Member of the House of Representatives (HR)(Elected 8 Times)

Career

Dato Lim Jock Hoi was the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Brunei Darussalam since 2006.

During his tenure, he served as Brunei Darussalam’s Senior Official for the ASEAN Economic Community Pillar (SEOM), APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) and the ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting). He was a member of the High Level Task Force on ASEAN Economic Integration (HLTF-EI) since 2001, serving as the HLTF-EI Chair in 2017. He was Brunei Darussalam’s Chief Negotiator for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP), as well as for the P4, precursor to the TPP negotiations. Previously, he was also the Co-Chair during the negotiations for the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area (AANZFTA), and also served as Brunei Darussalam’s Chief Negotiator for the Brunei Darussalam-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (BJEPA).

From June 2011-2017, he was the Chairman of the Governing Board of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA). He was also on the External Advisory Board for the ASEAN 2030 Study being undertaken by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

He entered the Government Service as an education officer in 1977 and served as principal of a Secondary School from 1981 ? 1985. From February 2001 ? July 2005, he was appointed as Director-General, International Relations and Trade Development, Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources. In September 2005, he was appointed as Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

He graduated from the City of London Polytechnic in B.Sc (Hons) Economics in 1976 and received his Post Graduate Certificate of Education in 1977.

He was awarded The Most Honourable Order of Seri Paduka Mahkota Brunei, second Class (D.P.M.B) in 2007. He is married with two sons.

Mr SHINTANI has served as State-Minister for the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) since September 2020. He began his career as a Medical Doctor in 2001 and served as the Director of a Hospital. In 2012, he was first elected to the House of Representatives (HR). He brought extensive experience in health and welfare and has held several high-level posts including Chairperson of the Committee on Organizations Involved with Health and Welfare in the Liberal Democratic Party; Director of Committee on Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, HR and; Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare. He graduated from Teikyo University School of Medicine and The University of Tokyo Faculty of Economics.

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office

Education and career

Member of the House of Councillors Elected once, Proportional Representation

Education

Career

Dr.Izumi has served the Japanese Government as Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, responsible for Building National Resilience, Overcoming Population Decline and Vitalizing Local Economy, Healthcare Policy and Science, Technology and Innovation Policy since 2013. Prior to his current position, he served as Special Advisor to the Cabinet from 2012, and as Director-General at the Regional Revitalization Bureau in the Cabinet Secretariat from 2009. Mr. Izumi started his career in 1976 at the Ministry of Construction, and has served in various posts such as Director-General at the Housing Bureau from 2007-2009. Dr. Izumi, born in Kanagawa Prefecture in 1953, is a graduate of Tokyo University and has a doctorate degree in Engineering. In addition, he is a Visiting Professor at National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies.

24 August 1961 Born in Toyama

Graduated from Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo in 1985

April, 1985

Joined Ministry of Construction

September, 2004

Private Secretary to the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, MLIT

September, 2006

Counsellor for National and Regional Planning Bureau, Minister's Secretariat, MLIT

July, 2007

Counsellor for Assistant Chief Cabinet Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat

July, 2009

Director of Local Affairs Division, Minister’s Secretariat, MLIT

August, 2010

Director of Public Relation Division, Minister’s Secretariat, MLIT

October, 2011

Director of Real Estate Industry Division, Land Economy & Construction Industries Bureau, MLIT

August, 2013

Director of General Affairs Division, Policy Bureau, MLIT

July, 2014

Deputy Director-General for Policy Evaluation and Director of Secretarial Division, Minister’s Secretariat, MLIT

July, 2015

Deputy Director-General, Water and Disaster Management Bureau, MLIT

July, 2017

Director-General, National Spatial Planning and Regional Policy Bureau, MLIT

July, 2018

Director-General, Land Economy and Construction Industries Bureau, MLIT

July, 2019

Deputy Vice-Minister, Minister’s Secretariat, MLIT

July, 2020

Vice-Minister for Land, Infrastructure and Hokkaido Development, MLIT

Date of Birth: November 20, 1968

Education

Bachelor: Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam
Master of Economic: Impact University, USA
PhD: National Economic University, Vietnam

Career

Used to hold positions:

• Deputy Director General of VIGLACERA Corporation,
• Director General of Personnel Department, Ministry of Construction
• Vice Minister, Ministry of Construction

