LKYWCP Network Webinar #1 - Urban Regeneration and Leadership in City Transformation
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LKYWCP Network Webinar #1 - Urban Regeneration and Leadership in City Transformation
22 January 2026
[GMT+8] Singapore, 7.00pm – 8.30pm
[GMT+1] Bilbao, 12.00pm – 1.30pm
Platform: Zoom
Please sign up for this webinar via this link: https://go.gov.sg/lkywcpwebinar
Synopsis
Join us for the inaugural edition of this webinar series, featuring a sharing by Mr Asier Abaunza, Councillor Delegate from Bilbao City Council, as he explores Bilbao's remarkable urban transformation. This lecture will examine the city's history and the crisis of the 1980s, followed by an exploration of the transformation and new opportunities that emerged. The session will also highlight Zorrotzaurre (a major urban renewal project in Bilbao) and other ongoing and future strategic projects, whilst also delving into insights on mobility, economic development, and social cohesion. This will be followed by a moderated Q&A session.
About the Speakers
KEYNOTE AND PANEL SPEAKER
Asier Abaunza Robles
Councillor Delegate for Urban Planning,
Strategic Projects and Public Space,
Bilbao City Council
Mr Asier Abaunza Robles holds a degree in Agricultural Engineering from the Public University of Navarre. He is currently Councillor Delegate for Urban Planning, Strategic Projects and Public Space. He has been a councillor in the Bilbao City Council since 2008. During this period, he has been responsible for Mobility, Urban Planning, Civil Works Services and Public Space. He has also been a member of several Boards of Directors, has chaired districts 1 (Deusto) and 3 (Otxarkoaga-Txurdinaga), as well as several municipal companies (Artxanda Funicular, Surbisa amd Bioartigas). Previously, he worked at Lantik, at the Derio Agricultural School, in several private companies and as an advisor to the General Secretariat for Foreign Affairs of the Basque Government.
KEYNOTE AND PANEL SPEAKER
Eugene Lau
Director of the Architecture and Urban Design,
Industry and Innovation,
Urban Redevelopment Authority
Mr Eugene Lau is currently the Director of the Architecture and Urban Design, Industry and Innovation department which is part of the Architecture and Urban Design Group in the Urban Redevelopment Authority. Mr Lau has more than a decade of planning and urban design experience, innovating new methodologies of practicing urban design with technology, having formerly served in the Housing and Development Board, as well as leading a team as Deputy Director of the Urban Design Technologies department. Mr Lau graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture and holds a Master of Architecture from the National University of Singapore.