Designing Resilient and Net Zero Cities of Tomorrow

Event: ADB's Southeast Asia Development Symposium (SEADS 2023): Imagining a Net-Zero ASEAN

Designing Resilient and Net Zero Cities of Tomorrow

30 March 2023

Cities play a key role in climate change adaptation and mitigation and in the net-zero transition. This session at the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) fourth Southeast Asia Development Symposium (SEADS) gathered leading urban development planning and design specialists who discussed the role of businesses and governments in accelerating the transition of cities.

The session was co-organized with Arup.

Speakers:

Bruce Chong, Director and Climate and Urban Sustainability Leader, Arup
Joris van Etten, Principal Portfolio Management Specialist, ADB
Susan Potgieter, Director, Business Incubation and Ecosystems, Strategic Management Office, APAC, Hitachi
Linh Le, Global Lead, Smart City Competency Program, Amazon Web Services
Myrna A. Safitri, Deputy for Environment and Natural Resources, Nusantara National Capital Authority, Indonesia
Lauren Sorkin, Executive Director, Resilient Cities Network
Safiah Moore, Cities, Planning and Design Leader, Arup
Moderator: Dina Gurning, News Anchor and Journalist, CNBC Indonesia

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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