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James Nowlan,

Executive Director, Environment, Climate and Forestry

City of Toronto

James Nowlan is the Executive Director of Environment, Climate and Forestry at the City of Toronto. He oversees the team responsible for the development of corporate environment and climate policies, such as TransformTO the City’s strategy to be net-zero by 2040, the Net-Zero Existing Buildings Strategy and the Electric Vehicle Strategy, working with many City of Divisions, agencies and external partners in the community. The Division also works on a number of innovative projects that support achieving City climate goals, and oversees a number of funding programs such as the Energy Retrofit Loan program and the Home Energy Loan Program.

Alanna Gluck

Engagement Lead

CReDO

A native New Yorker, Alanna Gluck has worked in local and national programme delivery in the US and Spain before relocating to the UK. As Delivery and Engagement Manager at Connected Places Catapult, Alanna leads and contributes to several projects in both an advisory and delivery capacity, providing insight on policy and market intervention development and analysis, and engagement activities. She believes that better use of the built environment improves social, economic and environmental outcomes for people and places, with a special interest in the interface between the digital operation of infrastructure and improved public services including public health and education.

Luke Antoniou
Senior Editor

SmartCitiesWorld

Luke has been reporting on the implementation of smart technologies that benefit citizens and the public sector since 2017.

He has a particularly keen interest in smart and sustainable mobility and its role in influencing the decisions of urban planners, citizens and governments alike.

As rapid urbanisation continues, he keeps his finger on the pulse of the myriad urban challenges facing local and central governments, making new connections in the public and private sectors and finding new angles from which to cover the latest smart city developments around the world.