Conference Announcement | 2025 International Landscape Architecture Symposium (ILAS) - Sustainability · Inclusivity · Evidence-Based Science: Towards Resilient Futures

2025 International Landscape Architecture Symposium (ILAS) - Sustainability·Inclusivity·Evidence-Based Science: Towards Resilient Futures

（First Round）

 

Introduction

Sustainability is the central theme of global development in the 21st century. Its origins can be traced back to the World Conservation Strategy, jointly published in 1980 by International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). At its core, sustainability aims to achieve a dynamic balance between human needs and the Earth's ecological carrying capacity through a systemic approach, avoiding development models that meet current demands at the expense of future generations. In 2015, the United Nations established the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals to guide countries worldwide toward achieving key objectives such as good health and well-being, climate action, and to ensure the sustainable well-being of all humanity.

Within this framework, the landscape architecture focuses on three core goals: sustainability, inclusivity, and science-based evidence. It explores how the discipline can move beyond traditional thinking through interdisciplinary dialogue and innovative engineering technologies. The aim is to achieve synergy between ecological resilience and social equity, promote resource recycling and environmental protection, enhance the accessibility and inclusivity of public spaces, and optimize design decisions based on scientific evidence. In doing so, it contributes the knowledge and strength of landscape architecture toward a greener, more livable, and more equitable future.

In this context, 2025 ILAS on the theme Sustainability · Inclusivity · Science-based Evidence: Towards Resilient Futures will be held in Beijing Forestry University (BFU) from 24^th – 26^th October, 2025. The event is organized by Beijing Forestry University, Landscape Research Group (LRG), and will collaborate with several academic journals, such as Landscape Architecture and Sustainability journal, the Landscape Research journal, the Landscape Architecture journal, and other academic organizations. Experts and scholars from around the world will gather to explore global sustainable development goals and engage in in-depth exchanges.

 

The keynote speeches at this conference will focus on 3 main topics:

1）Ecological Sustainability and Environmental Resilience

2）Social Inclusivity and Landscape Universality

3）Evidence-based Innovative Pathways in Landscape Design

 

Organizers

Beijing Forestry University (BFU)

Landscape Research Group (LRG)

 

Host

School of Landscape Architecture, BFU

Landscape Architecture and Sustainability

Landscape Research

Landscape Architecture

 

Venue

Beijing Forestry University, China

 

Dates

24^th – 26^th October, 2025

 

Call for Abstracts

The conference is now open for abstracts from researchers, scholars and related practitioners around the world. Outstanding submissions will have the opportunity to share their research findings through oral presentations.

Abstracts that are selected will be recommended for full submission for publication in a special issue of the participating journal (subject to peer review).

Abstract_Template_Chinese

Abstract_Template_English

Submission

Interested authors are encouraged to submit abstract using the provided template.

The submission language should be either Chinese or English, and the abstract should include the title, author information, summary, and keywords (see appendix /download link for the specific format). The word count for the abstract should be controlled within 400 - 800 words.

Email for submitting abstracts: papersbjfu@163.com

Submission deadline: 31^th July, 2025

 

Abstract Acceptance

Abstracts will be evaluated by invited experts. The evaluation criteria are as follows:

• Relevance of the abstract to the conference theme;
• Originality and innovation of the proposed methods/work;
• The solutions or methods presented in the abstract and their potential application to broader research;
• Quality of the abstract and the relevance of the team to the work presented (the abstract should present your original work/research).

 

Conference Agenda

24th Oct.	All day	Conference Registration
	19:00-21:30	Postgraduate Forum
25th Oct.	9:00-12:00	Keynote Speech
	14:00-17:00	Keynote Speech Journal Sharing
26th Oct.	9:00-12:00	Topic Sub-forums