New Cities Summit Which Took Place from 9-11 June 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia’S Vibrant Capital City

JAKARTA, INDONESIA JUNE 9 11, 2015 JAKARTA

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SESSION SUMMARIES & VIDEOS

newcitiessummit2015.org 1 Contents

Foreword...... 5 Session Summaries & Videos...... 8 Opening Address...... 9

The Urban Moment...... 10

Seizing the Urban Moment...... 11

City of Opportunity: Case Study on Jakarta...... 12

Home: Making Housing Affordable on a Large Scale...... 13

Delivering the Promise of Technology...... 14

Water Solutions for the 21st Century City...... 15

Unlocking the Grid: Solutions for Urban Mobility...... 16

Inclusivity, Empowerment and Models of Governance...... 17

WhatWorks...... 18

Jakarta Urban Challenge...... 22 JAKARTA Animating Our Public Spaces...... 24 Redesign Economics to Redesign the World...... 25

Can Cities Really Save The World?...... 28

Secondary Cities...... 29

Bridging the Urban Investment Gap...... 30

Veni, Vidi, Vici: Cultural Tourism in the Century of Cities...... 31

DiverCity: Difference as an Urban Asset...... 32

Ensuring the Future: Building the Resilient City...... 33

The Internet of Urban Things...... 34 Global Cultural Districts Network...... 36 Members and Partners...... 42

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2 3 On behalf of the New Cities Foundation, I am delighted to present this ebook about the fourth edition of the New Cities Summit which took place from 9-11 June 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia’s vibrant capital city.

The next three decades will see the largest increase in the world’s urban population in human history. By the middle of this century, 6.5 billion people will live in cities, up from 4 billion today. Indonesia and South East Asia are at the very center of this story, experiencing among the most rapid rates of urbanization in the world.

This unprecedented demographic shift to cities is leading to a wave of investments in urban services and infrastructure on a scale we have never before seen. Coupled with extraordinary technological innovation, this presents us with huge new opportunities to shape a better world for future generations.

This urban moment comes at a time of both peril and possibility. The state of the global environment calls for much more resolute action and better stewardship of our natural resources. This is where resilient and sustainable cities can truly lead the way. The global economy is stuttering in many areas, failing to create enough fair-paying jobs for the many. Here too, cities offer new opportunities for entrepreneurs and innovators to create new models from which the business giants of tomorrow will emerge. Technology is driving innovation everywhere, and yet it must deliver on its promise in more sustainable and meaningful ways. JAKARTA Cities are where these promises can be made real. We must therefore seize this urban moment by placing cities at the heart of our agenda of growth and development around the world.

This fourth edition of the Summit was a resounding success. We were honored to welcome over 800 participants from 50 countries for a fascinating week of debate on our shared urban future.

We have tried to capture most of the insights, inspirations and case studies from the Summit into this e-book. We hope you find this material useful as you think about how you can help seize the urban moment.

Sincerely,

John Rossant Chairman New Cities Foundation

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JAKARTA

6 7 Opening Address

Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama of Jakarta Fourth is the issue of education and health Watch Video kicked off the Summit by outlining the five benefits. The City tries to provide benefits in challenges the Indonesian capital faces, kind for its poorest citizens, like free health and the schemes being used to overcome insurance, schooling support, books and Welcome them. housing, but these often end up getting sold on to the middle classes. Data has helped June 9 First is corruption. Cities are spending more stop this: the city now ties everything to a SESSION SUMMARIES than ever; therefore it is vital to ensure that citizen’s ID card so it is impossible for them the funds go to the right place. In Jakarta, to sell benefits on. Speaker “If you don’t bribe [officials] they are fairly slow and you don’t know when everything Finally, as anyone who has ever visited & VIDEOS H.E. Basuki Tjahaja is accomplished,” the Governor said. Jakarta will know, transportation is a major Purnama, Governor of Jakarta challenge. The roads are filled with cars, To tackle this problem, the City government trucks, taxis and an increasing throng of merged its public services into one-stop motorcycles. The city is trying to build a light shops, with CCTV cameras focused on railway as soon as possible. Equally, The employees’ faces to watch them as they private buses tend only to drive during peak work. “It might be a little bit cruel, but hours, sitting idle when it is uneconomical that’s the culture, we have to force them,” for them to pick up passengers. The City is he added. now taking action by establishing its own companies to run routes on a regular basis. Second, as the City grows, it is increasingly important to keep track of the government’s payroll. Jakarta is taking back the management of some services from the private sector, such as cleaning the rivers and managing city waste. This means it

can directly monitor employees using GPS, ensuring that they are at work and delivering value for money.

The third core issue is livability. The City is massively increasing its number of parks. Six parks were built this year, 54 will be built next year, and 150 will be built in 2017, he pledged. A projected population of twelve million people needs somewhere to relax and play, added the Governor. The parks also need to be designed to serve both young people and the elderly, so the Government is consulting citizens to discover their needs. 8 9 The Urban Moment Seizing the Urban Moment

“Many countries have yet to seize their Growing cities need to find a way to Watch Video Watch Video urban moment,” said Greg Lindsay, Senior support the redevelopment of their slum The urbanization story so far has focused “story” of a city. “Bring in the movie people, Fellow at the New Cities Foundation’s. For areas and include the residents of those on developed countries, said Reuben the visual storytellers,” she said. “What example, by 2050, India will have a higher localities. “This is how cities have always Abraham of the IDFC Institute. However, does culture mean? How do we make the “urbanization over the next 35 years is a space vibrant, have a soul?” Keynote urban population than the combined developed,” he said. Panel Discussion population of Brazil and Indonesia, he said. developing country problem,” he asserted. June 9 June 9 Thailand will have an urban population of Tuty Kusmarati said that Jakarta is 44 million – higher than the population of While participants at the Summit reforming its planning processes to be less Argentina today. understand the crucial importance of top-down and more inclusive. “We have to Speakers cities, that is not necessarily the case for do smart work… for the 10 million citizens Speaker certain leaders in developing countries, he of Jakarta. We have to listen to them It is impossible for a country to become Reuben Abraham, stated. For example, in a recent talk with personally,” she said. “We are planning Greg Lindsay, Senior a developed nation without urbanization. Chief Executive Fellow, Mobility Yet while urbanization is intertwined Officer and Senior five heads of African countries, only one for bottom-up processes started from a Initiative, New with economic growth, it also comes with Fellow, IDFC of them thought that cities were more community level.” Ideas are crowdsourced Cities Foundation great challenges. For example, “cities with Institute important than rural areas – Paul Kagame by citizens and then pass through various populations in the billions will be the first of Rwanda. “We need to make the case for levels of city government. to feel the impact of rising sea levels.” Tuty Kusmarati, why cities are important,” Abraham said. Head, Regional Equally, when it comes to infrastructure It is impossible for a country Development As cities grow, their governments are to become a developed nation Abraham also noted that while technology projects, the city is looking for private Planning Board, is important in cities, they should not sector partnerships to speed up processes gaining power on the world stage, without urbanization Jakarta reshaping the global order. “Mayors are “put the cart before the horse”. Tackling and better serve citizens. Examples the ones who are ruling the world,” he said. Greg Lindsay, Senior Fellow, crime and governance are fundamental. include the building of parks and the Mobility Initiative, Michel Crochon, It should be about “doing smart things in implementation of water projects in the Executive New Cities Foundation cities, rather than smart cities”. north of the city. However, mayors cannot govern with a Vice-President, top-down approach, Lindsay warned. His Global Strategy & key message was that cities must allow Technology Michel Crochon of Schneider Electric their citizens to shape them. “If we’re Member of reminded delegates that seizing the going to create an opportunity for people the Executive urban moment requires organizations to Committee, in cities to seize the urban moment… We restructure. City governments “become Schneider Electric need to recognize the people building very siloed,” he said, but “collaboration is a their own homes and allow them the change of mindset”. All departments and Peggy Liu, resources to build their own cities.” agencies “need to have a shared vision” to Chairperson, achieve success. Joint US China Cities are not just created by urban Collaboration Meanwhile, Peggy Liu of the Joint US planning, but by citizens planning out on Clean Energy their own areas. Tokyo after World War (JUCCCE) China Collaboration on Clean Energy said Two decentralized a huge amount of that cities should look beyond traditional planning down to its citizens so that the sources of advice. “We’ve learned in China city could quickly rebuild. “They did not that you can’t just have architects or clean Moderator have the resources to rebuild everything energy experts looking at infrastructure”. She called upon cities to “cast a much themselves, so they allowed people to Jason Pomeroy, wider net” to understand the culture and carve out their own spaces.” Principal and Founder, Pomeroy Studio 10 11 City of Opportunity: Case Study Breakout Home: Making Housing Affordable on Jakarta June 9 on a Large Scale Watch Video