Education

Professional Experience

Education

Career

Personal

Career Objective

• In 1980-1982, Second Year of Mathematics, Regional College (3), Yangon, Myanmar.
• In 1983-1986, Bachelor of Architecture, Yangon Institute of Technology, Myanmar.
• In 1986-1987, Post-graduate Diploma in Settlement Planning & Design, Yangon Institute of Technology, Myanmar.
• In 2001, Course on Building Services, Singapore Polytechnic.
• In 2010, Published a book named as “A Changing Yangon”.
• In 2012, received “The Green Apple award” for the Built Environment and Architecture Heritage.
• In 2018, Assign as the ASEAN Chief Smart City Officer of Yangon.
• In 2019, Certificate for Knowledge Co-Creation Program for Counterparts of the Project for Yangon Urban Development Management.

Working Experience

• In 1990-1997, Sub-assistant Engineer, Engineering Department (Building), YCDC.
• In 1997-2001, Assistant Engineer, Engineering Department (Building), YCDC.
• In 2001-2012, Executive Engineer, Engineering Department (Building), YCDC.
• In 2012-2017, Deputy Director, Engineering Department (Building), YCDC.
• In 2017- Current, Director of Urban Planning, YCDC.

Profile of Tin Tin Kyi

Tin Tin Kyi, has graduated a bachelor degree of Architecture degree from Yangon Institute of Technology in 1986. I have served almost 27 years of experience on the field of Engineering Department (Building) of Yangon City Development Committee. My main responsibility in that department is at the Building Completion Certificate and Permit Section. I attended and successfully completed a course on building services in Singapore Polytechnic in 2001. After years of service, I had been working out my duties as an executive engineer and was promoted to assistant chief engineer of Building Engineering Department, Y.C.D.C. In 2010, I published the book named as “A Changing Yangon” and it introduce the historical development of Yangon. After that, I am now carrying out my duties as a Deputy Chief Engineer of City Planning and Land Administration Department, Y.C.D.C since 20th March 2017. According to the ASEAN Smart Cities Network, I am assigned as the Chief Smart City Officers of Yangon since 2018. Therefore, I have to lead as the representative of Yangon to implement our plan for smart and sustainable city according to ASEAN Smart Cities Framework. Some of the plans and studies are cooperated with the Japan International Study Agency (JICA) and European Countries. I also take a responsibility as a Secretary of Yangon City Comprehensive Land Use, Zoning and Urban Design Review Working Committee as well as a member of Myanmar Architect Council. In the end year of 2019, I received the “Best Civil Officer Award” by the Myanmar President Office for performing the duties and responsibilities well.

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

Gen Takahashi joined Nippon Kokan Ltd. (present JFE Engineering Corporation) in April 1990. After many years’ experience in various business fields in this Company; production control at factory, marketing for sewage treatment plant project, management of sales branch, administration and secretary of the company, etc., he has worked for management and business development as a Director of PT. JFE Engineering Indonesia (subsidiary company of JFE Engineering) in 2011 and 2012. Since April 2013, he has been in charge of global business development with collaboration with ministries, local governments, international organizations and other stakeholders, especially in the field of waste-to-energy.

A managing director in Accenture’s Strategy & Consulting business.
Ebihara joined Accenture in 1999 and is involved in many projects of the government,
public works, and private companies, from strategic planning to large-scale transformation projects.
Ebihara realized and created social values by planning strategy and designing new systems and services,
including City OS, a unified smart city platform.
In recent years, Ebihara engaged in a lot of digital strategy formulation and smart-city concept planning.
Since the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, he has been in charge of reconstruction support projects in Accenture, including promoting a smart-city in Aizu-Wakamatsu city.

Academic Background

• Ph.D. in International Political Economy, University of Tsukuba
• MSc in Public Policy, University College London
• BSc in International Studies, University of Tsukuba

Brief Biography

Awards

• The 12th Manifesto Awards for Mayors
• G1 New Leaders Award, Politics Division

Other Accomplishments

• Nominated for the 1st Manifesto Awards in Best Performance
• Selected as the Japanese delegate to
  • the 20th American council for Young Political Leaders
  • the 2nd German-Japanese Young Leaders Forum
  • the 20th New Generation Seminar.

Through Fairchild, Sony Semiconductor, Signetics, and Philips Semiconductor, take an active part in strategic marketing at LSI Logic.
Has been a principal analyst at Gartner Inc, and an executive at a U.S. company.
Currently assigned to Founder & Chief Architect, Architect Grand Design, Inc.
Specially invited professor at the Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University, represented Japan-Asia Pacific of the IP500 in Germany. And Representative Director Masuda Cyber Smart City Creative Consortium of the General Association.

