An Opening Speech of International Conference on A

An Opening Speech of International Conference on Architecture

Distinguished guests,ladies and gentlemen, and all the friends:At this special time of wonderful September,in this grand hall of the beautiful campus,our guests are here getting together.Undertaken by Southeast University the 2014 10th International Conference on Architecture will be open.

Now,at this opening ceremony of the Conference please allow me to give our hearty welcome to all of you present,and thank you,for your friendly coming. We feel so proud,and appreciated as well to be the host of the event.

It's a great honor for us to have all you here to attend this conference.Here I'd be delighted to introduce our conventioneers briefly. Apart from our faculty and students,most of the delegates and guests are experts and architects from all over the world.With many significant achievements,they are the most dynamic leaders in many movements of the field in architecture.

The Congress, of which the theme is the academic exchange about the Architecture,will cover all aspects of the practice and development of China's architectural theory, the protection of historic buildings and the sustainable development in architecture, which will include architectural design,building materials,construction techniques,building equipment and so on.For this conference,we are following the agenda here.The meeting is supposed to last for five days,and to be separated into three parts. To begin with, we will invite some representatives from our guests to give several lectures about their latest researches and reports on the issue.Then we will have some symposiums.And

last,besides the scientific program,a social program for the participants will give you an opportunity to discover Nanjing with the abundance of its historical sites and beautiful scenery.During the conference we are pleased to be your guide to this city.If anything needed,don't hesitate to contact us.We believe by

our collaboration we are sure to make this gathering a consummation.

Finally,I wish the conference a great success.And may everyone have an unforgettable and perfect experience here.Thanks!