Knowledge Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities
19 to 20 May 2015

Philippines

The Knowledge Partnership Forum brought together technology providers, city and community leaders, and staff of Asian Development Bank working on city and community development projects to exchange ideas on how knowledge partnerships can bolster the development of smart cities and communities. Strategic knowledge partnerships are critical for expanding knowledge base, with smart cities and communities, for instance, using innovative technologies effectively to improve everyday life, health, and well-being of its citizens; reduce costs and resource consumption; and perform its functions sustainably. Knowledge partnerships can also provide competitive edge to make things happen, and to make a difference faster where it really matters: in the cities and in rural communities of Asia and the Pacific.

Program and Learning Materials
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Special Session - Partnerships for Solutions: Innovative Ideas, Technical Excellence, and Better Results Welcome Remarks - Knowledge Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities
Developing member countries of Asian Development Bank (ADB) have expressed the need for better knowledge solutions. ADB is increasingly optimistic…
Maria Carmela Locsin
Special Session - Partnerships for Solutions: Innovative Ideas, Technical Excellence, and Better Results Asia's Urban Challenge
Cities in Asia increasingly face the triple challenges of rapid urbanization, aging population, and climate change. Smart urban development is an…
Stephen Groff
Special Session - Partnerships for Solutions: Innovative Ideas, Technical Excellence, and Better Results Innovations for Strengthening Disaster Resilience
Disasters continue to disrupt and cause significant loss of lives in the developing member countries of ADB with maximum impacts felt by the poorest…
Preety Bhandari
Special Session - Partnerships for Solutions: Innovative Ideas, Technical Excellence, and Better Results Welcome Remarks - Knowledge Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities
Central to Asian Development Bank (ADB's) mission is financial support for infrastructure in various sectors. The outcome of the Knowledge…
Robert Orr
Special Session - Partnerships for Solutions: Innovative Ideas, Technical Excellence, and Better Results Welcome Remarks - Knowledge Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities
Asian Development Bank's Executive Director for Japan Kazuhiko Koguchi commended the Bank's initiative on a knowledge matching exercise for resilient…
Kazuhiko Koguchi
Special Session - Partnerships for Solutions: Innovative Ideas, Technical Excellence, and Better Results Special Remarks - Knowledge Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities
Strategic knowledge partnerships are critical for providing effective solutions to development problems; hence Asian Development Bank (ADB)…
Takehiko Nakao
Plenary Session on Integrated City Planning - Role of Innovative Technologies and Solutions to Develop Resilient and Smart Communities Making Cities Smart: City Leaders’ Perspective
Intense city-to-city competition and rapid urbanization are current key city trends. Building infrastructure projects will require the adoption of a…
Yumiko Noda
Plenary Session on Integrated City Planning - Role of Innovative Technologies and Solutions to Develop Resilient and Smart Communities Advancing Transdisciplinary Education
While there are tremendous advances in science and technology, there is slow progress in solving pressing global problems. Inadequate local capacity…
Srikantha Herath
Plenary Session on Integrated City Planning - Role of Innovative Technologies and Solutions to Develop Resilient and Smart Communities Role of Innovative Technologies and Solutions to Develop Resilient and Smart Communities
This presentation provides an overview of Hitachi Ltd. in Japan, and how the company serves the world with socially-innovative business activities…
Yasuo Tanabe
Plenary Session on Urban Transport - Role of Innovative Technologies and Solutions to Develop Resilient and Smart Communities Tyrrell Duncan
Plenary Session on Urban Transport - Role of Innovative Technologies and Solutions to Develop Resilient and Smart Communities Karl Fjellstrom
Plenary Session on Smart Grid - Role of Innovative Technologies and Solutions to Develop Resilient and Smart Communities Smart Grid: A Technological Pillar of Low Carbon Community
This presentation gives a snapshot of the energy system in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). An overview and key components of the PRC’s National…
Xiliang Zhang
Plenary Session on Smart Grid - Role of Innovative Technologies and Solutions to Develop Resilient and Smart Communities 21st Century Grids: India’s Journey Towards Smarter Grids
As one of the very few countries with a Smart Grid Vision and Roadmap, India has emerged as a prime destination for Smart Grids and Smart Cities…
Reji Kumar Pillai
Plenary Session on Smart Grid - Role of Innovative Technologies and Solutions to Develop Resilient and Smart Communities Japan’s Experience on Smart Community
The multifaceted aims of smart community or smart grid depend on the state of a country. In Japan’s case, it has expressed support in building smart…
