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Post Show Report WORLD CITIES SUMMIT 2014 POST SHOW REPORT LIVEABLE AND SUSTAINABLE CITIES: COMMON CHALLENGES, SHARED SOLUTIONS POST SHOW REPORT A SUMMIT OF WORLD CITIES SUMMIT 1- 4 JUNE 2014 SIGNIFICANCE It’s a wonderful opportunity to talk about the future of The main value-add of this Summit is raising the The concentration of talents, wisdom, skills and cities, which will not be like the past, and it’s great that profile of ideas, letting people swop and share ideas, and knowledge is all the more deeper, and that’s very so many important businesses – technology, infrastructure, building a consensus about how cities need to evolve. wonderful… all the people here are dealing with the big consultants – are supporting this Summit. hairy problems of the world, and there are no easy solutions. Stephen Yarwood Dr Peter Williams Arun Jain Lord Mayor, Chief Technology Officer, Strategic Planning Advisor Adelaide, Australia Big Green Innovations, IBM Karnataka, India YOUNG LEADERS The World Cities Summit is the exclusive and premier platform for government The World Cities Summit Mayors Forum is an annual The World Cities Summit Young Leaders is a new initiative The Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize is a biennial international leaders and industry experts to address by-invitation only global event for city leaders to discuss to bring together young leaders from diverse sectors award that honours outstanding achievements and pressing urban issues and share best practices. The committed to shaping the urban development agenda. contributions to the creation of liveable, vibrant and liveable and sustainable city challenges, peer-to-peer platform for mayors allows for an insightful The inaugural Young Leaders Symposium in 2014 was sustainable urban communities around the world. Visit share integrated urban solutions and forge exchange and practical learning. themed “Seeding Change in my City”. www.leekuanyewworldcityprize.com.sg to find out more. new partnerships. As a small country, we have a lot to learn… I really At the Symposium, the richness of knowledge and This Summit is very beneficial. We can learn about The biennial World Cities Summit includes enjoyed listening to the types of problems bigger expertise is very pragmatic… about how leaders are other cities, the newest technology and methods, and it the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize and Mayors cities face… we can learn, for example, how to deploy using technology to enhance their governance and gives us a platform to cooperate in future because there Forum, and in 2014, the World Cities Summit technology to have better systems in place which will service delivery, and how that is contributing to balanced is a lot of inspiration. Young Leaders held its inaugural Symposium. ultimately improve the safety of the city. economic, environmental and social development. Kinlay Dorjee Dr Aisa Kacyira Zhou Naixiang Visit www.worldcitiessummit.com.sg Mayor, Thimpu, Bhutan Deputy Executive Director and Mayor, Suzhou, China to find out more. Assistant Secretary-General, UN-HABITAT Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize Laureate 2014 We learn how common the challenges are, whether you are a big city or little city, growing rapidly or not… but the solutions have to be tailored to each city. I’ve certainly learnt about the value of being realistic about what we can do. Celia Wade-Brown Mayor, Wellington, New Zealand THOUGHT LEADERS We have different countries, A problem shared is halfway to being solved… FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD people, religion and tradition. That is we can see this event as a huge expo where people why the exchange of experience and can freely exchange ideas and experiences… this ideas is helping each city and each Summit is definitely useful; it is attracting very, The World Cities Summit 2014 provided thought leadership in urbanisation issues as it brought country. very significant urban leaders. together renowned speakers and a record number of senior-level participants, including ministers, mayors, business leaders and heads of international organisations. Dr Gabur Bagdy Helen Clark Deputy Mayor, Budapest, Administrator, United Nations Development Hungary Programme The quality of debate is truly What makes the World Cities Summit different remarkable. from other forums is that in every discussion we deal with solutions. Angel Gurría Dr Rashid Ahmed His Excellency Peter Bakker Gianfranco Casati Patricia de Lille Secretary-General, bin Fahad Chen Lei President, World Group Chief Executive, Executive Mayor, OECD Minister of Environment Minister of Business Council Growth Markets, Accenture Cape Town, South Africa and Water, United Water Resources, for Sustainable Arab Emirates China Development SENIOR-LEVEL PARTICIPATION COUNTRIES SECTOR REPRESENTATION 