Jakarta is an extraordinary urban labora- districts. In short, he advocated greater Speakers Ika Lestari Aji, Head of Jakarta’s Housing the “have-nots” than the “haves” so we tory, was the premise of this session. As interaction between the transportation and Building Department, kicked off this cannot categorize all the poor people as one of the fastest growing cities in the systems and land use patterns”. Ashwin Mahesh, Breakout session by sharing her city’s vision on one chunk of the community, he urged. world, and a rising hub of economic and Founder, Mapunity housing. Cities should consult the people and ask June 9 cultural activity, it faces huge opportunities The panel’s moderator, Joe Cochrane of & Founder and them what they need. In India, the actual – but also major challenges. Four experts the International New York Times, went on Board member, Centre for Public met to discuss how Jakarta is seizing the to ask whether local governments are still Looking after and empowering people will demand for housing from the 2001 census Problem Solving urban moment, in a panel chaired by Joe struggling to cope with the influx of people always be the top priority for the City of was 25 million houses. Building millions Speakers Cochrane, Indonesia Correspondent of the Jakarta, Aji said. Current projects include of houses every single year is humanly immigrating to Indonesian cities. Winqyanti Alastair Parvin, International New York Times. stressed that the situation is improving the construction of apartments for low- impossible, he argued. However, he added Sarwo Handayani, Co-Founder, income workers and clearing the slum that “quality affordable housing is not because governments are building WikiHouse Director, Governor’s Lana Winqyanti, Expert, Ministry of Public housing nearer to industrial areas. For areas especially along the river. The City cheap housing”, and urged cities to “build Team for Works, Indonesia, emphasized that access instance, the Ministry of Public Works and Vishnu has benefited from the support of central only quality affordable housing that will Development government as well as private institutions, last”. Acceleration, City of to safe, clean water only reaches 70% in Housing is creating more low-income Swaminathan, Jakarta urban areas, whilst sanitation only reaches housing in collaboration with the private India Country she added. 60%. Further, there is a huge population sector. Director, Ashoka The panel’s moderator, Sara Schonhardt Shinta W. living in 1,000 hectares of slums and new Speed is central to the housing challenge, of the Wall Street Journal, concluded Dhanuwardayo, slums keep emerging. These areas are Cochrane also raised the topic of Ika Lestari Aji, Head argued Ashwin Mahesh of Mapunity. City by asking the panelists to share their Founder and Chief not intergrated into public transportation second and third-tier cities. Do these of Housing and governments simply cannot keep up with thoughts on Jakarta’s future housing plans. Executive Officer, plans. local governments have the capacity Building demand. Altering the governance model Ashwin Mahesh asserted that the planned Bubu.com Department, City of to meet local urbanization needs? The and involving more citizen participation construction could not realistically keep Sarwo Handayani, Director of the city of Solo is a positive example, said Jakarta , in planning processes would help solve up with Jakarta’s population growth. It Peter Kindel Jakarta Governor’s Team for Development Winqyanti. It has seized urbanization as Partner – Head of this, he argued. would be more worthwhile for the city Acceleration, said that Jakarta is learning an opportunity to rebuild its economy. Urban Design, Skid- to channel more investment into other more, Owings and from the example of Hong Kong and Whilst Solo’s population is 600,000 at Alastair Parvin of WikiHouse shed light sectors such as education and welfare, he prioritizing high-density development Moderator Merrill LLP night, it can soar up to one million during on the UK housing challenge. He argued said. The priority should be to build a more around Mass Rapid Transit stations. This the day when street vendors and informal Sara Schonhardt, that housing systems are failing not cohesive urban society where the mid to stops urban sprawl, and puts homes near sector markets come into town. Solo Lana Winqyanti, Reporter and Editor, only in emerging economies but also in upper class are more hospitable to low public transport links. has succeeded in accommodating these Expert, Ministry of Wall Street Journal the developed ones. The UK is the sixth income communities. Public Works workers by providing public housing and Further, the City is reclaiming land by the slum improvement. The City has also richest country in the world, yet many waterfront. This is intended to help cope relocated slum areas at the riverbank to people still cannot afford basic housing. with climate change – the city recently safer areas. The current model is unsustainable, he warned. WikiHouse aims to help solve Moderator suffered terrible flooding – and also to build tourist attractions, providing a new But what about the future for Jakarta? the problem by offering an open-source Joe Cochrane, source of income. The work will be done Shinta W. Dhanuwardayo of Bubu.com building system bringing together the Indonesia public and businesses. in partnership with the private sector, said pointed to the role of the Internet of Things, Correspondent, Sarwo Handayani. big data and citizenship apps in shaping a International New better city. She noted that the Governor Vishnu Swaminathan of Ashoka York Times Peter Kindel of Skidmore, Owings and of Jakarta has already made headway by highlighted that only 3% of Indians pay Merrill LLP emphasized that there should introducing Qlue and CROP, smartphone taxes and 97% cannot afford to pay a be a “long range vision” for infrastructure applications allowing residents and civil mortgage. There will always be more of development projects. He emphasized servants alike to detect and solve urban the importance of building mixed-use problems collaboratively. 