Planning Transformation for Sustainability

Event Synopsis

Speaker from Singapore Institute of Planners

Name:  Mr Nguyen Hoang Duc Duy

                 Senior Planner

                  JTC Corporation

Mr Nguyen is a Senior Planner in Urban Planning & Architecture Division of JTC Corporation, the lead agency responsible for the planning and development of industrial estates to support and catalyse the growth of new industries and transform existing enterprises in Singapore.

Topic:            Punggol Digital District – Singapore’s Smart And Sustainable District

Punggol DigitalDistrict (PDD) is Singapore’s first smart district and has been developed not only for businesses but also for academics, students and families. Think of it as a smart destination for work and life, where innovators and the community can meet, interact and turn ideas into reality.

Being a technological showcase for a smart nation, the district features a host of innovative firsts consisting of smart estate technologies and urban solutions all ready to give modern businesses the edge they need. For instance, Open Digital Platform (ODP), where annoymised data collected a district-wide sensor network enables fast and easy test-bedding. PDD is one of JTC’s newest estates and a showcase for planning and development of connected, sustainable, liveable and smart districts.

Speakers from Hong Kong Institute of Planning

Name:  Ms Amy Cheung

                  Head of Energizing Kowloon East Office(EKEO)

                   Development Bureau HKSAR Government

Topic:          

Transformation of the old industrial areas at Kowloon Bay and Kwun Tong together with the old Kai Tak Airport into a vibrant and attractive second core business district of Hong Kong.

Speakers from The City Planning Institute of Japan

Name:          Ms. Sayoko Tanaka

                     Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Urban Development

                     Urban Development Projects Division

                     Director for Public Redevelopment

Topic:

Urban Development as a Legacy of the Tokyo 2020 Games (The Olympic and Paralympic Village)

To transform the West Harumi 5-chome District, which was used as the Tokyo 2020 Games Olympic and Paralympic village, into “a desirable place where everyone wants to live”. Buildings used to accommodate athletes will be converted into residential complexes, and those used for polyclinic and fitness center will be converted into commercial complex.

Moderator:

Prof Sadatsugu Nishiura

Meisei University Japan