Program Outline

Schedule / Venue
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Date:

November 13 (Monday) – November 15 (Wednesday), 2023⚫

Venue:PACIFICO Yokohama North

Organizers⚫

Organizer: City of Yokohama⚫

Planning Committee: Y-PORT Centre Office GALERIO Committee (hereinafter, GALERIO)⚫

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Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)➢

Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)➢

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)➢

Smart City institute Japan (SCI-Japan)➢

World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (World Bank TDLC)➢

Yokohama City University (YCU)➢

Yokohama National University (YNU)➢

YOKOHAMA URBAN SOLUTION ALLIANCE (YUSA) [in alphabetical order], and➢City of Yokohama

Supporters: Cabinet Office, Government of Japan / Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan /Ministry of Finance, Japan / Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan / Ministry ofLand, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Japan / Ministry of the Environment,
Government of Japan / CITYNET

Main Theme
Asian Cities together towards Zero Carbon
Background
The Asia Smart City Conference (hereinafter referred to as "ASCC") is an international conference
that brings together representatives from Asian cities, national governments, internationalorganizations, academic institutions, and private companies, aiming to discuss on the realization ofa sustainable city where economic growth and a favorable urban environment are compatible. At
this conference, representatives from cities will share their vision for growth as well as their current
challenges and needs; private companies and academic institutions will propose innovative
solutions; international organizations will offer programs to support efforts by cities and privatecompanies; and various knowledges from around the world will be shared. Furthermore, we offer
an occasion for participants to find new business opportunities.
This year’s 12th ASCC, for the first time in almost four years, will be held face-to-face with themain theme of “Zero Carbon.” To create a sustainable city, it is important to achieve zero carbon
and build a global network through public-private partnerships. We will share knowledge, knowhows and best practices about urban development that society is currently seeking. We aim toprovide a meeting place for a wide range of key players and create further business opportunities
for the creation of economically, socially and environmentally sustainable cities.

1Characteristics of the Conference
The purpose and expected outcome of the 12th ASCC are as follows:1.

Establishment of the marketplace where overseas information and people in the field ofsustainable urban development gather and promote business creation.

2.

Communication towards achieving the goals of the international community such as
decarbonization and SDGs.

3.

Realization of empowerment and implementation of sophistication of ASCC as a knowledge
hub for solving urban issues.

12th Conference Outlines
The 12th ASCC will focus on the overall theme of urban carbon neutrality, with sessions aimed to
discuss how to realize an effective decarbonized society, how to create a city with hope throughdecarbonization, and how to expand the city network of decarbonization. The objectives of eachtype of sessions are the following:⚫

Thematic sessions: To share best practices and to discuss on future directions among cities(Target number of participants cities: around 30, with the cooperation of internationalorganizations)⚫

GX business matching sessions and exhibition: To create business opportunities for companies
between Japan/Yokohama and overseas) in conjunction with the thematic sessions.

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Plenary session: Yokohama will lead the way for Asian cities and lead to a joint declaration for
decarbonization of Asian cities.

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About GALERIO Committee
In order to enhance its role as an information hub for smart city development in Asia, GALERIO
Committee was launched by the experts from the public, private and academic sectors. The
contents of each session in this conference are planned by the GALERIO Committee. In cooperation
with international organizations and academic institutions, the committee will lead the promotionof smart cities across organizational boundaries.
Member of GALERIO Committee (in alphabetical order)
Name

Affiliation

Dr. Tetsushi Sonobe

CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute

Ms. Yatsuka Kataoka

Mr. Tatsuhiro Mitamura

Mr. Takehiko Nagumo

Mr. Christopher Pablo

Programme Director of City Taskforce, Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies
Deputy Director General of the JICA Yokohama Center,
Japan International Cooperation Agency

Executive Managing Director, Smart City Institute Japan

Senior Urban Specialist and TDLC Team Lead, World Bank
TDLC
School of International Liberal Arts・Graduate School ofProf. Masahiko Nakanishi

Urban Social and Cultural Studies, Yokohama City
University

Honorary Prof. Satoru Sadohara

Mr. Kazunari Doi

Mr. Norio Tomioka

Yokohama National University

Representative Director, Yokohama Urban Solution
Alliance (YUSA)
Executive Director of Development Cooperation, City of
Yokohama3

Program⚫

Date:

November 13 (Monday) – November 15 (Wednesday), 2023⚫

Venue:PACIFICO Yokohama North

Date

Nov. 13
(Mon)

JST

Venue

12:30-13:00

GALERIO

13:00-17:00

See

Type

Overview
Reception for Site Visit Participants

Excursion

Site Visit of Urban Infrastructure Facilities

Attachment(Invited cities only)

10:00–10:30

Greetings from the Organizer
G2

Opening

10:30–11:00

Innovation Keynotes
G1

Youth Event

G301

Session 1

13:00-15:30

G301

Session 2

15:00-16:00

G3

15:30-17:30

G1

17:30-20:00

G3

11:00-12:30

10:00-10:30(YUSA, Yokohama City University)
City Management Towards Carbon
Neutrality (ADB/ADBI)

Nov. 14(Tue)

Research Presentation on Urban Issues

Designing Livable and Thriving Cities(WB TDLC)

Business

Networking among CITYNET Members

Matching
Business

Philippines and Japanese Companies’

Matching

Business Matching

Reception

Reception for Y-SHIP and ASCC

Opening

Greetings from the Organizer

Main Session

Joint Statement for Zero Carbon in Asia
Well-being Index (SCI-J)

G2
10:30-11:30
11:00-12:30

G1

Session 3

11:30-12:45

G2

Session 4

13:00-14:30

G2

Session 5

13:00-15:00

G301

Session 6

15:00-16:45

G1

17:00-17:10

G2

Decarbonized and Attractive Living(City of Yokohama, IGES)

