The 10th Asia Smart City Conference

We regard “Smart City Development” as sustainable city development. It should raise the quality of life of citizens by promoting well-balanced sustainable development and making use of diverse and innovative technologies created by public and private sector partnerships.

Many discussions about Smart Cities have taken place on the international scene. Now is the time to move forward and take concrete actions based on those discussions.

The Asia Smart City Conference (ASCC) is an international conference that brings together representatives from Asian cities, national governments, international organizations, academic institutions, and private companies, aiming at establishing a knowledge hub for Smart Cities. 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 private companies; and various best practices from around the world will be shared. Furthermore, we offer an occasion for participants to find new business opportunities.

We would like to announce that this year’s theme for the 10th ASCC is “Building smart cities aiming for carbon neutrality through city to city collaboration under the influence of COVID-19.” Together with the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the event provided a venue to discover new business opportunities for private companies located in Yokohama, allowing them to promote their technologies for cities in emerging economies. Due to COVID-19, this year’s ASCC will be held for three days featuring main online events broadcasting from the GALERIO which is a new knowledge hub of Y-PORT CENTER.

Main Event – October 26^th – 28^th , 2021

Main theme

Building smart cities aiming for carbon neutrality through city to city collaboration under the influence of COVID-19e of COVID-19

Date and Time

October 26 (Tue) – 28(Thu), 2021

Conference style

Online style

Co-organizers (Alphabetical order)

Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC)

Supporters (Alphabetical order)

CITYNET, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japanese Government, Yokohama City University, Smart City Institute Japan

Language

English/Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)

Schedule(TBD)

Date	Time	Channel 1	Channel 2	Networking Event
Oct.26	PM	Urban solution Webinar by Yokohama companies	–	–
Oct.27	PM	Circular Economy (past ASCC sessions and partners sessions)	–	Virtual Exhibition
Oct.28	AM	Introduction International Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama		Virtual Exhibition
		Student Proposals for Future Urban Development toward the Realization of the SDGs and the New Urban Agenda Yokohama City University, CITYNET Yokohama Project Office	How can companies and cities cooperate with global startups? City of Yokohama Overseas Offices (New York, Frankfurt, Mumbai)
		Voluntary Local Review (VLR) of the SDGs: Accelerating transformation of cities Institute for Global Environmental Strategies	Smart Cities in Japan, Europe and Asia – Realizing Co-creation Across Regions Smart City Institute Japan
	PM	Greetings and Keynote Speeches
		Smart Urban Solutions for a Low-Carbon and Resilient Recovery Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank Institute	New Urban Development from Yokohama Yokohama Urban Solutions Alliance
		City-to-City Collaboration for Zero Carbon Society Climate Change Policy Headquarters and International Affairs Bureau – City of Yokohama	Low-Carbon Solutions in Designing Sustainable Cities World Bank TDLC
		Closing Session ~Yokohama Declaration~

Registration

Details will be released at a later date.

Inquiries

The 10th Asia Smart City Conference Secretariat　

ki-asca@city.yokohama.jp (International Affairs Bureau, City of Yokohama)
jp_pj_yokohama@pwc.com (PwC Advisory LLC)