12 13 Breakout Delivering the Promise of Technology Breakout Water Solutions for the 21st June 9 June 9 Century City “It’s not about which technologies will economical technology, each citizen can Speakers fulfill their promise to cities, it’s more have an abundance of services in the Speakers As cities grow, so does their demand for people-oriented. It is important to find a about which technology won’t”, asserted palm of their hand. Additionally, making water. However, as demand grows, clean way to change the management of the Charbel Aoun, Schneider Electric’s Charbel Aoun at the technology readily available to the masses Carla May water is becoming scarcer and new sources rigidly structured and inflexible water Senior Vice start of this session. will add to usable data, resulting in more Beriña-Kim, increasingly harder to come by. This panel companies. Proceeding to identify three President – Smart accurate information and more effective Executive Director, discussed core challenges as well as major problems in water management: Cities, Schneider Technological advances have had a responses. Manila Water solutions to combat the water impending sustainability, affordability, and accessibility, Electric dramatic effect on the urban world, giving Foundation crisis. Cheroux emphasized the need to treat rise to the “smart city” with its exciting The crucial role of video cameras and wastewater as another possible source of In Dong Cho, Koen Broersma, Carla May Beriña-Kim, Executive Director water. He added that the distaste people Director of promises of efficiency and practicality. video streams in cities was highlighted Consultant - (Urban) Innovation, Seoul However, certain key problems need to be by Florent Peyre. Their purpose is not Water Management, of the Manila Water Foundation, shared have towards wastewater is ungrounded Metropolitan addressed as we speed towards this vision necessarily for surveillance, but rather Royal Haskoning- with the audience her experiences from her and counterintuitive to solving water issues. Government of technologically enabled cities. to observe and gather useful data and DHV home city. Addressing the problems that patterns formed within the city. Video low-income communities face when trying We should utilize urban design and Stephanie Huf, Charbel Aoun asserted his firm belief that feeds can allow cities to observe how Roch Cheroux, to obtain access to clean water, she reasoned landscape architecture to help create a Head of Marketing technology can and will revolutionize the people interact with available facilities. Chief Executive that putting in new water infrastructure new system for water infrastructure, argued and Communica- Officer – South East is a difficult task in a crowded city like Aziza Chaouni, Founding Principal, Aziza tions, Industry and way people build and manage cities. Where In time, this can help recognize patterns cities used to give solutions to citizens, and assess how effective the said facilities Asia, Suez Manila, leading to a plethora of sanitation Chaouni Projects. This new system should Society, Ericsson Environnement the advent of technology has led to a role actually are, Peyre argued. issues. Beriña-Kim called for a proactive be more sustainable, energy efficient and Florent Peyre, reversal with citizens giving solutions to Aziza Chaouni, approach such as proper education and cost effective than today’s inefficient and Co-Founder and cities. Old traditions must come to terms An Indonesian perspective was offered Founding implementation of regulations as the most wasteful water system. She went on to say Chief Operations with the new to fully integrate technology by Setiaji, Director of Jakarta’s Smart City Principal, Aziza suitable solution for situations like that of that the current level of water infrastructure Officer, Placemeter into city life, he argued. Project, who argued that the spotlight Chaouni Projects Manila. is worryingly outdated, and suggested should shine on the people rather than on replacing it with a dual system that Setiaji, Director, In Dong Cho of Seoul Innovation Bureau technology, which is merely a facilitator The topic of wastewater management was separates water by quality and expected use. Jakarta Smart City a key concern for Koen Broersma of Royal Chaouni acknowledged the difficulties that Project brought to light the importance of of smart cities. The priority should be smartphone technology in the future to find ways for people to adapt to new Moderator HaskoningDHV. His main concern was the designing a completely new water system of cities. Already, over 60% of citizens technology, he said. lack of proper facilities that intercept and would entail; nonetheless, she asserted are using smartphones. This number is Nick Clark, treat wastewater within cities. This results that it is a necessary obstacle in the stride Environment Editor, growing every day in numerous developing Ultimately, implementing an array of new in untreated water leaking into the ocean towards better cities. Moderator Al Jazeera English countries. Smartphones can now deliver technologies can give rise to concerns and causing significant environmental and Gareth Mitchell, a range of services to help in people’s regarding privacy. However, the panelists ecological damage. Broersma suggested To conclude, the panelists agreed that water Host, BBC Click everyday lives as well as feed data back argued that when used correctly, the utilizing public spaces such as parks as itself should be free of charge as it is a Radio into the system. benefits outweigh the concerns. It is water storage, as a small but effective way vital commodity, but that it is the services imperative to draw a line between data to hold untreated water. associated with water, such as filtration and Stephanie Huf of Ericsson stressed the gathering and infringement of privacy. treatment, which should be charged. The importance of affordable and accessible To successfully integrate technology Roch Cheroux, CEO, Australia and New panel closed with a compelling assertion technology. Cities throughout the world into cities it is important to employ full Zealand at Suez Environnement, then from Beriña-Kim: “You’d be surprised how have varying levels of ICT, causing transparency and gain audience trust. addressed the need for water companies personal water is to communities.” The imbalances in services such as emergency worldwide to change the way they operate, preceding discussion certainly illustrated response, traffic and communication becoming more customer-based and this. networks, and other issues. With more

