Cities’ Knowledge Sharing
- Best practices from advanced cities in the water sector will be presented and intercity policy cooperation and capacity building will be shared to strengthen the international network of cities.
- Topics related to water problems that are common across large cities will be presented each year and alliance and cooperation will continue to be reinforced through participation of various cities.
[Session 1: Water Cycle] Water cycle of cities for carbon neutrality
Cities’ Representative
Michael K. Stenstrom
Professor, UCLA
Michael Toh
Director, PUB
Moderator
Joon-Hong Park
Professor, Yonsei University
Panel
Ree-Ho Kim
Senior Researcher, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology
Ick-Hoon Choi
Professor, Yonsei University
[Session 2: Water Safety] Water safety of cities to secure climate change adaptation capacity
Cities’ Representative
Nobuyuki Tsuchiya
Deputy Director General,
Japan RiverFront research Center
Justin Brown
Public Affairs Specialist, MWRD
Moderator
Hyun-Han Kwon
Professor, Sejong University
Panel
Kwang-Seok Yoon
Director, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology
Tae-Woong Kim
Professor, Hanyang University
[Session 3: Water Culture] Innovation of waterfront to increase happiness of citizens and urban competitiveness
Cities’ Representative
Hashizume Shinya
Professor, Osaka Prefecture University
Jürgen Pietsch
Professor, HafenCity university
Moderator
Hyun-Chan Bahk
Senior Researcher, Seoul Institute
Panel
Kyung-Bae Kim
Professor, Inha University
Do-Shik Yang
Professor, Seoul National University