Knowledge Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities

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Knowledge Partnership Forum: Innovation for Resilient and Smart Communities

19 May 2015 to 20 May 2015
Manila
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: 
Date Session / Activity Presentation Material Speaker(s)
19 May 2015 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 about...
Maria Carmela Locsin
19 May 2015 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 imperative...
Stephen Groff
19 May 2015 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 thedeveloping member countries of ADB with maximum impacts felt by the poorest members...
Preety Bhandari
19 May 2015 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 Partnership Week...
Robert Orr
19 May 2015 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'sExecutive Director for JapanKazuhiko Koguchi commendedthe Bank'sinitiative on a knowledge matching exercise for resilient and ...
Kazuhiko Koguchi
19 May 2015 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) recognizes...
Takehiko Nakao
19 May 2015 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 transforming...
Yumiko Noda
19 May 2015 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 has...
Srikantha Herath
19 May 2015 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
Thispresentation providesan overview of Hitachi Ltd. in Japan, and how the company serves the world with socially-innovative business activities. Hitachi...
Yasuo Tanabe
19 May 2015 Plenary Session on Urban Transport - Role of Innovative Technologies and Solutions to Develop Resilient and Smart Communities Tyrrell Duncan
19 May 2015 Plenary Session on Urban Transport - Role of Innovative Technologies and Solutions to Develop Resilient and Smart Communities Karl Fjellstrom
19 May 2015 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
Thispresentation givesa snapshot of the energy system in the People’s Republic of China (PRC). An overview and key components of the PRC’s National Low...
Xiliang Zhang
19 May 2015 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. Building...
Reji Kumar Pillai
19 May 2015 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 communities...
Toshihiko Fujii
19 May 2015 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 maintenance...
Gerald Hane, Jeff Miller
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - Urban Smart Grid Smart Grids in Asia Pacific
Thispresentation discusses the smart energy system of the future. It examines the drivers for smart grid deployment, particularly current grid performance...
Justin Wu
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - Urban Smart Grid Uzbekistan: Advanced Electricity Metering Project
Thispresentation discussesthe nationwide rollout of Advanced Electricity Metering (AEM) project in Uzbekistan. How AEM reduced aggregate technical, commercial...
Keiju Mitsuhashi
19 May 2015 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 that...
Anand Menon
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - Urban Smart Grid Smart Grid and Smart Meter
Thispresentation provides an overview of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) in Japan. It describeshow electric power companies in the country operate...
Hirokazu Yamaguchi
19 May 2015 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, thispresentation shares the current design limitations of this alternative type of...
Bradley Schroeder
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Transport - Sustainable Urban Transport Marketplace Bikesharing Systems in the People's Republic of China
Thispresentation discussesthe public bicycle system in the People’s Republic of China. The opportunities and benefits of bikesharing, including key recommendations...
Shanshan Li
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Transport - Sustainable Urban Transport Marketplace Bicycle Distribution Programs
Thispresentation exploreswhether theimplementation of a bicycle distribution program could be the answer to major transportation challenges experienced...
Raj Srinivasan
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Transport - Sustainable Urban Transport Marketplace Greenways
Thispresentation explainshow establishing greenways can provide safe corridors for walking, cycling, and transportation, and not merely for recreational...
Bram van Ooijen
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Transport - Sustainable Urban Transport Marketplace Parking Management
Thispresentation providesan overview, including core business areas, of CALE Access as a global parking solutions provider. The products and services ...
Alain Taher Österlind
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Transport - Sustainable Urban Transport Marketplace Bus Rapid Transit
Thispresentation sharesthe proposed Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) developments for a number of countries in East and Southeast Asia. It also shares examples...
Karl Fjellstrom
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Twinning Utilities for Better Service Seeing is Believing: Twinning Water Utilities for Better Services
Thisvideo features a twinning program between an experienced mentor utility—in this case Maynilad (Philippines)—with a recipient utility, Khulna WASA (...
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Twinning Utilities for Better Service Water Operators Partnership in Practice
Thispresentation introducesMaynilad Water Services, Inc. as a water and wastewater services provider in the Philippines. It includesa discussion of current...
