Resilient city and public health are the most concerned topics in China and around the world. The covid-19 pandemic has changed everything in our lives, including people's trust in the place and space where we work and live. It is time to rethink the design of urban systems to better withstand or respond to the pandemic public health crisis.

 

We will hold a forum on "resilient cities and what's next?" on August 13 to summarize the series of online webinar on resilient city from June to July. Together, we discuss and study current urban planning and architectural design to generate some suggestions on new urban development models, strategies and guidelines.We believe that this pandemic will profoundly change our life and future. Let's work together to make our city better!

 

Agenda:
2:00 Opening remarks
2: 10-2:30 Urban Reshaping & Value Reconstruction – Enhance the vitality and resilience of cities
Guest speakers: Eric Zhang, Arup
2: 30-2:50 Wespace on future city and its resilience
Guest speakers: Jianwei LI, Planning Institute, Tsinghua University
2: 50-3:10 Sharing City contributes to urban resilience
Guest speakers: Pieter van de Glind，Sharing Cities Alliances, & Shanfeng Dong, Utopath
3: 10 - 3:30 Tea break
3: 30 - 4: 50 Panel Discussion: 

Discussion topics:
1. How to establish a resilient city assessment system? (standards for resilient cities)
2. Every major epidemic will bring new challenges to urban planning and architectural design, such as Paris renovation, New York Central Park, etc.
3. How to restore people's confidence with the change of people's work and life style under the normalization of epidemic situation?
4. How can smart technology change the city and how to think about the future of city development?
4: 50 - 5:00 Closing