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Knowledge Council

Meet the Knowledge Council.

Last updated 8 April 2025

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2024
2022

2024

The second iteration of the World Cities Summit Knowledge Council comprising eminent urban thought leaders and practitioners was announced at the World Cities Summit 2024. Members will discuss future-oriented solutions to shape liveable, sustainable, and resilient cities in the face of complex global challenges. They bring with them a wealth of expertise and experience to contribute to global thought leadership on urban challenges and opportunities.

The objectives of the Council are to:

  1. Provide thought leadership on global trends in relation to urban challenges and opportunities,

  2. Advise on the Centre for Liveable Cities’ research agenda, and

  3. Guide the content of the World Cities Summit agenda and strategic initiatives and participate as speakers.

WCS 2024 Knowledge Council

  • Lily Kong (Prof) (Chair of Knowledge Council)

  • Angelene Chan (Ms)

  • Barbara Norman (Prof)

  • Bree Trevena (Dr)

  • Clarence E. Anthony (Mr)

  • Cristina Gamboa (Ms)

  • Dan Hill (Prof)

  • M. Jae Moon (Prof)

  • Mark Watts (Mr)

  • Rahul Mehrotra (Prof)

  • Richard K. Green (Prof)

  • Rohit T. Aggarwala (Dr)

  • Xue Lan (Prof)

View the bio of the 2024 Knowledge Council members [PDF, 293 KB].

2022

CLC wishes to thank the members of the World Cities Summit 2022 Urban Resilience and Science of Cities Knowledge Councils for their valuable perspectives on future urban trends, as well as innovative and actionable ideas to shape liveable, resilient and sustainable cities for tackling future urban challenges. Both Knowledge Councils have played a key role in shaping the programme for the World Cities Summit and guiding the direction of CLC’s research agenda.

WCS 2022 Science of Cities Knowledge Council

  • Lee Tzu Yang (Mr) (Chair of Knowledge Council)

  • Alexander Zehnder (Dr)

  • David Wallerstein (Dr)

  • Hiroo Ichikawa (Dr)

  • John Sweeney (Dr)

  • Josef Hargrave (Mr)

  • Long Ying (Dr)

  • Luis Bettencourt (Dr)

  • Philip Rode (Dr)

  • Sanjeev Sanyal (Mr)

  • Vanessa Evers (Dr)

  • Yu Kongjian (Dr)

WCS 2022 Urban Resilience Knowledge Council

  • Lily Kong (Dr) (Chair of Knowledge Council)

  • Amy Chester (Ms)

  • Bambang Susantono (Dr)

  • Brenda Yeoh (Dr)

  • Emi Kiyota (Dr)

  • Paul Teng (Dr)

  • Ruth Boumphrey (Dr)

  • Søren Brøndum (Mr)

  • Upali Nanda (Dr)

  • Wong Mun Summ (Mr)

  • Yoo Young Sook (Dr)

  • Zhu Dajian (Dr)

View the bio of the Knowledge Council members [PDF, 424 KB].