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How can cities build climate resilience through Nature-based Solutions, and what role do communities play in making them work?

Join us for the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) Seminar Series at SUTD. In this session, Jihye Lee, Researcher at the Future Cities Laboratory Global, Singapore-ETH Centre, explores how communities can recognise, value, and co-steward water sensitive urban infrastructure. Drawing on research across Singapore, Seoul, and Zurich, she examines what enables water sensitive communities to emerge and support the long-term success of blue-green infrastructure.

🗓️ 24 Jun 2026
🕒 1PM to 2PM
📍SUTD, Think Tank 21, Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Think Tank (Building 2, Level 3 – 2.310)

🔗 Learn more and register:
https://www.sutd.edu.sg/events-listing/from-water-sensitive-urban-design-to-water-sensitive-communities-insights-from-singapore-seoul-and-zurich

As climate risks intensify, how should cities rethink their relationship with water? Not as a threat to control, but as a force to design with.

At Condensations 2026, the inaugural thought leadership event hosted by the SUTD Sustainable Futures Centre and organised by the Centre for Climate Adaptation (CCA), and Architecture and Sustainable Design (ASD) pillar, global leaders in water diplomacy, urban resilience, design, infrastructure finance, policy, and coastal adaptation came together to address one of the defining challenges of our time.

The panel brought together Henk Ovink, Ridzuan Ismail, Nan Chyuan Tiah, David Erdman, Sourav Majumder, Matthijs Bouw, and Laurian Farrell, offering perspectives on how cities can prepare for a future shaped by rising seas, extreme weather, and uncertainty.

A common message emerged throughout the discussion: climate adaptation is not merely an engineering challenge. It is equally a question of design, governance, finance, and community participation.

The conversation grappled with difficult but necessary questions. What do we protect? What do we adapt? What must we transform? And how can design help societies navigate these choices with intelligence, empathy, and courage for the community?

Held as part of Singapore International Water Week 2026, Condensations convened policymakers, designers, researchers, industry leaders, and communities around a shared imperative: building resilient futures in a changing climate. The discussions reinforced that meaningful adaptation requires more than technological innovation. It demands new forms of collaboration across disciplines, sectors, and scales, and a personal commitment to advancing critical planetary design.

The event was opened by Prof Khoo Peng Beng, Director of the Sustainable Futures Centre, alongside Prof Eva Maria Castro and Corinna Choong, Co-Directors of the Centre. As SUTD's Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Futures, the Centre advances leadership in sustainability and planetary design through research, education, innovation, and partnerships.

The future of our cities will not be determined by how we fight water, but by how wisely we learn to live with it.

From thought leadership and research presentations to hands-on design innovation, SUTD was proud to contribute to the conversations shaping the future of cities at World Cities Summit 2026.

At the heart of our presence was Regenerative Cities, an exhibition by SUTD and the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC) that explored how cities can move beyond sustainability towards regeneration. Featuring research and innovations from LKYCIC, the Architecture and Sustainable Design pillar, and the Centre for Sustainable Futures, the exhibition showcased how design, technology, policy, and ecology can come together to create positive outcomes for both people and the planet.

A highlight of the exhibition was the booth itself. Designed and built by SUTD faculty and students, it reflected our belief in learning through making, interdisciplinary collaboration, and hands-on innovation.

Beyond the exhibition, SUTD faculty, researchers, and students contributed across the Summit through keynote addresses, panel discussions, research spotlights, masterclasses, and leadership dialogues on topics ranging from AI and mobility to resilient and regenerative urban systems.

As cities grapple with increasingly complex challenges, World Cities Summit provided an important platform to exchange ideas, forge new connections, and explore how research and innovation can help shape more liveable, resilient, and regenerative urban futures.

Congratulations to Associate Professor Carlos Bañón and the FORMAS.AI team on winning 1st Prize at SuperAI Genesis 2026!

Their achievement reflects the growing potential of AI not just as a tool for efficiency, but as a creative partner in the design process. By bringing together design, technology, and entrepreneurship, FORMAS.AI is exploring new ways for people to imagine, create, and shape the spaces around them.

A powerful reminder of what can happen when design and AI are brought together with purpose. We're excited to see how FORMAS.AI continues to redefine the future of design.

