Dialogues with UTokyo’s Partner Institutions: The Sixth Cambridge – UTokyo Joint Symposium Series Session Two: Sustainable Cities - Tokyo College

Dialogues with UTokyo’s Partner Institutions: The Sixth Cambridge – UTokyo Joint Symposium Series Session Two: Sustainable Cities

When:
2021.11.29 @ 17:00 – 19:00
2021-11-29T17:00:00+09:00
2021-11-29T19:00:00+09:00
Dialogues with UTokyo’s Partner Institutions: The Sixth Cambridge - UTokyo Joint Symposium Series Session Two: Sustainable Cities
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Date(s) Monday, 29 November 2021, 5:00‐7:00 pm (JST)/ 8:00-10:00 am (GMT)
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Language English (with simultaneous Japanese translation)
Abstract

UTokyo-Cambridge Voices, started in 2020, is a series of conversations held between researchers of the University of Tokyo and the University of Cambridge regarding a specific aspect of their research. This dialogue series is hosted by the two institutions under the framework of the “Strategic Partnership” and explores research from a range of academic disciplines. This year, three university-wide online symposia will be open to the public. The theme of session two is “Sustainable Cities”.

 

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Program

Moderator Erik Mackie& Manar Alsaif

Presentations (5:00pm (JST)/ 8:00am (GMT)

  • Ying Jin “Modelling the interdependencies between jobs, housing and transport in future urban development plans”
  • Daisuke Fukuda “The Future of Mobility in Tokyo: Transportation Systems Analysis Perspective”
  • Hironori Kato “Railway Station Plazas and Urban Sustainability: Case from Tokyo, Japan”

Q&A

 

Break

 

Presentations(6:00pm (JST)/ 9:00am (GMT) )

  • Yasuhiro Sato “Technological progress and city structure”
  • Franz Fuerst “Have Real Estate Markets Missed the Boat on Sea Level Rise?”
  • André Cabrera Serrenho “Transforming buildings and transport towards a future without emissions”

Q&A

Speaker Profile

Moderator:

Erik Mackie (Engagement Manager, Energy Transitions Research, University of Cambridge)

Manar Alsaif(Coordinator, Strategic Partnership Office Energy Sector, University of Cambridge)

Speakers:

André Cabrera Serrenho(Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)

Ying Jin(Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge)

Franz Fuerst(Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge)

Hironori Kato(Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)

Daisuke Fukuda (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)

Yasuhiro Sato(Professor, Graduate School of Economy, The University of Tokyo)

 

Organized by Strategic Partnership Project between the University of Cambridge and the University of Tokyo
Contact tokyo.college.event@tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

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