The 10th Virtual Seoul Workshop of the East Asian Inclusive Cities Network (EA-ICN)


  • Date: August 19th-20th, Thursday-Friday, 2021 15:00 – 18:00
  • Online via YouTube / Zoom

Online event at https://www.eaicn.org/

* Real-time interpretation to be provided

This year’s topic is “Inclusive Cities for Social Minorities under the COVID-19 Pandemic”. The experience and knowledge to be shared at this year’s workshop will especially provide us the practical means to expand the inclusive city for social minorities under the pandemic. The topics to be covered at this year’s workshop are as follows.

 

Session 1 | Short Films of the Realities of Social Minorities in the East Asian Cities

Session 2 | Realities of Social Minorities in the City under COVID-19 Pandemic
▪ Korea – Jinuk Sung (Seoul Housing & Communities Corporation)
▪ Japan – Aya Kawamoto (Archdiocese of Osaka)
▪ Taiwan – Ting-Hui Liao (OURs)
▪ Hong Kong – Chick Kui Wai (SoCO)

Session 3 | The Tasks and Responsibilities of the Public Institutes in the COVID-19 Era
▪ Korea – Won-O Chong (Seongdong-gu City Government)
▪ Japan – Takayuki Aminaka, Yumiko Okamoto (Yaoshi City Government)
▪ Taiwan – Taipei City Government
▪ Hong Kong – Jeff Rotmeyer (Impact HK)

Session 4 | The Role and Possibility of Local Communities in the COVID-19 Era
▪ Korea – Seunghwan Kim (ChildFund Korea)
▪ Japan – Seiji Sawada (Startup POPCORN)
▪ Taiwan – Ping-yi Lu (Tsui Ma Ma Foundation)
▪ Hong Kong – Li Shin Hang (CCHA)

Special Session for the 10th Anniversary | East Asian Cities and Homeless
▪ Korea – Donghyun Lee (Homeless Action)
▪ Japan – Magokoro Yoshihira (YUI)
▪ Taiwan – Li Yingzi (Homeless Taiwan)
▪ Hong Kong – Betty Lee Lai Man (Saint James Settlement)

 

Organizer | ICN-Korea
Co-Hosts | East Asian Inclusive Cities Network, ICN-Japan, ICN-Taiwan, The Seoul Institute, Seoul Housing & Communities Corporation, Korea Center for City and Environment Research, Osaka City University Urban Research Plaza, Seoul National University Center for Asian Urban Societies, Seongdong-gu Government, ChildFund Korea, Ci.Ci.Han Lab, Korean Association of Space & Environment Research
Sponsor | JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 19K13444