05mar2016
Symposium for Sustainable Landscape Design and New Town Development
Forums, Workshops & Seminars
- Date5 March 2016
- Time9:30am to 3:30pm
- VenueRoom A001, Hong Kong Design Institute (Opposite Tiu Keng Leng MTR Station)
THEi’s Department of Environment is organizing a symposium in collaboration with HKILA and Professional Green Building Council on Sustainable Landscape Design and New Town Development, with the proposed North East New Territories (NENT) Development taken as the subject case. A group of landscape architectural students is currently having a studio on this project and they will also share their interim findings during the event.
Rundown
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Time |
Programme/ Topic |
Speaker |
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9:15am – 9:30am |
Registration |
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9:30am – 9:45am |
Introduction |
Michael Thomas |
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9:45am – 10:10am |
Post-third Generation New Towns |
Maggie Chin (HKIP, DPO for Fanling/ Sheung Shui & Yuen Long East) |
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10:10am – 10:35am |
Landscape and Open Space Strategy |
Patrick Lau (Earthasia Limited, Past-president of HKILA) |
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10:35am – 10:50am |
Coffee Break |
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10:50am – 11:15am |
New Towns: Resilient Landscape Urbanism |
Deborah Kuh (GLTMS, DevB) |
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11:15am – 11:45am |
Panel Discussion / Q&A |
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11:45am – 1:15pm |
Lunch |
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1:15pm – 1:25pm |
Research Students Narrative Film |
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1:25pm – 1:50pm |
Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan |
Jackie Yip (AFCD) |
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1:50pm – 2:15pm |
Ecological Importance of Long Valley |
Michael Leven (AEC Limited) |
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2:15pm – 2:50pm |
Wetland Habitat and Conservation Management |
Kami Hui (Conservation Association) and Vicky Yeung (HK Bird Watching Society) |
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2:50pm – 3:20pm |
Panel Discussion / Q&A |
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Medium of the symposium will be in English. The event will be accountable towards 6 hours CPD.
Admission is free of charge and prior registration is required. For registration please complete the google form on or before 2nd March 2016. For further information please contact the organizer at thei-fde@vtc.edu.hk