8:30-9:00

Opening   Ceremony

Welcome addresses

Moderator:   Holly Barcus (Macalester   College, USA)

9:00-9:25

Title:   Social-Ecological   Systems and Sustainability

Speaker: Bojie Fu (Beijing Normal University;   Research Centre for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences,   China)

9:25-9:50

Title:   Changing   Coastal Environments of China in the Anthropocene

Speaker: Michael Edwards Meadows (University of Cape Town,   South Africa; Nanjing University, China)

9:50-10:15

Title:   Sustainability   Geography: An Emerging Interdisciplinary Frontier

Speaker: Jianguo Liu   (Michigan State University, USA)

10:15-10:35

Refreshment Break (Function   Hall B)

Moderator:   Junguo Liu (North   China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, China)

10:35-11:00

Title:   Watershed   Science: Coupling Hydrological Science and Decision Making for Sustainable   Water Resources Management

Speaker: Chansheng He (Western Michigan University, USA)

11:00-11:25

Title: Considering the Role of   Community Engagement in Rural Sustainability Narratives

Speaker: Holly Barcus   (Macalester College, USA)

11:25-11:40

Title:   IYBSSD:   Highlighting the Value of Basic Sciences and Launching the International   Decade of Sciences

Speaker: Zhijun Yi (Bureau   of International Cooperation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

13:30-13:55

Title:   Urbanising   Asia and Africa: Challenges and Opportunities for Geographers

Speaker: Yaping Wang (University of Glasgow, UK)

13:55-14:20

Title: Integrated   Disaster Risk Reduction and Enhancing Sustainability

Speaker: Peijun Shi (Beijing Normal University,   China)

14:20-14:45

Title:   Addressing   Planetary Crisis and Accelerating Sustainable Development through   Nature-based Solutions

Speaker: Charles Karangwa (IUCN Nature based   Solutions (NbS) Management Hub)

14:45-15:05

Refreshment   Break (Function Hall B)

Moderator:   Ya Ping Wang (University   of Glasgow, UK)

15:05-15:30

Title: Probabilities for Achieving   Sustainable Development Goals and Future Scenarios for China

Speaker: Yonglong Lu (Xiamen University, China)

15:30-15:55

Title:   Fertile   Islands as Hotspots of Biogeochemical Activity in Global Drylands

Speaker: David Eldridge (University of New South   Wales, Australia)

15:55-16:20

Title:   Research   on Human-Earth System Detection Based on Multisource Data

Speaker: Yansui Liu (Institute of Geographic   Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Moderator:   Yan Li   (Beijing Normal University, China)

16:20-17:00

Closing Ceremony

Announcements for Best   Speakers/Posters/GeoSus Editors/Reviewers/Articles

02 Climate-smart   conservation （13:30-14:30）

Conveners: Walter   Musakwa (Professor, University of Johannesburg, South Africa); Regis   Musavengane (Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg, South Africa)

Meeting   Room 215                 ZOOM ID: 96004590768

03   Coupled Human-cultivated land utilization systems

Conveners: Xiangbin   Kong (Professor, China Agricultural University, China); Minghong Tan   (Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,   Chinese Academy of Sciences, China); Xinli Ke (Professor, Huazhong   Agricultural University, China)

Meeting   Room 206B                ZOOM ID: 95994667541

06   Earth observation and big earth data for sustainability

Convener: Bingfang   Wu (Professor, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of   Sciences, China)

Meeting   Room 209A                ZOOM ID: 93262245051

07   Ecological security, risk, and sustainability in urbanization

Conveners: Jian   Peng (Professor, Peking University, China); Yanxu Liu (Associate Professor,   Beijing Normal University, China)

Meeting   Room 209B                 ZOOM ID: 99866676427

10   Human-nature coupling system and sustainability

Conveners: Shuai   Wang (Professor, Beijing Normal University, China); Örjan Bodin (Professor,   Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, Sweden); Haibin Chen   (Professor, Northwest A&F University, China)

Meeting Room 210A                  ZOOM ID: 98556883236

13   Land use/land Cover change and sustainable development

Conveners: Monica Dumitrascu   (Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy. Romania; Chair of IGU-LUCC   Commission); Jinwei Dong (Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural   Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Meeting   Room 210B                 ZOOM ID: 95286168927

