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Guangzhou China Annual General Meeting Guangzhou China LUCI Annual General Meeting Guangzhou China 13th to 17th November 2013 Programme 1 elcome to Guangzhou, City of Flowers! WGuangzhou has been the window for China’s foreign trade, a metropolitan city that has an antique beauty with a history of over two thousand years. The beautiful urban lighting of Guangzhou first caught the eye of the public during the 16th Asian Games held here in 2010. In the following years, Guangzhou, which is also the host city of the annual lighting event, the Guangzhou International Light Festival, has greatly promoted low-carbon and energy-saving technologies, installing over 130 000 LED street lamps in the suburbs. We are proud to be given the honour to hold LUCI’s Annual General Meeting in 2013, to be able to present to you what we’ve achieved, and above all, to share ideas and experience with all LUCI members on urban lighting strategy and development. Welcome and enjoy your stay in our city! Chen Jianhua Mayor of Guangzhou fter celebrating the 10th anniversary of the LUCI network in ASouth America last year, the LUCI Annual General Meeting 2013 in Guangzhou will offer a new and unique occasion for our network to continue broadening its international horizons. LUCI members will have the opportunity to discover one of China’s leading and pioneering cities in urban lighting. A city that has greatly invested in the use of new technologies to improve its street lighting, and that has sought to connect urban development and lighting design in the most harmonious way. Learning from other cities worldwide, Guangzhou also launched a light festival in 2011. It is in this unique context and culture of lighting that LUCI members are invited to reflect, discuss and debate on the network’s projects and perspectives. This AGM also opens even greater spaces and opportunities for participants to exchange on their lighting projects and festivals with a whole afternoon dedicated to the Open Conference sessions. I would like to thank the City of Guangzhou for hosting this Annual General Meeting 2013 and I look forward to an enriching and fruitful event! Martine De Regge LUCI President Deputy Mayor of Ghent LUCI Annual General Meeting Guangzhou China Wednesday November 13 19:45 Welcome cocktail on the Pearl River (boat tour) Thursday November 14 9:00 Opening Ceremony 9:30 - 12:00 Guangzhou urban development and light planning The history and urban development of Guangzhou Light planning and urban lighting construction in Guangzhou Lighting the Canton Tower 12:00 Lunch 14:00 - 17:00 LUCI General Assembly 19:00 Guangzhou AGM gala dinner 21:00 Visit of the Canton Tower Friday November 15 The programme at a glance 9:00 - 11:00 Urban lighting construction and management seminar Urban lighting management and planning in Beijing The Shanghai calling card - landscape lighting The lighting master plan of Chongqing Urban development and green lighting 11:30 - 12:30 Light festivals and international attractiveness The Guangzhou International Light Festival The international dimensions of the Lyon Light Festival 12:30 Lunch 14:00 - 17:00 Open Conference sessions 19:00 The 11th city.people.light award ceremony and dinner Saturday November 16 and Sunday November 17 Optional programme (more information on page 9) 3 Wednesday November 13 17:00 LUCI Executive Committee meeting (for EC members only) / Grand Hyatt Hotel 19:30 Departure from the hotel 19:45 Welcome cocktail / “Nanhai Shenhao” boat trip on the Pearl River Hou Yongquan, Director, Guangzhou Urban and Rural Construction Committee Martine De Regge, President of LUCI and Deputy Mayor of Ghent 22:30 Return to the hotel Thursday November 14 8:30 Registration and coffee / Grand Hyatt Hotel Moderator: Rong Haolei, Director of Lighting Design and Research Department, Tsinghua Tong Heng Urban Planning and Design Institute Rong Haolei is an expert in both landscape and architectural lighting and specialised in the methodology of light master planning. Among other responsibilities, he is a representative of the Fifth Division of the International Commission on Illumination (CIE) in China, the Deputy General Secretary of the Beijing Illuminating Engineering Society as well as a member of the Editorial Committee of Asian Lighting Magazine. 9:00 Opening Ceremony Chen Jianhua, Mayor of Guangzhou Martine De Regge, President of LUCI and Deputy Mayor of Ghent 9:30 – 12:00 Guangzhou urban development and light planning 9:30 The history and urban development of Guangzhou Ye Hao Jun, Deputy Director, Guangzhou Planning Bureau This presentation will introduce the historical and cultural characteristics of Guangzhou as well as its evolution, particularly regarding the administrative system and urban construction and development. It will also explain the urban planning process, as well as the recent urban construction achievements of Guangzhou. A graduate of the South China Normal University majoring in geography, Ye Hao Jun is responsible for the investigation and management of urban planning. 