10th Anniversary of HUL Recommendation-Implementing the HUL Recommendation in World Heritage Cities

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the 2011 UNESCO Historic Urban Landscape Recommendation 24 June: Implementing the HUL Recommendation in World Heritage Cities Opening remarks by Ms Mechtild Rössler, Director, World Heritage Centre, UNESCO Moderated by Ms Jyoti Hosagrahar, Deputy Director, World Heritage Centre, UNESCO Round Table 1. Chair: Ms Minja Yang, senior heritage expert. Speakers: • Ms Laura Petrella, Leader of the City Planning, Extension and Design Unit at UN-Habitat • Mr Pier Luigi Sacco, Senior Researcher, OECD • Mr Tim Badman, Director, IUCN World Heritage Programme, IUCN and Mr Russell Galt, Head of Urban Alliance, IUCN • Mr Pietro Elisei, President of the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) (apologies) • Mr Yukio Nishimura, Professor, Kokugakuin University, Japan • Mr Jad Tabet, President of the Order of Engineers and Architects of Beirut • Mr Edgar Pieterse, South African Research Chair on Urban Policy and Director of the African Cities Center at the University of Cape Town • Mr Rogier van den Berg, Director Urban Development, WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities, World Resources Institute • Ms Patricia Greene, Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Historic Preservation, University of Technology, Jamaica; RA. ARB. Ja., Jamaican Institute of Architects (MJIA); Coordinator UNESCO / UNITWIN Network 231 Round Table 2. Chair: Mr Michael Turner, Professor, Bezalel School of Architecture. Speakers: • Ms Lee Minaidis, Interim Secretary General, Organization of World Heritage Cities • Mr Ratish Nanda, CEO, Aga Khan Trust for Culture • Mr Sergio Vergara, Culture Secretary of the State of Puebla, Mexico • Mr Alpha Diop, architect, president of ICOMOS Mali, vice-president of ICOMOS International, Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mali • Ms Susan Macdonald, Head, Buildings and Sites, Getty Conservation Institute • Mr Joe King, Director of Partnership and Communication, ICCROM • Mr Ebrahim Al Khalifa, Deputy Director, Arab Regional Centre for World Heritage (ARC-WH) • Ms Marie-Noël Tournoux, Director, WHITRAP Shanghai Video messages: • Mr Nasser Kamel, Secretary-General, Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) • Ms Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihailović, Secretary-General, Europa Nostra • City of Queretaro (Mexico) • Mr Carlo Francini, Site Manager, Florence (Italy) • Mr Jean-Paul A.M. Corten, Senior Policy Officer, Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands • Mr Marco Pasquali, Mayor of Sabbioneta, and Ms Alessandra Riccadonna, Town Councillor of Mantua (Italy) • Mr Sergey Makarov, Chief of the Committee for the state preservation of historical and cultural monuments, Saint Petersburg (Russian Federation) • Historic City of Vigan (Philippines) • World Heritage sites “Historic Centre of the City of Pienza” and “Val d’Orcia” (Italy) • World Heritage site “Complex of Hué Monuments” (Viet Nam) Regional Reports from Preparatory Technical Meetings: The implementation of the Recommendation on the Historic Urban Landscape in World Heritage Cities in: • Asia and the Pacific: Ms Shikha Jain, Vice-president of ICOMOS-ICOFORT and expert member of the ICOMOS-IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes. • Africa: Ms Ishanlosen Odiaua, Vice-president, ICOMOS Nigeria • Latin America and the Caribbean: Ms Maya Ishizawa, heritage specialist, member of ICOMOS-IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes. • Europe and North America (session 1): Ms Carola Hein, full professor and Chair, History of Architecture and Urban Planning, Delft University of Technology. • Arab states: Ms Imane Bennani, Director of the Rabat School of Architecture, International University of Rabat. • Europe and North America (session 2): Ms Marie- Noël Tourneaux, Director at WHITRAP Shanghai, member of ICOMOS International Committee on Historic Cities, Towns and Villages, and ICOMOS-IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes. Conclusion by Ms Jyoti Hosagrahar, Deputy Director, World Heritage Centre, UNESCO https://whc.unesco.org/en/events/1596/