Smart Cities aim to utilize technology to improve services and make the city as a whole more efficient. From monitoring traffic lights, garbage trucks and available parking spaces to social and environmental issues, the term Smart City covers a lot. With more than two-thirds of the world’s population expected to live in cities by 2050, finding ways to make cities work better for the people who live in them has become a priority.
On the surface, Smart Cities make logical sense. They harness the available data and use that to improve the standard of living. However there are issues surrounding the data collected, how it is stored and what it is ultimately used for. In Toronto, for example, the 12-acre Quayside project (a partnership between Google’s Sidewalk Labs and the city of Toronto), has come under increased scrutiny amid concerns over privacy and data harvesting.
We have a range of keynote speakers to answer your questions and shed more light on this every growing use of data. They include Smart City and urbanisation experts, politicians, authors and futurists. All will offer insightful talks into what we can expect to see in our future cities.
Below we have a number of our most requested keynote speakers, but if you have someone particular in mind please don’t hesitate to contact our team to find out more.
Expert in smart cities, urban design and emergent technologies
Prize winning author and leading expert on strategy, globalisation and entrepreneurship
Professor of Finance, IMD and Director of IMD World Competitiveness Center
Founder and CEO of Urbanite Venture. Business & Strategy Partner of VRAcademi.
Expert in Artificial Intelligence, Smart Cities and Fintech
Director, CGA Global Economy Program, New York University & Author, The Serendipity Mindset
Emmy-award-winning producer, educator, and an internationally recognised architectural designer
Vice-President, Imperial College London
Global Adviser and Author on Cites & Urbanisation
Senior lecturer in the Mathematics of Cities at UCL
Professor of Globalisation and Development, Oxford University, Former Vice President and Head of Policy, World Bank and former policy advisor to Nelson Mandela
Economic and Environmental Though Leader
Disruptive Innovation, Strategy, and Technology Analyst
CEO Transform.Health and Global Strategist in Digital Health
Digital Health Futurist
Recent Mayor of Oklahoma City
Transport lead at “climate champions” initiative of United Nations Co-founder, Costa Rica Limpia Co-founder, Electric Mobility Association
Futurist, focused on the feedback loop between culture/politics & science/technology, Advisor on Hollywood Sci-Fi productions
Founder and Managing Partner, FutureMap
Authority on the Disruptive Digital Economy & Fintech Expert
An acclaimed futurist and innovation designer, 'the new European guru of innovation', according to The Financial Times
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