In December 2012, Pimpim de Azevedo and Yutaka Hirako gave presentations on THF’s approach to living historic cities and community-based approaches to conservation - Serkhang monastery study case at the EAAC 2012 International Conference on East Asian Architectural Culture, ‘Convergence in Divergence: Contemporary Challenges in east Asian Architectural Studies’, organised by the School of Architecture, Centre for Architectural Heritage Research (CAHR), The Chinese University of Hong Kong.