Reimagining Urban Life

January 23, 2016 11:30

Urbanization continues unabated globally, but cities facing massive population growth cannot cope with rising infrastructure demands. How should citizens rethink, redesign and rebuild their cities?

On the agenda:
- Influencing key community behaviours
- Engaging citizens to solve municipal problems
- Deploying technology and smart systems

Global Shapers communities in Moscow, Pune, Jeddah and Islamabad will join the discussion online.

This session is webcast live.

Speakers:

Jeff Jarvis

Professor, Graduate School of Journalism, City University of New York

Naheed Nenshi

Former Mayor (2010-2021), City of Calgary

Carlo Ratti

Director, SENSEable City Laboratory, MIT - Department of Urban Studies and Planning