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Emmanuel Pratt received a BArch (1999) from Cornell University and an MSAUD (Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design, 2003) from Columbia University. From 2011 to 2019, Pratt served as the director of aquaponics at Chicago State University, and he was the Charles Moore Visiting Professor at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban…

Mr. Jones has a 35-year record of strong leadership experience in public housing operations, new construction, capital construction, resident services, accounting and finance, auditing and maintenance, and Housing Choice Voucher programs. He currently serves as president and chief executive officer at Atlanta Housing, the southeast region’s largest public housing authority, serving more than 25,000 families,…

Leads McKinsey Global Institute research on China, Asia, and global economic and business trends. Helps cities and regions create sustainable growth and supports the transformation of Chinese companies into global leaders. Jonathan Woetzel is Director of the McKinsey Global Institute and leads MGI research on productivity, urbanization, infrastructure, inequality and regional economies. Based in China…

Dan Hon is an expert on technology and its role in society. Most recently, he has been doing groundbreaking work, transforming government and digital services, the subject of a Harvard Kennedy School case study. He is a keynote speaker on government digital services and the role of technology in society. You can find his writing…

Alice N. Bravo, P.E., was appointed Director of Miami-Dade Transit in July 2015. In February 2016, Ms. Bravo was appointed Director of the of the Department of Transportation and Public Works (DTPW), which merged the County’s Transit and Public Works functions under one department. Throughout her career, Ms. Bravo has managed numerous diversified public-private partnership…

John Siraut, Technical Director Economics at Jacobs specialises in the wider economic and social impacts of transport policies and investment, as well as advising on economic development and regeneration issues generally. He has advised a wide range of clients on parking issues including company purchase, charging tariffs and the impact of parking on retail activity.

Katerina is a community and engagement specialist with a background in urban planning and human geography. Originally from Toronto, Katerina is currently based in Amsterdam where she works as an Engagement Manager at Office App.

Alissa Walker connects people with where they live through writing, speaking, and walking. As the urbanism editor at Curbed, she authors the column Word on the Street, highlighting the pioneering transit, clever civic design, and game-changing policy affecting our cities. For her writing on design and urbanism, Alissa has been named a USC Annenberg/Getty Arts…

Michèle Champagne is an independent researcher and designer. She has written about the happiness industry, Sidewalk Labs, and privatized towns for Articles, Failed Architecture, and Volume by Archis Foundation. She has a Master degree in Design from Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam, and has lectured at École de design at Université du Québec à Montréal and…

Christopher Hawthorne works for Mayor Eric Garcetti as Chief Design Officer for the city of Los Angeles. Prior to that, Christopher Hawthorne was the architecture critic for the Los Angeles Times from 2004 to March 2018. Before coming to The Times, he was architecture critic for Slate and a frequent contributor to the New York…

Jeanne Gang, FAIA, is the founding principal and partner of Studio Gang, an architecture and urban design practice headquartered in Chicago with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Paris. Her inquisitive, forward-looking approach to design—unique in its pursuit of new technical and material possibilities as well as in its expansion of the active role…

Scott Smith is founder and managing partner of Changeist, a futures research and consulting partnership established in 2007 in the United States, now based in the Netherlands. He has more than 25 years’ experience in forecasting, and has lived in three countries over that time. He currently makes his home in The Hague, where his…