Future Cities Asia

Never before have the world’s cities faced such a daunting combination of challenges, or required such technological creativity to solve them. Cities are at a crossroads. While 50% of the world currently lives in cities, by 2050 that figure will be nearly 70%. It is estimated that as many as 9,000 totally new cities will be needed to accommodate this growth.

Unless drastically different ways of living materialize quickly, these new cities will be environmental disasters, beset by over-crowding, squalor, and disease. As it is, cities currently consume 75% of the world’s resources and account for a similar percentage of all CO2 emissions.

Smarter cities of the future will drive sustainable economic growth. City leaders have the tools to analyze data for better decisions, anticipate problems to resolve them proactively and coordinate resources to operate effectively.

Future Cities Asia, Asia’s premier smart cities event will examine how harnessing technology can transform urban infrastructure. It is an initiative that will explore topics such as Smart Governance and Funding, Smart Energy, Smart Buildings, Smart Mobility, Smart Technology, Smart Infrastructure, Smart Healthcare, Smart Citizen and Smart Resilience for future cities.

Being held in Hong Kong which is already a highly sophisticated smart city and a gateway to Asia the event will bring together 200 senior level executives including government authorities, urban planners, investors, academics and the private sector from the worlds leading cities who will give direction to sustainable city development and is a must-attend for key stakeholders committed to creating smarter cities.