Nov. 15(Wed)⚫

Sustainable Development Led by Public
Private Partnership (City of Yokohama)
Promoting the SDGs through City
Networks—Starting with VLR (CITYNET)

Business

Vietnamese and Japanese Companies’

Matching

Business Matching

Closing

Closing Remarks

Nov. 14 (Tuesday) and 15 (Wednesday): GX Business Exchange Exhibition (Hall G1)

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Excursion: Nov. 13 (Mon) 13:00-17:00
The site visit program is a pre-conference event for invited cities and organizations to tour urban
infrastructure facilities in Yokohama. Tour-A focuses on advanced business district of Minato Mirai
21, recognized as a “Decarbonization Leading Area” by the Government of Japan. Tour B showcases
a wastewater treatment plant and sludge recycling facility in Tsurumi ward that utilizes circularoriented technologies.

Tour A1 MM21: Promotion of Green Energy

Tour A2 MM21: R&D Hub and Liveliness

Tour A3 MM21: Eco-Friendly MICE and PPPTour B Advanced Technology of Water Circulation

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Opening Remarks: Nov. 14 (Tue) 10:00-10:30
Mayor Yamanaka will share Yokohama’s potential and appeal as a business hub. Deputy Chief ofMission Greene from the U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan will speak on the important ofinnovation and the role of cities.
【Speakers】

Organizer：Takeharu Yamanaka
Mayor
City of Yokohama

Raymond F. Greene
Deputy Chief of Mission
The U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Japan

Yutaka Matsuzawa
Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs
Ministry of the Environment of Japan

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Innovation Keynote: Nov. 14 (Tue) 10:30-11:00
Experts from Japan and abroad will share their expectations for Yokohama as a global businesshub in relation to GX and decarbonization.
【Speakers】

F. Cleo Kawawaki
Principal Director and Head
Office of Markets Development and Public Private Partnership
Asian Development Bank

Bernice Van Bronkhorst
Global Director
Urban, Resilience and Land Global PracticeWorld Bank

Hideaki Tanaka
Executive Officer
General Manager, Hydrogen Business Department
ENEOS Corporation

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Youth Event: Nov. 14 (Tue) 11:00-12:30⚫

Title: Research Presentation on Urban Issues

Yokohama City University actively engages in the Asia Smart City Conference, with students andfaculty contributing to collaborative urban challenges. They collaborated with universities inSoutheast Asia through the International Academic Consortium for Sustainable Cities (IACSC). In
the summer of 2023, Yokohama City University students, along with IACSC members likeThammasat University in Thailand, the National University of Vietnam, and Hasanuddin University
in Indonesia, organized a workshop on urban growth and suburbanization challenges at Thammasat
University Rangsit Campus.
In this session, students will share insights and proposals for sustainable city development basedon the workshop's outcomes. JICA staff will also participate as commentators, offering expertisefrom the standpoint of international cooperation and urban development.
【Speakers】

Moderator: Masahiko Nakanishi
Professor, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Urban
Social and Cultural Studies
Leader of Urban Planning Unit, Global Cooperation Institutefor Sustainable Cities (GCI)
After obtaining his Ph.D. in engineering from the Tokyo Institute of Technology
in 2000, Dr. Nakanishi served as a research fellow of the Japan Society for the
Promotion of Science, and as an assistant professor at the Graduate School ofDecision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology. He has held
his current position since 2013. He holds Ph.D. in Engineering. He specializes
in urban planning and land use planning. In addition to researching institutional
theory, planning theory, he serves

as a committee member of the City

Planning Council of local governments. In recent years he has been working
on the revitalization of suburban residential areas.

Moderator: Marina Kitahara
Project Assistant Professor, Global Cooperation Institute for
Sustainable Cities (GCI)
Obtained her Ph.D. in Engineering from the Department of Urban Engineering,
the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo in 2021. She
started her career as a project researcher at the Department of Civil
Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. She has
held her current position at Yokohama City University since October 2022. She
specializes in urban planning, territorial design, and community development.

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Speaker: Akio Onishi
Professor, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Data
Science
Director of GCI / Leader of Environmental Unit, Global
Cooperation Institute for Sustainable Cities (GCI)
After obtaining his Ph.D. in engineering from Nagoya University, Dr. Onishi
served as a lecturer at Toyama Prefectural University and as associate
professor at Tokyo City University. He has held his current position since 2018.
He specializes in environmental systems for civil engineering, environmental
economic analysis, environmental issues in Asia, etc. As director of the Global
Cooperation Institute for Sustainable Cities at YCU, he is making special effort
to foster global human resources who can fulfill the responsibility of leader inthe global society upon facing the city's challenges.

Presenter: Yokohama City University students
Commentator: Masanori Abe
Senior

DeputyDirector,

Development

Team

Group,

2,

Urban

Infrastructure

andRegional

Management

Department, JICA
Commentator: Takahiro Mizukami
Assistant Director, Team 2, Urban and Regional Development
Group, Infrastructure Management Department, JICA
Commentator: Takuya Akiba
Associate Expert, Team 2, Urban and Regional Development
Group, Infrastructure Management Department, JICA

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Thematic Session: Nov. 14 (Tue) 11:00-15:30

Session 1: City Management to Achieve Carbon Neutrality (ADBI)
Cities are vital in addressing climate change and the challenge to limit global warming to 2°C.
Over half the global population lives in cities, especially in Asia and the Pacific. Although cities
cover just 2% of the land, they produce 75% of global carbon emissions, over 50% of whichcome from this region. Rapid urbanization requires energy, which exacerbates fossil fuelconsumption and thus, climate change. Despite these challenges, climate threat can be an
opportunity to adopt low-carbon resilient measures to generate economic benefits, employment,
and health improvements. Cities need to adapt and innovate, and to implement appropriate policy
reforms to achieve carbon neutrality. This session focuses on measures taken by city governmentsin the region towards carbon neutrality.
【Speakers】

