Countries and cities around the globe are faced with increasingly complex social challenges. The difficulty in solving them is aggravated by polarization, misinformation, and people’s distrust in leaders. We’ll look at how some changemakers in Asia are turning that around by fostering citizens’ engagement in the design of public services and problem-solving. What made such unlikely co-creation possible in the Asian context? How is the citizen-government relationship redefined in the process? Social innovators from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and South Korea will share their successes and challenges of navigating between decision makers and the public to innovate for a more inclusive and effective public square.
This session was curated in partnership with Good Lab.
Warren serves as CEO of Good Lab, a non-profit social innovation consultancy dedicated to enabling social and public sector organisations in Hong Kong to become innovative in addressing social and organisational issues through cross-sector collaboration and Design Thinking.
Committed to public…
Sunkyung HAN is the founder and CEO of C., a social innovation catalyst organization. Since its establishment (2004), C. works in Asia to create the spaces for exchange and connections among people and organisations and to contribute to the systemic transition through creating the sense making…
Deputy Executive Director, DesignSingapore Council
Emily has more than 25 years of professional experience spanning the arts, media, design and infocomm in the private and public sectors. She started her career in advertising and marketing with Miller Freeman Pte Ltd and Singapore Press Holdings Ltd in the media sector. Emily later made a switch…
Ada Y K WONG, JP
Executive Chair, Good Lab Foundation
Director, Ednovators
Chairperson, Make A Difference Institute
Ada has led a varied career as solicitor, creative educator, cultural entrepreneur, social innovator, civil society advocate and local politician. She has set up and run many non-profit…
