2015 Annual Report
The 4th ICOMOS-Wuhan Crossover Forum (2015)
From 31 October to 4 November 2015, ICOMOS-WRCSBH organized the 4th
ICOMOS-Wuhan Crossover Forum on “Creative Cities & Cultural Heritage” in
cooperation with the Wuhan Municipal Government, Hubei Provincial Administration
of Cultural Heritage and Wuhan University. 15 experts from ICOMOS ISC-SBH and
other ISCs as well as keynote speakers from relevant local and national sectors
delivered inspiring speeches on the relationship between heritage conservation and
creative development of cities. Different cases and practice from such countries as
Germany, U.K and Australia as well as Chinese cities as Ningbo, Macao and Wuhan
were presented while the concepts of IBA and HUL were introduced and discussed as
inspirational approaches to blueprint sustainable development of cities with
indispensible consideration of cultural heritage. Apart from the keynote speech
session, the ICOMOS experts also contributed to the “World Heritage Experts
Workshop” giving lectures to college students and faculty members. Add to the
repertoire in the 3rd Crossover Forum in 2014, the Crossover Dialogue of this year was
held between Prof. Feng Tianyu and Dr. Pierre Laconte talking about the encounter of
the West and the East.