JOB HISTORY

• April 1989: Joined NTT DATA Corporation
• July 2009: Senior Manager of Business Strategy Department, Public & Financial IT Services Company
• April 2012: Executive Manager of e-Community Division, Public Administration Systems Sector
• July 2014: Executive Manager of Public Business Management Division, Public Administration Systems Sector
• July 2015: Head of Health-care Administration Systems Division, Public Administration Systems Sector
• July 2018: Head of Social Infrastructure Solution Sector
• June 2019: Senior Vice President & Head of Social Infrastructure Solution Sector
• June 2020: Joined NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
  Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Development Division

My main responsibility is to submit and draft conceptual plans of the development process where proper locations in the land administered by committee. Apart from this, I also participate actively in the initiatives of Nay Pyi Taw smart city project so I am interested in success stories of smart nations which in turns, how to engage them in the context of our city.

Current Works

• Director of Administration, Phnom Penh City Hall, since 2014
• Member of Cabinet of Prime Minister of Cambodia, Council of Ministers, since 2009
• Registered at Board of Architect of Cambodia since 2012
• Founder - Architect at VA Architecture - Design Workshop, creation Green nursery Agency, since 2008

Employment History

• Director of Urbanization Office, City Hall of Phnom Penh (2010-2014)
• Registered Architect at the Architects board of France (2008-2010)
• Architect, Le Net Architecture Cabinet, Paris (2007-2008)
• Internship, Ass. Architect, SYSTRA, Paris (2006)
• Internship, Ass. Architect, AARD, Paris (2004)

Qualifications

• Registered at Board of architect of France since 2008, actually inactive status in France.
• HMONP, Architect, Urbanist, - National School of Architecture Paris-Malaquais (National School of Fine Arts), Paris, France, 2008
• Master Degree - Architecture and Urbanism, National School of Architecture Paris-Malaquais, Paris, France, 2007
• Bachelor Degree - Architecture, National School of Architecture Paris Malaquais, Paris, France, 2005
• Graduated, General Baccalaureate S, Secondary Study in Paris, France, 2002
• Graduated, General Baccalaureate , Secondary Study in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1998

Workshops, Conferences, Programs Completed

• AIMF (Association Internationale des Maires Francophones) General Assemble and Workshops - 2018 - Lille-FRANCE
• Peace, Sport and Urban Development - AIMF Association - 2018 - Kigali- RWANDA
• ASEAN SMART CITIES - Mayors Forum - World Cities Summit -2018 - SINGAPORE
• Urban Health and Sanitation Initiative - AIMF Association - 2018 Dakar- SENEGAL
• Urban Governance Program - TEMASEK Foundation - 2017 - SINGAPORE
• Comprehensive city planning - JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program - (2 months seminar) 2017 - JAPAN
• Second Integrated Urban Development program - Eco-districts - The Singaporean and the French Experiences - 2016 - SINGAPORE
• Cultural Heritage and Identity in a Globalizing, Urbanizing World - Honolulu-Phnom Penh-Yangon - 26th New Generation Seminar, East-West Center /Honolulu-Phnom Penh-Yangon 2016 USA-CAMCODIA-MYANMAR
• Public security in urban planning, CCTV technology system - Visit and study program, by ZTE, Shenzhen/Wuhan 2016 - CHINA
• Making a livable city Public Transportation- Busan-sister cities training international training program, by Busan Metropolitan City, Busan 2015 - SOUTH-KOREA
• Innovation, response to the challenge of a more urban world - Conference , by AIMF, Tunis 2015 - TUNESIA
• Urban heritage and sustainable development - Conference/ Workshop, by AIMF, Hue 2015 - VIETNAM
• Scoping Study on Strengthening Urban Resilience in Southeast Asia Regional Consultation- Workshop, by ADB, Manila 2015 - PHILIPPINES
• Integrated urban development - Singapore - France (AFD) third country training program 2014 - SINGAPORE
• Asian Smart Cities - conference, by Yokohama City Hall, Yokohama 2013 - JAPAN
• ASEAN Goes Local : Contributing to the ASEAN 2015, Governors/Mayors of the ASEAN Capitals Summit, by ASEAN, Jakarta 2013 - INDONESIA
• Sustainable Urban Transport Planning and Management, US-Singapore-Third ASEAN country training program, Singapore 2013 - SINGAPORE
• Urban Heritage, Protection and Development, Workshop “Association International des Maires Francophones” AIMF Summit, Vientiane/ Luang Prabang 2013 - LAO PDR
• Sustainable and Livable Cities - Leader in Urban Governance Program, World Cities Summit, 2012 - SINGAPORE
• Sustainable Cities, IVLP (International Visitor Leadership Program), By US Department State - Washington DC/New Orleans/Milwaukee/San Francisco/Seattle 2011 - USA
• International Program on SEOUL Urban Transportation Policy, by City Net-Seoul Government, Seoul 2010 - SOUTH- KOREA