Emcee: Joy Blessilda Sinay
Capacity Building and Training Economist, Asian Development
Bank Institute
Ms. Joy Blessilda Sinay is a Capacity Building and Training Economist at ADBI. Her
areas of interest include macroeconomics, financial systems, and the evolving
themes of sustainability and digitalization. Ms. Sinay has extensive experience ineconomic policy and planning, dealing with diverse economies and stakeholders.
Prior to ADBI, she held various roles at ASEAN Secretariat, ADB, UNESCAP, andNEDA in the Philippines. Ms. Sinay has graduate degrees in economics from the
University of the Philippines and the University of Applied Sciences – Berlin.

Moderator and Keynote Speech: Satoshi Ishii
Director,

Strategy

andPartnership,

Water

and

Urban

Development, Asian Development Bank
Mr. Satoshi Ishii, the Director of Water and Urban Development Sector Office at
the Asian Development Bank, is an environmental engineer and urban expert withmore than 18 years of experience, including 15 years with international financeinstitutions. He is an expert in infrastructure finance, climate change mitigation
and adaptation, and environmental pollution control. Prior to ADB, he worked for
the Japan International Cooperation Agency, Japan Bank for International
Cooperation, the United Nations, and the University of Tokyo.

Panelist: Giorgi Ebanoidze
ADB-Financed Project Coordinator, Tbilisi Development Fund,
Tbilisi City, Georgia
Mr. Giorgi Ebanoidze is the Head of Urban Development Department, Tbilisi City
Hall. He played a crucial part in shaping Tbilisi's master plan, emphasizing
sustainable and eco-friendly development. Currently, he coordinates ADBfinanced projects for the Tbilisi Development Fund. These projects aim to enhance
the city's transport, infrastructure, introduce urban upgrades, create superblocks,
transform riverfront areas into recreational spaces, and establish public parks and10

squares. He founded the Georgian Tourism Association, and led the Georgian
Office of the British International Educational Company LSE. He holds an MBA andlaw degree.

Panelist: Hon. Zairil Khir Johari
State

Minister,PenangState

Executive

Councilorfor

Infrastructure, Penang State Government, Penang City, Malaysia
Hon. Zairil Khir Johari is the State Executive Councillor for Infrastructure,
Transport and Digital in the Penang State Government and a two-term Memberof the Penang State Assembly. Zairil is a graduate of the School of Oriental andAfrican Studies, University of London, where he received his Master of Arts ininternational studies and diplomacy, graduating with merit. Prior to that, heattended Multimedia University in Cyberjaya, graduating with a Bachelor of IT(Hons) in information systems engineering.

Panelist: Joseph Michael Espina
City

Planning

andDevelopment

Coordinator,

Cebu

City,

Philippines
Mr. Joseph Michael Espina is an Architect, Environmental Planner, and Civil
Engineer by Profession. He was in private practice as a partner in his family firm,
Espina, Perez-Espina & Associates. In the academe, Ar. Espina was the Dean ofUniversity of San Carlos, School of Architecture, Fine Arts and Design. Morerecently, he was a Consultant of JICA in the Metro Cebu Urban Transport Study.
A Private Sector Representative of the NEDA7 Regional Land Use Committee andthe Visayas Representative to the NEDA Board Regional Development Committee.
Presently, he has been appointed as the City Planning and Development
Coordinator of the City of Cebu.

Panelist: Yuya Shibuya
Associate Professor, Center for Spatial Information Science,
University of Tokyo
Dr. Yuya Shibuya is an Associate Professor at the Center for Spatial Information
Science at the University of Tokyo. Her research interests have lied in how toensure and enhance democratic participatory structures in the digital era as well
as designing participatory structures in cities and villages with digital solutions,estimating and evaluating how socioeconomic and environmental factors impact
human behaviors, and developing simulations of human mobility by taking thesefactors into account.

Panelist: Yoshiyuki Yamamoto
Director for Environmental Energy, Environmental Conservation
Department, Environmental Planning Bureau, City of Yokohama
Joined the City of Yokohama in 1999. Seconded to the Ministry of theEnvironment. Engaged in departments focused on environmental management
and resource policy before assuming his current position. Since joining the City of
Yokohama, he has been affiliated with the Environmental Department.

11Session 2: Designing Livable and Thriving Cities (WB TDLC)The World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center’s session will present the key findings andthe climate action policy tools from two World Bank publication: 1) Thriving: Making Cities Green,
Resilient and Inclusive in a Changing Climate and 2) Unlivable: What the Urban Heat Island EffectMeans for East Asia’s Cities. The first report uses data from 10,000 cities worldwide to explore therelationship between growth of cities and the impact on the climate. The second report sampled
100 East Asian cities to understand the impact of urban heat effects on cities and outlines theoptions for policy action that reduce local temperatures and better prepare residents for heat waves.
These reports are intended to help local and national policymakers utilize policy instruments
revolving around information, incentives, insurance, integration, and investments, to design green,
resilient, and inclusive cities.
【Speakers】

Moderator / Welcome Remarks: Christopher Pablo
Senior Urban Specialist and TDLC Team Lead, World Bank
Before joining TDLC, he was based in Jerusalem, leading the urban programin West Bank and Gaza. Before his West Bank and Gaza assignment, he wasin Dhaka, Bangladesh, leading the work on municipal infrastructure andgovernance improvements and non-lending technical assistance on local
service delivery. Prior to his South Asia Region assignment, Chris was in the
Manila office leading municipal finance operations, urban transport, andslum upgrading projects.

