People (fr)

Hrishikesh Ballal

Mai 12, 2017

Dr. Hrishikesh Ballal is the managing director of Geodesign Hub, he has a PhD in geodesign at University College London’s Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis and is interested in collaborative design.

Junia Borges

Mai 12, 2017

Msc. Júnia Borges is a founding partner of CRESCE Institute, she has a Masters degree in Analysis and Modelling of Environmental Systems and is a PhD candidate in Urban Planning and Architecture.

Devin de Vries

Mai 11, 2017

For the last eight years, I have led a growing team inspired by a shared vision to bring technological solutions to the problem of public transport in the emerging world. At WhereIsMyTransport, we empower cities and riders to communicate and use public transport through an open, integrated transport data platform. Devin is part of the…

Mariela Alfonzo

Mai 06, 2017

Bridging the worlds of academia and practice, Dr. Mariela Alfonzo has over 15 years of expertise in the nexus between urban design and behavior, focusing on quantifying the triple-bottom line value of place. She is the Founder and CEO of State of Place, a communication and decision-making tool for the urban planning and real estate…

David Gomez-Alvarez

Mai 06, 2017

David Gomez-Alvarez has a PhD/MPhil in Public Administration from New York University (NYU); a MSc in Public Policy from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); a BA in Public Administration from El Colegio de México. He is coordinator and coeditor of Steering of the Metropolis, a UN Habitat publication on metropolitan governance.…

Grégoire Landel

Mai 06, 2017

Grégoire Landel is a French-American social entrepreneur and the founder of CityTaps in 2015. He studied engineering at Princeton, MIT and Columbia University and worked in software in San Francisco and Kampala before moving to Paris in 2005 where he focused his career on the water/finance nexus in developing countries. Grégoire is part of the…

Aaron Benavot

Mai 06, 2017

Aaron joined the Report team as Director in June 2014, bringing with him decades of experience in global education policy analysis and comparative research. Previous to this post, he served as Professor in the School of Education at Albany-State University of New York, USA and consulted for UNESCO, its Institutes, and UNICEF. Aaron also bought…

Heinz Bartelmuss

Mai 06, 2017

Heinz Bartelmuss is of Austrian nationality and has studied international trade in Vienna at the „Wirtschaftsuniversität“. He has owned and managed a company supplying the pulp and paper industry for over 30 years. He is currently CEO of HBT ENERGY in Austria, a company specializing in unique systems in the renewable energy field. He has…

Arvind Satyam

Avr 27, 2017

Arvind is in charge of sales and public private partnerships financed by international development institutions including: the World Bank, IFC, IDB, EBRD, European Commission, US trade institutions, and private equity funds. Previously, Arvind led Telco Service Provider sales, strategic partnerships, and venture investments for Cisco’s smart city business. He has driven highly successful projects in…

Thibaut Thomas

Avr 21, 2017

Thibaut Thomas is a digital strategist based in Paris focusing on corporate communication and innovation. He has advised for their digital and community strategy companies such as BNP Real Estate, EDF Pulse innovation program, cultural institutions such as la Gaîté Lyrique, Fondation d’entreprise Galeries Lafayette, D’Days festival of design and Chalet Society and is frequently…

Samuel Remy

Avr 21, 2017

As one of WoMa’s seven founders, Samuel Remy works specifically on building transdisciplinary initiatives at this “fabrique de quartier” or neighborhood factory in Paris. The name WoMa is the contraction of the words Working and Making. WoMa is a coworking space and a “Fablab” for people who want to connect ideas and materials through collaboration.…

Alastair Parvin

Avr 21, 2017

Alastair is a designer with 00 (‘zero zero’), London. Although he trained and practices in architecture, his work extends outside its traditional framework, looking at the economic, social and technological systems behind it. He is a co-founder of WikiHouse, an open source construction system which is using digital manufacturing to radically democratise the production of…