People

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Aaron Hurst

Mar 31, 2017

Aaron Hurst is a globally recognized entrepreneur who works to create communities that are empowered to realize their potential. He is the CEO of Imperative, a technology platform that enables people to discover, connect and act on what gives them purpose in their work. Aaron is a close advisor to many global brands and frequent…

Mohamed Hage

Mar 31, 2017

A born entrepreneur, Hage oversees all of Lufa Farms development and operations. He has a long history in successful technology-based ventures and real-estate development. Hage is the owner of the vision at Lufa Farms and is driven by a keen personal interest in environmental science, sustainable fresh agriculture, and the challenge of renewable energy.

Pronita Saxena

Mar 31, 2017

Pronita Saxena is co-founder and chief growth officer at NextDrop, a startup solving water issues by connecting citizens, government bodies, and the private sector to actionable information via mobile technology.

Milos Milisavljevíc

Mar 31, 2017

Miloš heads up Strawberry energy, overseeing the company’s day-to-day functioning, as well as business strategy development. He is one of the creators of the Strawberry Tree.

Reinier de Graaf

Mar 31, 2017

Reinier de Graaf is a partner of OMA. He directs the work of AMO, the research and design studio established as a counterpart to OMA’s architectural practice. Over the last several years, he has overseen OMA’s planning work in several emerging cities and led AMO’s research on the Megacity, coining in 2011 the term Megalopoli(tic)s.

Ben Hecht

Mar 31, 2017

Ben Hecht was appointed president and CEO of Living Cities in July 2007. Since that time, the organization has adopted a broad, integrative agenda that harnesses the collective knowledge of its 22 member foundations and financial institutions to benefit low-income people and the cities where they live.

Sarah Moser

Mar 31, 2017

Sarah Moser is Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography and the Director of the Urban Studies Program at McGill University. Her research explores the cultural politics and drivers of new master planned cities and urban mega-developments in emerging economies. Dr. Moser is particularly interested in how new cities are strategies for nation-building and transitioning…

Carl Yost

Mar 31, 2017

Carl Yost helps people communicate about architecture and design, primarily as communications manager for NBBJ. A New York-based art, architecture and design writer, he has written for Architectural Record, Architizer, The Architect’s Newspaper, Forbes and several other publications.

David Auerbach

Mar 30, 2017

David Auerbach is a co-founder of Sanergy, a pioneering social enterprise in Nairobi, Kenya which builds healthy, prosperous communities in Africa’s informal settlements by making hygienic sanitation affordable and accessible for everyone, forever.

S.K. Jason Chang

Mar 30, 2017

Dr. Chang is a professor at National Taiwan University. He has served as advisor to the Mayor of Taipei City since 1994. His research focuses on public transport, transport economics, advanced public transit and ITS. Professor Chang is one of the pioneers promoting green mobility in developing cities, including China and India. His philosophy on…

Yu-Ting Hsu

Mar 30, 2017

Yu-Ting Hsu is an assistant professor of Civil Engineering at National Taiwan University. He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University, and M.S. and B.S. degrees from the National Taiwan University. His research interests lie in traveler behavior, transportation system analysis, spatial network modeling, and evacuation problem.

Sara Alkayali Alalam

Mar 30, 2017

Sara Alkayali Alalam is a Masters Student in Civil Engineering in the University of Texas at Austin graduating in May 2016, and is specializing in Construction Engineering and Project Management. Sara is also working on a certificate in Decision Analysis from the Operations Research and Industrial Engineering Department in the University of Texas at Austin.…