Realizing Smart Cities

This presentation discussed the strategies for realizing the Smart Cities, based on the initiative being undertaken ASEAN Smart City Network (ASCN). It focused on the proven strategies of converting a city into a smart city and reviewed what has been done in the major ASEAN cities regarding the energy revolution - energy access, energy resilience; how they conceptualize smart city –depending on the level of development, willingness to adapt and reform.

Scene Setting: Green Buildings and Eco-Districts Financing and Implementation Mechanisms

How do you promote green building, energy efficiency, performing cooling, and heating methods in countries/cities that are lacking capacity? In this presentation, Mr. Heckmann discussed ADB's Ulaanbaatar Green Affordable Housing and Resilient Urban Renewal Project. It is a large-scale demonstration project and complete solution leveraging private sector investment to deliver affordable and green housing stock. The project also established policies, mechanisms, and standards for sustainable and affordable housing and green urban development.

Olatunji Yusuf

Olatunji is a Senior Climate Change Specialist within the Global Practices Directorate of the Islamic Development Bank. He is responsible for mainstreaming climate change in the Bank’s funded operations and portfolio and helping member countries attain low carbon and climate resilient development pathways as well as transition to the green economy.

Gordon Falconer

Gordon is currently the Chairman of the Advisory Board for the UN United Smart Cities program and is a city developer, city consultant, global thought leader in cities, technology clusters, property& infrastructure developer, chartered surveyor who has been based in Singapore for the last 10 years. He has previously been Head of Masdar City Strategy in Abu Dhabi and Director of Cisco Urban Innovation. He has worked worldwide with governments, NGO’s, the UN, World Bank, and the European Commission.

Pushkar Srivastava

Mr. Srivastava has over 30 years of professional experience, including 15 years with ADB, in the roles of Project Implementation Officer, Project Officer (Urban), Urban Specialist, Project Management Specialist and Senior Project Management Specialist. His expertise includes project management, project administration, procurement, contract management, and capacity building. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, and a postgraduate degree in Environmental Planning.

Project Readiness Financing: Solomon Island Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project (A Case Study)

In this knowledge sharing session initiated by SPD and SDCC, PAUW and CWUW will share experiences in designing the first PRFs. The Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund (UCCRTF), administrated by SDCC, is cofinancing CWUW's first PRF for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project. This enabled the detailed engineering designs of the infrastructure, to be financed under the ensuing project, to integrate climate resilience technologies. PAUW will present ADB's first PRF in Solomon Islands, Preparing the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project.

Project Readiness Financing

In this knowledge sharing session initiated by SPD and SDCC, PAUW and CWUW will share experiences in designing the first PRFs. The Urban Climate Change Resilience Trust Fund (UCCRTF), administrated by SDCC, is cofinancing CWUW's first PRF for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cities Improvement Project. This enabled the detailed engineering designs of the infrastructure, to be financed under the ensuing project, to integrate climate resilience technologies. PAUW will present ADB's first PRF in Solomon Islands, Preparing the Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector Project.