Smart Innovation & City Progress in Disruptive Times: How cities are using disruption to accelerate innovation
Dr. David Ricketts, Innovation Fellow Harvard TECH & Mastercard’s City Possible partner will host a discussion between civic leaders from across the globe who will share their thoughts on how they have taken action, advanced innovations and taken positive steps for their communities during months of unforeseen challenges and disruption. Panelists will share their experiences […]
New ways of travelling after the COVID-19 pandemic
The “new normal” will change the ways of travelling. Short distances and no risk are a must. How will the post-pandemic travelling be?
Why are tech giants building cities?
Google, Tencent and other tech giants are involved in the development of smart cities. Their aims go far beyond urban development.
Medellin: data and infrastructures in contrast to its troubled past
In 1991, it was headline news with an epidemic crime rate. Today, Medellín is one of the most modern and organised cities in Latin America.
Ivelina Nunes (WFP): “Where you see no Coca-Cola trucks, is where we will be”
The director of the WFP’s logistics base at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria talks about the challenges of delivering humanitary aid to risk areas.
Sonia Roitman, expert in gated communities and social exclusion: “Gated communities are bad for the city and for society”
What are gated communities and why they are prone to controversy? Sonia Roitman talks about the problems that surround this kind of urbanism.
How some countries are helping homeless to confront COVID-19
Homeless are at high risk of contracting coronavirus. Some cities are trying to look after them by allocating hotels and other designated areas.
Urban metabolism, when cities are integrated into the natural environment
In nature, living creatures demand resources such as food, water and energy in order to survive, so the same should occur in cities
Francesco Tonucci, creator of The City of Children: “Cities must choose between improving or disappearing”
Francesco Tonucci is the creator of The City of Children project, which wants to make the youngest citizens the focus of politics and urban planning.
Fans and giant chimneys, the sustainability plasters that do not solve anything
Some countries are wasting huge amounts of money on quick fixes to air pollution. They solve nothing and fail to address root causes.