A three-day-long fifth International Biennial Conference on ‘Role of Culture and Heritage in Urban Sustainability’ will begin in the city from Friday.
It would have three important discussions, i.e. heritage dialogue series, urban sustainability and climate change and resilience of historic cities, besides other topics in which noted speakers from six different nations will participate. Fifteen national experts are also going to present their papers at the meet.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will inaugurate the event. Shigeru Aoyagi, Director and UNESCO representative to India, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri lanka, former director UNESCO New Delhi Minja Yang, Dr Dai-Yeun Jeong, Jeju National University, South Korea, Dr JC Gaillard, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Dr Garyfalia Palaiologou of loughborough University, England and noted heritage expert Dr Shikha Jain of New Delhi will attend among other luminaries.