CONVERSATION
Shangri-La Hotel, Guilin
- What if we can keep sinking cities afloat?
- What if we can harness energy from tornadoes and hurricanes?
- What if we can completely restructure our city?
- What if we can solve the food crisis by eating insects?
- What if our cities have more green space than buildings?
- What if we solve the problem of antibiotic resistance?
- What if driving no longer produce toxic gases?
- What if we can assemble and disassemble modular buildings within weeks?
- What if we have single pill to cure every disease?
The future of humanity depends on ensuring the health of our planet
Integral Conversation this year focuses on the global imperative of tackling environmental and human health challenges.
Under the conference theme, Reimagining Health: Fostering the Health of the Planet and People, we will discuss and discover new approaches to sustainability. The effects of human activities over the last half century, including rapid urbanization and economic growth, have gone far beyond what the planet can support.
This exhaustion of the Earth’s resources is taking a heavy toll, and will continue to affect generations to come.
The future of humanity depends on ensuring the health of our planet, and that requires a mindset shift to focus on healthier and sustainable lifestyles.
‘Altruism is the best presentation of egoism. What we need to consider for benefitting ourselves is to contribute to other people.’
Stan Shih
Chairman of Stans Foundation
Chairman of NCAF
Co-founder and Honorary
Chairman of Acer Group
‘To me, sustainable development is the kind of progress made at present without costing the next generation any resources and benefits.’
Jun Ma
Director, Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE)
‘Sustainability is not just an environmental issue. It's about our long term aspirations as a race.’
Calvin Tsao
Principal, Tsao & McKown Architects
‘Any opportunity to meet and hear from people all across the world on such important topic - It’s a very exciting one and I had the chance to participate… this is something I knew I have to do.’
Albert Ni
Shangri-La Hotel, Guilin
