The Congress will bring together landscape architects, allied professionals, academics, and scholars from the Asia-Pacific region and the rest of the world, and engage them in conversations with government and civil society organizations on social and environmental sustainability, and how landscape architecture can contribute to the achievement of local and global development agendas.

Registration

Atlantic Hallway, 2nd floor

Opening Ceremony

Mediterranean Room

Indigenous Ritual
Opening by Congress Chair | Rosanne Marie Aldeguer
Welcome Remarks by Department of Tourism VII Director | Shahlimar Tamano
Address by PALA President | Eric Estonido
Address by IFLA APR President | Damian Tang

Address by Guest of Honor

Roy A. Cimatu | Secretary, Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Plenary Presentation | Community Spaces as Integral Component of Green Infrastructure for Biodiversity Conservation
Dr. Theresa Mundita Lim
  • Dr. Theresa Mundita Lim (Executive Director, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity)

    Dr. Theresa Mundita Lim

    Executive Director, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity
Plenary Presentation | Coastal and Marine Ecosystems Management in the Philippines: Surmounting Land-based Pollution Threats

Gilbert C. Gonzales, CESO III
OIC-Assistant Secretary for Field Operations-Southern Luzon and Deputy Ground Commander of the Manila Bay Task Force in concurrent capacity | Regional Executive Director, Region 4A (CALABARZON)

Ricardo L. Calderon, CESO III
Assistant Secretary for the Staff Bureaus of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)

Marcial Cabanes Amaro, Jr., CESO III
Assistant Secretary for Field Operations for Visayas | OIC-Undersecretary for Field Operations
Department of Environment and Natural Resources

Keynote Presentation | Community for Landscape and Environment with focus on Green Space for the Community
Yossapon Boonsom
  • Yossapon Boonsom (Director, Shma Company Limited)

    Yossapon Boonsom

    Director, Shma Company Limited
Panel Discussion
Lunch
Parallel Sessions

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Arctic 1 - MAKING THE COMMONS COMMON (Moderator: L. Archt. Norman Brito)

1A | Paper Presentation Session: Lao-Ju River Oasis Restoration of a Riverfront Ecosystem (Jenny Tang)
1B | Paper Presentation Session: Buddhadasa Indapanno Archives, Dhamma Learning Space (Chananun Luekijna* / Thotthanet Luekijna)

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Arctic 2 - CREATING COMMUNITY SPACES (Moderator: L. Archt. Sharon Perion)

2A - Paper Presentation Session: Novice Grounds: Designing Behavior Setting for Playground Facilitation of Social Competence Development in Children (Auriga Joy B. Rosell* / Vic Dul-loog / Zenaida Galingan)
2B - Paper Presentation Session: Sustainable Residential Community Renewal Framework Based on AI Technology, with Shanghai Beixinjing Community as an Example (Huang Yuzhou)
2C - Paper Presentation Session: Landscape Design Base on Cultural Awareness of Rumah Budaya Sumba Areas in East Nusa Tenggara (Nurfaizah Marwan* / Dewi Rezalini Anwar / Annisa Farah Agustin)

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Arctic 3 - PARTNER FORUM ON TRANSBORDER PRACTICE IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION (Professional Regulations Commission)

Open Forum
Break
PARALLEL SESSIONS

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Arctic 1 - COMMUNITIES IN TRANSITION (Moderator: L.Archt. Zenaida Galingan)
1A | Paper Presentation Session: Visioning the Peri-urban Landscape Future: A Social Constructivist Pedagogy in Phenomena Mapping through a Scenario Workshop (Cathe Desiree Nadal)
1B | Paper Presentation Session: Research on the landscape diversity and residents' culture awareness - a case study of Three Hills and Five Gardens Region in Beijing (Qiang Zhu* / Shuyang Zhou)
1C | Paper Presentation Session: Reclaiming Identity in a sacred landscape: Case of textile town of Maheshwar in India (Shivani Paliwal* / Sonal Tiwari)
1D | Paper Presentation Session: The ambiguity "Transitional Area": A comprehensive review of Malaysia Peri-Urban characteristics towards its socio-cultural pattern and identity (Maizura Mazlan* / Nor Atiah Ismail / Faziawati Abdul Aziz / Mohd Johari Mohd Yusof)

