Breakout 2: Building for tomorrow – developing the infrastructure of innovation spaces

September 17th, 2025 — 16:00

Innovation spaces worldwide face a critical crossroads: adapt or become obsolete. Here, you’ll learn different methodologies for rejuvenating spaces and building adaptive infrastructure that meets tomorrow’s innovation demands.
 

 

The Engineering University of Arizona Tech Park (USA) will share how to achieve comprehensive modernisation through smart technology and flexible design, and Konza Technopolis will explain how they are driving Kenya’s infrastructure-first strategy to position African innovation hubs for future technological evolution.

 

Engaging in the local ecosystem, Zhonggguancun’s regional collaborative model will showcase integrated planning for new-quality productive forces, while from Thailand, Chiang Mai University will explain how they plan to tackle urbanisation challenges by aligning technological innovation with sustainable development goals.  

 

These transformative approaches will reveal how strategic interventions can breathe new life into innovation ecosystems. 

 

Speakers

Turner, Joseph SamuelUSABuilding the future: how strategic revitalization spurs innovation
Wattanachai, PitiwatSTeP, Chiang Mai University, ThailandDriving sustainable urban development: the role of step in shaping northern Thailand’s economic future
Ndambuki, JosephineKonza Technopolis Development Authority, KenyaBuilding for tomorrow: developing the infrastructure of innovation spaces- a case of Konza Technopolis, Africa's Silicon Savannah
Hu, DeHuiBeijing Zhongguancun Information Valley Asset Management Co., Ltd, ChinaExploration and practice of regional collaborative innovation in Zhongguancun