08 July 2025
3pm-4pm (Sydney, AEST) | 2pm-3pm (Korea)
Zoom webinar

Join us for an international exchange on advancing healthy cities initiatives across the Asia-Pacific region. This webinar brings together leaders from Korea and Australia's national healthy cities networks to share experiences, lessons learned, and collaborative opportunities.

This webinar builds on the existing MOU between Korean and Australian healthy cities networks and aims to strengthen partnerships while identifying collective actions to grow the healthy cities movement across the Asia-Pacific region.

Speakers

Mayor Lim Taek
Gwangju Dong-gu Chair, Korea Healthy Cities Partnership
Sandra McCarthy
Chair, Australian Chapter of the Alliance for Healthy Cities
Jinhee Kim
Scientia Lecturer, UNSW Cities Institute
Kelly Andrews
CEO, Healthy Cities Institute
Hye Ran Kim profile
Secretariat, Korea Healthy Cities Partnership

What you'll learn:

  • How healthy cities networks have developed and evolved in Korea and Australia
  • Current activities, challenges, and future directions in both countries
  • Practical insights from mayors, secretariats, member cities, and academic partners
  • Opportunities for cross-regional collaboration and knowledge sharing
  • Insights from the European Healthy Cities Network Conference held in Türkiye 17-19 June 2025

Who should attend

Local government officials, public health professionals, urban planners, researchers, and anyone interested in creating healthier, more sustainable cities.

English-Korean simultaneous interpretation, interactive panel discussion, and Q&A session.

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