Riyadh to host Sustainable City Symposium

The Royal Commission for Riyadh City, formally known as Riyadh Development Authority, has invited international experts to participate in ‘Riyadh: The Sustainable City’ Symposium that will take place on November 12-13, 2019 in Riyadh.

The symposium will set out the next chapter in Riyadh’s development as a sustainable city, one that will enhance the lives of its citizens, while finding solutions to the difficult challenges facing all cities across the world today, a statement said on Wednesday.

The symposium will focus on four of the capital’s most ambitious projects, launched by Saudi Arabia’s King Salman, and stemming from an initiative from Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

These four projects are transformative and will help to establish Riyadh as one of the most livable cities in the world -- King Salman Park promises to be the largest green city park in the world while the Sports Boulevard will be a state-of-the-art new health and wellness destination in the heart of the city.

The third project -- Green Riyadh -- will focus on planting 7.5 million trees all over the city; while the fourth one -- Riyadh Art -- will delight art lovers with its 1,000 curated art pieces, iconic installations and annual arts festival through its world-class interactive public arts program.

The symposium will invite discussion across a variety of subject areas, including climate change; sustainable urban development; conservation of the natural environment; critical resource management; energy conservation, production and management; legal frameworks and initiatives to support positive change; and transformative social activation.