ceremony & Remarks by RUAN Xing, Dean and Guangqi Chair Professor, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

9:40 - 10:00 Tea Break

10:00 - 11:30 Keynote Lectures

Speaker 1: Martha Schwartz, Professor of Landscape Architecture, Graduate School of Design, Harvard

Speaker 2: XU Ping, Professor of Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts

11:30 - 12:30 Plenary Forum Ⅰ: Design Education and Grand Challenges Facing Humanity

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 17:30 Forum Discussion

Four parallel panels on architecture, design, landscape architecture and urban design

14:00 – 15:30 Panel 1: Creation of Characteristics in Architectural Education

14:00 – 15:30 Panel 2: Design-leading Interdisciplinary Knowledge Fusion

14:00 – 15:30 Panel 3: Landscape Architecture Education: Past, Present and Future

14:00 – 15:30 Panel 4: Core Objectives and Ways of Thinking in Urban Design Education

 15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break

 16:00 – 17:30 Panel 5: Academic Creativity in Architectural Education

16:00 – 17:30 Panel 6: Successive and Talents - cultivated Education in Design

16:00 – 17:30 Panel 7: Landscape Architecture Design Teaching: Ideology and Methodology

16:00 – 17:30 Panel 8: Limited Goals and Infinite Space of Urban Design 

Thursday November 21, 2019

Time: 9:30 - 16:00

Venue: Lecture Hall, Shanghai Urban Space Art Season, 468 Yangshupu Rd., Shanghai

9:30 - 10:30 Keynote Lecture

Speaker: Jean Louis Cohen, Sheldon H. Solow Professor, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University

10:30 - 10:50 Tea Break                                                                                                                                      

10:50 - 12:00 Plenary Forum Ⅱ: Design-Ethics, Aesthetics, History and Technology

12:00 - 12:30 Concluding Remarks

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 16:00 Tour 2019 SUSAS Exhibition and Huangpu River Waterfront Projects

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

HONOURED GUESTS

Aravamuthan Srivathsan, Professor & Academic Director, CEPT University

Austin Williams, Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture and Landscape, Kingston School of Art, Correspondent for The Architectural Review

Chirayu Bhatt, Coordinator, President's Office, CEPT University

Henry, B.Duh, Professor & Head of Department Computer Science and Information Technology, School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University

Ilaria Valente, Professor & Preside, Architecture Urban Planning Construction Engineering, Politecnico Milano

James Hayter, Professor, School of Architecture & Built Environment, President of IFLA

Jonathan Massey, Professor & Dean, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan

Keiichi Sato, Charles Owen Professor, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology

Martha Thorne, Professor & Dean, IE School of Architecture and Design　

Martin Bressani, William Macdonald Professor, Director, Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture, McGill University

Niall Kirkwood, Professor of Landscape Architecture and Technology & Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Design, Harvard

Stephan Wensveen, Professor & Program Director of Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology

Timothy Baird, Professor and Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University

LIU Jiaping (刘加平), CAE academician, Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology

ZHENG Shilin (郑时龄), CAS academician, Tongji University

XU Zhilei (徐志磊), CAE academician, Shanghai Jiao Tong University,

BAO Zhiyi (包志毅), Emeritus Professor & Dean, School of Landscape Architecture, School of Tourism and Health, Zhejiang A&F University

CAI Yongjie (蔡永洁), Professor & Head of Department, Architecture, CAUP, Tongji University

CAO Ming (曹鸣), Associate Professor & Deputy Dean, School of Design, Jiangnan University

CHEN Wei (陈薇), Professor, School of Architecture, Southeast University

WU Jiang (伍江), Professor & Executive Vice President, Tongji University

DU Chunlan (杜春兰), Professor & Dean, School of Architecture and Urban Planning,

Chongqing University

LIU Binyi (刘滨谊), Professor & Chair of the Committee of Landscape Architecture Discipline, CAUP, Tongji University

HAN Feng (韩锋), Professor & Head of Department, Landscape Architecture, CAUP, Tongji University

HUANG Jianzhong (黄建中), Associate Professor, CAUP, Tongji University, Editorial Director, Urban Planning Forum

HUANG Juzheng (黄居正), Chief Editor, Architectural Journal

KONG Yuhang (孔宇航), Professor & Dean, School of Architecture, Tianjin University

LI Xiaofeng (李晓峰), Professor & Deputy Dean, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Huangzhong University of Science and Technology

LI Xiangning (李翔宁), Professor & Deputy Dean, CAUP, Tongji University

LI Zhenyu (李振宇), Professor & Dean, CAUP, Tongji University

LIN Guangsi(林广思), Professor & Head, Department of Landscape Architecture, School of Architecture, South China University of Technology

LOU Yongqi (娄永琪), Professor & Dean, College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University

LUO Shijian (罗仕鉴), Professor, College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University

SHEN Zhongwei (沈中伟), Professor & Executive Dean, School of Architecture and Design, Southwest Jiaotong University

SHI Nan (石楠), Senior Planner, China Academy of Urban Planning & Design, Chief Editor, City Planning Review

SUN Cheng (孙澄), Professor & Dean, School of Architecture, Harbin Institute of Technology

SUN Yimin (孙一民), Professor & Dean, School of Architecture, South China University of Technology

WU Xiang (吴翔), Professor & Head of Department, Industrial Design, Donghua University

WANG Xiangrong (王向荣), Professor & Dean, School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University

YU Ying (俞英), Professor & Head of Department, Product Design, Donghua University

YU Wei (于炜), Associate Professor & Deputy Dean, School of Art Design and Media, East China University of Science and Technology

ZHANG Zhan (张展), Professor & Dean, College of Applied Art & Design, Shanghai Polytechnic University

ZHANG Linlin (张伶伶), Professor & Dean, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shenyang Jianzhu University

ZHAO Chao (赵超), Professor & Deputy Dean, Academy of Arts & Design , Tsinghua University

ZHENG Xi (郑曦), Professor in Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forest University, Associate Editor, Landscape Architecture

ZHI Wenjun (支文军) , Professor, CAUP, Tongji University, Chief Editor, Time Architecture

Programme updates and guest list will be forthcoming.