Toshihiko Fujii
Plenary Session on Smart Grid - Role of Innovative Technologies and Solutions to Develop Resilient and Smart Communities Smart Grid Development in the United States
There is expanding interest in the United States Government to gain more complete value from the benefits of microgrids. Energy resilience and…
Gerald Hane, Jeff Miller
Parallel Session on Energy - Urban Smart Grid Smart Grids in Asia Pacific
This presentation discusses the smart energy system of the future. It examines the drivers for smart grid deployment, particularly current grid…
Justin Wu
Parallel Session on Energy - Urban Smart Grid Uzbekistan: Advanced Electricity Metering Project
This presentation discusses the nationwide rollout of Advanced Electricity Metering (AEM) project in Uzbekistan. How AEM reduced aggregate technical,…
Keiju Mitsuhashi
Parallel Session on Energy - Urban Smart Grid Transforming Cities for the Better through Sustainable Technologies: The Siemens Perspective
Siemens, a global powerhouse positioned along the electrification value chain, lives up to future challenges with the most comprehensive portfolio…
Anand Menon
Parallel Session on Energy - Urban Smart Grid Smart Grid and Smart Meter
This presentation provides an overview of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) in Japan. It describes how electric power companies in the country…
Hirokazu Yamaguchi
Parallel Session on Transport - Sustainable Urban Transport Marketplace ADB Regional Technical Assistance 8168: Promoting Sustainable Transport through Improving Nonmotorized Transport
Apart from rickshaw (pedicab) images of different styles and models, this presentation shares the current design limitations of this alternative type…
Bradley Schroeder
Parallel Session on Transport - Sustainable Urban Transport Marketplace Bikesharing Systems in the People's Republic of China
This presentation discusses the public bicycle system in the People’s Republic of China. The opportunities and benefits of bikesharing, including key…
Shanshan Li
Parallel Session on Transport - Sustainable Urban Transport Marketplace Bicycle Distribution Programs
This presentation explores whether the implementation of a bicycle distribution program could be the answer to major transportation challenges…
Raj Srinivasan
Parallel Session on Transport - Sustainable Urban Transport Marketplace Greenways
This presentation explains how establishing greenways can provide safe corridors for walking, cycling, and transportation, and not merely for…
Bram van Ooijen
Parallel Session on Transport - Sustainable Urban Transport Marketplace Parking Management
This presentation provides an overview, including core business areas, of CALE Access as a global parking solutions provider. The products and…
Alain Taher Österlind
Parallel Session on Transport - Sustainable Urban Transport Marketplace Bus Rapid Transit
This presentation shares the proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) developments for a number of countries in East and Southeast Asia. It also shares…
Karl Fjellstrom
Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Twinning Utilities for Better Service Seeing is Believing: Twinning Water Utilities for Better Services
This video features a twinning program between an experienced mentor utility—in this case Maynilad (Philippines)—with a recipient utility, Khulna…
Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Twinning Utilities for Better Service Water Operators Partnership in Practice
This presentation introduces Maynilad Water Services, Inc. as a water and wastewater services provider in the Philippines. It includes a discussion…
Rodora Gamboa
Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Twinning Utilities for Better Service Improving Wastewater Treatment in Yangon
This video shows one of the training sessions under a water utility partnership between Yangon City Development Committee (Myanmar) and Hunter Water,…
Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Twinning Utilities for Better Service Call for Mentors
Many water and wastewater utilities in Asia and the Pacific need help to deliver better services to their customers. Asian Development Bank (ADB), to…
Parallel Session on Energy - Microgrid in Rural Areas Smart Grid in South Asia
This presentation discusses the different types of smart grid that reportedly lead to smarter operation. The smart grid system in Puducherry, India,…
Kazuhiro Enomoto
Parallel Session on Energy - Microgrid in Rural Areas Approaches to a Resilient, Reliable, and Efficient Electric Grid
This presentation provides an overview of GE Energy Management, one of General Electric (GE) Company’s eight business units. The broad approaches to…
Sasank Goli
Parallel Session on Energy - Microgrid in Rural Areas Battery Solution for Rural Area Harry Yamada
Parallel Session on Energy - Microgrid in Rural Areas Japan Fund for Joint Crediting Mechanism and Innovative Low Carbon Technology
This presentation discusses Asian Development Bank’s contribution to climate finance using the Japan Fund for Joint Crediting Mechanism as project…
Ryuzo Sugimoto
Parallel Session on Energy - Microgrid in Rural Areas Status and Challenges of Microgrid Demonstration in China
This presentation tackles the difference between isolated and on-grid microgrids, and explains their overall significance. Case studies involving…