14   Nature-based Solutions for disaster risk reduction （14:30-15:30）

Conveners: Carla Ferreira   (Researcher, Coimbra Polytechnic Institute, Portugal); Zahra Kalantari   (Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden); Pan Haozi (Professor,   Shanghai Jiaotong University, China); Karen Sudmeier-Rieux (Researcher, TH   Kéln, University of Cologne, Germany); Milica Kasanin-Grubin (Researcher,   University of Belgrade, Republic of Serbia)

Meeting Room 215                    ZOOM ID: 98749876332

16   Rural geography in achieving sustainable development

Conveners: Hualou   Long (Professor, Steering Committee Member of IGU 

Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems;   Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese   Academy of Sciences, China); Yingnan Zhang (Doctor, Zhejiang University,   China)

Meeting   Room 212A                ZOOM ID: 91721863987

18   Sustainable development goals: assessments, interactions, and advancing   pathways

Conveners: Xutong Wu (Doctor, Beijing   Normal University, China); Gabriela Morosanu (Institute of Geography,   Romanian Academy, Romania)

Meeting Room 212B                 ZOOM   ID: 94369744913

20   Sustainable water resources management in agriculture under drought scenario

Conveners: Paolo   Tarolli (Full Professor, University of Padova, Italy); Eugenio Straffelini   (Research Assistant University of Padova, Italy)

Meeting   Room 213A                  ZOOM ID: 91322936291

23   Understanding hazards and risks for sustainable development

Convener: Takashi   Oguchi (Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Meeting   Room 213B                   ZOOM ID: 96676372237

15:30-15:50

Refreshment   Break (Function Hall B)

October   27

15:50-17:50

01   Carbon emissions, sequestrations and carbon neutrality

Conveners:   Yangjian Zhang (Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and   Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China); Jonathan   Adams (Professor, Nanjing University, China)

Meeting   Room 206A               ZOOM ID: 93384031646

03   Coupled Human-cultivated land utilization systems

Conveners: Xiangbin   Kong (Professor, China Agricultural University, China); Minghong Tan   (Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,   Chinese Academy of Sciences, China); Xinli Ke (Professor, Huazhong   Agricultural University, China)

Meeting   Room 206B               ZOOM ID: 95994667541

06   Earth observation and big earth data for sustainability

Convener: Bingfang   Wu (Professor, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of   Sciences, China)

Meeting   Room 209A               ZOOM ID: 93262245051

07   Ecological security, risk, and sustainability in urbanization

Conveners: Jian   Peng (Professor, Peking University, China); Yanxu Liu (Associate Professor,   Beijing Normal University, China)

Meeting   Room 209B               ZOOM ID: 99866676427

09 Geography education and   sustainable development （16:50-18:00）

Conveners: Paulo   Pereira (Professor, Mykolas Romeris Univeristy, Lithuania); Wenwu Zhao   (Professor, Beijing Normal University, China)

Meeting   Room 215                  ZOOM ID: 92865200427

10   Human-nature coupling system and sustainability

Conveners: Shuai   Wang (Professor, Beijing Normal University, China); Örjan Bodin (Professor,   Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University, Sweden); Haibin Chen   (Professor, Northwest A&F University, China)

Meeting   Room 210A               ZOOM ID: 98556883236

11 Land Degradation as a   Local and Global Challenge （15:50-16:50）

Convener:   Matija Zorn (Head of the Institute, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy   of Sciences and Arts, Anton Melik Geographical Institute, The Republic of   Slovenia)   

Meeting   Room 215                  ZOOM ID: 97469480292

12   Landscape dynamics and extreme events in the Himalaya: experiences and case   studies

Conveners: Pankaj   Kumar (Associate Professor University of Delhi, India); Manish Kumar   (Assistant Professor  Central   University of Haryana, India); Shipra Singh (Assistant Professor Miranda   House, India)

Meeting   Room 212B               ZOOM ID: 91238955836

13   Land use/land Cover change and sustainable development

Conveners: Monica   Dumitrascu (Institute of Geography, Romanian Academy. Romania; Chair of   IGU-LUCC Commission); Jinwei Dong (Institute of Geographic Sciences and   Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Meeting   Room 210B               ZOOM ID: 95286168927

