Mar 31, 2017
Ben Hecht was appointed president and CEO of Living Cities in July 2007. Since that time, the organization has adopted a broad, integrative agenda that harnesses the collective knowledge of its 22 member foundations and financial institutions to benefit low-income people and the cities where they live.
Mar 31, 2017
Sarah Moser is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Director of the Urban Studies Program at McGill University. Her research explores the cultural politics and drivers of new master planned cities and urban mega-developments in emerging economies. Dr. Moser is particularly interested in how new cities are strategies for nation-building and transitioning…
Mar 31, 2017
Carl Yost helps people communicate about architecture and design, primarily as communications manager for NBBJ. A New York-based art, architecture and design writer, he has written for Architectural Record, Architizer, The Architect’s Newspaper, Forbes and several other publications.
Mar 30, 2017
David Auerbach is a co-founder of Sanergy, a pioneering social enterprise in Nairobi, Kenya which builds healthy, prosperous communities in Africa’s informal settlements by making hygienic sanitation affordable and accessible for everyone, forever.
Mar 30, 2017
Dr. Chang is a professor at National Taiwan University. He has served as advisor to the Mayor of Taipei City since 1994. His research focuses on public transport, transport economics, advanced public transit and ITS. Professor Chang is one of the pioneers promoting green mobility in developing cities, including China and India. His philosophy on…
Mar 30, 2017
Yu-Ting Hsu is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at National Taiwan University. He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University, and M.S. and B.S. degrees from the National Taiwan University. His research interests lie in traveler behavior, transportation system analysis, spatial network modeling, and evacuation problem.
Mar 30, 2017
Sara Alkayali Alalam is a Masters Student in Civil Engineering in the University of Texas at Austin graduating in May 2016, and is specializing in Construction Engineering and Project Management. Sara is also working on a certificate in Decision Analysis from the Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Department in the University of Texas at Austin.…
Mar 30, 2017
Mike studied urban planning at McGill University in Montreal, graduating with a Master of Urban Planning in April 2013. Shortly after graduating, Mike worked for a Business Improvement Area in Ottawa, focused on creating a strategy to activate their newly revitalized main street and public spaces. More recently, Mike has worked as an urban planner…
Mar 30, 2017
Pradipta holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rabindra Bharti University, Kolkata, a Bachelor in Architecture with a minor in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, and a Masters in Urban Design from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. Originally from Kolkata, raised in Bangalore, and currently living in Pittsburgh, he has travelled extensively…
Mar 30, 2017
Yi Li is currently pursuing her concurrent degree in Master of Architecture and Master of Design in Real Estate and Built Environment at Graduate School of Design, Harvard University. Born and raised in China, she traveled, studied and worked in various countries before coming back for graduate study. Her current interests lies in finding synergies…
Mar 30, 2017
Marc-Edouard is a Masters student in Civil Engineering and Architecture at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland. He is French and 23 years old. His bachelor thesis focussed on transportation and his experience includes working as a project manager assistant in a major french architect’s office and participating in a living-lab in India. His professional…
Mar 30, 2017
Bruno Aracaty is co-founder at Colab.re, a social network for citizenship and winner of the 2013 AppMyCity! contest. Bruno holds an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and a post-graduate degree in Finance, specializing in Venture Capital, from UC Berkeley – Haas School of Business. Bruno has been a CFA charterholder since October 2012.