14 15 Breakout Unlocking the Grid: Solutions for Workshop Inclusivity, Empowerment and June 9 Urban Mobility June 9 Models of Governance

Speakers Which city has the worst traffic in of Jakarta’s transport challenges. Solving Contributors How can citizens be empowered to make experiencing as real estate prices are cities more inclusive? How can they be increasing and not enough social housing David Allen, the world? Greg Lindsay, the panel’s the issue will take clear political will Gamal Albinsaid, Head of Business moderator, began by asserting his opinion from government to prioritize public Ashoka given the tools to generate new models units are built each year. Development and that Istanbul ranks number one in this transportation in the national agenda. Changemaker of governance? How can cities become Special Projects, laboratories for change? These were some A more interactive conversation followed, domain. The introduction of MRT could lead to Lynna Chandra, Asia Pacific, other public transport solutions. Stronger Ashoka Fellow of the focal questions of this workshop, with participants choosing one out of three Bombardier Sutanto Soehodho, Deputy Governor collaboration between the public, hosted in partnership with Ashoka. tables to join where specific topics were Transportation for Trade, Industry and Transportation government and transport agencies being discussed. They then spent the next 30 of Jakarta, added that Jakarta is often should be fostered as soon as possible. The session began with Lynna Chandra’s minutes working together to address three Mohd Azharuddin, ranked as having the worst traffic in the Hosted by: case study on Rachel House, the NGO major issues: inclusivity, empowerment and Director, world. Along with flooding, traffic is one David Allen of Bombardier asserted that founded in 2006 to provide healthcare models of governance. Performance Vishnu services for children with cancer and HIV. In Management & of Jakarta’s key challenges. The prime trains are the most effective solution Swaminathan, India Delivery Unit, Prime reason for congestion is the population’s for public mass transit. To bring that to a Country Director, order to launch the project she had to appeal Led by Albinsaid, the group focusing on Minister’s dependency on private vehicles. local level, the challenge is to encourage Ashoka to the medical profession and also create a inclusivity examined the pivotal role of Department, commuter rail systems that link to urban wider understanding among the community. the democratic process, which can be an Malaysia In Jakarta, the number of vehicles on roads circulators, that link to buses, taxis, Rachel House offers a homecare service empowerment tool in policy making. The grows by 300 units of cars and 1,000 units bicycles and walkways, to provide an placing an emphasis on family support. key is to understand what strategy to use to Noni Sri Ayati of motorbikes per day. Roads occupy a mere ease in transit. This means an integrated Using the tagline “Everyone Can!”, the NGO persuade people to join and participate. Purnomo, President 6.4% of space in the metropolitan region, mobility framework that enables citizens calls upon the public to play a more active Director, Blue Bird Group Holding with a growth of only 0.01% per year. to move from A to B in the most efficient role in the healthcare ecosystem. Participants discussing empowerment with Compared to the growth in the number way possible. The challenge for policy Chandra analyzed the role of business. Sutanto Soehodho, of vehicles, the expansion of roads cannot makers is to determine which connective Gamal Albinsaid followed by giving an They agreed that information is key to Deputy Governor for catch up. Commuters increasingly opt for investments meet the mobility needs of equally inspiring presentation on Garbage empowering communities. Businesses are a Trade, Industry and motorcycles, which are cheaper to buy and citizens and yield the highest returns for Clinical Insurance (CGI), a micro-insurance good starting point, with employees acting Transportation, City offer a faster way to get around. However, the city. plan which turns community resources, in as an efficient channel of communication. of Jakarta they are not a viable solution and create a this case garbage, into free access to medical The obstacle, however, remains the distrust whole different set of problems, Soehodho Noni Sri Ayati Purnomo of Indonesia’s care. Albinsaid designed an innovative and that exists between government, civil Jianping Wu, warned. Blue Bird Group Holding asserted that the creative project to help all people, including society and businesses, and the lack of Professor and Director of Future rise of technology-based transportation the poorest, to obtain access to healthcare in dialogue. Transport, Tsinghua “There is no alternative to creating a high can help push solutions forward without Indonesia. With 60% of the local population University quality yet affordable mass transport necessarily posing a threat to existing lacking health insurance coverage, and Finally, the discussion on models of system. An approximate 30% decrease in companies. “Uber, GrabTaxi and other such half earning below US $2 a day, this micro- governance led by Swaminathan gave rise traffic is guaranteed as soon as the LRT services are benchmarks,” she said. “Taxi insurance plan has become a stepping stone to an important problematic: citizens are and MRT starts”, he promised. and IT transport services can grow and to saving lives. The garbage is subsequently more comfortable in solving problems Moderator work together”. recycled, which means that the project themselves rather than reporting them. In Mohd Azharuddin of the Malaysia Prime deals with two core issues simultaneously: general, citizens are last in the chain without Greg Lindsay, Senior Minister’s Department confirmed that environment and healthcare. any authority to choose how money is spent. Fellow, Mobility In the future, citizens can and should be Initiative, New Cities better public transportation is crucial. Foundation Kuala Lumpur is home to one third of Moderator Vishnu Swaminathan introduced more involved for the development of their Malaysia’s population, and shares some the work of Ashoka in India. He highlighted cities. the housing problem the country is 16 17 Nadiem Makarim of GO-JEK Watch Video Online

Plenary Panel

June 9

A perennial favorite of the New Cities I Got Garbage. The average life expectancy Summit, WhatWorks gives the floor to of rag-pickers is 39 years, and infant Rose Broome of HandUp Watch Video Online Speakers urban innovators who are transforming mortality is one in three. However, these an industry or an area of public service people are also helping cities become Nadiem Makarim, delivery. more sustainable by recycling old products. Founder and Chief I Got Garbage is an IT platform that Executive Officer, Five innovators told their stories on day employs rag-pickers in India, and creates GO-JEK one of the Summit: new business models that helps raise their Rose Broome, income, while addressing urban India’s Co-Founder and Nadiem Makarim introduced GO-JEK – trash-related environmental problems. Chief Executive an app to provide motorcycle taxi (ojek) It provides a sustainable employment Officer, HandUp drivers in the city with regular work as model by allowing companies and homes couriers and drivers. GO-JEK started as to employ rag-pickers to manage waste. It Prashant Mehra, the bike equivalent of a taxi-hailing app. also helps rag-pickers to start their own Founder, I Got It has quickly become a successful way of micro-businesses. Garbage transporting goods around the city when Prashant Mehra of I Got Garbage Watch Video Online most commuters are in the office and Emily Brooke explained the evolution of Emily Brooke, Chief ojek drivers are sitting idle. 75% of ojek her London-based tech startup, Blaze. The Executive Officer drivers’ time in Jakarta was underutilized company sells an innovative new cycling and Founder, Blaze before this service found a new use for it. light specifically for urban bicyclists that Ojek drivers can now find work 24 hours a shines a bike-shaped laser in front of Suraj Gudka, day and are earning more than twice the drivers to show that a cyclist is in their Co-founder, minimum wage. Further, Jakartans can cut blind spot. It is helping make cycling safer SokoText their travel time significantly across the in cities – an important development that city’s congested roads by using GO-JEK. will cut emissions and encourage healthier lifestyles. The product has seen massive Rose Broome told the story of HandUp demand from cyclists on crowdfunding Moderator – a San Francisco-based site that allows sites like Kickstarter. citizens to give donations directly to Jason Pomeroy, homeless people after reading their stories Finally, Suraj Gudkha introduced SokoText, Emily Brooke of Blaze Watch Video Online Principal and online and watching video interviews a Nairobi-based service that helps micro- Founder, Pomeroy with them. People are registered on the entrepreneurs with grocery stalls based Studio site only after being referred by local non- in slums and low income areas in Nairobi, profit partners who understand the needs Kenya. SokoText provides an SMS-based of those living in economically precarious pre-ordering platform through which the conditions. This prevents fraud and micro-entrepreneurs place daily orders ensures that donations go to genuinely for produce. The orders are procured from needy people who now have a way of farmers around the city and are ready telling their story and in return receiving for collection every morning at SokoText support in the form of funds and words of outlets based in city neighborhoods. This encouragement from donors. system cuts down the need for the micro- grocers to travel for hours to obtain their In the developing world, some of the daily produce from the city center, saving Suraj Gudka of SokoText Watch Video Online poorest people live near rubbish dumps them time and up to 10% of their daily and trawl through garbage to sell valuable income in transportation costs. recyclable goods – said Prashant Mehra of 18 19 Marion Waller of Reinventing Paris Watch Video Online

