The 9th Asia Smart City Conference Follow-Up Event (18th February 2021)
Speakers List
Session 1

15:00～15:50 (JST)Business Opportunity to Participate in Smart City Projects in ASEAN Cities
Dr. Alfonso Vegara
FOUNDER AND HONORARY PRESIDENT FUNDACION METROPOLIFormer President of ISOCARP -International Society of City and Regional
Planners- which has members in over 70 countries. Fellow and Trustee ofthe Eisenhower Fellowships; Honorary Consul General of Singapore inMadrid since 2005. Has been lecturing Urbanism at the Escuela Técnica
Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, Universidad de Navarra, andUniversidad CEU San Pablo. A visiting professor at the School of Design of
the University of Pennsylvania, and Advisor of ETH Zurich Polytechnic.

Session 2

16:00～17:30 (JST)Japanese Smart City Models in ASEAN Cities※Presenting order
Mr. NAGUMO Takehiko
Executive Director, Smart City Institute Japan (SCI-Japan)
Senior Managing Executive Officer at Mitsubishi UFJ Research andConsulting, Ltd.
Currently, regulatory reform promotion council member, Japanese
Government’s Cabinet Office. Also, expert advisor at Administrative Reform
Promotion Office, Japanese Government’s Cabinet Secretariat, Digital
Government Promotion Officer, Ministry of Internal Affairs andCommunications (MIC). Adjunct Professor, Kyoto University Graduate
School of Management and Visiting Professor, Tallinn Institute of Technology

Mr. TANAKA Wataru
Executive Officer, Principal, Urban and Landscape Design Group,Principal, International Office Group, NIKKEN SEKKEI LTD

Since joining NIKKEN in 1988, he has been initiating large-scale urban
developments in Japan, including Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo Inner Harbour
District and Nagoya Station District. Since 2008, his main focus has
expanded to international urban and landscape design projects covering
China, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Middle East regions. Since
2013, he has been giving lectures related to TOD / Smart City / Public Space
Design at various international workshops hosted by the World Bank,OECD, UITP, and by other overseas governments and academicinstitutions.

Mr. Victor Mulus
Senior Urban Specialist and TDLC Team Lead, World Bank Tokyo
Development Learning Center (TDLC)
Has been involved in numerous operations and technical assistance initiatives
across the region in the areas of technology, innovation, start-ups, and cities.
He has also led Bank-wide programs to mainstream innovation andtechnologies in operations, including the Disruptive Technologies forDevelopment Program. Co-leads the Smart Cities Global Program. Holds an
MBA from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

Mr. HIRANO Kuniomi
Nippon Koei Co., Ltd. The General Manager of Urban Development Department.
Have consulting experiences in fields of urban planning, development and policies
more than 20 years in and outside of Japan. After joined Nippon Koei, he initiatedmany projects related to urban planning mainly in ASEAN countries and cities. In
recent years, he has been conducting several smart city projects in developing
countries as the team leader. Ph.D. (Urban Engineering). Registered Professional
Engineer of Japan (Civil Engineering, Environment, Engineering Management).
A member of International Committee of City Planning Institute of Japan (CPIJ).

Mr. UTO Masaaki
Professor at Tokyo City University
He Joined Nomura Research Institute in 1991. Consulting for 25 years
specialized in urban and regional contract research, business strategy of urban
infrastructure business, partnering in overseas development, business strategyof real estate business, etc. Major clients include Nikkei 225 brands, including
trading companies, heavy and light electric utilities, component manufacturers,securities, banks, real estate, housing manufacturers, the METI and the MLIT.
Ph.D. in Engineering, Department of Urban Engineering, Graduate School ofEngineering, The University of Tokyo.
【Moderator】
Mr. YAMAGUCHI Yasuhiro
YOKOHAMA URBAN SOLUTION ALLIANCE（YUSA） Advisor
Carbon Free Consulting Co., Ltd. Head of Operations
B.A. University of Tokyo, M.A. Macquarie University
Background in consulting and investment banking. YUSA advisor since 2018.