Feb 22, 2018
Hugh is Director of Development at the University of California’s Center for Information Technology Research in the Interests of Society (CITRIS). Hugh leads the Center’s strategic engagement with corporate sponsors and manages research initiatives related to water and cities. From 2008 – 2010, Hugh was Director of Business Relations at the University of Manchester and…
Feb 22, 2018
Engineer; Entrepreneur, President of Ethos Institute of Business and Social Responsibility; Member of the Global Compact Board; Board Member of Sociotec Engineer; Member of World Social Forum’s International Council; Member of the Network Nossa São Paulo; Former member of the Presidential Board of Food and Nutritional Safety (Consea), Former General Coordinator of Fórum Empresarial de…
Dec 05, 2017
Sébastien Turbot is the Former Executive Director at the NewCities Foundation where he oversees all aspects of the Foundation’s mission, activities, events and outreach. He has also been the Curator of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE), the leading global event on education organized by the Qatar Foundation. Sébastien was also Editor-in-Chief of TEDxParis…
Nov 06, 2017
Yann Leriche is CEO of Transdev North America, the largest multi-modal operator of public transportation, with contracts in over 200 cities, as well as B2C and B2B businesses, including airport shuttles, crew transfers and corporate transportation services. He also leads the company’s global on-demand (B2C) business lines and its autonomous vehicle strategy and activities. He…
Nov 06, 2017
Dick oversees business development efforts for Transdev North America and has helped the business grow to $1.6 billion in revenues over his 15-year tenure. He is responsible for developing partnerships with over 200 cities, counties and transit agencies where Transdev manages and operates public transit systems. He is a strong advocate for better mobility in…
Sep 21, 2017
Pascal Mittermaier is the Managing Director of Global Cities at The Nature Conservancy. Explore the Conservancy’s latest thinking, science and recommendations on nature and cities at Global Solutions.
Aug 28, 2017
Dr. Shain Shapiro is the founder and CEO of Sound Diplomacy. Sound Diplomacy is the leader of the Music Cities movement, which sees culture built into the urban environment through policy. They also run Music Cities Events, the global leading music cities conference series.
Aug 09, 2017
Konvitz joined the Urban Affairs Division of the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 1992 after nearly twenty years on the history faculty of Michigan State University. Upon retiring from the OECD in 2011 as Head of the Regulatory Policy Program, Konvitz was appointed Honorary Professor, University of Glasgow. Cities and Crisis, his…
Aug 08, 2017
Alexander Mirescu is CEO of RESILIÉNT/CITY, a company based in New York which provides expert risk assessments project management and support for Disaster Risk Reduction and Urban Resilience. Mirescu was selected in 2015 by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) to serve as a Public Advocate for the United Nation’s “Making…
Aug 04, 2017
Mr Amit Pathare is an energy and utilities sector executive with 20 years of experience, having held Management positions with the ENGIE Group over the past nine years. He is currently ENGIE’s Programme Director for Cities, and a passionate advocate for steering ENGIE’s activities into new geographies, technologies and business domains.
Aug 01, 2017
Jean-François Barsoum joined IBM’s Strategy Consulting practice in 1996, and as Senior Managing Consultant, Smarter Cities, Water and Transportation, Innovation, Research & Development, he has worked on dozens of strategy mandates since them, most of them focused on environmental or smart city issues. In 2008, he was among the few Canadians selected by the Al…
Jul 31, 2017
Saleemul Huq is the Director of the International Centre for Climate Change & Development (ICCCAD) since 2009 and intends to support growing capacity of Bangladesh stakeholders, while enabling people and organizations from outside to benefit from training in Bangladesh. ICCCAD runs regular short courses as well as a MSc. program in Climate Change and Development.…