Plenary Panel

June 10

Five more innovators took to the stage drinking water to the community. Not only Gamal Albinsaid of Garbage Clinical Insurance on day two of the Summit. A mix of do urban residents have a supply of fresh Speakers government and private sector solutions, potable water, the billboard has now been they ranged from city transformations to upgraded to enable hydroponic urban Marion Waller, Lead social assistance schemes. farming that grows hundreds of heads of Advisor, Reinventing organic lettuce for the community. Paris In Paris, a City Hall-led initiative, Reinventing Paris, is helping the city find Tomi Alakoski told the story of Me & Gamal Albinsaid, Founder, Garbage new ways to develop and re-imagine its MyCity, an education innovation based Clinical Insurance infrastructure. Marion Waller explained on the Finnish primary school curriculum. that previously, the city sold off land purely The Me & MyCity learning environment is Jessica Ruas on the basis of the highest bidder. Now, it is a miniature town where students work in Quartara, setting innovation as a key criterion in any a profession and function as consumers Co-Creator, Air sale for a pilot group of 23 municipal sites. and citizens as part of society. Huerta Jessica Quartara of Air Huerta Watch Video Online This is encouraging the growth of creative Tomi Alakoski, industries, and ingenious approaches to Etienne Turpin explained the mission of Executive Director, developing space such as the construction PetaJakarta, a social media platform that Me & MyCity of new areas over the top of motorways. crowdsources real-time information from local Jakarta residents at a time of crisis Etienne Turpin, Gamal Albinsaid of Garbage Clinical and natural disaster. For example, at the Co-Principal Insurance set out a scheme to help the time of recent floods, the best information Investigator, poorest people in Indonesia gain medical about water levels in the city was gathered PetaJakarta insurance and health care in return for by looking through photographs shared their refuse. Often, slum communities on Twitter. These often have coordinates are creating vast amounts of waste, but attached to them, creating data that is much of it can be reused. The project buys faster and more accurate than official Moderator health insurance for slum residents on sources, and allows the city’s emergency Tomi Alakoski of Me & MyCity Watch Video Online mass, ensuring economies of scale, and management services to respond more , Jason Pomeroy is funded by recycling community waste. quickly and efficiently to those needing Principal and Founder, Pomeroy Health insurance is a huge problem in help. Studio the country, where 50% of the population earns under US$2 per day.

Jessica Ruas Quartara explained how Air Huerta has helped residents in Lima find an ingenious source of clean water, thereby overcoming massive pollution in the water supply. A giant advertising billboard has been fitted with a simple technology that purifies the natural Etienne Turpin of PetaJakarta Watch Video Online humidity in the air to provide clean

20 21 JakartaUrbanChallenge

Watch Video Ahead of the Summit, the New Cities Third Prize (US$4,000) was won by Cyclist Foundation and the World Bank’s Urban System, a plan to create dedicated Connect4Climate invited young Indonesian “cyclist hubs” across Jakarta, where cyclists Plenary Panel innovators to propose projects to address can park their bikes, get dressed, buy Jakarta’s mobility and traffic challenges. refreshments, repair their bikes, obtain first June 9 The Challenge rewards the most effective aid assistance and route information, and solutions that improve traffic congestion, eventually rent bikes. reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce Speakers air pollution, and improve safety and accessibility. Squee Mobile App Jalan Aman (Safe Three finalists presented their projects Passage) onstage for a chance to win a share of the US$20,000 prize money that will be Cyclist Urban System awarded to each team to implement their projects.

First Prize (US$10,000) was won by Squee Mobile App, a sharing app that unifies pedestrians and cyclists to travel together on shorter, safer non-motorized routes across Jakarta’s urban kampongs (villages). Arlene Nathania from Squee, Jakarta Urban Challenge winner said: “We believe that our concept […] will enhance our accessibility, freedom of movement, and create a social value in mobility.”

Second Prize (US$6,000) was won by Jalan Aman (Safe Passage). It is a mobile application that focuses on the safety of female commuters, allowing users to share their location, report incidences of assault and access information on safe transportation options from other users. “A lot of the Jalan Aman proposal is based on our personal experience of commuting on Jakarta streets,” commented Paulista Surjadi from Jalan Aman, who presented their project at the Summit. “They have been challenging and frightening even. We aim to JakartaUrbanChallenge offer a targeted solution to this issue.” 22 23 Animating Our Public Spaces Redesign Economics to Redesign the World Watch Video This session was held in partnership “There is a spectacular difference in Watch Video with the Global Cultural Districts vacancies in the city between now and Professor Muhammad Yunus won the Second, Yunus called for more “social Network (GCDN). Participants discussed when we started,” Westbury said. Some of Nobel Peace Prize for his work with business” approaches to tackling these contemporary strategies to create space the stores that launched in these buildings Panel Discussion Keynote Grameen Bank, the microfinancing pioneer great challenges. Cities and citizens for citizens, and how to design public have become a national success, he added. that he started in the 1970s. should run operations as though they are June 9 spaces with sensitivity. For example, a shop selling graphic June 10 a business, but not seek to make a profit designs for skateboarders, launched by However, his talk at the New Cities was not out of them. Instead, funds should be Gianluca Racana, Director at Zaha Hadid two brothers fresh from high school, focused on those initiatives. “I’m always reinvested into the operation to continue Architects, kicked off with the assertion has now expanded with outlets across Speakers Speaker known as the Grameen guy...Grameen to tackle a problem on a bigger scale. that “plazas and public spaces change Australia. means rural, and here I show up in a cities “Create a business, so the social business Theresa Famularo, cultural experiences”. He cited the Muhammad Yunus, conference”, he joked. money goes out, does the work, and comes Producer, Cre8ion development of a small art gallery According to Theresa Famularo, Founder Nobel Peace Prize back. Then you can use the money again in London’s Hyde Park, which was and Producer of Cre8ion in Australia, Laureate and The Nobel Laureate wanted to set out and again. Charity [money] has one life, Leslie Koch, transformed in popularity by adding a café creative projects need to provide “an Founder, Grameen three messages for city leaders. but social business money has an endless President, The Trust with space to relax on the side. ownership of public space. From civic Bank life.” at Governor’s Island, pride, so much more comes. It’s about an New York City First, Yunus spoke about the need for The key to achieving success, Racana said, ability to inspire”. cities to completely reinvent themselves Third, Yunus called for a new approach Gianluca Racana, is in “ensuring that everyone is pushing in and reconsider their operating models. to unemployment. Everyone should be Director, Zaha Hadid the same direction. Some are doing the Leslie Koch, President of The Trust at “When we talk about cities, those are the encouraged to start their own businesses, Architects artwork, some are doing the software. The Governor’s Island, New York City, agreed, ugly spots because that’s where all the he said, rather than applying for jobs with problem is that, often, large infrastructure adding that tourists are also important to rich people live and all the poorest people big employers. Cities should prioritize Marcus Westbury, projects are started without listening to creative projects. “Tourists will add to the live,” he said. infrastructure that helps people start Founder, Renew the software and the programmatic brief.” mix in the same way that they add to the companies, he said – even if those Newcastle, Australia He summarized this quite simply: “When mix throughout the city,” she noted. “Should we have cities at all? Cities come companies will only ever break even. we design spaces, we need to know how from a previous kind of thinking: you people will use them”. don’t have infrastructure everywhere, so “We can create a completely new you put it all in one place,” he added. “The framework in order to create a completely Moderator Marcus Westbury of Renew Newcastle, contribution of cities making the world new civilization. It needs to be completely Australia, explained how public space can Maxwell Anderson, unlivable is enormous. That concept of redesigned,” he boldly concluded. Eugene McDermott help transform the economic fortunes cities cannot go further – we have to Director, Dallas of a city. Newcastle was a struggling city redesign”. Museum of Art after the closure of local staple industries caused widespread unemployment Professor Yunus was clear: cities cannot and infrastructure degradation. Renew be celebrated if they enable massive Newcastle approached property owners inequality, and hoover up vast amounts and asked them to lend their buildings of resources for the benefit of a very few. to creative projects who would clean With massively increasing populations, them up and fix them. A vibrant new area there is a risk of growing challenges emerged with art galleries, events, craft and resource consumption, without the shops and creative industries – helping promised benefits of urbanization. regenerate the city economy.

