Theme “Beyond Risk toward Safe City - Megacity Think Tank Alliance Forum”

Venue : Grand Hall, The Korea Chamber of Commerce & Industry                      

Organized by The Institute of Urban Sciences of The University of Seoul (UOS), Joongmin Foundation for Social Theory, ERC Fund                      

Time                   Session                                                                                                         

13:00 - 13:30      Registration       

13:30 - 13:40      Opening Session             
Chair Ji-in Chang (Professor, Hongik University)

                          - Opening Remark            

                          Changhyun Lee (President, the Seoul Institute)          

                          - Congratulatory Remark   

                          Won Soon Park (Mayor of Seoul)   

13:40 - 14:00      Keynote Address

                          Ulrich Beck (Professor, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)      

▶       Why do we need a Cosmopolitan Cooperation?

14:00 - 14:30      Dialogue: The Challenge of Risk Society and Seoul Initiative           
Chair Sang-Jin Han (Professor Emeritus, Seoul National University)

                          - Won Soon Park (Mayor of Seoul)

                          - Ulrich Beck (Professor, the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)    

14:30 - 14:40      VIP Photo         

14:40 - 15:20      Presentation Session I   

                          - Changhyun Lee (President, the Seoul Institute)        

▶       Emergence of Megacities and their Risks and Asian Alliance

                          - ZHAO Yandong (Director, Institute of Science, Technology and Society Chinese Academy of S&T for Development)    

▶       The strategic importance of trust in risk governance in China

15:20 - 15:35      Coffee Break      

15:35 - 17:00      Presentation Session II  

                          - Yiling Pan (Vice President, Beijing Municipal Institute of City Planning and Design)

▶       Beijing Resources and Environment Risk and Solution Strategy in Beijing

                          - Zhang Yuxin (President, Shanghai Urban Planning and Design Research Institute)

▶       Shanghai The strategic importance of trust in risk governance in China

                          - Lumin Hee (Director, Center for Liveable Cities)        

▶       Singapore CLC Liveability Framework

                          - Tran Anh Tuan (Vice Director, Ho Chi Minh Institute for Development Studies)

▶       Ho Chi Minh City

17:00 - 18:00      Discussion Session (Risks of Asian Megacity and Role of Think Tanks)      
Chair MyungKoo Kang (Director, Seoul National University Asia Center)

                          - Manhee Han (Director of Seoul National University Asia Center)

                          - Yeonsik Yoo (Assistant Secretary General, CITYNET)            

                          - Rahul T.Vaswani (ICLEI)   

18:00 - 18:30      MeTTA Declaration Ceremony       
Chair Ji-in Chang (Professor, Hongik University)

- Megacity Think-Tank Alliance Declaration

- Seoul Declaration