Back to Meetings2026 Blue Sky Symposium
Held in celebration of the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies, the 2026 Blue Sky Symposium will take place on 7 September 2026 at Seoul Dragon City Hotel in the Republic of Korea. Jointly organized by the ESCAP Subregional Office for East and North-East Asia, serving as the Secretariat of the North-East Asia Clean Air Partnership (NEACAP); the National Air Emission Inventory and Research Center (NAIR) of the Republic of Korea; and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), serving as the Secretariat for the Acid Deposition Monitoring Network in East Asia (EANET), the symposium will bring together policymakers, researchers, technical experts and international organizations to exchange knowledge and strengthen regional cooperation on particulate matter and ozone pollution. Discussions will focus on integrated air quality management, advances in monitoring and modelling, artificial intelligence applications, and science-based policy responses for cleaner air in North-East Asia.
For more information: https://blueskies.kr/
Opening Remarks
- Ms. Heun-jin Oh, Head, National Air Emission Inventory and Research Center (NAIR)
- Mr. Riccardo Mesiano, Deputy Head, ESCAP East and North-East Asia Office
- Ms. Yujeong Kim, Senior Programme Management Officer, UNEP Asia and the Pacific Office
Congratulatory Remarks: Ms. Soyun Kim, Executive Director, Coolimate (Youth Climate Action Bridge)
Lead organizer: ESCAP East and North-East Asia Office and the Secretariat for the North-East Asia Clean Air Partnership (NEACAP)
- Mr. Josselyn Mothe, Technical Officer, WHO Asia-Pacific Centre for Environment and Health
- Mr. ZENG Jinghai, Division Director, Department of Atmospheric Environment, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, China
- Ms. LEE Nayoung, Senior Deputy Director, Air Quality Policy Division, Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, Republic of Korea
- Ms. Nidhi Malik, Senior Associate on Air Quality, Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP)
- Mr. Eric Zusman, Programme Director/Director of Integrated Sustainability Centre, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
Q&A
Lead organizer: NAIR, Republic of Korea
- Mr. Soontae Kim, Professor, Ajou University
- Ms. Minyoung Song, Research Fellow, The Seoul Institute
- Mr. Kyung-Hwan Kwak, Professor, Kangwon National University
Q&A
Lead organizer: UNEP and the Secretariat for the EANET
- Secretariat for the EANET
- Dr. Yangxi Chu, Research Professor, Institute of Atmospheric Environment, Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), China
- Dr. Jun-ichi Kurokawa, Head, Data Management Department, Asia Center for Air Pollution Research (ACAP), Japan
- Ms. Nurul Syazreen Razali, Environmental Control Officer, Air Division, Department of Environment, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability, Malaysia
- Prof. Enkhdul Tuuguu, Associate Professor in the Department of Environment and Forest Engineering, National University of Mongolia
- Ms. Renée Gift, Legal Officer, Law Division, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Q&A
- Ms. Yujeong Kim, Senior Programme Management Officer, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), and Ad Interim Coordinator, Secretariat for the EANET
