The 1st Asian Smart City Conference

On October 31, 2012, the Asian Smart City Conference was held in Pacifico-yokohama.
The “Asia Smart City Conference” invites mayors and international organizations of emerging Asian countries to exchange opinions on smart city technologies and knowledge, such as renewable energy and low-carbon town development, as well as Yokohama's advanced initiatives. This is an international conference hosted by the city to share best practices and best practices.
This conference was held as one of the programs of Smart City Week 2012, an international conference and exhibition that gathers knowledge of smart cities around the world in Yokohama and disseminate it to the world, with the cooperation of Nikkei BP.

Please refer to the following page for more information about Smart City Week 2012.
http://expo.nikkeibp.co.jp/scw/2012/

↑Brochure (English) Download (PDF: 902KB)

Organizer: Yokohama-shi

Cooperation: Nikkei BP

Date and time: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 10:30-17:00
Location:
★God
★Introduction of sewage treatment projects and measures in Yokohama, Kanagawa Wastewater Treatment Plant, and inspection of related facilities

★Overseas Migration Museum (JICA Yokohama)

Introduction of the history of Japanese immigration

★Kankani

Introduction of HEMS (Home Energy Management System) (Sekisui House Ltd. and Toshiba Corporation)
Introduction of electric vehicles and ultra-compact mobility (electric vehicles) (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)

★Power development Isogo Thermal Power Station

Introduction of coal-fired power generation using technologies such as supercritical power generation

Date and time: October 31, 2012 (Wed.) 9:00 - 12:00
Location: Pacifico-yokohama, room 503

Programme

09:30 - Presentation by representatives of participating cities
10:55 Yokohama City (Japan) Documents (English) (PDF: 4,581KB) Makassar City (Indonesia) Material (English) (PDF: 6,330KB)
　　　　　　　Bangkok Capital (Thailand) Documents (English) (PDF: 1,312KB) Macati City (Philippines) Material (English) (PDF: 2,380KB)
　　　　　　　Cebu City (Philippines) Material (English) (PDF: 5,378KB) Penang Island City (Malaysia) Material (English) (PDF: 2,087KB)
　　　　　　　Colombo City (Sri Lanka) Suva City (Fiji) Material (English) (PDF: 658KB)
　　　　　　　Da Nang City (Vietnam) Material (English) (PDF: 4,413KB) Yangon City (Myanmar) Material (English) (PDF: 10,997KB)
　　　　　　　Kitakyushu City (Japan) Material (English) (PDF: 2,071KB) Barcelona City (Spain) Material (English) (PDF: 3,739KB)

Presentations by representatives of government agencies and international organizations
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Materials (English) (PDF: 787KB)
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Materials
Asian Development Bank Materials (English) (PDF: 7,508KB)

10:55 - 11:15 Break
11:15 - 11:45 Discussion
11:45 - 11:55 Summary
11:55 - 12:00 The Mayor of Yokohama Fumiko Hayashi

Date and time: October 30, 2012 12:00 - 13:30
Location: Intercontinental Yokohama Grand Ballroom
Organizer: Nikkei BP

Date and time: October 30, 2012 14:00 - 14:20
Location: Pacifico-yokohama Main Hall

The 11 Asian cities that participated in the Asia Smart City Conference, compiled the Asia-Smart City Conference Declaration, which was presented by The Mayor of Yokohama on behalf of the participating cities. For details, please refer to the press release document (PDF: 208KB).