#superai2026 #formasai #aec #aidesign #architecture | FORMAS.AI We did it. Our Super CEO nailed the SuperAI stage. 🏆 FORMAS.AI is the winner of the SuperAI Genesis Startup Competition 2026. Out of hundreds of applicants, our Co-Founder & CEO Yiping G. took the WEKA Stage at Marina Bay Sands, twice, and brought it home. Watching her walk out there, tell our st...

How will quantum and classical computing shape the future of discovery?

Hear from Professor Dario Poletti, Head of Cluster for Science, Mathematics and Technology at SUTD, as he shares insights on Singapore's newest supercomputer and the evolving role of quantum technologies.

CNA938 Rewind - Aspire 2B supercomputer shows hybrid future with Quantum #SGToday How will a new, next-generation national research supercomputer aid in better extreme weather prediction, coastal defence planning, and healthcare research? Daniel Martin finds out more from Associate Professor Dario Poletti, Head of Cluster for Science, Mathematics and Technology at the Singapore U...

𝐒𝐔𝐓𝐃 𝐀𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐲

As AI becomes increasingly integrated into education, educators are exploring new ways to enhance teaching, learning, and student engagement.

Through SUTD Academy’s inaugural 𝘈𝘐 𝘍𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 programme, participants gained hands-on exposure to AI tools, emerging education technologies, and practical approaches for integrating AI into classroom and curriculum design.

We thank all participants for their active engagement and look forward to supporting more educators in integrating AI effectively and responsibly into teaching and learning.

🔗 Learn more:
https://bit.ly/AI_fluency_education

At World Cities Summit (WCS) 2026, faculty and researchers from SUTD will be sharing our research on regenerative cities and joining the conversations with global experts on the future of innovative and liveable cities.

Visit SUTD’s booth at the exhibition to explore and interact with our work from the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC), the Centre for Sustainable Futures, and the Architecture and Sustainable Design pillar.

Across WCS, catch our SUTD experts in action at the following sessions:

- Prof Cheong Koon Hean (LKYCIC) - Opening address at the Science of Cities Symposium and moderator of the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize panel discussion with the laureate winner and special mention cities
- Prof Khoo Peng Beng and Asst Prof Immanuel Koh - Leadership plenary sessions on Smart Cities and Resilient & Regenerative Cities
- Dr Belinda Yuen (LKYCIC) - City Network for the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize (LKYWCP Network) Research Fellowship Masterclass
- Prof Thomas Schroepfer, Dr Dinithi Jayasekara, Mr Li Bayi, Ms Sarah Wong - Research and Young Researcher Spotlights at the Science of Cities Symposium
- Assoc Prof Sam Joyce Conrad - Speaker at the City Innovators Stage session on AI and smart cities
- Asst Prof Peter Ortner and Research Asst Prof Samuel Chng (LKYCIC) - CLC Publications Spotlight
- Research Asst Prof Samuel Chng (LKYCIC) - Speaker at the sessions on Reimagining Mobility for People and Future Urban Liveability on mobility and liveability
- Dr Ng Shu Tian, Dr Suhaila Binte Zainal Shah, Mr Li Bayi, Ms Flora Du from LKYCIC - Young Leaders Symposium

From AI and mobility to regenerative urban systems, we are excited to contribute to conversations on designing cities that are more sustainable, resilient, and liveable for the future.

🔗 Learn more:
https://www.worldcitiessummit.com.sg/

Build AI solutions that are grounded in real-world impact.

The 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 (𝐌𝐒𝐜 𝐃𝐀𝐈-𝐄) at SUTD combines advanced AI, design thinking and enterprise application to prepare professionals for the next wave of industry transformation.

Choose from four specialty tracks:
• Embodied AI
• Analytics & AI in Operations
• Human-Centred AI
• Security & AI

Learn through hands-on projects with faculty and industry mentors using real datasets and deployment challenges.

Available in full-time and part-time modes. MOE-subsidised for eligible Singapore Citizens and PRs.

📅 Apply by: 30 Jun 2026
🔗 Learn more:
https://www.sutd.edu.sg/programme-listing/master-of-science-in-design-and-artificial-intelligence-for-enterprise/