Thematic Sessions

(1) GeoSus 2026 Student Paper Competition

Supporting emerging scholars in geography and sustainability through competitive paper presentations.

(2) GeoSus 2026 Early Career Research Award

Recognizing outstanding research contributions from early career researchers in the field.

(3) GeoSus 2026 Editors Panel Discussion

A panel discussion with journal editors on publishing strategies and research trends.

(4) Urban Green Infrastructure for Urban Sustainability

Formation Mechanisms and Synergistic Optimization of Social-Ecological Effects

Conveners:

Fanhua Kong (Nanjing University)
Weiqi Zhou (Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

(5) Spatial Governance and Optimization for Urban Ecosystem Services

Conveners:

Zihan Xu (Beijing Forestry University)
Yanxu Liu (Beijing Normal University)
Jian Peng (Peking University)

(6) Recent Computational Tools for Climate-Resilient and Sustainable Cities

Conveners:

Ying Yu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
Yimeng Song (University of Hong Kong)
Xijing Li (California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Pomona)
Qi Lin (New York University)

(7) Sustainability of the Interwinded Urban System and Agrifood System

Conveners:

Prajal Pradhan (University of Groningen)
Yuanchao Hu (Guangdong University of Technology)

(8) Living in Urban Drylands: Exploring Problems and Developing Solutions

Conveners:

David Eldridge (University of New South Wales)
Jingyi Ding (Beijing Normal University)

(9) Advanced Geospatial Technologies for Sustainable Urban Transitions: Equity, Health, and Resilience

Conveners:

Dong Liu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
Zihan Kan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Yang Liu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

(10) Sustainable Development Beyond 2030: Urban Pathways, SDG Transformations, and Future Sustainability Agendas

Conveners:

Prajal Pradhan (University of Groningen)
Haiyan Lu (Harbin Institute of Technology)

(11) Urban Ecological Space Expansion and Management

Conveners:

Wenwu Zhao (Beijing Normal University)
Nan Lu (Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Mingyue Zhao (Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences)

(12) Multi-Source Remote Sensing and AI-Enabled Assessment of Urban Infrastructure Health, Resilience, and Carbon Sustainability

Conveners:

Zhen Liu (Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Songhua Hu (City University of Hong Kong)
Yang Liu (Kunming University of Science and Technology)

(13) Carbon Dynamics for Sustainable Development: Monitoring, Mechanisms and Pathways

Conveners:

Zherong Wu (Institute of Space and Earth Information Science & Department of Geography and Resource Management, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Jianwei Huang (Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Fangxu Deng (Institute of Space and Earth Information Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong)

(14) Urban Resilience in Climate-Constrained Cities: Sustainable Transitions toward Low-Carbon and Adaptive Futures

Conveners:

Huan Li (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Yang Fu (Shenzhen University)
Chen Yang (Northwestern Polytechnical University)
Wen Sun (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou))

(15) Urban AI and Sustainable Mobility

Conveners:

Sylvia Y. He (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Shuli Luo (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
Zihan Kan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Haiyan Hao (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)

(16) Coastal social-ecological system resilience under Global Change

Conveners:

Xiaoling Zhang (The University of Hong Kong)
Mike Meadows (Nanjing University)
Zhaoyuan Yu (Nanjing Normal University)
Ke Zhang (Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

(17) Transition to Renewable Energy under Climate Change and Urbanization

Conveners:

Laibao Liu (The University of Hong Kong)
Yan Li (Beijing Normal University)
Fei Liu (Sun Yat-sen University)

(18) Urban and Transport Resilience under Climate Change: Emerging Perspectives and Approaches

Conveners:

Junqing Tang (Peking University)
Pengjun Zhao (Peking University)

(19) Environmental Exposure, Spatiotemporal Behavior, and Health: Toward Sustainable and Healthy Cities

Conveners:

Yue Shen (East China Normal University)
Na Ta (East China Normal University)
Chun Yin (Wuhan University)
Jiangjun Wan (Sichuan Agricultural University)

(20) Rethinking GeoHealth for Sustainable Future Cities

Conveners:

Jue Wang (University of Toronto)
Peilin Zhou (Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen)
Wanyang Hu (City University of Hong Kong)
Xintao Liu (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

(21) Urban Sustainability under Hydro-Meteorological Extremes and Environmental Hazards

Conveners:

Yongqin David Chen (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)
Jianfeng Li (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Xingcheng Lu (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Chong-Yu Xu (North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power; University of Oslo)