Blog » [Presentation] Building Data Foundations for Smarter Cities. City Planning Labs: Case of Indonesia. | 9th Asia Smart City Conference, January 2021
[Presentation] Building Data Foundations for Smarter Cities. City Planning Labs: Case of Indonesia. | 9th Asia Smart City Conference, January 2021
9th Asia Smart City Conference | January 18, 2021 | 13:55 - 14:40 JST
The theme for this year’s conference is “Building smart cities aiming for carbon neutrality through city to city collaboration under the influence of COVID-19”, following Japan’s pledge made in 2020 to achieve net carbon neutrality by the year 2050. Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), a knowledge sharing program managed by the World Bank’s Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice (GPURL) in collaboration with the Global Smart City Partnership Program organized a virtual World Bank session to introduce case studies from Japan and around the world.
World Bank Session Overview: “Pathways to Sustainable Urban Development”
How can Japanese and global best practices be applied to developing countries in order to achieve sustainable urban development under the COVID-19 pandemic? The World Bank session will focus on two specific themes. In these sessions, World Bank urban specialists as well as a city official from Yokohama will discuss key considerations and lessons learned when adopting new technologies and smart solutions to address urban challenges. The themes and speakers for each session are as follows.
Session 1: Applying smart city solutions to developing economies’ sustainable urban development
Gayatri Singh, Senior Urban Specialist, World Bank
Mansha Chen, Urban Specialist, World Bank
Session 2: Dialogue on the application of Japanese expertise abroad towards sustainable urban development
Victor Mulas, Senior Urban Specialist and Team Lead, Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), World Bank
Toru Hashimoto, Director General, Development Cooperation Department, International Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama
Blog » [Presentation] Building Data Foundations for Smarter Cities. City Planning Labs: Case of Indonesia. | 9th Asia Smart City Conference, January 2021
[Presentation] Building Data Foundations for Smarter Cities. City Planning Labs: Case of Indonesia. | 9th Asia Smart City Conference, January 2021
9th Asia Smart City Conference | January 18, 2021 | 13:55 - 14:40 JST
The theme for this year’s conference is “Building smart cities aiming for carbon neutrality through city to city collaboration under the influence of COVID-19”, following Japan’s pledge made in 2020 to achieve net carbon neutrality by the year 2050. Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC), a knowledge sharing program managed by the World Bank’s Urban, Disaster Risk Management, Resilience and Land Global Practice (GPURL) in collaboration with the Global Smart City Partnership Program organized a virtual World Bank session to introduce case studies from Japan and around the world.
World Bank Session Overview: “Pathways to Sustainable Urban Development”
How can Japanese and global best practices be applied to developing countries in order to achieve sustainable urban development under the COVID-19 pandemic? The World Bank session will focus on two specific themes. In these sessions, World Bank urban specialists as well as a city official from Yokohama will discuss key considerations and lessons learned when adopting new technologies and smart solutions to address urban challenges. The themes and speakers for each session are as follows.
Session 1: Applying smart city solutions to developing economies’ sustainable urban development
Session 2: Dialogue on the application of Japanese expertise abroad towards sustainable urban development