Under the Patronage of
후원
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Republic of Korea
대한민국 국토교통부
국토교통부
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Republic of Korea
Urban AI Summit
어반 AI 서밋
Planning Symbiosis
공생의 설계
September 10–11, 2026
2026년 9월 10–11일
BEXCO / Busan — South Korea
벡스코 / 부산 – 대한민국
Symbiosis
From the Ancient Greek symbiōsis (συμβίωσις), “living together”
Programme
10–11 September 2026 · BEXCO, Busan
9:30
From Agents to Relationships: Why We Need an Ecology of AI
Opening Keynote
- Hubert Beroche, President of URBAN AI
10:00 – 11:15
Decoding Urban Complexity with AI
Hosted by the ISI Foundation
- Riccardo Di Clemente, Director of Complex Connections Lab and Affiliated Researcher at ISI Foundation · Panel Chair
- Federico Fernandez, CEO of URBANLY
- Angelos Chronis, CEO of Infrared.City
- Keemon Jang, Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
11:15 – 12:00
AI Mutualism: Evolving the Social Contract through Local Adaptation
Keynote
- Emily Binet Royall, Assistant Director at Partners for Public Good
12:00 – 13:00
Lunch Break
13:00 – 13:30
The K-AI City Action Plan of South Korea
- Lee Sewon, Research Fellow, Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements
13:30 – 14:00
URBAN AI in Asia: From Smart Cities to AI-Powered Cities — Insights from the 2026 Smart Cities Index Report
- Jung Hoon Lee, Technology & Innovation Management, Yonsei University · Founding Member of URBAN AI Asia
14:00 – 15:00
URBAN AI Asia Launch Forum: Co-Creating the Future of AI Cities
- Jung Hoon Lee, Professor of Technology & Innovation Management, Yonsei University · Founding Member of URBAN AI Asia
- Jung Min Han, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Yonsei University · Founding Member of URBAN AI Asia · Panel Chair
- Sung Jin Park, CEO, SPARKCITY · Founding Member of URBAN AI Asia
- Reazul Ahsan, Associate Professor of City and Metropolitan Planning, University of Utah Asia Campus
- Hubert Beroche, President of URBAN AI
- Rafael Luna, Co-founder, PRAUD · Senior Lecturer, University of Technology Sydney
15:00 – 16:00
Civitas in the Age of AI
Hosted by UN-Habitat
- Livia Schaeffer Nonose, UN-Habitat Technology & Innovation Specialist · Panel Chair
- Sampo Ruoppila, Co-Founder of CoPlanAI and Senior Researcher at the University of Helsinki
- Minwook Kang, Research Associate at MIT Norman B. Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism
Partners
Host Partners
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