Special Feature

World Cities Summit 2022

Special Feature

World Cities Summit 2022

Liveable and Sustainable Cities: Emerging Stronger

The biennial World Cities Summit (WCS) is an exclusive platform for government leaders and industry experts to address liveable and sustainable city challenges, share integrated urban solutions and forge new partnerships. Jointly organised by Singapore's Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) and the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), key highlights of the Summit include the WCS Mayors Forum, the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize and the WCS Young Leaders Symposium. For the 2022 edition, Singapore Management University was a Patron Sponsor.

The SMU Showcase

Impactful research that contributes to liveable and sustainable cities

3 sustainability-focused start-ups incubated by SMU Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

SMU Sustainability Blueprint

On the type of leaders needed for cities to thrive

"Listening urban leaders are so important. Urban leaders who are sensitive to the humanistic city, recognizing the needs of the human individual, again in a very fundamental form and addressing that."

Lily Kong

President;
Lee Kong Chian Chair Professor of Social Sciences
Singapore Management University
On the challenges hindering sustainability solutioning

"The problem is that a lot of the people who can contribute to solutions only see within their own part of the subsystem. With the Cooling Singapore model in place, they can see that one action may propagate into other aspects of the urban environment."

Winston Chow

Associate Professor of Urban Climate;
Lee Kong Chian Fellow
Singapore Management University
On food waste in cities

"We are trying to grow more food but ironically, one-third of all the food we grow is going to waste every day. With waste from food manufacturing facilities and post consumption, so much food waste goes to landfills every year."

Sean Tan

SMU Alumnus;
Founder
Insect Feed Technologies

SMU Making an Impact at WCS

Hear from SMU President Professor Lily Kong, Provost Professor Timothy Clark, Associate Professor of Urban Climate Winston Chow and School of Economics undergraduate Jeremiah Loh on how SMU is involved in sustainability.

Professor Lily Kong on The Future of Cities

KEY INSIGHTS

Building humanistic cities: Smart cities are emerging but to thrive, we must address fundamental physiological, safety, emotional, psychological needs.
Listening beyond data: Education institutions are critical in the nurturing of the next generation of empathetic, listening leaders.
Food sustainability and psychology: populations need alternative foods that are not just technologically and economically possible but also psychologically acceptable.

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Meet the Panellists

Panel Discussion on 2 August 2022: What does the future hold for cities?

Professor Winston Chow on Cooling Singapore 2.0

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KEY INSIGHTS

Urban overheating is a problem that requires urgent attention as inaction could lead to fatal consequences on health and infrastructure, and negatively impact the day-to-day running of cities.
To aid in the designing of holistic and effective policies that address the issue, the Cooling Singapore 2.0 project is developing a Digital Urban Climate Twin (DUCT) that allows stakeholders to assess the feasibility of climate adaptation options based on computational models.
While the solutions will vary from city to city, Southeast Asian countries can learn from each other and work together to mitigate climate risks, adapt to warmer temperatures and create a sustainable and regenerative relationship between human beings and nature.

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SMU IIE Start-Up Showcase

More than just education and research, Singapore Management University nurtures entrepreneurship through the SMU Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (IIE) BIG Incubation Programme. Featured at World Cities Summit 2022 were 3 start-ups making a name for themselves in the sustainability arena.

Crunch Cutlery: delicious and healthy spoons to address the problems of plastic waste and poor urban nutrition.
- Edible spoons are packed with flax, chia and whole wheat, you will get a boost of Omega 3, Vitamin B3, lignans and fibre.
- Cutlery comes in strawberry, banana, brown caramel, black sesame, vegan cheese and tangy tomato flavours.
www.crunchcutlery.com
- Insect Feed Technologies: farm black soldier flies as a reliable, cost-effective and sustainable source of protein for animal feed and plant fertiliser.
  
  Black Soldier Fly (BSF) larvae upcycle food waste that would otherwise end up in landfills into valuable solutions such as insect protein, and frass.
  
  BSFs produce chitin and antimicrobial peptides that ward off viruses, parasites and pathogens.
  
  www.ift-group.sg
- SimplyGood: high quality eco-friendly home cleaning & personal care products which eliminate the need for single use plastic bottles in the home.
- Proprietary dissolvable tablets are 300x lighter and 200x smaller than traditional supermarket liquid cleaners to reduce carbon footprint at home.
- Products are made from 100% natural, plant-based ingredients to keep families and pets safe. Product packaging is compostable too.
- https://simplygood.sg/

World Cities Summit 2022