APUF-8

Parallel Sessions

8th ASIA-PACIFIC
URBAN FORUM
23-25 October 2023
Suwon Convention Center

Parallel Sessions provide an opportunity to discuss the overall theme of APUF-8, deepen practical knowledge on sustainable urban development solutions, identify new and emerging issues. Sessions occur in parallel across all three days of the Forum and are for showcasing joint initiatives and projects and helping spread greater awareness of the New Urban Agenda and the urban dimensions of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Parallel Sessions can showcase innovations, new data, research and solutions towards their accelerated implementation, including on themes directly related to the four main thematic tracks of the Forum.

Parallel Sessions are from 60 to 90 minutes in length and are in person events (facilities are not available for videoconferencing) hosted in rooms which accommodate between 50 to 80 persons with audio/video equipment for presentations. Detailed specifications on the room layout and facilities will be communicated to successful applicants.

  • 13:30-15:00
    Monday, 23 October 2023
    The Role of People-led Narratives and Hyperlocal Approaches in Sustainable Urban Development: An Emerging Paradigm from the Climate and Housing Space in India
    Purpose
    Room 202
  • 13:30-15:00
    Monday, 23 October 2023
    Creative Economy and Urban Transformation: Reimagining the Power of Culture for Inclusive Cities
    Jaipur District, Odisha, India
    Room 203
  • 13:30-15:00
    Monday, 23 October 2023
    Unlocking the Potential of VLRs: Building Sustainable Cities through Local Action and Follow-up and Review Processes
    Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) together with Urbanice Malaysia, UCLG ASPAC, and United Nations ESCAP
    Room 204
  • 13:30-15:00
    Monday, 23 October 2023
    Building Inclusive Cities: Accelerating Progress for Sustainable Communities in Asia and the Pacific
    UNOPS together with UN-Habitat
    Room 205
  • 13:30-15:00
    Monday, 23 October 2023
    A Roadmap to a Just & Regenerative Recovery from Covid, Climate Change & Conflict
    EAROPH International and UN-Habitat Professionals Forum
    Room 207
  • 13:30-15:00
    Monday, 23 October 2023
    Direction and Strategy of Urban Development in the Post-Pandemic Transition Era
    Suwon Urban Development Corporation, LH
    Room 302
  • 13:30-15:00
    Monday, 23 October 2023
    Urban Road Safety in Asia and the Pacific: providing access to safe transport systems for all
    ESCAP Transport Division and Environment and Development Division, the Secretariat of the UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Road Safety
    Room 303
  • 13:30-15:00
    Monday, 23 October 2023
    Private Partnership-Based Regional Specialization Strategy and the Role of Experts in the Low-Growth Era
    Urban Design Division of Suwon City
    Room 402
  • 13:30-15:00
    Monday, 23 October 2023
    Management and Utilization of Public Land for Sustainable Urban Development
    Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements
    Room 403
  • 13:30-15:00
    Monday, 23 October 2023
    A planetary approach to resilience, social and natural inclusion in urban revitalization of post-pandemic Southeast Asian cities
    RMIT University Vietnam together with Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), Bangkok; PolyurabanWaters at Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association
    Room 404
  • 13:30-15:00
    Monday, 23 October 2023
    Learning from Chiang Mai, Civil Society: the main force to sustain Chiang Mai City
    Chiang Mai Creative City; Chiang Mai Provincial Administrative Organization; Department of Architecture, Rajamangala University of Technology Lanna, Chiang Mai; and Science and Technology Park, Chiang Mai University
    Room 405

For more information, please contact apuf@un.org.