Opening Remarks: Anna Wellenstein
Regional Director for Sustainable Development, East Asiaand the Pacific Region at the World Bank.
Anna has over 20 years of experience in urban development. She’s led
efforts to design and finance investments, facilitate policy reforms and build
capacity to help developing countries reduce poverty and boost equity. Anna
has been responsible for technical oversight of new projects financed by the
Bank, the portfolio quality of on-going projects, and setting sector andcountry strategies. Anna currently oversees US$25bn in lending todeveloping countries in over 200 projects, 325 studies and technicalassistance projects.

Presenter: Megha Mukim
Senior Economist, World Bank
Her professional experience has been accumulated at the US International
Trade Commission, World Trade Organization, World Health Organization,
and at Yale and Columbia University. She has over 15 years of experience
working on topics including, but not limited to, economic geography, trade,climate, industrial development, and poverty.

12Presenter: Mark Roberts
Lead Urban Economist, World Bank
He is co-author of the World Bank’s Sustainable Development Flagship report,
Thriving: Making Cities Green, Resilient and Inclusive in a Changing Climate.
He has also worked on the East Asia and Pacific, Europe and Central Asia,
Middle East and North Africa, and Sub-Saharan Africa regions, and acts as anadvisor to Work Bank teams working on the analysis of processes of urban
and spatial development.

Moderator: Ming Zhang
Practice Manager for Urban, Disaster Risk Management,
Resilience, and Land in the East Asia and Pacific region, WorldBank
Ming Zhang is Practice Manager for Urban Development, Disaster Risk
Management and Land in the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank.
He is responsible for the Bank’s financing and analytical programs inIndonesia, Timor-Leste, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and the Pacific Islands.
Ming has been working at the World Bank for 25 years, covering topics ofurban

development,

disasterriskmanagement,

infrastructure,

local

government and decentralization.

Panelist: Benjamin Magalong
Mayor, City of Baguio
Mayor Benjamin Magalong, a retired police director general, spent 38 years
and 8 months of service in the Philippine National Police. After his retirementfrom the police force, Mayor Benjie entered into the private sector and took
a post in Steel Asia as Senior VP for Operations, Member of the Board of
Directors of PNOC, and as an Independent Director for INFRADEV Holdings
Inc. Eventually, he started his political career with the goal to rehabilitate andrevive the City of Baguio.

Panelist: Beng Hong Socheat Khemro
Director General, Land Management and Urban Planning,
MinistryofLandManagement,

Urban

Planning,

andConstruction, Cambodia
Dr. Beng Hong Socheat Khemro has extensive experience on land
management, urban development and management as well as city planning,and provided a number of lectures to universities. At the same times, he has
also worked as a freelance consultant to many national and internationalorganizations including the ADB, World Bank, Cities Alliances, World Vision,
UNHABITAT, UNESCAP, FAO, Global Platform and a few other NGOs.

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Panelist: Helmy Budiman
Head of the Development and Planning Agency, City ofMakassar
Mr. Helmy Budiman is the Head of the Development and Planning Agency ofMakassar Government. Mr. Budiman has extensive experience working ingovernment and previously held managerial positions dealing with issues ofbudgets, regional finances, and asset management.

Panelist: Toru Hashimoto
Director General, International Affairs Bureau, City of
Yokohama
Toru Hashimoto was in charge of the program Y-PORT (Yokohama
Partnership of Resources and Technologies). Y-PORT is public private
partnership endeavor to deliver knowledge and cutting-edge technology for
urban solutions. He was instrumental to initiate collaborations under City
Partnership Program with the World Bank and to conclude Memorandum ofUnderstanding between ADB and the City of Yokohama in regards of urban
management and solutions. Before joining the City of Yokohama, he took
technical as well as managerial positions in World Bank and Asia Development
Bank Institute. He was educated in University of Tokyo, Asia Institute ofTechnology, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology on urban planning,
engineering and human settlements.

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Philippines and Japanese Companies’ Business Matching: Nov. 14 (Tue) 15:30-17:30
Business matching will be conducted by YUSA.
ASCC has created opportunities for business matching in the form of exhibitions and etc. between
Philippines and Japanese Companies. After the event, individual business meetings will be held to
support new business matching.
Contents (tentative):⚫

Sales pitches by 11 companies (5 Philippines and 6 Japanese companies) that are highlyinterested in wastewater treatment, solid waste management and energy saving.
Philippines Speaker companies (Alphabetical order):1. Netforce International Incorporated
2. Aqua terra integrated solutions, Inc
3. Testech, Inc.
4. Richetec RSA
5. Pacific Spectrum Environmental Research and Consultancy, Inc.
Japanese Speaker companies (Alphabetical order): TBC
1. AMCON INC.
2. T.K.K. Evolution Co., Ltd.
3. Geosphere Environmental Technology Corp.
4. Tripac Inc.
5. MIKUNIYA Corporation
6. Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

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Individual business meetings held after the event
If you would like to have a business meeting with a company on stage, please refer to thecontact information provided on the day of the event.

Reception: Nov. 14 (Tue) 17:30-19:00
The City of Yokohama will share the objectives of ASCC and Y-SHIP, which aims to achieve open
innovation by inviting professionals and businesses involved in Green Transformation from acrossJapan and the world to come together in Yokohama.

