Seoul City Hosts '2023 Seoul Housing Forum'... "Lectures by Domestic and International Housing Experts"

Seoul City announced on the 30th that it will hold the ‘2023 Seoul Housing Forum’ on the 8th of next month at Seoul City Hall to discuss the direction of Seoul’s housing policies with domestic and international housing experts.

'2023 Seoul Housing Forum' poster. [Image courtesy of Seoul City]

The 2023 Seoul Housing Forum is composed of Part 1, featuring special lectures by overseas speakers from the United States, Australia, and Spain, and Part 2, including lectures by domestic housing experts organized by the Korean Housing Association and an exhibition linked to the forum.

This year’s presenters include Professor Masa Noguchi from the University of Melbourne in Australia, Professor John Onyango from the University of Notre Dame in the United States, Professor Javier Sanchez Merina from the University of Alicante in Spain, Professor Seokkyung Kim from Yonsei University, Professor Haeyeon Yoo from Soongsil University, and Professor Myungje Woo from the University of Seoul.

Discussions will actively cover various advanced housing cases emphasizing sustainability and energy efficiency, overseas micro housing examples, as well as Seoul’s housing environment improvement plans, measures for single-person households, and various housing policies of Seoul City.

On the day before the main event of the 2023 Seoul Housing Forum, at 6 p.m. on the 7th of next month, an opening lecture linked to the exhibition will be held at the Seoul Urban Architecture Exhibition Hall (Seoul Library), featuring experts including Professor Jason Crowe from Monash University in Australia. This event will showcase the research process and achievements of the housing condition survey and safety management plan that Seoul City has been promoting.

Participation in the 2023 Seoul Housing Forum and viewing of the exhibition are open to anyone interested in housing, with no separate participation fee. Applications can be made through the 2023 Seoul Housing Forum website until the 6th of next month.

Han Byung-yong, Director of Seoul City’s Housing Policy Office, said, “We hope this ‘Seoul Housing Forum’ will serve as a platform to explore policies and development directions necessary to provide citizens with a safer and more comfortable housing environment.”

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