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November 25, 2012, 11:00 am - 6:30 pm, 798 Art District, Beijing, "Alternative cities: 3 roundtables: cities and architectural creation/ cities and society/ cities and innovationAlternative cities1st Roundtable: Cities and architectural creation – Architecture as an urban action (11:00 am -12:00am)Speakers:-Jacques Ferrier, director of Agence Jacques Ferrier Architectures-Qi Xin, director of Qixin Architecture and Engineering,-Dong Gong, associate-director of Vector Architects,-François Leclercq, director of François Leclercq Architectes Urbanistes.Crossing perspectives:-Peng Lixiao, editor of the “Urban Environment Design” review, visiting professor at the School of Architecture, Tianjin University,-Madeleine Houbart, manager of AFEX (French Architects Overseas).2nd Roundtable: Cities and society – Communities and identities, our territories’ driving forces (2:00 am -3:30pm)Speakers:-Zhou Jian, vice-director of the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, director of Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning &#38; Design Institute-Françoise Ged, manager of Observatoire de l’architecture de la Chine contemporaine (Observatory of contemporary Chinese architecture),-Yang Chen, Ph.D. candidate, EHESS.Crossing perspectives:-Jérémy Cheval, visiting professor at Tongji University, Ph.D. candidate,-Zhang Chunyan, vice-director of the Department of Landscape Architecture, School of architecture, Tianjin University.3rd Roundtable: Cities and innovation – New tools, new practices for an alternative city (3:45pm-5:15pm)Speakers:-Wen Jiangtao, professor at the Department of Computer Science, informatics, Tsinghua University,-Li Dexiang, manager of the Eco-Design workshop School of Architecture, Tsinghua University,-Zeng Yawei, Chief Representative, China Scientific and Technical Centre for Buildings-Stéphane Cagnot, director of Agence Dédale.Crossing perspectives:-Yang Xudong, professor at the Department of Building Science, School of Architecture Tsinghua University,-Denis Quénelle, first secretary of the French Embassy in China, technical advisor for environmental cooperation and sustainable development.Refreshments (5:15 pm)Lecture by Liu Jiakun “About my job” (6:30pm)