Programme
中文
       
  August 18, 2017 (Friday)  
       
  Venue: Wang Gungwu Theatre, Graduate House, HKU  
       
  TIME PROGRAMME  
 

9:00am – 9:30am

Registration

 
       
  9:30am – 9:50am Welcoming Speech
  • Professor Peter Mathieson
  • President and Vice-Chancellor, HKU
Opening Remarks
  • Mr. Zhang Hui-Feng, Head of Corporate Sustainability, Asia Pacific, HSBC
Officiating Speech
  • Mr. Wong Kam-sing, GBS, JP
  • Secretary for the Environment
  • The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Group photo

 

 
       
  9:50am – 11:00am Plenary Session
  • Rural sustainability and embedded environmentalism
  • Professor Aseem Prakash
  • Center for Environmental Politics, University of Washington, USA
  •  
  • Pursuing rural sustainability: the challenge to make collaborative governance work
  • Professor Krister Andersson
  • Department of Political Science, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA
 
       
 

11:00am – 11:30am

Coffee Break

 
       
  11:30am – 1:00pm Plenary Session
  • New trends in Satoyama and Satoumi – links between the natural, cultural, and human resources of the coast and the interior area
  • Professor Katsue Fukamachi
  • Division of Forest and Biomaterials Science, Kyoto University, Japan

  •  
    Q & A Session
    Chair:
    • Professor Wai-Fung Lam
    • Policy for Sustainability Lab, Faculty of Social Sciences, HKU
 
       
 

1:00pm – 2:30pm

Lunch

 
       
  2:30pm – 4:30pm Concurrent Forums (conducted in Cantonese and Mandarin)
 
   
Venue:
Seminar Room P5-01
Venue:
Wang Gungwu Theatre
Venue:
Seminar Room P5-03
Community-driven ecological conservation: ideas and lessons learned

  • Mr Li Zi-Yue
  • Partnerships for Community Development Yunnan, China
Discussants:
  • Mr Ken So
  • The Conservancy Association

  • Ms Vicky Yeung
  • Hong Kong Bird Watching Society
Panel Chair:
  • Dr Frederick Lee
  • Policy for Sustainability Lab
  • Faculty of Social Sciences HKU
The rise of e-farmers: the new generation re-linking urban and rural
in Taiwan


  • Dr Chang Sheng-Lin
  • Graduate Institute of Building and Planning, National Taiwan University
Discussants:
  • Ms Yeung Po-Hi
  • Life in Harmony Limited

  • Mr Yip Tsz-Shing
  • O-Farm
Panel Chair:
  • Dr Winnie Law
  • Policy for Sustainability Lab
  • Faculty of Social Sciences HKU
Living a "Township Lifestyle"



  • Mr He Pe-Gen
  • TownWay, Nantou City, Taiwan
Discussants:
  • Mr Chow Sze-Chung
  • Sangwoogoon

  • Mr Lam Chiu-Ying
  • Hong Kong Countryside Foundation
Panel Chair:
  • Mr David Fung
  • St James Settlement
 
       
 

6:30pm – 9:00pm

Networking Dinner (by invitation only)

 
       
 
 
  August 19, 2017 (Saturday)  
       
  TIME PROGRAMME  
  9:00am – 6:00pm Excursion Tour 1: Lai Chi Wo
 
 
 
  August 20, 2017 (Sunday)  
       
  TIME PROGRAMME  
  8:15am – 6:30pm Excursion Tour 2: Tai O and Yi O