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26 27 Can Cities Really Save The World? Secondary Cities

Watch Video Has too much hope been placed on cities? Siddhartha Sengupta of the State Bank Watch Video Midsize cities will account for the largest cities so that Shanghai and others are not Four experts assembled to address this of India noted that “cities have to save share of urban growth in the next few completely overwhelmed. question, in a discussion moderated the world” because urbanization is decades. This session brought together by Nick Clark, Environment Editor at Al inescapable. He called for three concepts. mayors and academic experts to discuss The Indian government has not, Panel Discussion Jazeera English. First, sustainability. Cities must use a Panel Discussion how secondary cities can set themselves previously, taken the same approach, sustainable amount of carbon, and also June 10 June 10 apart in a world of mass urbanization. said Ajit Gulabchand of the Hindustan Greg Lindsay, Senior Fellow at the have an economic model that lasts – Construction Company. The government New Cities Foundation, suggested that learning from the boom and bust of “There is a very big drop-off between the “romanticized” rural areas and did not the session title was based upon the Detroit. Second: scalability. Cities must be labor pool of major cities and secondary support the development of secondary Speakers assumption that the world is only half able to cope with expansion and do so in Speakers cities,” noted Parag Khanna, Managing cities. Now, however, “the government has urbanized. He proposed a different a measured manner. Third is social justice. Partner of Hybrid Reality. How do cities recognized that urbanization is essential, Greg Lindsay, Senior perspective, where the world is seen as Cities must tackle the vast inequality Ajit Gulabchand, compete to get investment and meet their like China did two decades ago.” He Fellow, Mobility completely urbanized – with rural areas between rich and poor to prevent social Chairman and own local needs for growth? concluded that India has now started Initiative, New Cities integrated as support systems to a city-led problems and collapse. Managing Director, making its cities “more livable and centers Foundation global society. Hindustan Mohammad Ramdhan Pomanto, the Patrik Regårdh, Head of Strategic Construction of manufacturing and services.” Patrik Regårdh, “Rather than thinking about the city as Marketing at Ericsson, asserted that Company Mayor of Makassar, Indonesia, said that his Head of Strategic city is pitching itself as the logistics hub of Marketing an island, we really need to think about technology can help with these challenges, Ericsson cities as a delta that move vast amounts particularly scalability. Technology allows Mohammad Indonesia. It is well located within the vast of people,” he said. organizations to act in a “fundamentally Ramdhan Pomanto, Indonesian archipelago, so that “if you live Mayor of Makassar, Ahamed J.M. different way: Much faster, much leaner, in Makassar, you can go anywhere”, he Muzammil, His Indonesia Worship the Mayor, Resource consumption from agriculture, much more distributed,” he said. They can argued. Colombo, Sri Lanka logistics and other areas are not currently also allocate resources more efficiently on Li Tie, Director showing up in urban calculations, Lindsay a needs basis, he noted, giving cause for General, China However, Pomanto noted that the big Siddhartha warned, causing over-optimism about the optimism. Center for Urban problem for Makassar is that, while it is Sengupta, Group There is a very big drop-off benefits of large cities. Development growing at 9.23% per year, infrastructure between the labor pool of Executive Officer Nick Clark brought up the topic of is not following economic growth. – International major cities and secondary The Mayor of Colombo added: “70% of climate change. Sengupta responded Secondary cities in Indonesia struggle to cities Banking, State Bank the population is going to live in cities, but that “the smart city is not about smart of India get investment from central government, they are not geared for those challenges.” buildings”, but about “how smart it is which is too bureaucratic and slow. Public- Parag Khanna, Managing Partner, Moderator He added: “You cannot discourage the in an environment-friendly and sustai- private partnerships help, but the city still Hybrid Reality Pte Ltd people coming, but the people who are nable way.” He warned that unless there Parag Khanna, needs much more investment, he said. living in the cities themselves do not find are incentives, and most importantly Managing Partner, Moderator the facilities [they need].” disincentives, cities will not be built in the Hybrid Reality Pte Li Tie of the China Center for Urban right way. Ltd , Development said that subsidiary cities Nick Clark The problem of urbanization is not one Environment Editor, in China are being supported as a way for cities alone, said Mayor Muzammil. To conclude, Greg Lindsay commented Al Jazeera English to alleviate pressure on the main cities It requires the assistance of national that political governance and economic in the country. Shanghai has 9 million governments, international organizations governance have become completely commuters coming into the city each day, and private companies to help build the misaligned with each other. The notion of technology, infrastructure and support “the city” has gone far beyond municipal swelling its population to 20 million in networks that will enable city leaders to boundaries. The question of how to realign total. The government is looking to divert cope. governance should be treated urgently, he as many people as possible into secondary argued. 28 29 Bridging the Urban Investment Gap Breakout Veni, Vidi, Vici: Cultural Tourism in June 10 the Century of Cities Watch Video Arvind Satyam, Managing Director, Global actual projects for investors,” she noted. Business Development, Internet of More support is required from NGOs and Speakers This session was held in partnership with specific festival-like event. This has helped Everything Group at Cisco, set the stage other institutions here. the Global Cultural Districts Network to break down barriers of conventional JT Singh, Managing by reminding the audience how city (GCDN). Panelists discussed opportunities tourism. Breakout representatives throughout the Summit Najeeb Haider of Citi agreed, noting that Director, JT Singh Labs and challenges of cultural tourism for June 10 had been crying out for more investment. it is vital that infrastructure schemes cities in an ever globalized world. Purba Hutapea of the Jakarta Tourism and Transportation, sewerage, connectivity and have legal structures that are planned Purba Hutapea, Culture Office laid out the seven main healthcare all need modern infrastructure, in advance, and that cities have clarity Executive Director, Every location has its own DNA, an points of the City’s tourist attractions: Speakers which is costly for any government – over what is expected in contracts. He Tourism and Culture identity woven within the fabric of each shopping, culinary, spa, arts, culture events, especially in developing countries. also outlined that the key priority for Office, City of city. Cultural tourism provides a way to golf and marine tourism. He also raised Gábor Bagdy, structuring infrastructure financing is the Jakarta Deputy Mayor, bring people together to participate in the concern of Jakarta being perceived as The Deputy Mayor of Budapest, Gabor allocation of risks. the euphoria of exploring the world. Alan a business destination, unlike Bali or Jogja, Budapest Joe Sidek, Direc- Bagdy, said his city has been fortunate. Chong, Director of the Asian Civilizations which are popular tourist destinations. The It can rely on European Union funding Another problem, however, is that some tor, George Town Elena Bourganskaia, Festival Museum in Singapore opened the session government has also been contemplating Senior Manager, to build its infrastructure. “We can tap cities face scale issues where they are too by noting the various tensions relevant to ways to convert the minds of the youth into European Union finance,” he said, small for investment, Kim said. Here, she Global Cities, Inter- Marina Guo, Director cultural tourism in cities: tension between in Indonesia who are not interested in and “we also have the opportunity for suggested that they club together to raise national Finance of International past and present, tourists and locals, and museums or other local and traditional Corporation the remaining part funded by the EIB “multiple investments for multiple cities”. Programs, School the relationship between the government historic heritage. “It’s like our museums [European Investment Bank].” of Creative Studies, and cultural tourism. are watching the people, not the people Najeeb Haider, Ultimately, “there is no such thing as Shanghai Theatre Managing Director, watching the museums. This has to Cape Town, South Africa, is not in the same free money” - and taxpayers should face Academy Firstly, there is the tension between the change soon”, he asserted. “Our culture is Head of Project position. It could have focused on pursuing more of the burden, added Kim. Elena and Infrastructure past and present. Tourism is often bound very spiritual so we hope eventually the projects which appeal to investors, said Bourganskaia, Senior Manager – Global Finance, Citi up in historical culture. Culture comes alive youth could realize how