10:00 Light planning and urban lighting construction in Guangzhou Chen Yaxin, Deputy Director, Guangzhou Urban and Rural Construction Committee This presentation will focus on Guangzhou’s urban lighting network regarding both functional and landscape lighting. It will also describe Guangzhou’s urban lighting strategy, which focuses on three aspects: determining the spatial layout of landscape lighting by identifying key areas and monuments, establishing an effective control system for the public lighting network, and making specific lighting plans for urban zones other than key areas. The presentation will also provide an insight into the green intelligent lighting strategy and the LED replacement scheme of the City of Guangzhou. A graduate of Southwest Jiaotong University majoring in bridge and tunnel structural engineering, Chen Yaxin supervises the management and construction of the urban environment in Guangzhou. He is also in charge of green building development and new technology projects in Guangzhou. 11:00 Coffee break 4 Thursday November 14 11:30 Lighting the Canton Tower Liang Shuo, Deputy General Manager, Guangzhou City Construction Investment Group Co. Ltd. A focus on the lighting of Guangzhou’s renowned Canton Tower, the tallest structure in China, which was completed for the occasion of the 2010 Asian Games. The lighting scheme, which uses LED technology, not only creates a magnificent visual effect, but also significantly reduces the operating cost of nightscape lighting. Liang Shuo will also address how the City of Guangzhou uses light to establish its brand as “City of Culture”. Liang Shuo, a PhD and a senior engineer, is in charge of the management of the Guangzhou New TV Tower Construction Company Ltd. He is one of the main leaders of the construction and management of the Guangzhou Tower. 12:00 Lunch / Grand Hyatt Hotel 14:00 - 17:00 LUCI General Assembly (for LUCI members only) 14:00 LUCI General Assembly – part 1 LUCI members will discuss the network’s activities and perspectives during this first part of the General Assembly meeting which will also see the renewal of the LUCI Executive Committee. 15:30 Coffee break 16:00 LUCI General Assembly – part 2 LUCI Commission outputs and activities, as well as other projects involving the network, will be presented in this second part of the General Assembly. 17:00 Free time 18:30 Departure from the hotel 19:00 Guangzhou AGM gala dinner / The Canton Tower The gala dinner will be the occasion to discover Cantonese gastronomic and cultural specialties. 21:00 Visit of the Canton Tower This evening will also be an opportunity to visit the Canton Tower, the world’s highest standing television tower and a symbol of the rich and open cultural heritage of Guangzhou. 22:30 Return to the hotel 5 Friday November 15 8:30 Registration and coffee / Grand Hyatt Hotel Moderator: Wang Jinsui, Honorary President of China Illuminating Engineering Society (CIES) Wang Jinsui, a graduate of Tsinghua University with a major in professional machinery manufacturing, was a deputy professor in industrial engineering at Beijing University for several years. He then held various positions at a national level and now works as a lighting industry consultant. 9:00 – 11:00 Urban lighting construction and management seminar 9:00 Urban lighting management and planning in Beijing Liang Hong Liu, Head of Urban Lighting Management Division, Beijing Municipal Administration Commission This presentation will introduce the public lighting network and its management in Beijing as well as existing regulatory systems and standards in force. The focus will be on specific measures related to the “Special Planning on Beijing Street Lighting and Landscape Lighting for the Twelfth Five-year Period”, as well as the objectives accomplished. A graduate of the Beijing Architectural Engineering Institute with a major in roads and bridges, Liang Hong Liu has been engaged in municipal engineering administration throughout her career. As the Head of the Urban Lighting Management Division, Beijing Municipal Administration Commission, she is dedicated to urban lighting management. 9:30 The Shanghai calling card - landscape lighting Ding Qin Hua, Deputy Chief Engineer and Director of Landscape Management, Shanghai Afforestation and City Appearance Administration With the economic and social development brought about by reforms thirty years ago, Shanghai’s urban landscape lighting has grown rapidly, covering the city’s landscape with different lighting styles, colors, elegant tranquility and flashing rhythms, and making it a city that never sleeps. The landscape lighting of Shanghai has been attracting visitors from China and abroad and this significantly contributes to the social and economic development of the city and its competitiveness in the international arena. Ding Qin Hua is an engineer and economist. Since 2000, he has been engaged in urban ecology, eco- industries and ecological landscape as the Director of Forestry Department at the Shanghai Bureau of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Director of Resource Management Division at the Shanghai Administration of Afforestation.
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