Register here: https://www.aptdc.org/event-5515285 We need a fundamental shift in the concept of heritage, where the arbitrary differentiation between culture, nature and intangible heritage are removed. Segregating heritage into these silos is an artificial distinction and has led to an irreparable damage in our notions of Heritage, mainly promoted by UNESCO under World Heritage convention of 1972. The realisation that heritage should be seen as an inter-connected system needs to be addressed at all levels of heritage protection including the World heritage. It is hypothesized that interconnectedness of historic cities and sites also has evolutionary traits within cultural heritage on lines of the