Professor Michael Lepech participated as a plenary speaker at the 2018 Future Consensus Forum hosted in Beijing, China in November, 2018 under the theme of “Next Civilized City and Sustainable Development”. This forum, co-organized by the Ban Ki-moon Center for Global Citizens, Yonsei University, and Tsinghua University launched a new future city research collaborative focusing on the future of smart, sustainable cities around the Pacific Rim. Find an article with more event information at this link.