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Opening: Nov. 15 (Wed) 10:00-10:30
The Ambassador of India to Japan, Mr. Sibi George, will share his expectations for how
collaboration on GX and decarbonization between India and Japan, and Yokohama in particular,
could inspire solutions to global issues.
Following the Ambassador’s remarks, Professor Sanjay Sarma from the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology (MIT) will speak about some of the latest technologies designed to help make“carbon neutral” a reality.
【Speakers】

Organizer: Takeharu Yamanaka
Mayor
City of Yokohama

Sibi George
The Ambassador of India to Japan

Sanjay Sarma
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Main Session: Nov. 15 (Wed) 10:30-11:00

Main Session: Joint Statement for Zero Carbon in Asia
We will acknowledge that the sharing of practical experiences by leaders from each city will expand
the network of zero carbon cities, which in turn will lead to an increase in the resilience andattractiveness of Asia. The participating cities will share their common vision of a decarbonizedsociety for an attractive urban future.
【Speakers】

Organizer: Takeharu Yamanaka
Mayor, City of Yokohama

Keynote Speech: Chadchart Sittipunt
Governor, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration
Chadchart was elected as the 17th Governor of Bangkok, winning in a landslideon 14 June 2022. He began his political career serving as the Minister ofTransport between 2012 - 2014. Prior to his political career, he was a lecturer
at Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University. Chadchart is committed
to making Bangkok ‘a Livable City for All’ by promoting his key initiatives‘Traffy Fondue’, a crowdsourcing platform that helps solve urban issues.
Through the advocacy and promotion of policies for improving citizen’s qualityof life, Mr. Chadchart Sittipunt, the Governor of Bangkok, has been awarded
for “the People Awards 20232023”, which is presented to individuals who
serve as inspirational forces for societal transformation under the concept of"People of Tomorrow."

Yutaka Matsuzawa
Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of theEnvironment of Japan
Mr. MATSUZAWA Yutaka has served as Vice-Minister for Global Environmental
Affairs since July 2023. He is in charge of MOEJ’s international affairs, including
global environmental conservation and represents MOEJ in international
dialogues and negotiations.
He held prominent positions in MOEJ including the Director General of Global
Environment Bureau, Director-General of Environmental Management Bureau
and others. He has attended various international meetings representing
Japan for environment, climate change, including G7, G20, and COP.

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Speaker: Ming Zhang
Practice Manager for Urban, Disaster Risk Management,
Resilience, and Land in the East Asia and Pacific region, WorldBank
Ming Zhang is Practice Manager for Urban Development, Disaster Risk
Management and Land in the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank.
He is responsible for the Bank’s financing and analytical programs inIndonesia, Timor-Leste, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and the Pacific Islands.
Ming has been working at the World Bank for 25 years, covering topics ofurban

development,

disasterriskmanagement,

infrastructure,

local

government and decentralization.

Speaker: F. Cleo Kawawaki
Principal Director and Head, Office of Markets Development
and Public Private Partnership, Asian Development Bank
Ms. Kawawaki is the Principal Director of Markets Development and Public
Private Partnership (OMDP) at the Asian Development Bank. OMDP supports
developing markets for private investment and economic growth in developing
member countries. Previously, she was the Deputy Director General forSoutheast and Central West Asia Regional Departments and energy director.
Before joining ADB in 2000, she worked as an investment banker at Nomura
Securities for over a decade

Speaker: Naoko Ueda
Head of OECD Tokyo Centre
Since Naoko UEDA re-joined the OECD in July 2022 as Head of the OECD Tokyo
Centre, she has been actively contributing to policy discussions between theOECD and governments, businesses and academia in」a pan and Asia covering
a wide range of economic policy areas.
Naoko has previously worked in senior roles at the OECD - as Deputy Directorof the Development Centre (in charge of Asia, Gender Equality, Social
Protection, Innovation and Production Transformation, Multi-Dimensional
Country Reviews, and Quality Infrastructure), as Senior Advisor in thePartnership for Democratic Governance and as Senior Policy Analyst forDevelopment in the Heiligendamm-L'Aquila Dialogue Process Support Unit of
the OECD. Through those experiences, Naoko developed a passion to bring
the OECD closer to Asia and vice versa.

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Thematic Session: Nov. 15 (Wed) 11:00-15:00

Session 3: Case studies of Well-being Indicators and Policy Case
Studiesthrough

Industry-Academia-Government

Collaboration (SCI-J)
Japan's smart cities are entering the implementation phase, and there is a need to reexamine thepurpose of smart cities and explore how technology enhances the well-being of citizens. In the G7
Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting held in Niigata City this May, "pursuit of
welfare" was on the agenda, the need for multidimensional indicators for measuring welfare werediscussed. The Liveable Well-being City Index (LWCI) measures the liveability and well-being of
citizens through both subjective and objective measures, and the results for all municipalities andprefectures are available to public for free. In this session, we will explore how to enhance the wellbeing of citizens through specific case studies using the LWCI.
Furthermore, a major social issue nowadays with significant impact on well-being is difficulties
young people face in life, as evidenced by the increase in depression and the high suicide rate. The
increasing complexity of the environment surrounding young people has led to a decline in theirself-characteristics and has contributed to difficulties in life. To create a society where young people
can achieve well-being, it is necessary to improve their self-characteristics and acquire a resilient
mind. A research group, led by Professor Tomoyuki Miyazaki of Yokohama City University andcomprised of universities, companies, and local governments, is advancing the development of a
'Meta-Care City' in virtual space. The initiative aims to offer consultations and care to address thedifficulties young people face and their mental health issues.
In this session, we will discuss LWCI’s potential to enhance citizens' well-being, initiatives toalleviate difficulties young people face, and how the efforts contribute to citizens’ well-being.
【Speakers】

Speaker / Moderator: Takehiko Nagumo
Executive Managing Director, Smart City Institute Japan
Concurrently, Senior Managing Executive Officer at Mitsubishi UFJ Researchand Consulting, Ltd.
Committee member of Regulatory Reform Promotion Council (Cabinet Office),
Public Records and Archives Management Commission (Cabinet Office), WellBeing City Indicator Committee (Digital Agency). Policy advisors to Tokyo
Metropolitan Government, Yokohama City, Kamakura City, Shibuya ward,
Hamamatsu City, Aizuwakamatsu City, and more.
Adjunct Professor at Kyoto University Graduate School of Management,
Senshu University, Kanazawa Institute of Technology.
SeniorIndustry

Fellowat

RMIT.

