Part of the Speakers (listed in no particular order)


  • Qiu Baoxing
  • Counsellor of the State Council, China; Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, P. R. China; President, Chinese Society for Urban Studies; President, Urban Planning Society of China
  • Zhang Tingwei
  • PhD, Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Policy; Director, Asia and China Research Program, The Great Cities Institute University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Wu Zhiqiang
  • Vice President, Tongji University; Academician, the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA); Vice President, Chinese Society for Urban Studies.
  • Wang Kai
  • Senior Vice President, Urban Planners, Doctor of Engineering , China Academy of Urban Planning and Design
  • Peng Zhongren
  • Professor, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Professor, University of Florida
  • Wu Jiang
  • Vice President, Professor, Tongji University
  • Zhang Dayu
  • Vice President, Professor, Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture
  • Kong Yanhong
  • Vice Director, Institute of Urban Water Supply and Engineering, China Academy of Urban Planning & Design; Deputy Secretary General, Ecological Urban Studies Professional Committee
  • Ye Qing
  • Member, Secretary General, Ecological Urban Studies Professional Committee ; President, Shenzhen Institute of Building Research Co., Ltd.
  • Mark Ginsberg
  • Senior Fellow, US Green Building Council; Principal, Ginsberg Green Strategies
  • Richard Register
  • Vice President, International Council on Ecopolis Development; President, Eco-city Builders, US
  • Konrad Otto-Zimmermann
  • Chairman, ICLEI Urban Agendas; Founding Director, ICLEI East Asia Secretariat, ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability
  • Roman Schmidt
  • Chief Designer, China District Manager of FARO Style
  • Cheng Dazhang
  • Professor, Tongji University
  • Lu Shaoming
  • Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Wolfgang Frey
  • CEO of Architekten Frey; Founder of Construire C’est Vivre SARL
  • Pan Haixiao
  • Professor, doctoral supervisor, Department of Urban Planning, Tongji University
  • Xu He
  • Professor, Doctoral Adviser, Nankai University
  • Stanley Yip
  • Professor, School of Urban Planning and Design, Peking University; Professor, Center for Housing Innovations, Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Zhang Yicheng
  • Vice- Chief Planner, Urban Planning, Land & Resources Commission of Shenzhen Municipality
  • Zhu Jieming
  • Professor, National University of Singapore; Professor, Tongji University
  • Zhu Xigang
  • Professor, Doctoral Supervisor, Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning, Nanjing University
  • Yuan Tongli
  • Member of Tianjin Municipal CPC Committee; Secretary of Binhai New Area CPC Committee
  • Chen Dawei
  • Former Vice Minister, Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, P. R. China
  • He Luli
  • Vice Chairman of the Nintn and Tenth NPC Standing Committee
  • Jeffrey Heller
  • Jeffrey Heller President and Founder, FAIA, Heller Manus Architects
  • Han Jihong
  • Deputy Chief Engineer, Shanghai Research Institute of Building Sciences (SRIBS)
  • Wu Jianping
  • Professor, Tsinghua University; Director, “The Future Traffic” Research Center of Tsinghua-Cambridge-MIT
  • Shen Chi
  • Professor, Chief Planner, China Center for Urban Development
  • Yuan Bin
  • Professor, School of Architecture, Tsinghua University
  • Xu Wenzhen
  • Deputy Secretary, Chinese Society for Urban Studies
  • Zhang Bing
  • Chief Planner, China Academy of Urban Planning And Design