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USASCP Keynote Addresses Makassar Smart Cities Event
USASCP Program Manager, Helen Santiago Fink, served as a keynote speaker for the "Low Carbon in Policy Strategy" session at the Makassar Low-Carbon City with Metaverse event. This hybrid event had more than 1000 participants from governments, academia, communities, and industry representatives. Makassar, Indonesia is working to achieve net zero emissions and focusing on supporting…
RIT Circular Entrepreneurship Program Maps Out 2024 Activities
From left to right: Fawad Ahmad, Clyde Erikur Hull, Mihloti Williams, Helen Santiago Fink, Khant Oak Soe U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership (USASCP) Program Manager, Helen Santiago Fink, visited USASCP program implementer Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), to discuss program activities in 2024. RIT Circular Entrepreneurship Program is a two-year project led by two RIT professors, Clyde…
DOT and Boston Representative Visit to Phnom Penh Identifies Key Priorities for Pilot City Project
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) team, accompanied by a representative from the City of Boston, traveled to Phnom Penh, Cambodia to hold in person engagements and conduct site visits along key corridors to improve our pilot project focused on walkability, and the overall Boston-Phnom Penh city pairing. US DOT was able to arrange several…
USASCP Semi Annual Newsletter – December 2023
The U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership kept busy during 2023! Read our newsletter to learn about our activities and achievements this year. Thank you to all of our partners and implementers for supporting our programs! december newsletter
U.S. ASEAN Center Launches in Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Department of State, in collaboration with Arizona State University (ASU), proudly inaugurated the U.S.-ASEAN Center in Washington, D.C. The event was marked by insightful remarks from Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Liz Allen, who emphasized the Center's pivotal role in fortifying the U.S.-ASEAN relationship. The ceremony featured additional remarks…
U.S. Companies Address HCMC Government on Smart Cities Solutions
Consulate General Ho Chi Minh City’s (HCMC) Foreign Commercial Service with support from the U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership (USASCP) hosted the Smart Cities Digital Transformation and Networking event, which gathered 12 U.S. information communication technology companies and the HCMC People’s Committee and started a dialogue among public-private actors to better understand HCMC’s urban challenges. U.S.…
Barcelona Smart City Expo World Congress Attracts 140 Countries and the Largest USG Representation to Date
Over 25,000 participants from around the world gathered in Barcelona the first week of November for the annual Smart Cities Expo to discuss innovation in robotics for mental health and aging, nature-based solutions for electricity generation and net-zero actions, circular building systems, and new financial models for products and retrofits. U.S. agency participants included the…
Media Note: Symposium on Accelerating Science, Technology and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia
Office of the Spokesperson The U.S. Department of State hosted the Symposium on Accelerating Science, Technology, and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 5-7. The U.S.-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership (USASCP), Arizona State University, and Rochester Institute of Technology jointly developed this event, which focused on three primary themes: smart sustainable cities; cooperation in…
Fostering Transdisciplinary Collaborations at the Nexus of Climate and Health for Global Environmental Change Research – A Way Forward
The U.S. Department of State is hosting the symposium on Fostering Transdisciplinary Collaborations at the Nexus of Climate and Health for Global Environmental Change Research - A Way Forward from Monday, October 23 to Friday, October 27, at the Anantara Siam Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand. In partnership with the National Science Foundation, Thailand Science Research…
Symposium on Accelerating Science, Technology, and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia
September 5-7, 2023 Park Hyatt Jakarta – Jakarta, Indonesia The U.S. Department of State is hosting an integrated, multi-partner symposium entitled Accelerating Science, Technology and Circular Innovation in Southeast Asia, in cooperation with the U.S-ASEAN Smart Cities Partnership (USASCP), Arizona State University, Rochester Institute of Technology and other partners September 5-7, 2023, at the Park Hyatt Jakarta. The Symposium is structured…
DOT Smart Mobility Workshop
On July 10-12, the USASCP-DOT partnership hosted participants from their U.S.-ASEAN city pairings in Los Angeles, CA, to learn from their peers about challenges, opportunities, and best practices for the development of transit systems in smart cities. Nina Hachigan, former Deputy Mayor of International Affairs of LA, and former Ambassador to ASEAN, opened the workshop by reflecting on the…