Jun 09, 2017
Natalie Kim is the Chief Copywriter for the 2017 New Cities Summit. She is in her final term of study at McGill University, completing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Geography (Urban Systems) and Art History. She is passionate about joining the realms of art, architecture, and geography through culturally conscious place-making. She is particularly…
Jun 08, 2017
Josué Tanaka is Managing Director for Energy efficiency and Climate change and is responsible for the operational strategy and planning function of the EBRD and for leading the Bank’s energy efficiency and climate change activities. Josué Tanaka joined the EBRD at its creation in 1991 to start its municipal and environmental infrastructure financing activity. In…
Jun 02, 2017
Vicky Chan founded Avoid Obvious Architects in 2012 with offices in New York and Hong Kong. The firm has been pushing sustainable buildings and cities with focus on combining art with green technology. His projects have been exhibited in 37 cities.
May 30, 2017
Eyal Feder-Levy, 30, is the CEO and co-founder of ZenCity, urban startup from Tel Aviv measuring wide-scale citizen feedback in cities using advanced AI. ZenCity is currently working with major cities such as Paris, Tel Aviv, and others.Before founding ZenCity Eyal had been part of the founding team of “City Center”, Tel Aviv University’s Interdisciplinary…
May 17, 2017
With a background as an architect, city planner, real estate developer, community development strategist, publisher, and instigator, Eve has a rich understanding of how cities and urban neighborhoods work – and how they can be revitalized. Amongst her many urban (ad)ventures, Eve has developed buildings in blighted neighborhoods, launched an e-zine called Pop City, and…
May 15, 2017
Dr Kalpana Viswanath is a researcher and practitioner on gender inclusive urbanisation. She is the co-founder and CEO of Safetipin, a social enterprise that uses technology and data to advocate for safe urban spaces in more than 25 cities. She is part of Delhi government’s Women’s Safety Committee and has worked as a consultant with…
May 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.
May 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.
May 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…
May 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.…
May 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…
May 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…