WCF 2024

Forum Speakers

WCF

Openning Ceremny

Strengthening Cities and Sustaining the Future: Innovation and Solidarity

Dong-Hwan, Lee

Goyang Special City Mayor

Keynote Speech

Alan Mallach

Urban Planning Expert

Sam Richards

Professor, Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Special Session

[Global Summit] Solidarity and Cooperation for Sustainable Cities

Hyun-Ho Kim

President, Goyang Research Institute

Dong-Hwan, Lee

Goyang Special City Mayor

Gino Van Begin

Secretary General, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

Ganbold Baasanjav

Head of the UNESCAP East and North-East Asia Office

Karl-Olof Andersson

The newly appointed Swedish Ambassador to South Korea (‘24)

Alan Mallach

Urban Planning Expert

Sam Richards

Professor, Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Session 1

Cities and Future Technologies (AI)

Jung-Mo Lee

"Science Broker," Former Director of Gwacheon National Science Museum

Fernando Vilariño

Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Autonomous University of Barcelona

Damien KOPP

Director, RebootUp Pte Ltd

Young-Tae Cho

Director, Smart City Research Center, Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH)

Jong-Young Lee

Team Leader, Kakao Enterprise

Myeong-Jae Moon

Underwood Distinguished Professor, Yonsei University

Session 2

Cities and the Environment

Gino Van Begin

Secretary General, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

Bruno Goncalves Lara

Institute of Research and Urban Planning of Curitiba(IPPUC), Brazil

Hyung-Geon Park

Vice President, Capture6 (Korea Branch), USA

Hyun-Seok Shin

Chair of the Just Transition and Climate Adaptation Subcommittee, Presidential Commission on Carbon Neutrality and Green Growth

Su-Won Song

Research Fellow, Indoor Air Quality Research Division, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT)

Jaeyoung Park

Samsung E&A Group Leader

Yeonhee Park

Director of Korea Office ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability