AM Session
09:30 – 10:00 Registration
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome Speech
10:10 – 10:55
Sustainable urban forest management – Application in Highways Department, Hong Kong
Ms. Kathy NG
Chief Landscape Architect
Landscape Division, Highways Department
10:55 – 11:10 Break
11:10 – 11:55
Urban forest management in dense cities – Challenges and opportunities
Prof. Puay Yok TAN
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture
Cluster Leader, Landscape Studies
National University of Singapore
11:55 – 12:25 Panel discussion
PM Session
13:45 – 14:00 Registration
14:00 – 14:45
Urban forestry for dense cities - A governance and management perspective
Prof. Cecil KONIJNENDIJK VAN DEN BOSCH
Professor of Urban Forestry, Department of Forest Resources Management
Project Leader, Urban Forestry Research In Action Lab
The University of British Columbia
14:45 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 15:45
The urban underground – Where trees meet soil
Dr. Alexia STOKES
Senior Researcher, Department of Forest, Grassland and Freshwater Ecology
French National Institute for Agricultural Research
15:45 – 16:15 Panel discussion and closing
ProgrammeRundown
Date: 02 Nov 2019 (Saturday)Venue: Lecture Theatre S202,
THEi (Chai Wan)