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CER-MAL: Comparative Analysis of DMC Legal Framework and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement: Indigenous Peoples

31 May 2015
This document is a comparative analysis of the DMC Legal Framework and ADB Safeguard Policy Statement on Indigenous People.

Improving Community Disaster Response and Resilience through the Use of Technology in a Community-Driven Development Program

20 May 2015
This presentation explains the role of community-driven development programs in disaster recovery and rehabilitation efforts of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Philippines. Technological challenges, particularly those experienced during the Typhoon Yolanda disaster response…

Collaboration for Innovation Success

20 May 2015
This presentation discusses the importance of bringing innovation to markets. It explains how Battelle Memorial Institute, through its creation of a Commercialization Council, has allowed Battelle-managed labs and related affiliates charged with commercialization to share information and coordinate…

Advancing Transdisciplinary Education

19 May 2015
While there are tremendous advances in science and technology, there is slow progress in solving pressing global problems. Inadequate local capacity has partly resulted to a general lack of societal involvement in program development. The use of transdisciplinary approach is essential to achieve…

Role of Innovative Technologies and Solutions to Develop Resilient and Smart Communities

19 May 2015
This presentation provides an overview of Hitachi Ltd. in Japan, and how the company serves the world with socially-innovative business activities. Hitachi’s participation in smart city development, specifically in the areas of transportation and water solutions, are explained. The challenges of…

Transforming Cities for the Better through Sustainable Technologies: The Siemens Perspective

19 May 2015
Siemens, a global powerhouse positioned along the electrification value chain, lives up to future challenges with the most comprehensive portfolio that offers smart grid solutions, among others. While the Smart Grid concept is widely accepted, some questions, however, still remain.

Smart Grid and Smart Meter

19 May 2015
This presentation provides an overview of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) in Japan. It describes how electric power companies in the country operate through an integrated power supply structure. TEPCO’s challenges and ways on how it was able to come up with smart solutions are also discussed.

Approaches to a Resilient, Reliable, and Efficient Electric Grid

19 May 2015
This presentation provides an overview of GE Energy Management, one of General Electric (GE) Company’s eight business units. The broad approaches to resilient, reliable, and efficient electric grid are discussed. GE’s microgrid technology solution, including implementation and delivery process, is…

Smart Grid Technology Solutions for Resilient and Smart Communities

19 May 2015
This presentation introduces Battelle Memorial Institute as a global enterprise offering solutions and building capacity based on combined hardware and software understanding. It discusses Grid Command, a product and service line offered by the company that contributes to effective decision-making…

Shanghai Houtan Park: Landscape as a Living System

19 May 2015
Houtan Park in the City of Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, demonstrates a living system where ecological infrastructure can provide multiple services for society and nature. This presentation provides an overview of the project, including details on design strategy. The environmental, social…