Ada Wong - Understanding Polarization

Countries and cities around the globe are faced with increasingly complex social challenges. The difficulty in solving them is aggravated by polarization, misinformation, and people’s distrust in leaders. We’ll look at how some changemakers in Asia are turning that around by fostering citizens’ engagement in the design of public services and problem-solving. What made such unlikely co-creation possible in the Asian context? How is the citizen-government relationship redefined in the process? Social innovators from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, and South Korea will share their successes and challenges of navigating between decision makers and the public to innovate for a more inclusive and effective public square.

Ada Y K WONG, JP Executive Chair, Good Lab Foundation Director, Ednovators Chairperson, Make A Difference Institute Ada has led a varied career as solicitor, creative educator, cultural entrepreneur, social innovator, civil society advocate and local politician. She has set up and run many non-profit institutions in the education, culture, creativity and social innovation fields in the past 20 years.