Honghua Xu
Parallel Session on Transport - Improving Mobility, Improving Resilience Adapting New York City after Hurricane Sandy
This presentation shares how New York City in the USA adapted after Hurricane Sandy in terms of preparation + response, system redundancy,…
Melinda Hanson
Parallel Session on Transport - Improving Mobility, Improving Resilience Resilient Design for Bus Rapid Transit Projects
This presentation shares possible mitigation and adaptation measures for successful implementation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects. The benefits…
David Margonsztern
Parallel Session on Transport - Improving Mobility, Improving Resilience Shanghai Houtan Park: Landscape as a Living System
Houtan Park in the City of Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, demonstrates a living system where ecological infrastructure can provide multiple…
Michael Espiritu
Parallel Session on Transport - Improving Mobility, Improving Resilience OpenStreetMap: Map the Philippines
Recognizing the chaos that accompanies disaster response along with an existing surplus of maps in the Philippines, OpenStreetMap aims to offer a…
Celina Agaton
Parallel Session on Transport - Improving Mobility, Improving Resilience Climate Proofing ADB Investment in the Transport Sector: Initial Experience
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) publication produced by the Transport Sector Group and Environment Thematic Group, "Climate Proofing ADB Investment…
Daniele Ponzi, Hideaki Iwasaki
Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Water Resources Management: Water, Energy, and Food Presentation on Business Models for Solar Irrigation in Bangladesh and India
Only a small percentage of rural population in Bangladesh has grid connectivity; hence utilizing renewable energy for households is a viable option…
Peter Marro
Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Water Resources Management: Water, Energy, and Food Case Studies of Solar Pumping in the Philippines
This presentation explains the concept of solar pumping. The use of solar pump for irrigation in the Philippines is featured as a case study. LORENTZ…
Mark Tomas
Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Water Resources Management: Water, Energy, and Food Increasing Land and Water Productivity at Community-Level Using Remote Sensing
This presentation introduces the Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) as a remote-sensing model for evapotranspiration. Through SEBAL,…
Wim Bastiaanssen
Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Water Resources Management: Water, Energy, and Food Remote Sensing for Improved Irrigation in Central Asia
One of the challenges in irrigation management is difficulty in assessing irrigation performance due to the lack of cost-effective evaluation methods…
Yuzuru Kushiyama
Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Water Resources Management: Water, Energy, and Food Irrigation Monitoring Systems in the Philippines Yosuke Ito
Parallel Session on Energy - Resilient Energy: Generation-Transmission-Distribution Energy Sector Operations in India
This presentation provides an overview of Asian Development Bank (ADB) operations. Alongside the power sector needs and initiatives in India, the…
Andrew Jeffries
Parallel Session on Energy - Resilient Energy: Generation-Transmission-Distribution Overview of the Power Sector in Viet Nam
This presentation discusses the characteristics and outlook of Viet Nam’s power sector. The national power development plan is explained, and…
Takafumi Kadono
Parallel Session on Energy - Resilient Energy: Generation-Transmission-Distribution Alstom Grid Naihu Li
Parallel Session on Energy - Resilient Energy: Generation-Transmission-Distribution Spatial Technologies Ryosuke Shibasaki
Session / Activity Title Speaker(s)
Parallel Session on Energy - ICT Component for Smart Grid The Possibilities of Biometrics Technology in Disaster Risk Management Stanley Tay
Parallel Session on Energy - ICT Component for Smart Grid Technologies Showcases Oracle
Parallel Session on Energy - ICT Component for Smart Grid Smart Grid Technology Solutions for Resilient and Smart Communities
This presentation introduces Battelle Memorial Institute as a global enterprise offering solutions and building capacity based on combined hardware…
Gerald Hane
Parallel Session on Transport - Resilient + Smart Transport Projects Keynote Address on "Clark Green City" Arnel Casanova
Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Understanding Disaster Risk Advances in Use of Technology and Partnerships for Disaster Risk Assessment and Key Lessons
Not only frequency and intensity of hazards are changing, but the underlying causes of risk, as well. Though uncertainties remain, technological…
Anil Pokhrel
Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Understanding Disaster Risk DisasterAWARE Platform: Emergency Operations
This presentation introduces DisasterAWARE and its key features as an integrated emergency operations (EMOPS) platform developed by the Pacific…
Chris Chiesa
Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Reducing Disaster Risk Community-Based Disaster Risk Management and Challenges in the Greater Mekong Subregion; Flood and Drought Risk Management and Mitigation Project in Viet Nam
