
International Telecommunication Union | Counsellor and ITU Focal Point on Environment and Smart Sustainable Cities and Communities
Thursday, June 30, 2022
10:00-12:00
By 2050, more than two-thirds of the world population will be living in cities – an increase of 2.5 billion people requiring transformation of today’s cities and providing opportunity, as many new cities are still to be built. Innovative solutions and technologies will play an important role in ensuring future cities are more people-centred, inclusive, safe, resilient and environmentally friendly.
As centres of economic development, and cultural and social exchange, cities have always catalysed innovation. Their role has become even more important with the challenges of the global pandemic, the climate crisis and rapid urbanization. The dialogue will bring diverse stakeholders together to discuss the opportunities and challenges of our Future Cities 2050.
Under the overall theme of transforming our cities for a better urban future, the dialogue will bring diverse stakeholders to discuss the opportunities and challenges with digitalization, urban innovations and newer digital technologies.
The dialogue will seek answers to questions like how cities in the future will, enabled by innovations and technology look like and how will they maximize the socio-economic benefits of new technologies for the greatest good for its inhabitants while upholding their rights.
Future Cities 2050
International Telecommunication Union | Counsellor and ITU Focal Point on Environment and Smart Sustainable Cities and Communities
United Nations | Acting Envoy on Technology
UNRSTF | UN SG's Special Envoy for Road Safety
High Representative of the Prime Minister for European Digital Policy and Republic of Poland Plenipotentiary for UN IGF 2021 | Minister
National Institute of Urban Affairs, India | Professor
Urban Living Lab Center at Wuppertal Institute/Technical University Berlin | Head
Sustainability and Environment, BHTrans | Coordinator
Design ResearcherGlobal Disability Innovation Hub | Senior Inclusive Design Researcher
UNDP | Policy Specialist, UNDP (ICT for Development, Smart Cities, e-Governance)
ITU | Project Officer (AI, IoT)
Minister of Local Development Republic of Egypt
SDI Kenya | Chair of the Board
Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs (G3ICT) | Vice President and leader of their Smart Cities 4 All Program
GSM | Senior Insights Manager
Block-by-Block Foundation | Chair
UN-Habitat | Chief, Urban Basic Services Section
Mayor of El Alto, Bolivia