Session Agenda

14:00 | Introduction and kick-off presentation of the UPAT Plan Magazines and Wuhan Placemaking Week Design Charrette / Chinese Placemaking Network partnership 

• Milena Ivkovic, Director of Urban Planning Advisory Teams, ISOCARP

14:15 | Short presentation on "Shaping a Better Wuhan with its People at the Heart" 

• Wenjing Luo, Urban Planner, Wuhan Planning & Design Institute (WPDI), Wuhan, China

14:30 | Short presentation 

• Dushko Bogunovich, Adjunct Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, Auckland University New Zealand 

14:45 | Short presentation 

• Jason Hilgefort, Founding Partner, Land and Civilisations Compositions, Hong Kong

15:00 | Panel discussion

Moderated by: Milena Ivkovic, ISOCARP

Speakers:  

• Luo Wenjing, Urban Planner, Wuhan Planning & Design Institute (WPDI), Wuhan, China
• Dushko Bogunovich, Adjunct Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, Auckland University New Zealand 
• Jason Hilgefort, Founding Partner, Land and Civilisations Compositions, Hong Kong
• Michael Stott, Partner, Ethos Urban, Brisbane 
• Olga Chapelianskaia, Director,UNICITI, Delhi
• Ali Al Alraouf, Professor of Architecture and Urbanism and Head of CB Development, Research & Training Unit (Urban Planning Department), Ministry of Municipality and Environment, Doha, Qatar

Panel leading questions:

• Can we call waterfronts "the living rooms of the city"? How can we make them mirror the civil society and culture?
• Which segments of public space design / renewal process should involve communities?
• How is the importance of public space and placemaking changing in the face of climate change adaptation?