Digital Landscaping

China is a huge country with a long history of civilisation. The people are kind,
diligent, and friendly. China’s rich and diverse natural and cultural resources and
belief in seeking harmony with nature are the basis for its philosophies, and way of
life. Chinese landscapes and gardens strongly reflect this idea, and Chinese traditional
gardens have been honoured by being referred to as ”the Mother of World Gardens”.

In the past 60 years China has made tremendous achievements in all areas of
landscape architecture, especially in national and provincial Garden City actions,
urban green space system planning, design and construction, preservation of historic
gardens, and national parks stewardship and management.
The 47th IFLA World Congress, organised by the Chinese Society of Landscape
Architecture and the International Federation of Landscape Architects, supported by
the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People’s Republic of
China， co-organized by Suzhou People’s Government and Department of Housing
and Urban-Rural Development of Jiangsu Province, and sponsored by China
Architectural Culture Centre, will be held in Suzhou, China from 28-30 May 2010.
The theme of the Congress is “Harmony and Prosperity – Traditional Inheritance and
Sustainable Development.” The Congress will focus on cherishing and protecting
traditional natural and cultural values. It will try to balance tradition and development in today’s society in the broader context of rapid globalization and urbanization.
Suzhou is an excellent example of achieving this balance — an old city in which
historic sites, traditional gardens and successful modern landscape development are
mingled together. Seven sessions include:

(1) Protection of Natural and Cultural Resources; (2) Eco-system
Rehabilitation/Restoration/Development; (3) Landscape Planning & Design;
(4) Landscape Architectural Education; (5) Sustainable Landscape Construction &
Technology; (6) Landscape Stewardship and Management; and (7) Landscape
Planting.

With great enthusiasm the Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture looks forward
to discussing these significant challenges and opportunities with overseas colleagues
and friends who have interesting and informative experiences to share, as well as with
landscape architecture students. We would also like to share the experience and charm
of life and culture here with you.

Program
25 (Tuesday) May – IFLA Executive Committee Meeting, Student Charette
26 (Wednesday) – 27(Thursday) May – IFLA World Council Meeting, Student
Charette, Registration
28 (Friday) – 30(Sunday) May – IFLA World Congress
31 (Monday) May -1 (Tuesday) June – Post-congress technical tour to Shanghai
World Expo and more.
Venue
Suzhou International Conference Centre
100 Daoqian Street, Canglang District, Suzhou 215002, China,
T: +86-(0)512-65 22 66 91; F: +86-(0)512-65 22 66 91, extension 1099
Exhibitions and Fair IFLA Development Exhibition, World Cultural Landscape Exhibition, IFLA Student Competition Exhibition, China LA Education Exhibition and Landscape Architectural Industry Fair.

Call for Abstracts and Papers
Landscape professionals and students are invited to submit abstracts relating to the
following seven sessions:

1, Protection of Natural and Cultural Resources
Strategy, methodology, policies, laws and regulations dealing with protection of
natural and cultural resources.

2. Eco-system Rehabilitation/Restoration/Development
Developing and implementing plans to rehabilitate, restore or create functional
ecology-based landscape systems, ranging from small scale projects within
communities and villages, to larger scale projects, such as brown-fields, urban green
spaces and urban-rural green space systems.

3. Landscape Planning and Design
Contemporary planning processes and designs for landscape projects such as parks,
plazas, institutions, campuses,, residences, garden expos, sports and recreational
facilities and waterfronts, etc.

4. Landscape Architectural Education
Goals, guidelines, standards, courses, teaching methods and accreditation and links to
licensing of practitioners.
5. Sustainable Landscape Construction and Technology
Recent research and applied technology in sustainable practices for such projects as
wetland treatment, water-saving irrigation, high-tech waterscape and lighting,
rainwater collection, storm water management, and energy conservation, for both
landscapes and structures,, especially within parks.
6. Landscape Stewardship and Management
Laws, regulations, standards and guidelines for landscape stewardship and
management at local, national and international levels.
7. Landscape Planting
Planting design and materials selection, and standards and guidelines for plant
materials installation, and landscape maintenance and management.

Abstract Submission Deadline: 16 December 2009
Submitted digital abstracts must be in English, 500-700 words in length, and include a title, session title, resume of the first author and five illustrations. Illustrations may be photos, graphics, or other images.

Paper Submission Deadline: 31 March 2010
Abstracts will be selected through a refereed process. The authors whose abstracts are
selected will be notified to digitally submit their complete papers of up to 2，500-3,000 words in length and less than 12 illustrations ( photos in jpg in 200 dpi).
Final session speakers will be selected from submitted papers, but all papers will be
published in the proceedings in May 2010.

IFLA Student Design Competition
Theme: Harmony and Prosperity
—-Traditional Inheritance and Sustainable Development.
Entries must specifically address the preservation, restoration or rehabilitation of
urban historic sites in the countries in which students live and/or study, and
demonstrate a creative approach and thinking in their projects, so that the value and
spirit of the place are cherished and preserved, while satisfying the needs of modern
society, such as accessibility, sustainability, etc.

Entry submission deadline: 31 March 2010

Congress Website
www.ifla2010.cn

Contact
Prof. Xiaoming Liu (International affairs and student competition)
Prof. Xiangrong Wang (Abstracts and Papers)
Mr.Yangrong Fu (Registration)
Prof. Feng Han (Student Charette)
Mr. Zongquan Yang (Exhibitions)
Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture
9 Sanlihe Road, Beijing 100835, China
T: +86-(0)10-88 08 25 68 F: +86-(0)10-58 93 39 18
E: ifla2010@yahoo.cn

Ms. Caiping Lu (Hotel and Technical tour)
255 Gongyuan Road，Suzhou 215006, China
T：+86-(0)512-65 22 67 06 F: +86-(0)512-65 23 59 84
E: lcp@lj.suzhou.gov.cn