Jun 16HONG KONG: Good Economics for Hard Times (1) — How to Communicate the Realistic Socio-Economic Outcomes and Reasoning in Industry 4.0?The phrase “Good Economics for Hard Times” comes from the title of the book: “Good Economics for Hard Times: Better Answers to Our Biggest Problems” by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo, both professors of economics at MIT in 2019, both the 2019 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economic Sciences, whom…Tai Po5 min read
May 16SWITZERLAND: In the Natural Collaborative Advantage — How Leaders of Tomorrow and Today Shall Strive to Reconstruct Intergenerational Social Contract Amid Challenging Facts?MAY 2022 — Collaborative Advantage — as the main theme of the St. Gallen Symposium, highlights the importance and strategic values of “Intergenerationality” in various social forms, including social contract, future employment, political participation (representation), public policies and business innovations. In the participation the 51st St. Gallen Symposium, Andre Kwok…St Gallen Symposium6 min read
May 16INDONESIA: Heritage Braga Bandung Menjadi Pusat Lab Data Perkotaan oleh Good City Foundation dan Pemerintah Kota BandungSiaran Pers Diskominfo Kota Bandung 12 MEI 2022 — Sebagai smart city, Kota Bandung memiliki banyak potensi teknologi yang bisa terus dioptimalkan. Untuk memaksimalkan potensi tersebut, pada pertengahan tahun 2022 nanti Heritage Braga Kota Bandung akan diresmikan sebagai Urban Data Lab.Urban Data Lab4 min read
Apr 25CHINA: World Economic Forum and CAICT on Earth Day Launched the Digital Twin City Framework and Practice Insight ReportEARTH DAY 2022 — In the collaboration with China Academy of Information and Communications Technology(中国信息通信研究院, CAICT), a research think tank directly under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology(MIIT) of China, the World Economic Forum launched the first Insight Report of “Digital Twin City Framework and Practice”. READ REPORT The…Good City Foundation4 min read
Apr 14NEPAL: Vice-Chancellor of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), Dr. Sunil Babu Shrestha to be Strategic Advisor to the Good City Foundation for Next-Generation Robotics Innovations for CitiesIN JANUARY 2022, Transporter-3 Mission by SpaceX was successfully launched in the Falcon 9 rocket in Cape Canaveral, Florida. While the majority would be excited for the future of space technologies and experience of next generation internet brought by SpaceX and Elon Musk, not many in the market would be…Sunil Babu Shrestha5 min read
Apr 12BANGLADESH: Head of Social Innovation of PMO a2i Mr. Manik Mahmud to be Strategic Advisor to the Good City Foundation for Social Inclusion and ESG GovernanceAPRIL 2022 — Bangladesh has been one of the world’s fastest growing economies since the 2010s, being classified among the Next Eleven emerging market middle income economies and a frontier market by the Goldman Sachs. In the first quarter of 2019, Bangladesh hits the world’s seventh fastest-growing economy with a…Good City Foundation4 min read
Apr 11INDIA: Executive Director of the Climate Group Ms. Divya Sharma to be Strategic Advisor to the Good City Foundation on Collaborative Push of Climate Actions in Future CitiesAPRIL 2022 — India is one of the leading nations at the forefront to combat against the Climate Emergency in the last decades, with solid and promising track records such as increasing the production capacity of renewable energy from 20 GW by 2010 to 150 GW in 2021, and targeting…Climate Group4 min read
Apr 7HONG KONG AND ASIA: Tsangs Group Sponsoring Good City Foundation For The 7th Annual Meet of Future City Summit in Hong Kong and Connected CitiesMARCH 2022 — Tsangs Group, an innovation-focused global family office that bridges East and West, continues to partner and sponsor Good City Foundation for the upcoming 7th Annual Meet of Future City Summit and a series of key events, to be hosted in the second half of 2022 in Hong…Tsangs Group4 min read
Apr 5INDONESIA: Good City Foundation participated in the G20 side event Connecti:City in Bandung with the Urban20, ICCN and West Java Government in the Presidency of Indonesia14th — 15th MARCH 2022 — Good City Foundation was invited by the West Java Provincial Government of Indonesia (one of the smart city working groups in the Foundation) to support and speak at the official side event of G20 Presidency of Indonesia, hosted in the iconic location in Bandung…Good City Foundation4 min read
Mar 9ETHIOPIA: Good City Foundation and O-YES Global Foundation to Launch Africa — Asia Youth Forum on Future Workforce, Agriculture Technology Entrepreneurs and SME over Africa — Asia ConnectivityBy July 2022 — with the key support and leadership of the City Partners in Africa continent (Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya and others), the Good City Foundation has been engaging with a wide range of stakeholders in the public and private sectors including the African Union, local governments, corporates, tech…Africa3 min read