Languages

• Khmer, French, English

Hugh graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1987 with a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class) degree on a Singapore Armed Forces (Overseas) Scholarship. He holds a Master of Science (Management of Technology) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America, 1998.

Hugh joined the Singapore Armed Forces in 1984, and attained the rank of Brigadier-General on 1 Jul 2005. He has served in a variety of command and staff positions, including Chief Engineer Officer, Commander 6 Division, Commander Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) and Chief of Staff, General Staff.

Prior to joining CLC, Hugh was the CEO of the Building & Construction Authority (BCA). Previously, he held the appointments of Deputy Secretary (Community, Youth and Sports) at the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and the Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Law.

He is married with three children, and has a keen interest in technology, sports and photography.

Ymeng Lim is the Acting Director of Inter-sectorial Division, Battambang Provincial Hall. His main roles are to coordinate and facilitate issues related to urban planning, development, construction, social economic and law affairs, and green and smart cities projects. He earned master’s degree in urban planning at the University of Melbourne. He is very much interested in clean green and sustainable development in a smart way.

　Toru Hashimoto is in charge of program Y-PORT (Yokohama Partnership of Resources and Technologies). Y-PORT is public private partnership endeavor to deliver knowledge and cutting-edge technology for urban solutions. In October 2020, he was appointed a Board Member to YUSA, a unique private firm alliance with widely-ranged technologies all related to smart city development.

　He was instrumental to initiate collaborations under City Partnership Program with the World Bank and to conclude Memorandum of Understanding between ADB and the City of Yokohama in regards of urban management and solutions. Before joining the City of Yokohama he took technical as well as managerial positions in World Bank and Asia Development Bank Institute. He was educated in University of Tokyo, Asia Institute of Technology, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology on urban planning, engineering and human settlements. For further information regarding Y-PORT, please refer to the following website.

https://yport.city.yokohama.lg.jp/en

Education

• Bachelor of Computer Engineering Suranaree University of Technology
• Master of Computer Science Thammasart University
• Publication
  
  • ♢ Asawateera P., Rongviriyapanich S. “Multi Agents Awareness System for CSCW UML CASE
    　 Tools”, DCDIS 4th, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, July 2005
  • ♢ Asawateera P., Rongviriyapanich S. “The Implementation of Multi Agents Awareness System
    　 for CSCW UML CASE Tools” SEKE 17th 2005, Taiwan, Republic of China, July 2005

Work Experiences (15 years in IT industry) (5 years of management)

• Digital Economy Promotion Agency under Ministry of Digital Economy and Society
  
  • ♢ Vice President Southern District Office
• Software Industry Promotion Agency (Public Organization) under Ministry of Digital Economy and Society
  
  • ♢ August 2005 ? Now
  • ♢ Manager Phuket Branch (Since 2010)
  • ♢ Assistance Manager Phuket Branch (Since 2008 - 2010)
  • ♢ IT Architect (Since 2005 - 2008)
  • ♢ Projects
    
    • 　? Phuket Smart City (2016)
      
      • 　Responsibility: Project Driven, Project Management (SIPA Budget) and Project Coordinator
      　? ASEAN Software Excellent Center : Tourism (2014 ? 2015)
      
      • Responsibility: To drive and management Digital Economy for Tourism Industry
      　? ACM-International Colleague Programming Contest (22009 ? Now)
      
      • 　Responsibility: To bring and management World Final Contest to Phuket in 2016 (1500 people in the event)
      　? Thailand Tourism Software Roadshow (2010 ? 2014)
      
      • 　Responsibility: To drive the using and business matching of Thai tourism software
      　? Phuket Innovation Paradise (2008 ? 2009)
      
