Introduction of International Presentors from 5 Cities

Ulaanbaatar City, Mongolia Yokohama City, Japan Edmonton City, Canada

(Population: 1.3 mil.) (Population: 3.7 mil.) (Population: 0.8 mil.)

Paris/Ile-de-France, France Hanoi City, Vietnam Calgary City, Canada

(Population: 12 mil.) (Population: 6.5 mil.) (Population: 1.1 mil.)
From Calgary City, Canada
Mr. Saad Rajan is a consultant for real-estate design + development
companies where he advises on design, sustainability, marketing,
construction and finance. He is also currently consulting for the
University of Central Asia’s first campus in Naryn, Kyrgyzstan where he
is developing curricula for courses in the Built Environment.
Saad has prior experience working in disaster management and
sustainable housing in Central Asia for the Aga Khan Development
Network where he was stationed in both Dushanbe, Tajikistan and
Khorog, Tajikistan.
He has also worked for numerous NGO’s and private organizations in
East Africa spanning from renewable energies to artisan production.
Saad Rajan Saad holds degrees in both Civil Engineering (Western University) and
B.Eng HBA LEED MEDes Business (Ivey Business School) and he is currently completing his
Candidate Master of Environmental Design under the supervision of Dr. Brian
Sinclair.

saad.rajan@ucalgary.ca His focus is around finding methods of improving participatory design

and creating transparency within the design + development industry in
order to achieve more effective, innovative and sustainable solutions.
Saad and Dr. Sinclair recently presented their research at the
ARCC-EAAE Conference in Lisbon, Portugal.

Ms. Cornelia E. Turney is an experienced Architect from Germany and

has worked as an Architect, Researcher and Lecturer in various
countries in the world including Denmark, Ireland, Mongolia and Canada.
Cornelia holds a postgraduate degree in Architecture from the Technical
University in Berlin. She is a doctorate scholar and awards winning
recipient within the Prof. Sinclair research team in the University of
Calgary’s Faculty of Environmental Design.
Cornelia’s particular interest lies in Architecture and Urban Design in
Central Asia, and her thesis topic touches on the meaning of the
Mongolian Ger in regards to the improving of the urban fabric in
Ulaanbaatar, especially for the poor. She hereby takes a sensitive
approach to cultural, sociological and ethnographic aspects. Cornelia
has lived and worked in Ulaanbaatar in 2012.
Professional memberships include the Royal Institute of British
Architects, The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, The Berlin
Chamber of Architects and The American Centre for Mongolian Studies. Cornelia E. Turney
Cornelia practices Architecture | Urban Design with a focus on holistic Dipl.‐Ing. Arch. B.Arch M.Arch
design and sustainable environments. She is particularly engaged in the Associate RAIC (Intl) RIBA
area of teaching and research within the architectural and urban context.
Cornelia is owner of environmentsofsustainability.com, a German‐
fice@environmentsofsustainability.
based design + research office incorporating a broad area of
com
architectural services. Her practice and research spans from
corneliaturney2@ucalgary.ca
holistic|metaphysic aspects in design, humanity in Architecture, shelters
and selfbuilt homes to vernacular Architecture and innovative membrane turneycornelia@gmail.com
and deployable structures.
From Yokohama City, Japan
Yasuaki NAKAMURA
Mr. Yasuaki Nakamura is a Manager in Y-PORT Program (Yokohama
Partnership of Resources and Technologies). He has been participating
in formulating urban development masterplans for Cebu City, Da Nang
City, and Batam City by making the best use of Yokohama's development
practices. Meanwhile, he engaged in delivering optimum technologies of
Yokohama-based companies to these emerging cities under the Y-PORT
program. He also has experiences in the field of urban planning of trunk
roads and road maintenance works.
Apart from his carrier in the City, he worked for the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and was responsible for the
Nation-wide Person-trip Survey and City Planning Basic Surveys based
on the Urban Planning Law. He worked in an engineering consulting firm
and engaged in rehabilitation/construction projects in Nepal, Bosnia and
Herzegovina and Afghanistan. He was born in Sapporo City in Hokkaido,
which is the northernmost island of Japan.

Manager of Development
Cooperation Division,
International Affairs Bureau,
City of Yokohama, Japan

Mr. Takeshi Sasai joined the City of Yokohama in 1996, and has been
engaged in transportation planning and management, such as
subway-extension planning, transportation survey, public
transportation promotion called “mobility management”, etc. He
also has experience in the field of disaster prevention and road
maintenance as a civil engineer. Now he is engaged in international
technical cooperation, mainly with Asian cities.