This presentation provides an overview of Asian Development Bank's Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Flood and Drought Risk Management and Mitigation…
Hidefumi Murashita
Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Reducing Disaster Risk Space and Geospatial Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction of Asia Ryosuke Shibasaki
Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Reducing Disaster Risk Community-Based Disaster Risk Management in Kitakyushu
This presentation introduces the City of Kitakyushu in Japan. Apart from the concept of disaster prevention and reduction, the discussion also…
Seiko Kubo
Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Post-Disaster Response Improving Community Disaster Response and Resilience through the Use of Technology in a Community-Driven Development Program
This presentation explains the role of community-driven development programs in disaster recovery and rehabilitation efforts of the Department of…
Alexander Glova
Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Post-Disaster Response Applying Space-Based Technology and ICT to Strengthen Disaster Resilience
This presentation discusses the application of innovative and partnership approaches in strengthening disaster resilience. Asian Development Bank's…
Yusuke Muraki
Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Post-Disaster Response Ride the Wave: Enabling Disaster Communications
This presentation discusses the interoperability challenges everyone faces in times of crisis and disaster. It explains how Wave, an innovation of…
David Lum
Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Partnerships for Strengthening Disaster Resilience Resilient Cities Connect: An Initiative of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Japan Bosai Platform, and the Government of the Netherlands
This presentation discusses the development and launch of “Resilient Cities Connect,” a partnership between the United Nations Office for Disaster…
Hiro Nisiguchi
Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Partnerships for Strengthening Disaster Resilience Effective Management of Disaster Risk and Opportunities
This presentation introduces R!SE, an alliance between six collaborating communities, with the goal to unlock public-private disaster risk management…
Rose Javier
Parallel Session on Climate Technology Finance Center - From Lab to Market: Accelerating Commercialization of Innovations Lab to Market for Resilient and Smart Communities
This presentation explains how Battelle Memorial Institute builds on experiences of the US Department of Energy’s smart grid activities. It also…
Gerald Hane
Parallel Session on Climate Technology Finance Center - From Lab to Market: Accelerating Commercialization of Innovations Collaboration for Innovation Success
This presentation discusses the importance of bringing innovation to markets. It explains how Battelle Memorial Institute, through its creation of a…
Gerald Hane
Parallel Session on Climate Technology Finance Center - From Lab to Market: Accelerating Commercialization of Innovations DNVGL Energy: A Heritage of Excellence
Committed to assisting companies in solving the energy trilemma, energy technology powerhouse DN VGL combines utility experience with technical…
Sanjay Chittarajan Kuttan
Parallel Session on Showcase of Electric Vehicle Projects Electric Vehicles in India: Policies, Opportunities, and Current Scenario
This presentation discusses the drivers for growth, including challenges and barriers to the development of electric vehicles (EV) in India. The…
Siddharth Pandit, Dinesh Kapur
Parallel Session on Showcase of Electric Vehicle Projects Electric Vehicle as Resilient Solution
This presentation discusses why public transport is the driver of urban development. It also explains Asian Development Bank's Lumbini Clean Public…
Keiichi Tamaki
Parallel Session on Showcase of Electric Vehicle Projects Smart Grid Integrated Vehicles: Innovation to Enhance Energy Security, Environmental Sustainability, and Community Resilience
Asia’s developing countries continue to face challenges in meeting energy security, environmental sustainability, and community resilience. The smart…
Toru Kubo
Wrap Up Session Knowledge Partnership Forum: Outcome of Energy Parallel Sessions Yongping Zhai
Wrap Up Session Knowledge Partnership Forum: Outcome of Transport Parallel Sessions
This presentation highlights the options and key takeaways raised during the transport parallel sessions. It wraps up common understandings of…
Tyrrell Duncan
Wrap Up Session Knowledge Partnership Forum: Outcome of Urban/Water Parallel Sessions Vijay Padmanabhan
Wrap Up Session Knowledge Partnership Forum: Outcome of Disaster Risk Management Parallel Sessions
This presentation explains the common understandings of what is required of disaster-resilient solutions. What it takes to build potential knowledge…
Arghya Sinha Roy
Final Report Knowledge Partnership Week 2015 Report
This material contains the final report of ADB's Knowledge Partnership Week 2015. This report summarizes the highlights of the week, which aimed…

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Event Coordinator/s

  • Naoki Sakai

ADB Organizer/s

  • Climate Change and Sustainable Development Department

Topics

  • ICT
  • Knowledge Management
  • Urban Development