16   Rural geography in achieving sustainable development

Conveners: Hualou Long (Professor, Steering Committee Member of IGU 

Commission on the Sustainability of Rural Systems;   Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese   Academy of Sciences, China); Yingnan Zhang (Doctor, Zhejiang University,   China)

Meeting Room 212A                ZOOM ID: 91721863987

20   Sustainable water resources management in agriculture under drought scenario

Conveners: Paolo   Tarolli (Full Professor, University of Padova, Italy); Eugenio Straffelini   (Research Assistant University of Padova, Italy)

Meeting   Room 213A                 ZOOM ID: 91322936291

23   Understanding hazards and risks for sustainable development

Convener: Takashi   Oguchi (Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Meeting Room 213B                 ZOOM ID: 96676372237

05   Dryland sustainability

Conveners: Nan   Lu (Professor, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy   of Sciences, China); David Eldridge (Adjunct Professor, UNSW, Australia); Changliang   Shao (Professor, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China); Jingyi   Ding (Assistant Professor, Beijing Normal University, China)

Meeting Room 206B                   ZOOM ID: 96829224290

06   Earth observation and big earth data for sustainability

Convener: Bingfang   Wu (Professor, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of   Sciences, China)

Meeting Room 209A                   ZOOM ID: 98241180925

08   Ecosystem service flow and payment for ecosystem service

Conveners: Jing Li (Professor,   Shaanxi Normal University, China); Xianfeng Liu (Associated Professor,   Shaanxi Normal University, China)

Meeting Room 209B                   ZOOM ID: 93402252972

15 Nature-based Solutions for synergy of   social-ecological-economic development

Conveners: Ming Luo (Director, Key   Laboratory of Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation, Ministry of Natural   Resources, China); Jun Wang (Director, Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation   Center, MNR; Land Science and Technology Innovation Center, MNR, China); Yan   Zhang (Country Coordinator, IUCN China Office, China); Emmanuelle   COHEN-SHACHAM  (Lead, Nature-based   Solutions Thematic Group, CEM, IUCN, USA); Zhaowu Yu (Professor, Fudan   University, China)

Meeting Room 210A                  ZOOM ID: 92857943948

17 Smart cities and sustainability in comparative perspective

Conveners: Gary Sigley (Professor,   Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, China); Mengmeng   Zhang (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal   University, China); Marcus Foth (Professor, Faculty of Creative Industries,   Education, and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology,   Australia)

Meeting Room 210B                  ZOOM ID: 92104841923

19   Sustainable transformation of agricultural land system

Conveners: Xiangzheng Deng   (Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research,   CAS, China); Hua Qin (Associate Professor, Division of Applied Social   Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA); John Gibson (Professor,   University of Waikato, New Zealand)

Meeting Room 212A                   ZOOM ID: 94669865268

21   Third pole environment and sustainability

Conveners: Jian Sun (Professor,   Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Chinese Academy of Science, China); Hua   Shang (Doctor, Rutgers University, USA); Xiaoyong Bai (Institute Of   Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Meeting room 215                    ZOOM ID: 94110763931

22   Transitional geospace and human-nature coupling for sustainability

Conveners: Wei Deng (Professor,   Sichuan Normal University, China); Lianqi Zhu (Professor, Henan University,   China); Junhong Bai (Professor, Beijing Normal University, China); Jintong   Liu (Professor, IGDB, CAS, China); Yuluan Zhao (Professor, Guizhou Normal   University, China); Shaoyao Zhang (Associate Professor, Sichuan Normal   University, China)

Meeting Room 212B                     ZOOM ID: 98373036947

24 Urban green spaces and sustainability

Conveners: Long Li (Associate   Professor, China University of Mining and Technology, China); Xinyang Yu   (Lecturer, Shandong Agricultural University, China); Changlong Li (Lecturer,   Guangzhou College of Commerce, China)