Rodora Gamboa
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Twinning Utilities for Better Service Improving Wastewater Treatment in Yangon
Thisvideo shows one of the training sessions under a water utility partnership between Yangon City Development Committee (Myanmar) and Hunter Water, a...
19 May 2015 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 ...
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - Microgrid in Rural Areas Smart Grid in South Asia
Thispresentation discusses the different types of smart grid that reportedly lead to smarter operation. The smart grid system in Puducherry, India, and...
Kazuhiro Enomoto
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - Microgrid in Rural Areas Approaches to a Resilient, Reliable, and Efficient Electric Grid
Thispresentation providesan overview of GE Energy Management, one of General Electric (GE) Company’s eight business units. The broad approaches to resilient...
Sasank Goli
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - Microgrid in Rural Areas Battery Solution for Rural Area Harry Yamada
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - Microgrid in Rural Areas Japan Fund for Joint Crediting Mechanism and Innovative Low Carbon Technology
Thispresentation discussesAsian Development Bank’s contribution to climate finance using the Japan Fund for Joint Crediting Mechanism as project example...
Ryuzo Sugimoto
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - Microgrid in Rural Areas Status and Challenges of Microgrid Demonstration in China
This presentation tackles the differencebetween isolated and on-grid microgrids, and explainstheir overall significance. Case studies involving these ...
Honghua Xu
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Transport - Improving Mobility, Improving Resilience Adapting New York City after Hurricane Sandy
Thispresentation shareshow New York City in the USA adapted after Hurricane Sandy in terms of preparation + response, system redundancy, infrastructure...
Melinda Hanson
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Transport - Improving Mobility, Improving Resilience Resilient Design for Bus Rapid Transit Projects
Thispresentation sharespossible mitigation and adaptation measures for successful implementation of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) projects. The benefits of ...
David Margonsztern
19 May 2015 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 services...
Michael Espiritu
19 May 2015 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 cross...
Celina Agaton
19 May 2015 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 in...
Daniele Ponzi, Hideaki Iwasaki
19 May 2015 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. Technology...
Peter Marro
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Water Resources Management: Water, Energy, and Food Case Studies of Solar Pumping in the Philippines
Thispresentation explainsthe concept of solar pumping. The use of solar pump for irrigation in the Philippines is featured as a case study. LORENTZ, a...
Mark Tomas
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Water Resources Management: Water, Energy, and Food Increasing Land and Water Productivity at Community-Level Using Remote Sensing
Thispresentation introducesthe Surface Energy Balance Algorithm for Land (SEBAL) as a remote-sensing model for evapotranspiration. Through SEBAL, crop...
Wim Bastiaanssen
19 May 2015 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
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Urban/Water - Water Resources Management: Water, Energy, and Food Irrigation Monitoring Systems in the Philippines Yosuke Ito
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - Resilient Energy: Generation-Transmission-Distribution Energy Sector Operations in India
Thispresentation provides an overview of Asian Development Bank (ADB) operations. Alongside the power sector needs and initiatives in India, the energy...
Andrew Jeffries
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - Resilient Energy: Generation-Transmission-Distribution Overview of the Power Sector in Viet Nam
Thispresentation discusses the characteristics and outlook of Viet Nam’s power sector. The national power development plan is explained,and projects funded...
Takafumi Kadono
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - Resilient Energy: Generation-Transmission-Distribution Alstom Grid Naihu Li
19 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - Resilient Energy: Generation-Transmission-Distribution Spatial Technologies Ryosuke Shibasaki
Date Session / Activity Presentation Material Speaker(s)
20 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - ICT Component for Smart Grid The Possibilities of Biometrics Technology in Disaster Risk Management Stanley Tay
20 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - ICT Component for Smart Grid Technologies Showcases Oracle
20 May 2015 Parallel Session on Energy - ICT Component for Smart Grid Smart Grid Technology Solutions for Resilient and Smart Communities
Thispresentation introducesBattelle Memorial Institute as a global enterprise offering solutions and building capacity based on combined hardware and ...
Gerald Hane
20 May 2015 Parallel Session on Transport - Resilient + Smart Transport Projects Keynote Address on "Clark Green City" Arnel Casanova
20 May 2015 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 developments...
Anil Pokhrel
20 May 2015 Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Understanding Disaster Risk DisasterAWARE Platform: Emergency Operations
Thispresentation introducesDisasterAWARE and its key features as an integrated emergency operations (EMOPS) platform developed by the Pacific Disaster...
