The Heritage Conservation Section is dedicated to promoting traditional culture, protecting historical heritage, promoting the harmonious coexistence of cultural heritage protection and human living environment construction, and providing academic support and intellectual guarantee for the development of cultural heritage protection. This section aims to explore various aspects of cultural heritage preservation, including but not limited to:
Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage: Researching the physical, chemical, and biological deterioration mechanisms of cultural heritage and developing new conservation materials and techniques.
Application of Technology in Heritage Conservation: Utilizing advanced instruments and technological means to characterize and analyze cultural heritage, and promoting the development of archaeological sciences.
Digital Conservation of Cultural Heritage: Recording and preserving cultural heritage through digital means, and exploring digital archiving and service models.
Strategies and Policies for Heritage Conservation: Discussing the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of heritage conservation policies, as well as how to protect cultural heritage in the context of urbanization and globalization.
Sustainable Use of Cultural Heritage: Exploring how to achieve sustainable use and transmission of cultural heritage in contemporary society while protecting it.
Impact of Climate Change on Cultural Heritage: Analyzing the potential threats of climate change to cultural heritage and exploring adaptive conservation strategies.
Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University, China
Yong Shao, Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University；Secretary-General, World Heritage Institute of Training and Research for the Asia & the Pacific Region under the auspices of UNESCO (WHITR-AP), and Director of WHITR-AP Shanghai；Director, Heritage Conservation and Culture Revitalization Institute, Shanghai Tongji Urban Planning & Design Institute CO., LTD; Vice President, Scientific Committee on Vernacular Architecture of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS-CIAV); Deputy Secretary General, Academic Committee on Historical and Cultural Cities of the Chinese Society of Urban Planning; Member of the editorial board of Built Heritage and Heritage Architecture.
Professor Yong Shao has long been committed to research, teaching, and practice in the fields of urban and rural development history, World Heritage, conservation and development of historic cities, towns, and villages, urban regeneration, rural revitalization, and cultural tourism. She has led and completed over 200 heritage conservation projects. Her publications include Equilibre et Harmonie: Protection et Mise en Valeur du Patrimoine Architectural, Urban et Paysager en France and World Heritage in China - Historic Cities. She has also published more than 70 academic papers and has led numerous major national natural and social science foundation supported research projects. She has received the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation three times and has been awarded more than 30 national and provincial/ministerial-level prizes for planning and design, heritage conservation, education, and scientific and technological innovation. In 2021, Yong Shao was awarded the "Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres". In 2024, she was elected as an Academician of the French Academy of Architecture.
Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Prince Sultan University, Saudi Arabia
