The Fifth UCLG ASPAC Congress, to be held during September 3rd to 5th this year, will take place in Formosa Regent Hotel, Taipei. With the theme Adaptive City: Embedding Design in City Governance, the Congress will discuss four major issues in concurrent sessions: Development and Application of Smart Cities, Adaptive City- the Spirit of Taipei, Developing Trend of Green Transportaion, and How to Establish Material Recycling and Zero-waste Society.