Chris Chiesa
20 May 2015 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
Thispresentation providesan overview of Asian Development Bank'sGreater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Flood and Drought Risk Management and Mitigation Project...
Hidefumi Murashita
20 May 2015 Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Reducing Disaster Risk Space and Geospatial Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction of Asia Ryosuke Shibasaki
20 May 2015 Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Reducing Disaster Risk Community-Based Disaster Risk Management in Kitakyushu
Thispresentation introducesthe City of Kitakyushu in Japan. Apart from the concept of disaster prevention and reduction, the discussion also includes ...
Seiko Kubo
20 May 2015 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
Thispresentation explainsthe role of community-driven development programs in disaster recovery and rehabilitation efforts of the Department of Social...
Alexander Glova
20 May 2015 Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Post-Disaster Response Applying Space-Based Technology and ICT to Strengthen Disaster Resilience
Thispresentation discusses the application of innovative and partnership approaches in strengthening disaster resilience. Asian Development Bank'sproject...
Yusuke Muraki
20 May 2015 Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Post-Disaster Response Ride the Wave: Enabling Disaster Communications
Thispresentation discussesthe interoperability challenges everyone faces in times of crisis and disaster. It explainshow Wave, an innovation of Motorola...
David Lum
20 May 2015 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
Thispresentation discussesthe development and launch of “Resilient Cities Connect,” a partnership between the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk ...
Hiro Nisiguchi
20 May 2015 Parallel Session on Disaster Risk Management - Partnerships for Strengthening Disaster Resilience Effective Management of Disaster Risk and Opportunities
Thispresentation introducesR!SE, an alliance between six collaborating communities, with the goal to unlock public-private disaster risk management (DRM...
Rose Javier
20 May 2015 Parallel Session on Climate Technology Finance Center - From Lab to Market: Accelerating Commercialization of Innovations Lab to Market for Resilient and Smart Communities
Thispresentation explainshow Battelle Memorial Institute builds on experiences of the US Department of Energy’s smart grid activities. It also suggestsapproaches...
Gerald Hane
20 May 2015 Parallel Session on Climate Technology Finance Center - From Lab to Market: Accelerating Commercialization of Innovations Collaboration for Innovation Success
Thispresentation discussesthe importance of bringing innovation to markets. It explainshow Battelle Memorial Institute, through its creation of a Commercialization...
Gerald Hane
20 May 2015 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 powerhouseDN VGLcombines utility experience with technical expertise...
Sanjay Chittarajan Kuttan
20 May 2015 Parallel Session on Showcase of Electric Vehicle Projects Electric Vehicles in India: Policies, Opportunities, and Current Scenario
Thispresentation discusses the drivers for growth, including challenges and barriers to the development of electric vehicles (EV) in India. The Government...
Siddharth Pandit, Dinesh Kapur
20 May 2015 Parallel Session on Showcase of Electric Vehicle Projects Electric Vehicle as Resilient Solution
Thispresentation discusseswhy public transport is the driver of urban development. It also explainsAsian Development Bank's Lumbini Clean Public Transport...
Keiichi Tamaki
20 May 2015 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
20 May 2015 Wrap Up Session Knowledge Partnership Forum: Outcome of Energy Parallel Sessions Yongping Zhai
20 May 2015 Wrap Up Session Knowledge Partnership Forum: Outcome of Transport Parallel Sessions
Thispresentation highlightsthe options and key takeaways raised during the transport parallel sessions. It wrapsupcommon understandings of sustainable...
Tyrrell Duncan
20 May 2015 Wrap Up Session Knowledge Partnership Forum: Outcome of Urban/Water Parallel Sessions Vijay Padmanabhan
20 May 2015 Wrap Up Session Knowledge Partnership Forum: Outcome of Disaster Risk Management Parallel Sessions
Thispresentation explains the common understandings of what is required of disaster-resilient solutions. What ittakes to build potential knowledge partnerships...
Arghya Sinha Roy
20 May 2015 Final Report Knowledge Partnership Week 2015 Report
This material contains the final report of ADB's Knowledge Partnership Week 2015. This reportsummarizes the highlights of the week, which aimed to ...

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