Oct 03, 2018
As Chief Innovation Officer, Jeff leads the Strategic Development and Innovation team at Gehl. Working across the Gehl teams, Jeff leverages existing talent and expertise into new knowledge creation to improve ways of working internally. Externally, Jeff works with existing and new partners to improve Gehl’s core services in addressing the most pressing challenges facing…
Oct 03, 2018
Oct 03, 2018
Dr. Vatsal Bhatt consults with the U.S. Green Building Council as the Vice President for Communities, where he helped conceptualize and make operational the LEED for Cities and LEED for Communities rating systems. He co-leads the Application Frameworks working group on the National Institute for Standards and Technology led efforts for developing “IoT Enabled Smart…
Oct 03, 2018
Oct 01, 2018
Anna Hessle is Senior Chief Architect and International Director at Europe’s leading architecture and engineering consultancy firm Sweco. She specialises in green architecture, sustainable and smart city development and is the Lead Designer for international multidisciplinary urban development projects.
Sep 25, 2018
Dr. Mark Lutter is Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Innovative Governance Research, a think tank dedicated to researching charter cities, special economic zones, and other forms of political decentralization. Prior to launching the Center for Innovative Governance Research, he was Lead Economist for NeWAY Capital, an asset management firm which made early…
Sep 25, 2018
I’m a perpetually traveling writer who focuses on new cities (ghost cities), the New Silk Road, and international e-commerce as seen from the ground. I am the author of “Ghost Cities of China: The Story of Cities Without People in the World’s Most Populated Country,” a book which chronicles the two and a half years…
Sep 25, 2018
Shaishav Dharia is the Regional CEO for Palava City, New Cuffe Parade and Lodha Commercial. He is responsible for the delivery of key business goals and profitability for these markets. He joined Lodha Group in 2010 as Head of Strategy and later moved to the role of Development Director. He has over 17 years of…
Sep 18, 2018
Ashlee joined NewCities in 2018 as the Senior Communications and Media Relations Manager. Ashlee has strong international expertise, having held strategic roles in the urban development, healthcare and mining sectors in the UK and Australia. Ashlee is passionate about people working together to share learning, create new ideas and drive impact.
Sep 14, 2018
Albert Shen is a former small landlord and Seattle city council candidate from Seattle, WA. He was also previously a former senior Obama Administration appointee at the U.S. Department of Commerce from 2014-2017 and is now a senior strategic business consultant residing in Dallas, TX.
Sep 14, 2018
David Glick is an associate professor of political science at Boston University. His research interests include American political institutions, legal politics, and housing policy. His work has appeared in multiple academic outlets, including the American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, the Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Political Behavior, the Journal of Law…
Sep 14, 2018
Maxwell Palmer is an assistant professor of political science at Boston University. His research interests include American political institutions, legislative politics, and housing policy. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in the American Political Science Review, the Journal of Politics, American Politics Research, and the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. His research has been…