Hong Kong
Culture and Sustainability
Conference 2026

Alliance
For Action

12-13/10

The theme of Hong Kong Culture and Sustainability Conference 2026 (CU:SU 2026) is “Alliance for Action”, which builds on the momentum of CU:SU 2025 discussions on “Advocacy, Practice, and Conservation”. CU:SU 2026 focuses on how ideas move into actions through international alliances and cross-disciplinary collaboration, responding to the broader needs of sustainable development through culture.

12 Oct (Mon) 09:40 - 11:10

Panel 1 – Alliance and Action

12 Oct (Mon) 11:40 - 13:10

Panel 2 – Concerts and Festivals

12 Oct (Mon) 14:30 - 15:45

Panel 3 – Theatre Productions – Asian Practices

12 Oct (Mon) 16:15 - 17:30

Panel 4 – Chinese Mainland Practices

13 Oct (Tue) 09:45 - 11:15

Panel 5 – Urban Development and Rural Culture

13 Oct (Tue) 11:45 - 13:00

Panel 6 – Southeast Asia Perspectives

13 Oct (Tue) 14:15 - 15:25

Panel 7 – Visual Arts Practices

13 Oct (Tue) 16:00 - 17:30

Panel 8 – Culture and Wellness

13 Oct (Tue) 15:00 - 17:30

Towards Sustainable Festivals and Live Cultural Events: A Practical Model for Collaboration

11 Oct (Sun) 15:00 - 17:00

Two Cities, One Garden: Community Building in Shanghai and Hong Kong

14 Oct (Wed) 15:30 - 17:00

Exhibition-making in the Singapore Botanic Gardens

Yu Kwok Lit Louis, MH

Founder and Executive Director, Hong Kong Culture and Sustainability Centre

Veronica Castillo

Director, Collection and Exhibition, M+

Yim Wai Ying

Executive Director, School of Everyday Life

Teresa Yang

Vice Chairman, Esquel Group

Kuo Jian Hong

Artistic Director, The Theatre Practice

Ross Patel

Impact Consultant and Cultural Strategist, Live music Industry Venues & Entertainment (LIVE)

Lau Tin Ming

Artistic Director, Jockey Club Dance Well Project

Paddy Dillon

Theatre Green Book

Professor Andrew Laine

Dean, School of Theatre and Entertainment Arts, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Tsang Man Tung

Theatre and Singing Bowl Artist

Professor Thomas Chung

Professor of School of Architecture, Founding Director of Centre for Sustainable Placemaking and Urban-rural Regeneration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Dr Samuel Wong

Co-Founder and Creative Director, The TENG Company

Emmanuelle Lejeune

Théâtre de Liège - Théâtre d’Europe

Professor Jimmy Ho

Assistant Professor of Department of Cultural and Religious Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Josephine Woo

Head of Holistic Education Department, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG)

Keluan Yin

Deputy Director, Community Garden and Community Empowerment Laboratory of Tongji University | Director, Clover Nature School

Yuri Ng

Independent Artist

Meggy Cheng

Executive Director, Hong Kong Dance Company

Wang Nan

Producer, QFUN Children’s Experimental Theatre

Sze Ka Yan

Founder and Artistic Director, Fragrant Village

Professor Anna CY Chan

Director, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Dr Lisa Burger, CBE

Theatre Green Book

Grace Cheng

Director, Art in Hospital and Community Art Network

Professor Qu Yan

Professor, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts | Director, Institute of Urban-Rural Art Construction

Michelle (Ye Min)

Founding Partner, Fei Architects & Fei Arts

Maria Consuelo Cabrera

Independent Curator

Professor Benny Lim

Director, MA in Cultural Management Programme, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Cheng Chia Yin

Artistic Director, The Puppet and Its Double Theater

Professor Wong Kam Sing

Chairman, Wu Zhi Qiao (Bridge to China) Charitable Foundation

Shui Chi Wai

Vice President, Our Hong Kong Foundation and Executive Director of Public Policy Institute

Mike Hill

CEO & Co-founder, Clockenflap | CEO, Total Ticketing

Kimberly Ann Marie Chan

Manager (Events & Exhibitions), Singapore Botanic Gardens

Simon Curtis

Greater Manchester Arts Sustainability Team (GMAST)

Professor Larry Engel

Inaugural Chair, CILECT Standing Committee on Sustainability

Dr Goh Yi Sheng

Head of the Department of Creative Design and Head of the School of Architecture and Design, Sunway University, Malaysia

Professor Ling Kar Kan

Senior Advisor to the President, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Greta Ortalli

Culture for the Planet

Philip Tinari

Deputy Director and Head of Art, Tai Kwun Contemporary

Dr. Zhu Hui

Founder, REDO Design

Amanda Yik

Founder, Shinrin Yoku Hong Kong

Mark Louie L. Lugue

Assistant Professor, Department of Art Studies, University of the Philippines Diliman

King Kwok Cheung

Principal Manager (Countryside Conservation Office)2

Helen So Hiu Ming

Board member, Hong Kong Culture and Sustainability Centre

Participation

Conference

Conference One Day Pass

HK$300 (Concession HK$150)

CU:SU Plus

Ticket

HK$200 (Student HK$140)

Online Participation

Online Conference One Day Pass

HK$150