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SUMMARY: Seoul: Tale of a Smart City
DESCRIPTION: This talk will give an overview of Seoul’s effective urban des
 ign policies-including greening of urban spaces\, affordable housing\, and 
 data-driven decision making.
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 03/seoul-1.png" alt="" width="1024" height="575" /></p><ul><li>Date: Thursd
 ay\, April 4th\, 2024</li><li>Time: 4:00-5:30PM (PDT)</li><li>Location: Pla
 ce of Many Trees\, UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues</li><li>Speaker: Kri
 sti Shalla (Innovation Commissioner at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washin
 gton DC)</li><li>Co-hosted by The Centre for Korean Research (CKR)\, The Sc
 hool of Public Policy and Global Affairs (SPPGA)\, The School of Community 
 and Regional Planning (SCARP)\, and Consulate General of Switzerland in Van
 couver</li><li>Speaker’s Bio: Kristi Shalla is an expert in global economic
  development and building innovative ecosystems and currently holds the pos
 ition of Innovation Commissioner at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washingto
 n DC. Before relocating to Washington DC in the fall of 2020\, Kristi was H
 ead of Project Development at the Center for Innovation in Transport (CENIT
 ) in Barcelona\, Spain where she built public and private partnerships in t
 ransport and smart city research for projects around the globe. Kristi has 
 over 15 years’ experience in building development projects between the US\,
  Europe and the APAC Region and is an experienced speaker\, lecturer and co
 ntributor on the topic of urban mobility\, smart city development and inter
 national expansion. Kristi is also the co-author of the book Seoul: Tale of
  a Smart City\, coming out in April 2024.</li><li>Description of Talk: Citi
 es around the world are making great efforts to improve the quality of life
  for their residents after decades of uncontrolled and chaotic growth. As c
 ongestion and increased population begin to tax city infrastructure\, city 
 governments are looking to find ways to revitalize their urban spaces. Seou
 l\, South Korea can serve as an example of effective urban development poli
 cy. After a period of dynamic growth and expansion in the last decades of t
 he 20th century\, Seoul has spent the last 20 years solving urban problems 
 through the build out of smart city interventions. This talk will give an o
 verview of Seoul’s policies related to transport and mobility\, greening of
  urban spaces\, design\, affordable housing\, the sharing economy and data-
 driven decision making.</li></ul><p><img class="aligncenter wp-image-49525 
 size-large" src="https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2
 024/03/seoul-2-1024x351.jpeg" alt="" width="620" height="213" /> <img class
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 0" height="265" /> <img class="aligncenter wp-image-49527 size-large" src="
 https://sppga.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/03/seoul-4-10
 24x863.jpeg" alt="" width="620" height="523" /></p>
LOCATION:Liu Institute for Global Issues - xʷθəθiqətəm (Place of many trees)
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