Takeshi SASAI

Officer of Development Cooperation

Division,
International Affairs Bureau,
City of Yokohama, Japan
From Paris City, France
HUYBRECHTS Eric
Architect and Regional/Urban
Planner, in charge of European &
International Affairs for the
Paris/Ile-de-France Regional
planning Agency
Mr. Huybrechts Eric has 28 years of experience as high level expert in
the field of Urban and Regional Planning on large metropolitan areas,
regions and countries as advisor, technical assistant and expert for high
level decision makers (Prime ministers, ministers, governors, mayors,
directors of administrations) for projects funded by multilateral and
bilateral cooperations, cities and countries. Focus on large cities in
developing countries (Addis Ababa, Algiers, Beirut, Cairo, Damascus,
Istanbul, Greater Mumbai, Phnom Penh, Rio de Janeiro, Tripoli-Libya). 2
“World leadership awards” obtained by the Governor for the “Phnom
Penh Metropolitan Master plan” prepared under my direction.
Participation in large international conferences on cities
(PREPCOM/Habitat 3, WUF, WUC, UCGL, Metropolis, Metrex, Africities,
INTA, CAP, Ecocity…). Member of the Scientific council of the
International award for Urban innovation (UCGL, Metropolis, Guangzhou
city).
Associated professor at the University of Paris-East (Paris School of
Urban planning) in charge of a Post Master on “International expertise for
cities in developing countries” and lecturer in several universities,
schools of Architecture in France and abroad. Previous scientific
researcher and director of a research Center for Middle East countries
(Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine).
From Hanoi City, Vietnam
Mr. Dao Minh Tam graduated from Hanoi University of Architecture,
and started to work for Hanoi Urban Planning Institute (HUPI) to
design urban transportation system. Since 2002, he has worked for
Hanoi Architecture and Urban Planning Authority (HAUPA) to
evaluate and approve Master Plans and Detailed Plans of Hanoi City.
He has participated in various ODA projects of urban planning and
infrastructure development such as General Plan formulation of
Hanoi City, and construction of new metro system.

Le Sinh Tien

Deputy Director of International Cooperation and ODA Projects

Division, Hanoi Authority for Planning and Investment,
Dao Minh Tam
Hanoi People’s Committee, Vietnam

Vice Head of Division,

Infrastructure Planning Department,
Hanoi Architecture Urban Planning
Authority,
Hanoi People’s Committee, Vietnam

Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Tu is an architect as well as an urban designer

who graduated from Hanoi University of Architecture and National
Taiwan University of Science and Technology.
Her expertise is energy efficiency in buildings and building energy
analysis.

Nguyen Toan Thang

Architect, Deputy Head of Rural Planning,

Hanoi Architecture Urban Planning Authority,
Nguyen Ngoc Tu
Hanoi People’s Committee, Vietnam

Architecture and Urban

design/management, Building Energy
Consultant
From Edmonton City, Canada
Before being elected to Edmonton’s City Council in 2007, Mr. Ben
Henderson was very active in cultural and community-building in
Edmonton. Henderson brings a master’s degree in Fine Arts, years of
experience as a theatre director, as well as involvement with the
Professional Arts Coalition of Edmonton and the Edmonton Arts
Council (as vice-president).
A member of the Old Strathcona Foundation, he was also a
vice-president of the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues
(EFCL) for several years and chaired their Planning & Development
Committee. He served on the City of Edmonton’s Infrastructure and
Technical Advisory Committee, also the Advisory Committee on
Taxation of Non-Profits. He is trained and has worked in mediation
and negotiation.

Ben Henderson

Councilor of Edmonton’s City Council

Isla Tanaka is a planner with Edmonton's WinterCity Office. She

holds a Master of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies
degree from the University of Northern British Columbia. Her thesis
explored how outdoor winter recreation spaces in Prince George,
BC, were used, designed and promoted.
At the City of Edmonton, she has been involved with developing
and implementing the 10-year WinterCity Strategy. This has
included extensive consultation both in the community and within
city administration. She has also been responsible for organizing
public events, and was part of the core team that organized the
2015 Winter Cities Shake-Up conference. She also sat on the core
team for the development of the city’s Winter Design Guidelines,
and is currently involved in planning a second Winter Cities
Shake-Up conference for February 2017.
Before working for the City of Edmonton, she worked in the area of ISLA B. R. TANAKA
assistive services at two Canadian universities. As a result, she
has an interest in universal design, to create buildings and public
spaces that are safe and welcoming to everyone. This interest has
carried over to include accessibility of recreation spaces and WinterCity Planner
amenities in the winter. Citizen Services, City of Edmonton