SeniorVisiting

Fellowat

GlobalCommunication Center, International University of Japan, Senior Researcher
at Keio Research Institute at SFC.

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Speaker: Tomoyuki Miyazaki
Professor, Yokohama City University
Group head, Center for Promotion of Research and IndustryAcademic Collaboration
Professor, Yokohama City University, Association of Medical Science. Assistantto the president. Group head, Center for Promotion of Research and IndustryAcademic Collaboration. As a project leader of the COI-NEXT supported byJST, Dr. Miyazaki is working on the formation of a system to solve the living
difficulties

in

young

peoplethroughcollaboration

among

industry,

government, academia, and the private sector.
Dr. Miyazaki has also succeeded in developing a radiopharmaceutical that canquantify AMPA receptors, which control excitatory information in the brain, in
the living human brains, and is conducting research to elucidate themechanisms underlying psychiatric and neurological disorders.

Speaker: Makoto Kuroki
Professor, Graduate School of Data Science, Yokohama City
University
Makoto Kuroki is a Professor at the School of Economics and Business
Administration, Graduate School of Data Science, Yokohama City University,
Japan. His research interests are Financial and Non-Financial Disclosure;Management

Accounting,especially

BudgetingandPerformance

Measurement; Government and Nonprofit Accounting.
His research and development project on program evaluation of long-termcare insurance facilities has been selected by AMED, and several research
projects on the use of data on financial and non-financial information havebeen adopted by JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research and JST Sakigake
Program,engaging

inevidence-based

policymakingandsocialimplementation through research outcomes.

Speaker: Shumpei Komura
Head of the Education Innovation Center, Benesse Education
Research Department
He promotes the practice and research of innovative education with local
governments and schools nationwide. He also serves as a member of theSuper Science High School Steering Committee of Toshimaoka Girls' School
and Sendai Daisan High School. He has served as Special Assistant to the
President of Okayama University, Secretary General of the Japan Innovation
Education Network supported by OECD, member of the Cabinet Office'sChildren and Youth Survey Committee, and chairperson of the Shinshu WWL
Consortium.

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Session 4: Inclusive

Transition

towards

DecarbonizedandAttractive Living (City of Yokohama and IGES)
The session delves into the critical theme of maximizing the utilization of local resources, which
encompasses renewable energy and digital transformation (DX) to cultivate a sustainable lifestylethat enhances well-being. It underscores the significance of fostering partnerships between
governmental bodies, businesses, and citizens to facilitate positive transformations in urban living.
Throughout this session, four panelists representing local governments and businesses will delve
into the collaborative efforts required from government, businesses, and citizens to collectively
address the challenge of establishing sustainable lifestyles that leverage the potential of local
resources. This approach aims to ensure well-being for all while effectively reducing resource
consumption, energy usage, and greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs).
【Speakers】

Moderator: Atsushi Watabe
Programme Director, Sustainable Consumption and Production
Area, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Atsushi Watabe is an expert in promoting social development and sustainable
lifestyles within rural and urban communities across East and Southeast Asia.
Over the past decade, he has provided support to community projects, schools,
and out-of-school education programs in more than 20 countries, facilitating thetransition of both urban and rural communities toward sustainable lifestyles.

Panelist：Kazuaki Takahashi
Executive Director, Planning and Coordination Department,
Climate Change Policy Headquarters, City of Yokohama
Dr. Takahashi joined the Ministry of the Environment Japan in 1998. He hasserved for more than 20 years in various roles in the Ministry, including theEnvironmental Health Department's Office of Mercury Management, where heworked on chemical management and mercury management based on the
Minamata Convention on Mercury. He was also involved in the interim storageof soil and waste generated from decontamination works at the Fukushima
Regional Environment Office, as well as aquatic environment conservation at theWater Environment Division, a branch of the Environment Management Bureau.
He was the Director of the Climate Change Adaptation Office which publishedthe Assessment Report on Climate Change Impacts in Japan in December 2020.
He has been the Executive Director for Planning and Coordination Department,
Climate Change Policy Headquarters, City of Yokohama since July 2021. He holds
a Ph.D. in engineering from Kyoto University.

21Panelist: Pornphrom Vikitsreth
Advisorto

Governorof

Bangkok,

Bangkok

Metropolitan

Administration
Pornphrom N.S. Vikitsreth graduated from New York University with a master's
degree in energy and environmental policy and a bachelor's degree ininternational affairs from King's College London. His work history includes workin the international sector, the academic sector, and the politics sector. As for theinternational sector, he is economy project manager for UN Environment
Program - UNEP. In additionally, he is a member of the Liberal International
Environment Committee. In the academic sector, he also exercises his knowledge
and skills pass on to the new generation. He is a professor of Thammasat
University which is related to Environmental Policy.

Panelist: Takeshi Konishi
Senior Managing Director, GUUN Co., Ltd.
Mr. Takeshi Konishi is Senior Managing Director of GUUN Co., Ltd. and General
Manager of GUUN Co., Ltd. – Philippine Branch. GUUN Co., Ltd. is Yokohama
based waste management and recycling company producing alternative fuelsfrom waste plastic and waste wood etc. He joined the team for JICA’s feasibility
study on solid waste management and overviewed pilot project for waste plastic
recycling in Cebu City from 2013 to 2015. Based on the result of above projects,
the company has been operating commercial scale waste plastic recycling facility
at Philippine Branch located in the Municipality of Consolacion, Cebu since May
2017. Mr. Konishi holds a master’s degree in Applied Chemistry, Graduate Schoolof Science and Technology, Keio University.