important the Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson, but that would Cities at the International Finance Moderator through a manifestation of both the past past is to our country,” he added. Julie Kim, Senior not help achieve the city’s broader socio- Corporation agreed, calling on cities to and the contemporary. It is important to Fellow, Infrastruc- economic aims, he explained. “We rely start charging citizens for water usage so Alan Chong, uphold a sense of past traditions, preserve “The word ‘tourist’ is massively evolving”, ture Finance on balance sheet funding and on the that the money can be invested elsewhere. Director, Asian certain locations or other attributes that added JT Singh. Culture is playing an Initiative, New Cities Civilisations overall strength of the city. Lenders look make up the complex cultural identity of increasingly important role in attracting Foundation Museum at the overall balance sheet rather than a Bourganskaia also emphasized that a place. people to cities. He also warned cities to particular project. That means that the city financing of infrastructure should be ask themselves, “Is the message about Ian Neilson, must be well-run,” he said. shared by local government and the Executive Deputy Secondly, there is the tension between the city? Or is the city the message?” He private sector. However, among 500 cities Mayor, Cape Town tourists and locals. Respect is the focal argued that cities should not waste money Julie Kim, Senior Fellow at the New Cities in emerging markets, “only 5% have any point in this particular sector. Respect for on expensive advertising and branding Foundation, said the problem is not a sort of credit rating that is internationally the locals and their home in which tourists campaigns. Instead, the focus should be lack of funding but a lack of “bankable recognized” whilst in many countries, cities Moderator travel to, and vice versa. Tourists have a on the heritage of the city itself and the projects”. Cities need to have clear are not allowed to borrow at all. National right to discover new places but should identity of its people. policies, low regulations and credibility governments do more to facilitate access Arvind Satyam, ensure to respect the culture, tradition, Managing Director, in international insurance markets, she of municipalities to capital markets, rules and sanctity of that place. A city is both a physical space and a Global Business said. “The most critical gap is in the early Bourganskaia argued. historic entity. The physical presence of Development, project preparation stage, where cities Finally, there is the relationship between a city intensifies its character, argued Joe Internet of take their visions and translate them into institutions and festivals. Nowadays, a Sidek, Director of George Town Festival in Everything Group, number of places are mostly known for a Malaysia. Cisco 30 31 Breakout DiverCity: Difference as an Urban Asset Workshop Ensuring the Future: Building the June 10 June 10 Resilient City “How can diversity be an asset?” asked communities who cannot afford living Mathieu Lefevre of the New Cities costs. Diversity in this context has created Speakers Speakers Building a resilient city is not an easy task, private sector during situations like urban Foundation at the start of this session. a backlash, and conversations about the especially considering the sheer amount flooding and their overall contribution to Hiroo Ichikawa, need to build technology serving the Aniessa Delima Sari, of problems any and all cities face on a building a resilient city. Many expressed Executive Director, Cities attract people from diverse local diverse communities. She mentioned Indonesia Program Manager, Asian daily basis. concerns that the private sector is not as The Mori Memorial communities who come in search of the “need to start thinking as big about Foundation & Dean, Cities Climate engaged as it needs to be, when public- opportunities. It is therefore crucial to diversity and poverty as we do about Change Resilience Professional The workshop’s moderator, Shannon private partnerships are vital to solving understand the concept better. However, driving cars and artificial intelligence”. Network (ACCCRN) Graduate School, Bouton of McKinsey & Company, began the issue in the long term. since cities do not become diverse in a Meiji University Purnomo Dwi by giving some context on the complexity systematic way, diversity remains a difficult OMA’s Michael Kokora then shared his Sasongko, Secretary of resilience challenges and explaining The room was then broken up into four concept to grasp. Each speaker offered a personal experience growing up in a of Development and Rose Broome, that the workshop would focus on urban groups, each headed by one panelist. Each Founder, HandUp different approach to the issue, bringing in mono-cultural environment where you Planning Agency, Semarang City flooding – a resilience challenge faced by group was given a set of questions to examples particular to his or her city. had five types of houses only, and where many global cities. spark a brainstorming session about how Michael Kokora, everyone was white and middle class. Jawoto Sih Setyono, government and businesses could work Partner, OMA Hiroo Ichikawa of Japan’s Mori Memorial He soon felt like running away from his Lecturer of Urban The audience learned from different together to improve city resilience. The Foundation argued that a diverse city xenophobic cocoon, and as an architect, and Regional Paulus Wirutomo, Planning case studies offered by the four speakers. groups then presented several solutions appeals to the human senses. He presented became obsessed with giving a public Professor of Department, Purnomo Dwi Sasongko shared his to all participants. These included: diversity among six key elements of an space component to the buildings he Diponegoro Sociology, University experiences of flooding seasons in identifying private sector champions “intangible environment”, the others being designed for the unexpected to happen. University of Indonesia Semarang, a city on the north coast of within communities; breaking down efficiency, change and growth, accuracy Looking at Jakarta, he found the variety of Prisca T. Weems, Java, focusing on efforts to prepare for resilience efforts into concrete programs and speed, hospitality, and safety and spatial typologies fascinating. Stormwater flooding including community education, the private sector could engage in; training security. When ranking cities according to Manager, City of challenges the city faces. Priscilla T. communities for flood preparedness their performance in these areas, Tokyo Meanwhile, Indonesia University’s Paulus New Orleans Moderator Weems then offered similar stories from including local businesses; building new comes first, followed by Vienna. However, Wirutomo was quick to point out that New Orleans, which is treating water affordable housing in areas away from Mathieu Lefevre, Ichikawa also stated that if we had to look diversity in Jakarta is not well managed. He management as an opportunity to address flooding zones possibly through public Executive Director, at diversity only, Paris would be today’s pointed towards an “objective exclusion” New Cities Hosted By larger social issues. Weems highlighted private partnerships; and data gathering top city. By contrast, Tokyo struggles with as the government fails to accommodate Foundation social stressors such as poor health, violent to make sure people can be more informed. homogeneity and would not rank high. If citizen participation in development Shannon Bouton, crime, poverty and education among the Japanese started thinking more about initiatives, and also a subjective one, as Chief Operating others that contribute to the negative However, the group collectively how to integrate foreigners in Tokyo, people themselves exclude themselves Officer, McKinsey impact of floods within a community. Jim acknowledged the difficulty of building the city would reach a higher degree of from society. Finally, he suggested that Center for Business and the Jarvie, Director of Mercy Corps Asia and the private sector cooperation beyond competitiveness, he concluded. by improving the physical infrastructure Environment Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience corporate social responsibility due to within slums, this would reduce the Network (ACCCRN), then spoke about how the differing objectives and language of Coming from the heart of the Silicon amount of young men who join violent governance issues add an extra layer of public and private sectors. Panelists and Valley, Rose Broome, CEO and Co-Founder gangs that form the counterculture. complexity to resilience planning in Asia. participants alike agreed that the best of HandUp, provided insights into the Finally, Aniessa Delima Sari, Program way to combat this speed bump would impact of people moving to San Francisco Manager for ACCCRN, shared her thoughts be through transparency and promoting to work at tech companies. This has led to on the challenges Asian cities are facing shared value. Additionally, some suggested an increase in housing prices, which have in resilience planning and how the private introducing legislations that would ensure now become the highest in the United sector could help address these. win-win partnerships that would yield States, and the displacement of local greater progress towards the dream of a A prevailing concern shared by most resilient city. 32 of the participants was the role of the 33 The Internet of Urban Things

