June 6, 2015: International speakers Check in (pick-up at the airport arranged)
June 8, 2015, 13:30-17:00: Registration, the lobby of Yuan Chen Xin Hotel
June 9, 2015, 07:00-08:20: Last-minute registration, the lobby of Yuan Chen Xin Hotel
June 9, 2015 (TUE.)
Venue: Conference Room #301 on the third floor of Yuan Chen Xin Hotel
 
Section chair: Chunyang HE
08:30 - 08:40 Welcome remarks VP of BNU
08:40 - 09:30 What Is Landscape Sustainability Science? Jianguo WU
09:30 - 10:10 Photo & tea break  
10:10 - 11:30 Use of the Ecosystem Services concept for sustainable landscape planning and design Rudolf S. de Groot
11:30 - 12:30 Induced Land-use Change from rapid urbanization in the Pearl River Delta: Evidence, Impacts and Implications Xia LI
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch  
 
Section chair: Ganlin HUANG
14:00 - 15:00 Study on the Relationship between Biome Distribution and Climate in China Guangsheng ZHOU
15:00 - 16:20 Development of a Human Well-Being Index (HWBI) and evaluation of its domains, indicators and metrics J. Kevin Summers
16:20 - 16:40 Tea break  
16:40 - 17:40 Resilience thinking in landscape analysis and planning:An adaptive cycle framework for insight and action Weining XIANG
18:30 Group dinner for invited speakers in Zijin Hall on the 14th floor of Yuan Chen Xin Hotel; buffet for other participants on the 16th floor.
 
June 10, 2015 (WED.)
Venue: Conference Room #301 on the third floor of Yuan chenxin Hotel
 
Section chair: Jianguo WU
08:30 - 09:50 Alternative Futures Modeling: Understanding the Past… Envisioning the Future Robert J. Lilieholm
09:50 - 10:10 Tea Break  
10:10 - 11:10 Recent changes of farming in terms of landscape under the rapid rise of labor cost in China Xiubin LI
11:00 - 12:30 Land use and ecosystem services under global change: policy for sustainability Brett Bryan
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch  
 
Section chair: Qingxu HUANG
14:00 - 15:20 Sustainable Cities: Challenges Associated with Urban Expansion Matei Georgescu
15:20 - 16:20 Urban sustainability in China: A multi-scale geospatial and modeling perspective Chunyang HE
16:20 - 16:40 Tea break  
 
Section chair: Jianguo WU
16:40 - 17:40 Questions for all speakers and panel discussion Jianguo WU
17:40 - 18:00 Concluding remarks Peijun SHI
Jianguo WU
18:30 Group dinner for invited speakers in Zijin Hall on the 14th floor of Yuan Chen Xin Hotel; buffet for other participants on the 16th floor.