Call for participation: “Urban Environmental Health and Safety” session @ 2nd Urban Safety Forum
01 April 2025

To promote technological innovation in urban safety, Beijing Normal University, University of Science and Technology Beijing, and Sun Yat-sen University will jointly host the "2nd Urban Safety Forum" in Zhuhai from April 18-20, 2025. This forum, themed "Preventing Systemic Risks and Building Resilient Safe Cities," will exchange the latest advancements in urban safety technology and industry trends, delve into the interdisciplinary integration models and pathways of urban safety, explore the future development direction of urban safety technology, and empower the construction of resilient cities.

As an important part of the forum, the " Urban Environmental Health and Safety" session will be jointly organized by the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) and Urban Health and Wellbeing (UHWB). This session will discuss core scientific issues and priority research areas related to urban environmental health and safety, based on the international research frameworks "A Framework for Global Science in support of Risk-Informed Sustainable Development and Planetary Health" and "An Interdisciplinary Science-Action Plan for Urban Health and Wellbeing in an Age of Complexity and Systemic Risks (2021 – 2025)," and explore new mechanisms for international scientific cooperation.

I.       Time and Location

Time: Afternoon of April 19, 2025

Location: Zhuhai, China

II.      Agenda

April 18

Conference Registration

April 19 Morning

Opening Ceremony and Main Session

April 19 Afternoon

Parallel Session: Urban Environmental Health and Safety

1.       Keynote Presentations

2.       Roundtable Discussion

April 20

Main Session and Closing Ceremony

III.       Conference Registration and Additional Information

For conference registration and related details, please visit the official web as below:


 

IV.      Experts for Keynote Presentations

  1. Xie Chunping, Climate Economist, Economic Department, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

  2. Zhao Zhuohui, Professor, IRDR International Centre of Excellence & School of Public Health, Fudan University

  3. Chen Yingning, Director and Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong - University of Oxford Institute for Disaster and Humanitarian Relief

  4. Fang Chao, Deputy Director and Distinguished Researcher, Institute of Intelligent Decision and Optimization, Xi'an Jiaotong University

  5. Ye Hong, Researcher, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

  6. Ouyang Min, Professor, School of Artificial Intelligence and Automation, Huazhong University of Science and Technology


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