Apr 06, 2017
Ed Meng has a Master in Urban Planning from Harvard University and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from the University of California Berkeley. He has worked on sustainable transportation and technology projects in Saudi Arabia, China, the San Francisco Bay Area, Boston, New Orleans, Phoenix, Seattle, and Southern California.
Apr 06, 2017
Julien Eymeri is co-founder of Quartier Libre, a Paris-based strategy and innovation consultancy that provides decision-makers with clear insights into economic, social and cultural changes to help leaders to overhaul their long-term vision and rethink their business approach.
Apr 06, 2017
Pauline Véron has been deputy to the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, since March 2014, and is in charge of local democracy, citizen participation, NGOs, youth and employment. From 2012 – 14, she served as deputy to Mayor Bertrand Delanoë. Pauline previously worked as a lawyer at the Paris Bar. She also served as deputy…
Apr 06, 2017
Sarine Arslanian is an Intern at Center for Public Policy Transformation (Transformasi), an Indonesia-based think tank that engages policy makers, scholars and the public in the investigation of public problems, the design and development of solutions and monitoring and evaluation of results. Sarine recently graduated from the University of Cambridge with an MPhil in Development…
Apr 06, 2017
Fernande Raine is a senior team member of Ashoka, where she is co-leading a global effort to bring the power of Ashoka’s global network of innovators to cities, with the goal of strengthening metro areas as ecosystems of change-making.
Apr 04, 2017
Hiroo Ichikawa is Dean at the Professional Graduate School of Governance Studies, Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan. He is also Executive Director of The Mori Memorial Foundation and President at the Meiji University Research Center for Crisis and Contingency Management. He is an expert in urban policy, urban and regional planning and crisis management.
Apr 04, 2017
Mouna is co-founder of Montréal-based studio Daily tous les jours. For the past four years, Daily tous les jours‘ focus has been on creating collective experiences that inspire people to become active participants in the world around them. Their work takes on different shapes: from urban interventions and planning, to events, to software applications or…
Apr 04, 2017
Meenu is a feminist and currently a social entrepreneur working on the idea of ‘Women on Wheels’. She has worked – nationally and internationally over the last twenty six years on a range of issues of women’s rights, that cover – women and reproductive rights, women and land rights, women in governance, violence against women,…
Apr 04, 2017
Elected as Deputy to Mayor Hidalgo of Paris in 2014, Jean-Louis Missika is in charge of town planning, architecture, the Greater Paris projects, economic development and attractiveness. From 2008 – 2014, he served as Deputy to Mayor Bertrand Delanoë, focusing on innovation, research and universities.
Apr 04, 2017
Caitlin D. Cottrill is a Lecturer in Digital Economy in the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Aberdeen, and a member of the University’s Centre for Transport Research (CTR). Her work lies at the intersection of transport and technology, with particular focus on location privacy and the use of technology and social…
Apr 04, 2017
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…
Apr 03, 2017
Heidi is a recent graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Design with concurrent degree in Urban Design and Urban Planning. Her interests lie in international development and planning, and she has worked for urban planning consultant companies working on master planning for cities in China and Mexico and participated in the Incheon Airport Competition.