The 7th Asia Smart City Conference

On November 13, 14 and 15, 2018, the 7th Asia Smart City Conference was held.

◆ Overview of the Meeting
The Asia Smart City Conference (ASCC) is an international conference that brings together representatives of Asia's leading city leaders, international organizations, academic institutions, and private companies, and aims to build an information hub for smart urban development in Asia. The conference shared visions for urban challenges and growth presented by city leaders, proposals for innovative solutions by companies and academic institutions, measures by international organizations to financially support public-private partnerships, and various global best practices.
　The 7th Asia Smart City Conference was held in Yokohama from November 13 to 15 in collaboration with the World Bank Tokyo Development Learning Center (TDLC) and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). The theme of this year's conference, which is celebrating its seventh year, is "Market Place for Innovation through Co-Creation: Creation of Smart City Projects and Challenges for Creative Transformation of City". While the international community is working to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the United Nations in 2015, Yokohama City, which was selected by the Japanese government as a "SDGs Future City" in 2018 and is working toward achieving SDGs goals, hosted the conference.
　A total of about 500 people, including representatives from 30 cities and government agencies, corporations and academic institutions from 14 countries, participated in the conference.

◆ List of Reference Materials

• Preliminary Bulletin (PDF: 2,419KB)
• Report (PDF: 28,810KB)
• Yokohama Declaration (PDF: 218KB)
• Program (PDF: 1,046KB)
• List of participating organizations (PDF: 127KB)
• Speaker List (PDF: 231KB)

◆ Details of the “Joint Event” held in conjunction with the meeting
１．Yokohama Info Market (10:00-16:00 on November 14, 9:30-14:00 on November 15)
　YOKOHAMA URBAN SOLUTION ALLIANCE (YUSA) was established in 2017 with the aim of contributing to solving urban issues in emerging countries and creating business opportunities for Yokohama-related companies. In this Yokohama Info Market, Yokohama City and YUSA collaborated to introduce Yokohama City's expertise in urban development, as well as the technologies possessed by companies in Yokohama.
We also provided opportunities for encounters between emerging cities and companies seeking solutions to urban issues and Japanese companies that provide solutions.
　※Click here for more information on the info market. （PDF：458KB）
Contact YUSA(YOKOHAMA URBAN SOLUTION ALLIANCE)
　（TEL: 045-227-5506、MAIL: [email protected]）

２．Business Forum (November 14, 10:30 – 12:30)
　The Nikkei ESG Management Forum, which is the secretariat of Nikkei BP, held the "Business Forum" on the theme of "Sustainable City Created by SDGs by Companies and Local Governments". The Nikkei ESG Management Forum is an organization consisting of about 140 members, including companies that advocate ESG management. Executives from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) took the stage at this business forum, and gave presentations on "Utilization of New Kunitomi, expectations for companies and local governments," and "ADB's SDGs initiatives and expectations for Japanese companies."

３．Youth Event 2018 (November 14, 14:00 - 16:30)
　Small and medium-sized enterprises with excellent environmental technology are very important in providing international technical cooperation. At this event, students from Yokohama City University presented the results of their research on issues and future prospects for Japanese SMEs to expand overseas with funding from Nisshin Co., Ltd.
　Contact Global Promotion Office, Yokohama City University
（TEL: 045-787-8945、MAIL: [email protected]）