      • 　Responsibility: To cooperate with Government and Private partner to invest for mission.
      　? Thailand Certification Support for Developers (2005-2008)
      
      • 　Responsibility: project management for support developers to certify the technology certification in southern part.
      　? Phuket One Stop Services (2005 ? 2008)
      
      • 　Responsibility: to architect the software architecture of Phuket one stop servers
• ♢ Prince of Songkla University Phuket Campus
  
  • ♢ Guest Lecturer in Faculty of Technology and Environment : Software Engineering
  • ♢ Since 2005 - Now
  • ♢ Subjects
    ? Software Project Management
    ? Services Oriented Architecture
    ? Web Services Development
    ? Requirement Engineering
    

Training

• Utilization of ICT Services and E-Applications supporting Smart Society (March 5-17, 2018)
  
  • ♢ BHN Association Tokyo Japan

Dr. Siti Muhaza is the Undersecretary of Policy and Inspectorate Division for the Ministry of Housing and Local Governments, Malaysia. She has 25 years of experience as a civil servant where she held various posts in eight ministries mostly in policy planning and implementation. She began her career at Economic Planning Unit of Prime Minister Department in 1995 and then to the National Anti-Drug Agency in 1996 where she was involved in anti-drug prevention and rehabilitation policies.

She was promoted to the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development and involved in the research area in the International and Strategic Planning Division of the Ministry. As her career developed, she moved to the Ministry of Agriculture before resuming her study and received her PhD in Community Development from the University Putra of Malaysia in 2015.

Dr. Siti Muhaza is currently overseeing the policy and strategic matter under this ministry such as the National Community Policy and National Housing Policy. She is also in charge of the development and implementation of the Malaysia Smart City Framework. The framework will serve as a national reference and guidance to all the relevant stakeholders for a systematic and holistic development of Smart City in Malaysia. Her purview covers planning, implementing and monitoring of the development of Smart Cities in Malaysia.

She also has vast knowledge and experiences in planning Smart Cities at the local government. Being the Undersecretary for Smart City Division in the Ministry and committed to realize the National Smart City agenda, she has also been called for talks and presentation as well as moderating session nationally and at the international arena.

Graduate Bachelor Degreeof Banking and Finance at Norton University, Phnom Penh.

Graduate Master Degreeof Public Administration at Royal University of Law and Economic Science, Phnom Penh.

Graduate Master Degreeof Public Policy at National Graduate Institute for Policy Study, Tokyo Japan.

Maimunah Jaffar promotes and practices sustainability and innovation in delivering her daily works in Iskandar Malaysia. She set out on her worked life as an architect in year 1988 in the United States and in 1992, she returned home and worked as an urban designer in one of the prestigious company in Kuala Lumpur. In 2007 she joint Iskandar Regional Development Authority (IRDA), and now she is one of IRDA’s Director and leads the Technology and Innovation workstream. She developed the Iskandar Malaysia Comprehensive Development Plan in 2005, and Smart City Iskandar Malaysia Framework in 2012.

Maimunah leads the Smart City team in IRDA and Chief Smart City Officer for Johor Bahru in the ASEAN Smart City Network program alliances. Maimunah is currently in the committee member of Malaysia Green Building Council Southern Chapter to promote energy efficient in buildings and protem members for Malaysia Smart Cities Alliance (MSCA)

She has successfully secured Iskandar Malaysia to become a pilot project for the United Nation Energy Efficiency Acceleration program, launched at the United Nations conference, New York and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) on SDG 7 with UNESCAP. She represented Iskandar Malaysia to launch and speak in the Conference of Parties (COP) and speaks at various national and international conferences and summits on the topic of Sustainable and Smart City. And in 2015, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) selected Maimunah as one of the many females faces in sustainable places exhibition in Boston, USA.

Dr. Hoang Vinh Hung is Head of Urban Development Management, Urban Development Agency, Ministry Of Construction. His division is in charge of proposing national and regional urban development policies. He has previously served in Faculty of Urban and Regional Planning, Hanoi University of Architecture and is still working as visiting Associate Professor.

Dr. Hung received Ph.D. degree in urban planning and disaster risk management from Kyoto University. He had been a visiting scholar in Institute of Urban and Regional Development, University of California, Berkeley. His scholarly research focused on urban development policy, climate change mitigation and adaptation. His applied research comprised works with Ministry of Construction on policies of urbanization and climate change in Vietnam.