Apr 10, 2017
Katie Vann studied Archaeology and Anthropology at the University of Cambridge, where she specialized in Social Anthropology for two years. Here she gained an interest in urban planning and grassroots solutions to urban problems. For her undergraduate dissertation, Katie conducted fieldwork in Wellington, New Zealand where she interviewed tattooists who specialize in Polynesian and Maori…
Apr 10, 2017
Sua Son grew up in Japan and South Korea and moved to the UK and Sweden to complete an undergraduate degree in English literature. Prior to working at the New Cities Foundation in Paris, she completed a stint at the Royal Embassy of Denmark in Seoul, as a public diplomacy assistant. Sua has a keen…
Apr 10, 2017
Keziah works within the Communications team, assisting with digital strategy and community management. She is an English and US citizen who studied International Relations in the United States and at Sciences Po. Before joining NewCities she worked in public relations for the Michigan Senate, as a reporter and Dj for impact radio and as media…
Apr 10, 2017
Assaf Biderman is a technology inventor, author, and entrepreneur. He teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he is the Associate Director of the SENSEable City Lab. Assaf holds multiple patents and has co-authored over 40 publications and book chapters.
Apr 07, 2017
Stephen Jennings is the Founder & CEO of Rendeavour, Africa’s largest urban developer, with over 12,000 hectares (30,000 acres) of satellite city developments near high-growth cities in Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo.
Apr 07, 2017
Enid Slack is the Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance and Adjunct Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.
Apr 07, 2017
William Echikson served for three decades as a foreign correspondent in Europe for a series of US publications including the Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Journal, Fortune, and BusinessWeek. From 2001 until 2007, he managed the Brussels bureau for Dow Jones as bureau chief. William also has written, directed and produced for television documentaries for…
Apr 07, 2017
Lior Steinberg is an urban planner, currently based in Groningen, the Netherlands. He has obtained his MSc in Urban and Regional Planning from Stockholm University. Lior designs and rethinks public spaces with attention to local and simple interventions.
Apr 07, 2017
With a degree in engineering from the EPFL federal institute of technology (Switzerland), Pascal Brosset joined Schneider Electric as Senior Vice President Innovation in May 2010. In 2002 he joined SAP AG‘s as Vice President Business Development and member of management board in France and was nominated Senior Vice President Market Strategy at SAP AG…
Apr 07, 2017
Stephanie is global Head of Marketing and Communications for Ericsson’s Industry and Society business line. Industry and Society is charged with driving Ericsson’s business expansion into targeted industries, including Utilities, Transportation, and Public Safety, and to lead market development for Smart Sustainable Cities.
Apr 07, 2017
Ellis Rubinstein is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Academy of Sciences, where he has created a series of unprecedented initiatives that are powered by an extraordinary network of the world’s leading experts and academic and industry institutions.
Apr 06, 2017
Julia Borowicz is an urbanist with experience in community planning and non profit social justice work. She has recently graduated from the MA Theories of Urban Practice program at Parsons, The New School for Design. She is also partner and co-founder of in•site collaborative, an emerging multidisciplinary design consultancy that tackles issues around unequal urban…