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Arctic 2 - THE NEW COMMONS (Moderator; L.Archt. Ruen Balmores)
2A | Paper Presentation Session: Urban Planning Model Innovation based on the trend of Developing AI Technology and Sustainability, Taking Shanghai Maqiao Artificial Intelligence New City as an Example (Huang Yuzhou)
2B | Paper Presentation Session: Sustainability as a framework for landscape architectural education (Mathew Pryor* / Ivan Valin / Ashley Scott Kelly)
2C | Paper Presentation Session: Online Commons: Instagram as a source for aesthetics in the landscape (Jose Antonio Bimbao* / Nappy Navarra)
2D | Paper Presentation Session: A Sustainable Way for Urban Village in China - Transforming to self-sufficiency participatory community (Xizi Xu* / Noriko Akita)

Open Forum
Registration

Atlantic Hallway, 2nd Floor

Parallel Sessions

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Arctic 1 - PROFESSIONAL TRACK 1
1A | PLONTUR: L.Archt. Erick Yambao
1B | OCULUS: Claire Martin
1C | Space Container of Emotions: Greenview Landscape International GroupWu - Eva Wu


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Arctic 2 - PROFESSIONAL TRACK 2
2A | National River Park Corridor : L. Archt. Vic Dul-loog (SGS Design Landcape Architecture)
2B | Social Landscape Practice in Transitional Period Hefei National Lakeview Wetland Forest Park and Guizhou Danzhai Town: Yuan Songting (DDON Design Co., Ltd.)
2C | Ecoscapes: L.Archt. Jose Dan Villajuan

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Arctic 3 - MAINSTREAMING BIODIVERSITY IN LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT (Asean Centre for Biodiversity)
3A | The Inception of Urban Nature - Green Infrastructure in ASEAN Cities: Wendy Yap Hwee Min (Director, International Biodiversity Conservation Div., National Parks Board)
3B | Biotic Developments: A Uniquely Singapore Approach to Integrate Green Infrastructure and Biophilic Design: Kuan Chee Yung (Director, CPG Signature Pte Ltd | Director, PM Link Sdn Bhd)
3C - Partner's Forum: Mainstreaming Biodiversity in Landscape Development

Break
Parallel Sessions

PARALLEL SESSIONS

Arctic 1 - PROFESSIONAL TRACK 1
1A | Efren A. Aurelio Landscape Architects (EEALA): L. Archt. Efren A. Aurelio
1B | Health Promoting Mangrove Design: Shureen Faris Abdul Shukor, Ph.D
1C | Practice of Second Nature: Liu Ziming (Chengdu SecondNature INNOJOY Landscape Design Co. Ltd.)
1D | Architects Espina, Perez-Espina & Associates Manila (EPEA): L. Archt. Mary Ann Arañas-Espina


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Arctic 2 - PROFESSIONAL TRACK 2
2A | CLARQ / BCLA: L. Archt. Vincent Lim
2B | Bring Intangible Cultural Heritage into lives - The Stories Behind The Tangshan Show Play Theme Park: L&A Design Co., Ltd.
2C | AJM: L. Archt. AJ Moldez
2D | Economic assessment of sea level rise impacts on coastal wetlands in the city of Guangzhou, China: Chongxian Chen* / Yu Xia / Xiaohao Yang


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Arctic 3 - Education Meeting with Mike Barthelmeh of NZILA and Program Providers (UP, USC, USA, and BSU)

Open Forum
Lunch

Mediterranean Room

Plenary Presentation | Community Empowerment and Economic Improvement through Landscape with focus on Best Practices Locally
Anna Gonzales
  • Anna Gonzales (Sustainability Manager, Ayala Land Inc.)

    Anna Gonzales

    Sustainability Manager, Ayala Land Inc.
Closing Keynote Presentation | Landscape architecture: What does the future hold? Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World
Prof. Simon Bell
  • Prof. Simon Bell (Chair Professor, Estonian University of Life Sciences and Associate Director of OPENspace Research Centre, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh)

    Prof. Simon Bell

    Chair Professor, Estonian University of Life Sciences and Associate Director of OPENspace Research Centre, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Closing Ceremony

Closing by Congress Chair | Rosanne Marie Aldequer
Closing Remarks by PALA President | Eric Estonido

IFLA APR Flag Turn-Over Ceremony
Free Time

Take time to see the city and prepare for Awards Gala. Registration starts at 18:00.

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