With a globally increasing urban population, the development of sustainable urban areas that support the needs of their dwellers is a pressing need worldwide. The widespread availability of open datasets in cities is transforming the way urban energy systems are planned, simulated and visualized. However, such data-driven initiatives often neglect the central role of urban dwellers, whose activities create the demand for energy and mobility in urban areas.

As part of the Gen A Day 2024, Martín Mosteiro Romero, the inaugural recipient of the Gen A Alumni Travel Grant will speak about his research project in Seoul, South Korea – the highest-ranked Asian country on open data readiness, implementation and impact. For his case study, Martín collaborated with Professor Yujin Park at Chung-Ang University's Urban Planning Department, and recruited 22 study participants to create a data set on their subjective thermal comfort data in a specific urban area. He will present how he went about collecting the data on the ground and what will happen to the data sets after his stay.

We invite Asia Society Members to join us for this session of the first Gen A Day, the annual meeting of the graduates of the Gen A – Young Leadership Program.
 

Patron

Asia Society Switzerland is grateful to Investment Management Professionals (IMP AG) for supporting our cause in raising Asia Competence in Switzerland and through its contribution to the Gen A Alumni Travel Grant.
 

Speaker

Martín Mosteiro Romero, Gen A Fellow 2020,  is an energy systems engineer and a postdoc researcher at the Department of Architectural Engineering and Technology, TU Delft, Netherlands. He holds PhD and MS degrees from ETH Zürich as well as a BS from Rutgers University, and has professional experience in four continents. After graduating from Gen A 2020, he spent three years working at the National University of Singapore – as well as two months in South Korea supported by a Gen A Alumni Travel Grant.