Day 1: World Financial Center, West Building, 16F, No. 1 East Third Ring Middle Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Day 2: Chinese Academy of Fine Art (CAFA), 8 Huajiadi South Street, Chaoyang District, Beijing
Urban Design Curated by Marilyn Jordan Taylor, professor of architecture, and Chris Marcinkoski, associate professor of landscape architecture, PennDesign
9:30am - 12:00pm: Urban Design Roundtable (By Invitation Only)
12:00 - 1:00pm: Working Lunch / Conclusions
Architecture Curated by Ali Rahim, professor of architecture, PennDesign
1:00pm: Registration & Light Refreshments
2:00pm - 2:10pm: The Future of Chinese Architecture, Ali Rahim
2:10 - 4:00pm: Presentations: 8 X 10-minute presentations on one building
• Shao Weiping, chief architect, BIAD
• Ma Yansong, director, MAD Architects
• Patrik Schumacher, director, Zaha Hadid Architects, Beijing
• Hannes Pfau, head, UN Studio Shanghai
• Xu Weiguo, chair, Tsinghua University
• Li Zhenyu, dean, Tongji University
• Philip Yuan, chair, Tongji University
• Zhu Pei, dean, CAFA
• Na Wei, director, Elevation Workshop
• Rosalynn Hu, director, Neri and Hu Architects
• Li Xinggang, chief architect, CDARG
• Yung Ho Chang, director, FCIZ Architects
• Wang Hui, director, Urbanus
3:30 - 5:00pm: Discussion
5:00 - 5:40pm: Drinks and Snacks
6:00 - 7:30pm: PennDesign Alumni Reception
Day 2: Landscape Architecture
8:30am: Registration
9:00 - 9:05am: Welcome, Fritz Steiner, Dean and Paley Professor, PennDesign
9:05 - 9:15am: Introductory Remarks: CAFA
9:15 - 10:00am: Richard Weller, Meyerson Chair of Urbanism, professor and chair of landscape architecture, PennDesign: A Beautiful World? Global Landscape Architecture
10:00 - 11:00am: Beautiful China? Program Chairs x 4
• Rui Yang, chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, Tsinghua University
• Kongjian Yu, professor, School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, Beijing University
• Yufan Zhu, vice-director, Department of Landscape Architecture, Tsinghua University
• Yuning Chen, chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, Southeast University
10:00 - 11:30am: Break
11:30 - 12.30 PM: Beautiful China? Chairs x 4
• Binyi Liu, professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, Tongji University
• Hui Liu, professor, Department of Landscape, Xi’an University of Architecture & Technology
• Xiangrong Wang, dean, School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University
• Feng Han, chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, Tongji University
12:30 - 1:00pm: Commentary by Mid-career academics x 12
1:00 - 2:00pm: Lunch
1:45 - 2:00pm: Gallery Talk: Chris Marcinkoski + Richard Weller
2:00 - 3:00pm: Beautiful China? Research Statements
• Chundi Chen, associate research fellow, Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
• Zheng Chen, associate professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, Tongji University