Programme

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13 October 2019
15:00-19:30		Pre-Conference Program and Registration
Day 1: 14 October 2019
8:15-9:00		Registration
9:00-9:15		Opening Remarks
9:15-10:00		Keynote Speaker Diana Ürge-Vorsatz: Energy and Technology Transitions Towards Capping Global Warming at 1.5C
10:00-10:45		Keynote Speaker Benjamin Sovacool: Decarbonisation and its Discontents: A Critical Justice Perspective on Four Low-Carbon Transitions
10:45-11:00		Coffee Break
11:00-11:25		Satoru Mizuguchi: Governance Innovations for Implementing Coal Transitions
11:25-:11:50		Nay Karam: The Role of Fossil Fuel Incumbents and the Reorientation of their Business Models in the Energy Transition
11:50-12:15		Li Li: Corporate Social Responsibility Transition through Carbon Trading: Cases of Methodological Innovation
12:15-13:30		Lunch Break
13:30-14:15		Keynote Speaker Alistair Woodward: The Transition to a Healthy Low-Carbon World – Sticking Points and Opportunities
14:15-14:40		Xifeng Wu: Low carbon transition in a climate policy linked distributed energy systems
14:40-15:05		Jiang Che: Economy Crisis Impact on Low Carbon Transition in Distributed Economy-Ecosystem
15:05-15:30		Coffee Break
15:30-16:15		Keynote Speaker Volkan Ediger: Geopolitical Considerations of the Global Energy Transition to Renewable Energies
16:15-16:40		Ryan McLean: The Flight of the Green Dragon - Beijing's Climate Leadership in an Emerging Multi-Polar System
16:40-17:05		Giulia Crespi: Multi-Criteria Approach to Future Transition of EU Transmission Network
17:05-17:45		Round Table Prof. Alistair Woodward – University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand Prof. Diana Ürge-Vorsatz – Central European University, Budapest, Hungary Prof. Luisa F. Cabeza – University of Lleida, Lleida, Spain Mr. Satoru Mizuguchi – Japanese Forum of Environmental Journalists, Tokyo, Japan Ms. Aiping Chen – Global Center on Adaptation China, Beijing, China
17:45-18:00		Relocate to Dinner
18:00-20:00		Conference Dinner at Wenjin Hotel

Day 2: 15 October 2019
8:30-9:00		Registration
9:00-9:45		Keynote Speaker Shilu Tong: Sustaining Public Health in a Changing Environment
9:45-10:10		Siddikur Rahman: Disparities in People's Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Climate Change and Dengue Fever
10:10-10:35		Ipchita Bharali: Transitioning Away from Donor Funding for Health: Current Status of Donor Transition Policies and Transition Readiness Frameworks
10:35-11:00		Ipchita Bharali: Effect of Donor Transitions on Health Systems in Low-and-Middle Income Countries: A Scoping Review and Experiences from Ghana and Sri Lanka
11:00-11:15		Coffee Break
11:15-12:00		Keynote Speaker Yonglong Lu: China's Progress Towards Sustainability
12:00-12:25		Xiangsheng Dou: Agricultural Transformation and Sustainable Development Under the Background of Climate Change
12:25-12:50		Olivia Jensen: Assessing and Communicating Drought Risk
12:50-14:00		Lunch Break
14:00-14:45		Keynote Speaker Marina van Geenhuizen: How University Spin-Off Firms in Cities May Contribute to Sustainability Transitions
14:45-15:10		Adeeba Raheem: Safety Culture Improvement of Hispanic-Owned Construction Companies Using Virtual Reality
15:10-15:35		Yu Cao: China's Innovation Economy calls for New Models in its Industry-University-Research Collaboration
15:35-16:00		Coffee Break
16:00-16:45		Keynote Speaker Jin Chen: Development of Innovation Studies in China
16:45-17:25		Round Table Prof. Marina van Geenhuizen – Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands Prof. Yonglong Lu – Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Prof. Jin Chen – Tsinghua University, Beijing, China Dr. Weiyi Zhang – Boehringer Ingelheim, Beijing, China Dr. Ipchita Bharali, Duke University, Durham, USA
17:25-17:40		Relocate to Reception Venue
17:40-18:30		Reception

Day 3: 16 October 2019
8:30-9:00		Registration
9:00-9:45		Keynote Speaker Luisa F. Cabeza: Climate Change Mitigation Options in the Building Sector
9:45-10:30		Keynote Speaker Quan Bai: Transitions of Energy Utilization Based on Future Technology Transitions
10:30-10:45		Coffee Break
10:45-11:10		Adeeba Raheem: Campus-Scale Energy Modeling and Analysis of University Buildings for Sustainable Planning and Development
11:10-11:35		Diego Moya: The Need for Combining GIS and ABM to Enhance the Assessment of Clean Energy Technology Deployment in the Residential Sector
11:35-12:00		Bei Huang: Local Climate Impact of Central Heating in Winter Based on WRF-LUCY Model
12:00-12:25		Yue Xing: Responses of Winter Precepetation to Urbanization
12:25-13:30		Lunch Break
13:30-14:15		Keynote Speaker Jiang Yu: Digital Transition in China: Linking Technological, Business and Social Dynamics
14:15-14:30		Best Presentation Award Ceremony
14:30-14:45		Conference Wrap Up and Adjourn
14:45-16:00		Farewell Tea

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Programme

13 October 2019

Day 1: 14 October 2019

Day 2: 15 October 2019

Day 3: 16 October 2019

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