22Session 5:

Sustainable Development Led by Public Private
Partnership towards Zero Carbon in Japan andOverseas (City of Yokohama)In order to decarbonize cities, it is important to raise the overall level of urban development For
urban decarbonization, it is important to elevate the entire city by implementing and practicing
decarbonization initiatives. In Southeast Asia countries, proactive decarbonized urban planning isbeing undertaken in both urban and infrastructure development led by private companies and there
are many examples that have served as model districts for neighboring regions. This session aims
to introduce the efforts of model districts in leading cities and players from various countries who
are leading large-scale urban development in Southeast Asia.
【Speakers】

Moderator: Setsuko Saya
Vice President for International Business, Urban RenaissanceAgencyVice President of the Urban Renaissance Agency since July 2022, andcontributing to sustainable urban development such as smart cities. Executive
Director of Japan Conference on Overseas Development of Eco-Cities.
Engaged in urban development and disaster risk reduction in Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Cabinet Office, JOIN, Ministry ofForeign Affairs and OECD in Paris.
BA from the University of Tokyo, MBA from the University of California, atBerkeley.

Panelist: Takeshi Ishikawa
Director General of Climate Change Policy Headquarters, Cityof Yokohama
Joined the City of Yokohama in 1991.Served as Director of the Konan Ward
Administration Promotion Division, Director of the Sports Promotion Divisionof the Citizens Bureau, Director General of the Administrative Reform Office of
the General Affairs Bureau, and Deputy Director General of the Policy Bureau
before assuming his current position in April 2022.

Panelist: Tri Dewi Virgiyanti
Acting Deputy Minister of National Development Planning for
Regional Development, Ministry of National Development
Planning (BAPPENAS), Indonesia
Tri Dewi Virgiyanti is a skilled professional who holds a Bachelor's degree in
Environmental Engineering from Institut Teknologi Bandung and a Master's
degree in Environmental Management and Development from the Australian
National University. She has made significant contributions to Indonesia's
development as a Director of Urban, Housing, and Settlement (now Director23

of Housing and Settlement) and an Acting Deputy for Regional Development
within the Ministry of National Development Planning. Her expertise has playeda pivotal role in shaping sustainable development strategies in Indonesia.

Panelist：Jannarong Takumi Saga
Assistant Director, Eastern Economic Corridor Office ofThailandJannarong Takumi Saga is an architect and currently the Assistant Director of
the Central Business District and Smart City Division at the Eastern Economic
Corridor Office of Thailand, with over 10 years of experience designinglandmark architectures and communities in Bangkok, Thailand. He is known
for his creative approach to city making, which focuses on generating
economic,social,andenvironmental

benefitsforsustainableurban

development. In 2023, he was awarded the "Creative Excellence Award" fromthe Creative Economy Agency of Thailand for his work in promoting greater
development in cities. Jannarong is committed to using his expertise to create
sustainable and livable cities that are both economically and socially vibrant.

Panelist：Eiichi Tanabe
Deputy CEO, Amata Corporation
Eiichi Tanabe joined Amata Corporation PCL in Thailand starting on 1st August2023 and has been responsible for business development, marketing, andadministrative divisions. Before that, he had been working for Mitsui & Co.,
Ltd. in Japan. Overseas assignments in his Mitsui’s day were in Jakarta, Hanoi,
New York, and Singapore for a total of more than 16 years. He developed
global business experience, mainly in real estate investment and development.

Panelist: Yasuhiro Yamaguchi
Advisor, YOKOHAMA URBAN SOLUTION ALLIANCE (YUSA)Head of Operations and Finance at Carbon Free Consulting Co., Ltd., anenvironmental and overseas business development consulting firm based in
Yokohama and a YUSA member company. Engaged as advisor to YUSA since
2018 and participated in various infrastructure development and urban
planning projects in ASEAN initiated from Yokohama.
B.A. University of Tokyo, M.A. Macquarie University.
Background in accounting, business advisory and corporate finance, having
worked for leading international consulting firms and investment banks.

24Session 6: Promoting the SDGs through City Networks—Startingwith VLR (CityNet SDGs Cluster Seminar)With the increasing global interest in SDGs and decarbonization, local governments worldwide arevoluntarily conducting Local Reviews (VLRs) to assess progress towards sustainable development
goals, and CITYNET supports member cities in creating VLRs. This session will feature presentations
from CITYNET member cities, international organizations, private companies, and elementary
school students from Yokohama city, showcasing their efforts towards SDGs and decarbonization.
Besides, toward promotion of SDGs and decarbonization in Asia Pacific area, the discussion will also
explore the potential for VLR expansion making use of CITYNET's network.
【Speakers】

Opening: Minatoｍiraihoncho Elementary School
Opening Remarks: Hirotoshi Shiro
Deputy Mayor, City of Yokohama
After joining the City of Yokohama in 1987, he served as Deputy Director
General of the Transportation Bureau and Director General for the Policy
Coordination of the Policy Bureau. In 2012, he was appointed Director Generalof the Hospital Administration Bureau. After that, he served as Director
General of the Medical Care Bureau newly formed in 2015 and Director Generalof Transportation Bureau. He has been Deputy Mayor since 2020.

