Going Green – Experiencing the Ecomobile Lifestyle

Editorial
Authors and editors
Bingyu Chiu (co-author)
Urban planner, author, and columnist based in Taipei. Master’s
degree in Spatial Planning. Worked at urban planning consultancies,
City of Taipei, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability,
and The Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES).
Advocate of sustainable urbanism. Author of We Deserve a Better
City, a book published in Taiwan.
Email: bingyu.chiu@gmail.com; LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/
bingyuchiu/
Chinghui Liao (co-editor)
Environmental Engineering Ph.D. from National Taiwan University
and Master’s in Economics from National Hitotsubashi
University in Tokyo, Japan. Head of International Affairs at ICLEI
Kaohsiung Capacity Center. Previously, researcher on environmental
policies at California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA,
and National Taiwan University.
Email: chinghui.liao@iclei.org; LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/
chinghui-liao-66a97689/
Konrad Otto-Zimmermann (co-author, co-editor)
Creative Director at The Urban Idea in Freiburg, Germany.
Master’s degrees in Urban Planning and Public Administration.
Thought leader and innovator in the fields of urban sustainability,
resilient cities, environmental management, green building, and
ecomobility. Worked for the German Federal Environmental
Agency, City of Freiburg and ICLEI – Local Governments for
Sustainability. Conceived and managed Germany’s first bicyclefriendly
cities model project. Coined the concepts and terms
“Öffi,” “Umweltverbund,” and “EcoMobility.” As Secretary General
of ICLEI, developed idea and concept of EcoMobility Festivals.
Supported the festivals in 2013 in Suwon, 2015 in Johannesburg,
and 2017 in Kaohsiung with his team.
Email: konrad@theurbanidea.com; LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/
in/ottozimmermann/
Contributors
Shu-Chuan Chang
Deputy Director General, Transportation Bureau, Kaohsiung City
Government. Chief supervisor of 150 local cultural events during
the festival, including open-air theater and concerts.
Email: cschang@kcg.gov.tw; LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/
shuchuan-chang-2334a010b/
Chih-Ho Vincent Chen
Senior Technical Specialist at Transportation Bureau of Kaohsiung
City Government. Specialties: transport planning, intelligent
transportation systems. Director of EcoMobility World Festival
2017 Project Office. In charge of communication between the
project office and local residents to dispel their skepticism.
Email: vincent@kcg.gov.tw
Ching-Fu Jeff Chen
Professor at National Cheng Kung University, Tainan.
Internationally renowned expert in urban transportation.
Director-General of the Transportation Bureau at Kaohsiung
City Government
Email: cfchen99@mail.ncku.edu.tw; LinkedIn: www.linkedin.
com/in/ching-fu-chen-21113547/
Beatrice Ch’ng
Sustainable urban mobility/EcoMobility officer at ICLEI World
Secretariat based in Bonn, Germany. Interdisciplinary work and
research experience in the Asia Pacific, Europe, and Africa regions
especially on sustainable cities. Graduated from the Erasmus
Mundus Master’s in Environmental Science, Policy and Management
(MESPOM) at Lund University, Sweden; Central European
University, Hungary; and University of the Aegean, Greece. Previously,
an environmental consultant at Ramboll-ENVIRON.
Email: beatrice.chng@iclei.org ; LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/
beatricechng/
Min-Lun Shally Hsu
Associate Technical Specialist at Transportation Bureau of
Kaohsiung City Government for transport planning and traffic
engineering. Executive officer at EcoMobility World Festival 2017
Project Office. The first member of the project office. In charge of
planning the EcoMobility World Congress 2017 and communication
between Kaohsiung and ICLEI.
Email: g1027@kcg.gov.tw
Nai-Wen Casper Hsu
Section Chief at Transportation Bureau of Kaohsiung City
Government. Specialties: transport planning, traffic engineering.
Deputy Director of EcoMobility World Festival 2017 Project Office.
In charge of project management, coordination within the city
government, division of labor and business collaborations.
Email: casper@kcg.gov.tw
Tobias Kuttler
Urban planner and researcher based in Berlin, Germany with focus
on urbanism and urban mobility in the Global South, especially
India and South Africa. Research associate at Technical University
Berlin and PhD candidate of the mobil.LAB Doctoral Research
Group at Technical University of Munich. Studies of Urban
Planning, Geography and European Ethnology in Berlin, with
study and research visits to the US, Spain, and India. Co-author
of “Change the way you move!” about the EcoMobility World
Festival 2015 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Email: tobias.kuttler@theurbanidea.com; LinkedIn: www.linkedin.
com/in/tobias-kuttler
Monika Zimmermann
Deputy Secretary General of ICLEI, based in Bonn, Germany.
Master’s degree in Administrative and Political Science. Expert in
urban sustainable development. Editor and (co-)author of book
series, books, and articles. Set up and led various working fields of
ICLEI including EcoMobility, Resilient Cities, Smart Cities and
ICLEI’s Capacity Center. Led the ICLEI teams working on Eco-
Mobility Festivals and Congresses 2013 (Suwon), 2015 ( Johannesburg)
and 2017 (Kaohsiung).
Email: monika.zimmermann@iclei.org; LinkedIn: www.linkedin.
com/in/monikazimmermann
Theresa Zimmermann
Researcher and author on sustainable urban governance based in
Berlin, Germany. Research Associate at Freie Universität Berlin,
Germany. Master’s degree in Environmental Policy and Planning.
Worked as researcher at the Institute for Ecological Economy
Research (IÖW) and as Freelancer for The Urban Idea GmbH.
Co-author of “Change the way you move!” documentary on the
EcoMobility World Festival 2015 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Email: theresa.zimmermann@theurbanidea.com; LinkedIn: www.
linkedin.com/in/theresa-zimmermann
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