CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES
The smart city market is expected to reach $6.9 trillion by 2030, the first major global grand finale to evaluate Net Zero achievements. Apart from developing a state of the art infrastructure for cognitive digital cities, its critical that buildings and critical infrastructure that ac t a s assets must be designed and developed in the way not juts to focus on 2030, but 2050 UN SDG targets.
Attend this track to understand how national leaders are using “cities based” approach toward sustainable development, hyper connected city network to boost accessibility & urban public realm to ensure inclusiveness & soci al cohesion, economic opportunities in the run up towards 2030.
WHY ATTEND?
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By 2025, IoT trends suggest the number of connected devices worldwide will rise to 75 billion. How are cities preparing to process this volume of data?
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Urban smart infrastructure Future proofing the city through innovation.
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How are cities running on 100% renewable energy and building a carbon zero future?
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According to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, 63 percent of millennials and 42 percent of boomers would like to live in a place where they don’t need a car learn how cities are restructuring pubic amenities to increase quality of life and reduce emissions.
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topics
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Decarbonisation & energy efficiency
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Retrofit for a Netzero carbon future
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Green building standards & Retrofits
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Smart integrated buildings & infrastructure
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Sustainable material management
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Circular economy
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Variable Refrigerant Flows (VRF) for industrial cooling effiency
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Affordable clean energy
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Insulation for net zero
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Energy storage and smart grids
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Smart utilities & construction
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Zero waste and regenerative cities
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HVAC & district cooling standards as per Kyoto Protocol
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Urban Mobility
GET THE CHANCE TO MEET KEY LEADERS AND DECISION MAKERS FROM THE BELOW SECTORS
SDGS COVERED BY THIS TRACK
In alliance with UN SDG Goals
Our Speakers
Deputy Mayor
Leading the areas of architecture, development, and city planning for the 10th Most Sustainable City in Europe
Petr Hlavácek
Deputy Mayor
Principal & Founding Partner
Multi-award-winning urban landscape architect for 40 years working with cities at strategic planning levels. Featured in Forbes 50 over 50 (2021)
Martha Schwartz
Principal & Founding Partner
CEO
Master-planned clean, green, and smart estates to create attractive destinations for Singapore's talent and communities.
TAN Boon Khai
CEO
Director
One of the most influential urban designers who was featured in Wired Magazine’s ‘Smart List: 50 people who will change the world'
Prof. Carlo Ratti
Director
Former Prime Minister, Chairman of Supervisory Board
Lead Estonia to be one of the most digital nations in the world & named “the most digital nation in the world” by Wired
Taavi Rõivas
Former Prime Minister, Chairman of Supervisory Board
Executive Director of the Infrastructure Development Sector
Championed the construction of the central laboratory building in line with the emirate’s green building system standards
Dr. Mohammed Al Muhairi
Executive Director of the Infrastructure Development Sector
Director – Urban Planning
The only Emirati architect to work on Expo 2020 and developed the DDA Master Planning Guidelines for all masterplans within the jurisdiction
Ahmed Bukhash
Director – Urban Planning
President
Unifying the standardization activities in cooperation with the National Standardization Bodies across 7 GCC member states
H.E. Saud bin Nasser Al Khusaibi
President
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