53% REPRESENTED 133 20818 GOVERNMENT WORLD CITIES SUMMIT (WCS) Minister / Vice Minister / Deputy Minister / Minister of State IOs & NGOs SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL 19312 ACADEMIA 1% WATER WEEK (SIWW) 2% 8% 33% BUSINESS 5% CLEANENVIRO SUMMIT SINGAPORE (CESS) 14515 Permanent Secretary / OTHERS Deputy Secretary / Under Secretary / Secretary of State Director General / 3% 8821 Secretary General MAYORS & CITY LEADERS AT WORLD CITIES SUMMIT Mayor / Governor / Senator / Vice Mayor / Vice Governor / TOTAL ATTENDEES MAYORS & 2014 City Leaders 11% CITY LEADERS 150 128 2012 101 2010 Director / Chairman / President / 2008 General Manager / CEO / Dean / 100 Managing Director 41% TOP 4 REGIONS* BY % AT WCS *Excluding Singapore 50 32 40% 24% 13% 10% Others 43% 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 ASIA EUROPE AMERICAS MIDDLE EAST 4 5 COMMON CHALLENGES, SHARED SOLUTIONS SUCCESSFUL CITIES TECHNOLOGY DRIVES LIVEABILITY ARE CITIZEN-CENTRED SHARING KNOWLEDGE & SOLUTIONS “Smart cities” are the wave of the future. Investing in technology Citizens are at the heart of cities. Cities should be planned pays off with higher quality of life today, and more sustainable for people, not places. Strong community bonds are a crucial What is the most critical The World Cities Summit gathers and generates resource use tomorrow. Technological innovations can be foundation for physical resilience, to enable cities to recover well urban challenge for cities in the next a wealth of shared solutions to the common harnessed to install smarter infrastructure and integrated from shocks and natural disasters. Also, engaged citizens make intelligent systems, to connect urban systems and people better. for successful cities in every other aspect. Co-creation is the only 5 - 10 YEARS? challenges of how to make cities around the Using big data well will enhance city management of public way forward, as no government is in a position to manage cities globe more liveable and sustainable. This year, safety, healthcare, education, mobility and large-scale events alone. This means involving people more in city management, five key themes emerged from the many e.g. using online platforms for sharing cars and bicycles in Seoul, whether in something as abstract as enhancing the social fabric insightful conversations and best practices Korea. Social media allows cities to stay in touch with residents with Neighbours Day in Wellington, New Zealand, or as concrete and to know their needs e.g. in Bandung, Indonesia. as managing waste with home composting in Kuching, Malaysia. shared at World Cities Summit 2014. CITIES OF THE FUTURE CULTURE IS CRUCIAL FOR Sustainable Maintaining COLLABORATE AND CONNECT WELL GOOD CITIES ARE INCLUSIVE CHARACTER Urbanisation Competitive Advantage 58.1% 5.4% “Future-ready” cities will be empowered by globalisation to Social resilience is found in equitable, inclusive and cohesive Culture is cherished in the most attractive cities – those that connect to other cities like never before, even as they strengthen societies – those that foster a greater role for families and foster social, cultural and natural capital. They do more in place- Effective Urban Balancing National and independence and self-reliance. More collaboration between individuals in society, and equitable growth with benefits for all. making to connect residents deeply e.g. Project Minato Mirai Governance Regional Development government, business and people will lift liveability all-round, Strategic, engaged leadership and greater transparency will help 21 (Future Port 21) turning an old shipyard into a seaside art 24.3% 2.7% from basic infrastructure to daily management of traffic, energy, win the people’s trust. This means bridging the digital divide and museum at Yokohama, Japan. Nothing boosts civic pride more Exploiting Technology waste and other city facets. Cities can install free wifi to connect catering to potentially marginalised segments e.g. providing than smart investment in culture e.g. two new arts centres in for Development everyone e.g. in Adelaide, Australia, or gather stakeholders e.g. transport access to the city centre for rural communities in Malaga, Spain, city of Picasso’s birth. Heritage extends beyond in 24-hour “Design Storm” problem-solving sessions in Cape Medellin, Colombia. “High-tech” must always be balanced with the concrete and cultural to embrace the cultivation of nature 9.5% Town, South Africa. Drawing from networks such as the World “high-touch”, where there is disparity in society, especially in e.g. Singapore’s nationwide park connector network and over Results of polling the audience at WCS 2014 Cities Summit will equip cities for longer-term challenges such access to information and services. 700 community gardens boost green spaces to unify the people. as rural-urban migration and climate
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