Keynote Speech: Sanjeevani Singh
Economic Affairs Officer, Sustainable Urban Development
Section, Environment and Development Division, UNESCAP
Senior expert in Urban Planning, Housing, and Sustainable Development.
Currently, holding a position at the Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and Pacific supporting international cooperation, intergovernmental meetings,
managing projects, providing technical assistance, and fundraising. Leading
efforts in localizing the SDGs, urban and territorial planning, and digital
innovation for climate action and sustainable development.

Moderator: Yatsuka Kataoka
Programme Director, City Taskforce, Institute for Global
Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Joined IGES in 2001 after she engaged in environmental technology transfer
projects targeted at the Asian countries in Global Environment Centre
Foundation (GEC). After 2017, She is working on city-related project at the
IGES City Taskforce, including city-to-city collaboration projects for sustainable
development between EU and Japan as well as Japan and other Asian
countries. Her recent study focus also includes localisation and follow-up andreview at local level of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Speaker: Takuya Endo
Executive Director for SDGs Future City Promotion Climate
Change Policy Headquarters, City of Yokohama
After joining the City of Yokohama in 1995, he served as Head of Totsuka
Central Area Zoning Office, Director for the City Center Redevelopment, andDirector of the Minato Mirai 21 Promotion Division of the Urban Development
Bureau. He has served in his current position since April 2023.

Speaker: Xuanxuan Kumazawa
World Horticultural Exhibition Promotion Division, Kamiseya
Development and World Horticultural Exhibition Promotion
Office, Urban Development Bureau, City of Yokohama
After joining the City of Yokohama in 2012, she served as a civil engineering
staff and tackled flood-control projects in Yokohama. She has been working
for the World Horticultural Expo since 2018 and contributed to the decision to
hold the EXPO 2027 in Yokohama.

Speaker: Nor Nazariah binti Kamardin
Senior Deputy Director, Administration Department, Kuala
Lumpur
Appointed the first position in Kuala Lumpur City Hall in 1997. Highly
knowledgeableinmanagement

and

laws.

Thus,

has

joinedvariousdepartments in Kuala Lumpur City Hall liase with social management, housing,tourisim and customer service.
The careers and experiences have colored her with knowledge of sustainable
development in the city of Kuala Lumpur. Become a Champion of
Administration Department in steering SDGs and actively involves in energy
efficiency activities for all Kuala Lumpur City Hall’s buildings with Malaysian
Green Technology And Climate Change Corporation of Malaysia (MGTC).

Speaker: Le Minh Tuong
Vice Director of Department of Planning and Investment, Da
Nang City
After majoring the international economics and public policy at Cardiff
University, United Kingdom, he started his carrier at the Organization
Department of the Communist Party of Da Nang Committee. He served as
Vice-director of the Da Nang Center for Promotion of Human Resources
Development and Vice-director of the Da Nang Investment Promotion Agency
in the Da Nang City People’s Committee. He has served in his current position
since 2021.

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Speaker: Naoki Ishii
President, Ishii Zouen Landscape Co.,Ltd.
Appointed as president of Ishii Zouen Landscape Co.,Ltd in 2004. Graduatedfrom Yokohama Junior Chamber, appointed as supervisor of Yokohama City
Landscape Gardening Association and vice-chairman of Yokohama standard
promoting conference in 2006. With its management philosophy of “Throughits corporate activities, the Ishii Zouen Landscape aims to be a company thatshares happiness.”, the company constructed its own tree-planting fund andis developing its management based on CSR focused on community
contributions, considering where it contributes among the 169 targets of
SDGs.

Speaker: Noboru Okazaki
Deputy manager, Overseas administration department, JFE
Engineering Corporation
Joined JFE Engineering Corporation in April 2014. After some experiences invarious business fields in this Company; marketing for Coastal SteelInfrastructure department, General Secretary of JFE Engineering Labor Union.
Since April 2022, he has been in charge of Overseas administration
department and responsible for branch management in Philippines andMyanmar, especially in the field of Corporate Division such as Accounting,
Human Resources, Administration.

Closing: Rumi Kurita
Head of Office, CITYNET Yokohama Project OfficeServed as Director General of Kohoku Ward, City of Yokohama from 2018 to
2021. After serving as Vice President of the Yokohama Sport Association, she
was appointed as Executive Director of Yokohama Convention & Visitors
Bureau, a public interest incorporated foundation, in April 2023. She has beenworking on the promotion of MICE tourism and developing Yokohama as a
tourism region and has held her current position since July 2023. With over
30 years of experience from working in local government, she hopes tocontribute to the further prosperity of member cities, companies, andorganizations by deepening connections and collaborations.

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Vietnamese and Japanese Companies’ Business Matching: Nov. 15 (Wed) 15:00-16:45
Business matching will be conducted by YUSA.
ASCC has created opportunities for business matching in the form of exhibitions and etc. between
Vietnamese and Japanese Companies. After the event, individual business meetings will be held to
support new business matching.
Caution: Vietnamese and Japanese language will be used in this session
Contents (tentative):⚫

Sales pitches by 9 companies (3 Vietnamese and 6 Japanese companies) that are highlyinterested in wastewater treatment, solid waste management and energy saving.
Vietnamese Speaker companies (Alphabetical order): TBC
Japanese Speaker companies (Alphabetical order):1. Carbon Free Consulting Corporation
2. ENERES Co., Ltd.
3. MURATA Keisokuki Service Co., Ltd
4. STANLEY ELECTRIC CO.,LTD.
5. iFORCOM Co., Ltd.
6. 株式会社グーン Guun Co., Ltd⚫

Individual business meetings held after the event
If you would like to have a business meeting with a company on stage, please refer to thecontact information provided on the day of the event.

Closing: Nov. 15 (Wed) 17:00-17:10【Speaker】

Toru Hashimoto
Director General
International Affairs Bureau
City of Yokohama

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