The Sustainability Symbol

World experts came together in Shenzhen China on March 7th and 8th  to learn about the “New Radiant City” / Shenzhen Eco-City in the Southern China border city with Hong Kong.

 The 10 experts participating in the forum included

- Rusong Wang, State Key Lab on Urban & Regional Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 

- Jens Krause, former State Secretary of Berlin, Germany, Honorary President of the German Societies of Architects and Engineers

- MENG Ta Cheang, Singapore Architect and consultant to Dutch, Chinese and Singaporean Universities, Governments and Industry.

- Zhiqiang Wu, Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Chief planner of World Expo 2010 Shanghai, China.

- Bin Lu, Professor and Head of Department of Urban and Regional Planning in the School of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing

- David Greenberg, International expert in Eco-Architecture -  Hawaii, California and Hainan Island China

- Quingji Shen, Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, Member of Ecological Society of China, International Association for Landscape Ecology, Vice Director of Urban Planning Society of China.

- Philip McMaster, Expert in Creativity, Innovation and Eco-Entrepreneurship, Lectured at HEC Montreal, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Chongqing Universities. Founder of EcoTaskForce, Principal Researcher for the McMaster Institute for Sustainable Development in Commerce.

- Fengrui Niu, Director of Urban Development and Environment Study Center, China Academy of Social Sciences. Award winning researcher and science and technology author.

- Ranier Pirker, Principal of rpa_X rainer pirker architeXture, winner of many national and international architecture and urban design competitions including “New Radiant City” Shenzhen Eco-City.

Selected images from the forum and conference can be found on flickr at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dragonpreneur/sets/72157604105203073/

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