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Smart, Green & Liveable: Shaping the Future of Cities
Urbanization is one of the defining trends of the 21st century: Cities continue to grow and will play an even more important role in shaping our future. They are economic centers and provide opportunities for large parts of the global population.
At the same time, cities are vulnerable to climate shocks, to pandemics and social inequality. They produce a large share of carbon emissions and – without appropriate planning – could fail to provide suitable living and working environments for citizens and businesses alike.
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In this DLD Sync conversation, Francesca Bria, President of the Italian National Innovation Fund, and Lauren Kiel, General Manager at Bloomberg Green, shared strategies, insights and concrete examples of how to mitigate these challenges and actively shape cities for a smarter, greener and more liveable future.
Francesca Bria
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
A Professor at the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose in London, Francesca Bria is an innovation economist working at the intersection of technology, geopolitics, economy, cities and society. Formerly the Chief Digital Technology Officer for the City of Barcelona, Bria is a member of the EU’s New European Bauhaus Roundtable and was President of CDP Venture Capital, the Italian National Innovation Fund.
Lauren Kiel
Bloomberg Green
Lauren Kiel is the General Manager for Bloomberg Green, Bloomberg Media’s multiplatform editorial brand focused on climate change news, analysis, and solutions. Previously Lauren was director of the Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summits and a member of the editorial team for The Atlantic’s live journalism division, AtlanticLIVE.
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