Dates: April 1 and 8, 2017 April 1 Venue: Room ET2101 - 02, 21/F, Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark, 15 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong April 8 Venue: Room ET2101 - 02, 21/F, Edinburgh Tower, The Landmark, 15 Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong _______________________________________________________________________________ The Development Bureau and Planning Department of the HKSAR Government have published the HK 2030+ consultation document laying out a comprehensive strategy for spatial, economic and eco-development of the city over the next 15 years and beyond. We are pleased that the HKSAR Government has begun a six-month consultation process for the public to register their views about the plan. We believe such public engagement is critical to fostering a democratic culture in Hong Kong, and wish to facilitate students from the universities in HK to participate meaningfully in this process. We are recruiting undergraduate and post-graduate students from academic programs that relate in some way to the future evolution of our city. The program would progress over two Saturdays in April, April 1 & April 8. Students will be invited to opt into working groups that relate to their major concerns and areas of academic expertise. They will develop reports reflecting their collective thinking. These reports will be edited together and submitted to the Planning Department before the close of the consultation process on April 30, 2017. Agenda for Day 1 - Saturday April 1, 2017 9:00 Opening speech. Introduction of goals and process of exercise 9:30 Global-café exercise (3 rounds of 15 minutes each in groups of 4) 10:15 Presentation on 2030+ consultation by Planning Department representatives + Q&A 11:30 Block teams meet (1, 2 and 3). Each Block team creates small thematic working groups. 12:30 Lunch 1:15 Panel discussion on by HK academics and NGO leaders 2:15 Thematic working groups meet 3:15 Break 3:30 Reports from the thematic working groups to the respective Block teams 4:15 Thematic teams meet to plan research and outline their section of the report 5:00 Reports from the thematic groups to the whole (plenary) 5:30 Adjourn Agenda Day 2 - Saturday April 8, 2017 9:00 Open 9:15 Teleconference presentation from US on participatory planning (TBC) 10:00 Three Block teams meet; initial summaries from thematic groups to their respective Block teams 10:45 Break 11:00 Thematic groups meet to explore ideas and find consensus 11:45 Inter-group meetings - finding intersecting ideas 12:30 Lunch 1:30 Thematic group meetings to work toward a report 3:00 Three Block teams meet to review work of the thematic groups 3:45 Break 4:00 Plenary: exploring consensus on overarching themes 5:00 Adjourn ***Note that registration requires a HK$500 deposit with the HKAC to hold your place. This deposit will be returned to the students in full upon completion of the second day of the program on April 8.*** ***Please come pay your HKD500 refundable deposit in cash or mail your check to the following address.*** Hong Kong America Center Room 503, Esther Lee Building Chung Chi College, Chinese University of Hong Kong Shatin, NT