The City of Kuala Lumpur is proud to host the ‘16th International Conference on World Class Sustainable Cities 2025 (WCSC 2025)’ held on Tuesday, 30th September 2025 at the Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Themed ‘Resilient Cities, Living Heritage’, this year’s 16th annual series of the ‘International Conference on World Class Sustainable Cities’ (WCSC) successfully shared, addressed and focused on 3 main sub-themes – ‘Culture as Catalyst: Revitalising Urban Identity and Community Life’, ‘Climate Adaptation & Nature-Based Solutions for Resilient Cities’ and ‘Smart and Inclusive Technologies for Regenerative Urban Futures’.
“Firstly, WCSC 2025 Organizing Committee is most honored with the presence of the Guest of-Honor, Y.B. Tuan Nga Kor Ming, Minister of Housing and Local Government (KPKT), Malaysia to officiate the ‘WCSC 2025 Official Opening Ceremony & Keynote Address’. The Organizing Committee also records its heartfelt gratitude to the Honourable Mayor of Kuala Lumpur and Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) for the continued support and official endorsement of WCSC conference. This joint collaboration with DBKL highlights the significance of public-private partnerships in urban development and planning, and has definitely enabled WCSC series to further innovate and strengthen our strategic partnership towards promoting the future urban resiliency, sustainability and liveability of Kuala Lumpur and other cities in Malaysia,” highlighted Ms Victoria Chua, WCSC 2025 Organizing Chairperson.
“All cities should cherish and embrace its history and cultural identity as assets towards creating a better planned and sustainable development. The cities of tomorrow need to adopt effective urban planning by integrating Sustainable Development Goals and community engagement into every facet of urban planning in order to accommodate urban growth, safeguard the environment, preserve cultural and natural heritage, and enhance city resilience,” added Ms Victoria Chua.
Building climate-resilient, net-zero cities and integrating nature-based solutions can be achieved by adopting a holistic, systems-based approach and integrated urban development strategies that takes into account land use planning, technologies, and behavioral changes to achieve sustainability and resilience goals in terms of social, economic and environmental factors for a sustainable and liveable future.
In support of Malaysia taking on the significant role as Chairmanship for ASEAN for the year 2025, WCSC 2025 has brought together distinguished international and local speakers from ASEAN region and beyond including:-
(1) Y Bhg Dato’ Seri TPr (Dr.) Maimunah binti Mohd Sharif, Mayor of Kuala Lumpur; (2) Mr Justin Lau & Mr Philip Clarke – Project Director, The OVAL Partnership, Hong Kong;
(3) Mr Karin Kungwankitti, Director of Songkla Office, Creative Economy Agency, Thailand;
(4) Ms Ang Wei Ping, Group Director – Policy & Planning, National Parks Board (NParks), Singapore;
(5) Dr Lorelei D. De Viana, College of Architecture, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines;
(6) Y Bhg Dato’ Dr Nor Azizi bin Zakaria, Honorary Professor, River Engineering and Urban Drainage Research Centre (REDAC), Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM); (7) LAr Khariza binti Abd Khalid, Executive Director, Gamuda Land, Malaysia; (8) Ar Dr Miguel A. Robles – Cardona, Senior Associate Architect, VERITAS Design Group, Malaysia;
(9) Dr Ceelia Leong, Director, Think City, Malaysia;
(10) Dr Mazlan Abbas, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder, FAVORIOT Sdn Bhd, Malaysia; and
(11) Mr Joe Sidek, Managing Director, Joe Sidek Productions Sdn Bhd, Malaysia.
As part of the WCSC 2025 programme, concurrent events organized include ‘WCSC 2025 Welcome Dinner’, ‘WCSC 2025 MasterClass Session’, ‘WCSC 2025 Photography Competition’, and the ‘Young People’s Lab (YPLab) 2025’.
With the support and collaboration of both public and private sectors participation, WCSC 2025 has nurtured a strategic and constructive platform to continuously enhance the city’s built environment, promoting sustainable and liveable communities, carbon reduction, ensuring progressive economic growth and social inclusivity, among others towards improving the overall quality of life. WCSC continues to build on the successes of past editions by focusing on the best, successful and innovative practices needed to build urban resiliency, tackle climate change and regenerate urban spaces to address future challenges.
WCSC 2025 Organizing Committee once again extend our heartfelt appreciation to all the Conference Sponsors, conference speakers and conference delegates who have come forward to show your valuable support and partner with WCSC 2025.
We sincerely hope that all conference delegates had a constructive and fruitful engagement session to gather further insights and better understand the benefits and challenges in further enhancing the liveability, sustainability, and economic vitality of Kuala Lumpur towards achieving a Resilient, Sustainable & Liveable City.
For further information, kindly visit WCSC website at www.wcsckl.com
About WCSC
‘International Conference on World Class Sustainable Cities (WCSC)’ series is jointly organized by the 3 Partner Organizations: the Real Estate & Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur (REHDA WPKL), the Malaysian Institute of Planners (MIP), and the Malaysian Institute of Architects (PAM).
Since WCSC series started in 2009, this annual conference series has successfully gained recognition and prominence among the public and private sectors, City Managers/Administrators, built-environment industry professionals, academicians, residents’ groups and city stakeholders in this country. WCSC series has been specifically designed to provide further insights and showcase distinguished World Class international experts in city solutions to share some of the best and successful practices & case studies including experiences from World Class Cities, as well as to provide an opportunity for conference participants to implement, learn and better understand the efforts made within our own nation
