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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topics
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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
Vice President – Projects Development,
Knowledge Economic City
Seasoned real estate developer and currently driving SAR 94B mega mixed-used development
Elsaeed Albially
Vice President – Projects Development,
Knowledge Economic City
Infrastructure Development Sector Executive Director at the Municipality and Planning Department of Ajman
His professional experience extends to more than 20 years in urban planning, infrastructure development, and engineering management, in which he contributed to infrastructure development in the Emirate of Ajman. Holds a Ph.D. in Architecture and Sustainability from Wolver Hampton University in the United Kingdom and a Master's and Bachelor's in Engineering, Urban Planning, and Architecture from the University architecture de Paris Malaquais in France.
Dr. Mohammed Al Muhairi
Infrastructure Development Sector Executive Director at the Municipality and Planning Department of Ajman
Managing Director and Group Head of Emerging Business & FIC
Led the development of an international carbon market in Hong Kong - Core Climate - in 2022
Glenda So
Managing Director and Group Head of Emerging Business & FIC
Deputy Chief Executive, Corporate & Strategy, Maritime and Port Authority
Partnering with the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach to establish a green shipping corridor and focus on low-carbon bunkering
TAN HOE SOON
Deputy Chief Executive, Corporate & Strategy, Maritime and Port Authority
Global Vice President, New Ventures & Innovation and Head of Sustainability, Americas
Actively engaging with private equity-backed companies globally to accelerate the transition to net zero whilst itself being carbon neutral since 2019
RIKA NAKAZAWA
Global Vice President, New Ventures & Innovation and Head of Sustainability, Americas
Global Head of Sustainability
Trasnforming how Breitling responsibly sources its precious materials in close collaboration with suppliers
Aurelia Figueroa
Global Head of Sustainability
Director, Marine Environment Division
Chaired IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) from 2014 to 2017
Arsenio Dominguez
Director, Marine Environment Division
Vice President, Sustainability and Emerging Tech
Developed ASTA- first adaptive set training reinforcement machine learning algorithm in 1991 to solve complex control system problems
Malur Narayan
Vice President, Sustainability and Emerging Tech
what to expect
Visitors
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Ministry Delegation
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