Professor Yoo Hyun-joon of Hongik University Invited... Busan City Hosts 'Busan Future Economy Forum'

Professor Yoo Hyun-joon of Hongik University College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Lecture on 'How to Upgrade Cities'

About 150 Attendees Including Mayor Park Hyung-jun, Executives, Construction and Public Corporation Heads, Investment and Fo

On the 5th at 8:30 AM, Busan City will hold the '86th Busan Future Economy Forum' at the City Hall International Conference Hall, featuring a special lecture by Professor Yoo Hyun-joon from the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Hongik University.

The Busan Future Economy Forum has been held approximately once a month since 2015 with the purpose of learning and sharing domestic and international economic and social trends through lectures by distinguished guests, diagnosing major issues in Busan, and preparing policy alternatives for the city's development.

Professor Yoo Hyun-joon earned master's degrees in architectural design from both Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He currently serves as the head of Yoo Hyun-joon Architects and a professor at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Hongik University. Through media appearances and publications, he communicates not only his professional expertise but also broad humanities knowledge to the public.

Hyunjoon Yoo, Professor at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Hongik University.

At the forum, Professor Yoo will give a lecture on the theme "How to Upgrade Cities" followed by a Q&A session with attendees.

About 150 people are expected to attend, including Busan Mayor Park Hyung-joon, key city officials, heads of public corporations and foundations, presidents of universities located in Busan, and business leaders.

In particular, under the vision of "a joyful and happy city with good culture, environment, and neighbors close to home," the city is focusing its administrative capabilities on realizing the "15-Minute City Busan." It is expected that this lecture will provide new perspectives on urban spatial planning.

The city is sharing the vision of the 15-minute city with citizens through the 'Vision Tour' to build consensus, and is accelerating the creation of a Busan-style 15-minute city through projects such as the 'Happy Challenge' for establishing and spreading representative 15-minute city models, and the '15-Minute Living Zone Policy Contest' to resolve urgent citizen inconveniences.

Additionally, by establishing and operating public-private governance, the city systematically manages selected policy contest projects, and plans to enhance the completeness of the 15-minute city by developing and synthesizing living zone indicators based on big data into a comprehensive index.

Mayor Park Hyung-joon stated, "Urban spaces are not complete in themselves but interact with the people living within them. Breathing life into a city begins with healthy and fulfilling relationships formed between spaces and people, and among people themselves based on urban spaces." He added, "Our city will use this forum as an opportunity to discuss these issues together and incorporate them into city administration to create a happy community, an attractive living environment with a high quality of life, and a 15-minute city Busan where citizens are happy."

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