Urban Innovation Led by Science and Technology
Climate change | Multilevel Governance | Resilience
City Brand Division of Daejeon Metropolitan City and Daejeon Institute of Science & Technology for Enterprise & People
Interpretation EN – KO
By convening mayors, governors, experts and researchers, Daejeon Metropolitan City hopes to explore three issues overarching the Daejeon Track: 1) urban innovation and new technologies; 2) the role of science and technology in future cities; and 3) global collaborations and networks for urban sustainability, including the means to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. Exchanging insights and best practices will be essential in this exercise. The session aims especially to forge new collaborative projects to promote urban innovation towards sustainable and resilient development.
- Ms. Yeon Jin Kim, Announcer, Run and Learn Company
- Hon. Jang Woo Lee, Mayor, Daejeon Metropolitan City, Korea
- Hon. Emilia Saiz, Secretary General, UCLG World Secretariat
- Hon. Abdalah Mokssit, Secretary, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- Dr. Mark Boden, Deputy Head, Territorial Development Unit, European Commission’s Joint Research Center (EC-JRC)
- Hon. Seok-Bong Lee, Vice Mayor for Economy and Science, Daejeon Metropolitan City, Korea
- Hon. Kanop Ketchart, Mayor, City of Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand
- Hon. Erick Mauricio Jimenez Valverde, Mayor, City of Oreamuno, Costa Rica
- Hon. Christiane Amiel, Deputy Mayor, City of Nice, France
- Hon. Krista Adams Deputy Mayor City of Brisbane, Australia
- Dr. Young Joo Ko President Daejeon Institute of Science & Technology for Enterprise & People (DiSTEP)
- Dr. Sang Ki Kim Principal Researcher Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)
- Dr. Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah Associate Professor The State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, USA
- Mr. Tomas Ouhel CEO BD Solutions
- Mr. Seong-Min Cho Patent Attorney Korea Intellectual property STrategy Agency (KISTA)
- Dr. Cornelius Kalenzi Postdoctoral Fellow Korea Policy Center for Fourth Industrial Revolution at Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)
- Dr. Chalermpol Charnsripinyo Senior Research Specialist National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand
- Mr. Calvin Chua Director Spatial Anatomy, Singapore