Watch Video Many technologists talk about the a custom project for every city, and smaller Internet of Things. However, asked Gareth cities can’t afford it”, he asserted. Mitchell of the BBC World Service’s “Click” radio program, what practical benefits can Mayor Bima said that, for government, Panel Discussion it bring to citizens of global cities? “building a very integrated platform is the most challenging part”. Most agencies June 10 Anil Menon of Cisco stressed the are divided into silos, but the Internet of healthcare benefits of sensor technology. Things requires them to work in new ways. “If you had sensors that could tell you Speakers that you were going to have a heart Equally, the government needs to include attack before your body did, you could people more, Bima asserted. “Last week Anil Menon, act. The first symptom of a heart attack I met a young man who invented a very President, Smart+- is death in 50% of cases,” he said. Equally, interesting app, which is [an interactive] Connected cutting-edge technology can help quickly map for Bogor”, he said. “I invited them Communities, diagnose cancer, he said, and transmit that to City Hall and asked them to present Deputy Chief Globalization information to your doctor. their ideas. I said to them: ‘We don’t have Officer, Cisco money but I like your idea. How about this, In Bogor City, Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto we are going to announce your invention, Ivan Cahya Permana, said, they are using a connected traffic we are going to expose your map, and I Vice President system to monitor and control traffic flows. think you are going to benefit because Technology & Further, “it is open access, for citizens to you can ask people to advertise.’” The city Systems, Telkomsel monitor what is happening”. government wants to help publicize other app developers as well. , Bima Arya Sugiarto Mitchell noted that limited bandwidth Mayor, City of Bogor could prevent the Internet of Things from quickly expanding in cities. Ivan Cahya Permana of Indonesia’s Telkomsel agreed, noting that the company is lobbying the Moderator government to move television to digital Gareth Mitchell, so that the analogue frequencies can be Host, BBC Click Radio reused for new communications.

Anil Menon added that one major challenge when implementing technology in cities is the lack of international standards – for example for water management or police work. “How can you create smart solutions when you don’t have common standards so that you can scale – otherwise every solution becomes

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Global Cultural Districts Network

The Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN) is a federation of global centers of arts and culture that fosters co-operation and knowledge-sharing among those responsible for conceiving, funding, building, and operating cultural districts. It is an initiative of the New Cities Foundation, Dallas Arts District, and AEA Consulting. Each year, the GCDN curates cultural conversations at the New Cities Summit. This year, the GCDN also hosted a pre-conference devoted to the topic of cultural districts:

Cultural Districts: Why All This Activity?

Adrian Ellis, Director of GCDN, led a discussion on the growing trend of cultural districts in cities across the world. He explained that many cities have turned to the creation of these projects as a way to assert their identities and compete in an ever globalized world. AEA Consulting has identified that some $US250 billion has been committed to investment in arts districts around the world in the next fifteen years. These projects are difficult to get right and expensive to get wrong.

Finding the Balance: Cultural Districts Within Their Communities

Moderator: Catherine Cuellar, Chief Executive Officer, Dallas Arts District

Panelists: Marina Guo, Director of International Programs at the School of Creative Studies, Shanghai Theatre Academy Eric Lefebvre, Director of Strategic Development, Quartier des Spectacles Carroll Joynes, Senior Fellow, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

In this session, Eric Lefebvre of the Quartier des spectacles Partnership discussed the revitaliza- tion efforts behind the creation of the Quartier des Spectacles in downtown Montreal, and how this was made possible by ongoing collaborative efforts between the public and private sectors.

Marina Guo of the School of Creative Studies, Shanghai Theatre Academy presented two case studies of cultural districts in Shanghai: Tianzifang and the Shanghai Theatre Academy’s plan to develop a cultural campus.

Carroll Joynes, Senior Fellow of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, provided examples of lessons learned from the recent building boom of cultural infrastructure across the United States.

For more information about joining the Global Cultural Districts Network as a founding member, visit www.gcdn.net or contact [email protected]

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