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An architect and engineer by training, Carlo teaches at MIT, where he directs the Senseable City Lab, and is a founding partner of the international design and innovation office Carlo Ratti Associati. He graduated from the Politecnico di Torino and the École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées in Paris, later earning his MPhil and PhD…

Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. Parag’s newest book is MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us (2021), which was preceded by The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century…

Alessandra Orofino’s mission is to make cities more inclusive, participatory, and innovative. She has been pursuing this goal in many different ways. As a Co-founder and General Manager of Purpose Brasil, she is contributing to the development of tools for civic engagement and participation in Rio de Janeiro.

Dan Hill is Director of Strategic Design at Vinnova, the Swedish government’s innovation agency. A designer and urbanist, Dan’s previous leadership positions have included Arup, Future Cities Catapult, Fabrica, SITRA and the BBC. Dan is Visiting Professor at UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose in London, Visiting Professor at Design Academy Eindhoven, and Adjunct…

NewCities is a global nonprofit committed to shaping a better urban future, headquartered in Canada. We have a decade’s experience curating and producing innovative content about the most important emerging urban trends. We do this through our events, our knowledge-sharing platforms, and actionable research. NewCities brings a ‘whole-city’ approach – we convene and connect the…

Chinmay is the Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Jugnoo. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and did a Joint Masters in Advanced Robotics on Erasmus Mundus scholarship from Ecole Centrale Nantes, France and Univ. of Genoa, Italy. He is also the co-founder and ex-CTO at Click…

Raphaël Gindrat is the CEO and Co-Founder of BestMile. BestMile provides the first platform allowing for the intelligent operation and optimization of autonomous vehicle fleets, regardless of their brand or type, leveraging their full potential to tackle urban mobility challenges. Raphaël holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering with a specialization in Transportation from the…

Daniel Steele is interested in transforming the built environment through sound with interventions spanning design, planning, and policy. He currently serves as the research lead and project manager for Sounds in the City at McGill University. His work includes original soundscape research in addition to knowledge mobilization for professionals and the public, including soundwalks Montreal,…

Christine is a Montréal-based (but Boston-born) multidisciplinary designer, systems thinker, and action researcher on a personal and professional mission to create cities that support human happiness, health, equity, connectedness, and respect for the natural environment. She is especially interested in understanding the human experience through the built environment and uses art and design to improve…

Louise Guay is president of Montréal Living Lab, a centre for co-creation and open innovation where she manages projects on the future of work, co-working spaces based on Blockchain, urban mobility, gamification and open economy. Her work focuses on experimenting with new approaches to public consultation in urban co-design. Louise is a seasoned entrepreneur and…

Originally from Quebec City, Louis currently lives in Bangkok, Thailand. He is the co-founder of Blu Oceans, a company actively involved in the development of ocean waste recycling networks in Southeast Asia by designing products made from ocean plastic. He has worked in business development and marketing for several SMEs, most recently at Lucion Media.…