Towards Low Carbon City:Innovation *

Foresight * CityDr. Pun-Arj Chairatana

Managing Director, Noviscape Consulting Group

pac@noviscape.com

27 August 2010 * CONRAD HOTEL * BKK * THAILAND

Converging City, Foresight, and Innovation: Thailand Experience

• 2006: Coining City Foresight framework– Location: The 1400 Years old town: Two municipalities

along River Ping. Lampoon., Northern Thailand• 2009: Developing City Innovation Concept and

City Innovation System:– Locations: Six Mega cities in SE including , Bangkok,,

Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, and Manila. (Project supported by IDRC)

• 2010: Merging City Foresight to City Innovation – Scenario building: Six Mega cities in SE including ,

Bangkok,, Singapore, Ho Chi Minh City, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, and Manila. (Project supported by IDRC)

2006 * Lampoon City ForesightThe First City Foresight in Thailand

Scenario 1: A Bitter Prosperity Scenario 2: Global Village LampoonScenario 3: International LampoonScenario 4: Lampoon Green Knowledge Town

2009 Defining City Innovation and Systems

A new or

improved

solution that

contributes

towards enhance

d liveabili

ty, prosperity, and equity of the city.”

Figure 2: City Innovation and City Innovation Systems (CISs)

Conventional innovation systems

(Institutions)

Research and Technology

Organization (RTOs)

Private firms

Government

City innovation

Product innovation

Process innovation

Position innovation

Paradigm innovation

Institutional innovation

Service innovation

Alternative innovation systems

(Spaces)

Physical space

Information space

Cognitive space

2010 Bangkok City Innovation System Foresight Towards Liveable, Prosperity, and Equality

2030

City innovation

Product

Process

Position

Paradigm

Institution

Services

City innovator

What will be the Future?• More city innovation case studies and

comparative studies• More understanding on the

relationship and interface between innovation and the city

• What will be the key characteristics among different levels of city innovation?

• How city innovator create, develop, diffuse, and learn in the city?

Thank You