Meeting   Room 213A                     ZOOM ID: 94800586125

25 Urban sustainability: coupling social-ecological systems to   overcome climate and biodiversity crises

Conveners: Michael Meadows   (Professor, Nanjing University, China); Fanhua Kong (Professor, Nanjing   University, China); Ariane Middel (Associated professor Arizona state   University, USA)

Meeting   Room 213B                     ZOOM ID: 92321187894

9:40-10:00

Refreshment Break (Function   Hall B)

October 28

10:00-11:30

04   Dryland climate change and water cycle

Conveners: Jianping Huang (Professor,   Lanzhou University, China); Haipeng Yu (Professor, Northwest Institute of   Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Meeting Room 206A                      ZOOM ID: 98504382476

05   Dryland sustainability

Conveners: Nan   Lu (Professor, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy   of Sciences, China); David Eldridge (Adjunct Professor, UNSW, Australia); Changliang   Shao (Professor, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China); Jingyi   Ding (Assistant Professor, Beijing Normal University, China)

Meeting Room 206B                       ZOOM ID: 96829224290

06   Earth observation and big earth data for sustainability

Convener: Bingfang   Wu (Professor, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of   Sciences, China)

Meeting Room 209A                      ZOOM ID: 98241180925

08   Ecosystem service flow and payment for ecosystem service

Conveners: Jing Li (Professor,   Shaanxi Normal University, China); Xianfeng Liu (Associated Professor,   Shaanxi Normal University, China)

Meeting Room 209B                      ZOOM ID: 93402252972

15   Nature-based Solutions for synergy of social-ecological-economic development

Conveners: Ming Luo (Director, Key   Laboratory of Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation, Ministry of Natural   Resources, China); Jun Wang (Director, Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation   Center, MNR; Land Science and Technology Innovation Center, MNR, China); Yan   Zhang (Country Coordinator, IUCN China Office, China); Emmanuelle   COHEN-SHACHAM  (Lead, Nature-based   Solutions Thematic Group, CEM, IUCN, USA); Zhaowu Yu (Professor, Fudan   University, China)

Meeting Room 210A                     ZOOM ID: 92857943948

17   Smart cities and sustainability in comparative perspective

Conveners: Gary Sigley (Professor,   Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, China); Mengmeng   Zhang (Assistant Professor, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal   University, China); Marcus Foth (Professor, Faculty of Creative Industries,   Education, and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology,   Australia)

Meeting Room 210B                   ZOOM ID: 92104841923

19 Sustainable transformation of agricultural land system

Conveners: Xiangzheng Deng (Professor, Institute of Geographic Sciences and   Natural Resources Research, CAS, China); Hua Qin (Associate Professor,   Division of Applied Social Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA); John   Gibson (Professor, University of Waikato, New Zealand)

Meeting   Room 212A                  ZOOM ID: 94669865268

21   Third pole environment and sustainability

Conveners: Jian Sun (Professor,   Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research Chinese Academy of Science, China); Hua   Shang (Doctor, Rutgers University, USA); Xiaoyong Bai (Institute Of   Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Meeting room 215                      ZOOM ID: 94110763931

22   Transitional geospace and human-nature coupling for sustainability

Conveners: Wei   Deng (Professor, Sichuan Normal University, China); Lianqi Zhu (Professor,   Henan University, China); Junhong Bai (Professor, Beijing Normal University,   China); Jintong Liu (Professor, IGDB, CAS, China); Yuluan Zhao (Professor,   Guizhou Normal University, China); Shaoyao Zhang (Associate Professor,   Sichuan Normal University, China)

Meeting Room 212B                    ZOOM ID: 98373036947

24   Urban green spaces and sustainability

Conveners: Long Li (Associate   Professor, China University of Mining and Technology, China); Xinyang Yu   (Lecturer, Shandong Agricultural University, China); Changlong Li (Lecturer,   Guangzhou College of Commerce, China)

Meeting Room 213A                    ZOOM ID: 94800586125

25   Urban sustainability: coupling social-ecological systems to overcome climate   and biodiversity crises

Conveners: Michael Meadows   (Professor, Nanjing University, China); Fanhua Kong (Professor, Nanjing   University, China); Ariane Middel (Associated professor Arizona state   University, USA)

Meeting Room 213B                    ZOOM ID: 92321187894