Moderators: Hans Ulrich Obrist & Rem Koolhaas

The first group of guests: Urban Planning

HUANG Weiwen (黄伟文) – ex-design director of the Shenzhen Municipal Planning Bureau

HE Chengjun (贺承军) – architecture critic

The second group of guests: Photo-Journalism

AN Ge (安哥) – legendary photographer of life under Deng Xiaoping（Left）

HE Huangyou (何煌友) – photographer of Shenzhen since the 1960s（right）

On the site.

The third group of guests: Industry and CSR

Thomas SHAO (邵忠) – chairman of Modern Media Group

WANG Shi (王石) – chairman of The Vanke Group

The fourth group of guests: Community & Activism

SHU Kexin (舒可心) – community activist with background in engineering

Local Action (本土行动) – Hong Kong-based group for democratization in urban planning

CHOW Sze Chung (周思中) from Local Action

TANG Siu Wah (邓小桦) from Local Action

CHU Hoi Dick (朱凯迪) from Local Action

The fifth group of guests: Art Practice & Institution

LU Jie (卢杰) – curator

HU Xiangqian (胡向前) – artist

QIU Zhijie (邱志杰) – artist

The sixth group of guests: Biennale

Marisa YIU (姚嘉珊) – architect,  chief curator of ‘09 HKSZ Bi-city Biennale

Pauline J. Yao (姚嘉善)–curator of ‘09 SZHK Bi-city Biennale

The seventh group of guests：Art & Architecture

Yung Ho CHANG (张永和), the founder of Atelier FCJZ, chief curator for the 2005 edition of the SZHKB

WANG Jiangwei (汪建伟), one of China’s best known conceptual artists

The eighth group of guest: Politics & Economy

TANG Jie (唐杰): vice mayor of Shenzhen

GAO Zhikai (高志凯), former interpreter for late Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping

The ninth group of guests: PRD Criticism

CHEN Tong (陈侗), the founder of Libreria Borges – a leading independent art institution and publisher in South China

FENG Yuan (冯原), associate professor in the School of Communication & Design at Sun Yat-sen University

The tenth group of guests: Art & Culture

LIU Xiaodong, very successful contemporary painter in Lucian Freud /social realist style

ZHU Wen, writer, director, director of the ‘09 SZHKB opening ceremony

The eleventh group of guests: Culture & Subculture

Samson Chiu, renowned Hong Kong-based director and film writer

JIANG Jun, chief-editor of Urban China magazine

Li Yong, writer and famous blogger

The twelfth group: Taiwan & Local Society

HSIEH Yingchun, Taiwanese architect and contractor, known for his low-profile
approach he takes to various architectural projects

WU Yinning, writer and poet

The thirteenth group: Female Intellectual

ZHANG Nian, researcher on feminism and cultural study

MENG Hui, Writer and ex-editor in the prominent intellectual magazine DuShu

All together